Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-07-12
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BOSTON AND VICINITY

next year, lull orchestra ana concert troupe
of iemales-trombone, bass drum and all. Mr.
Fred Rullman has sailed for Europe to bring
them over.
On the 9th, as some children were playing on
Russia wharf, Boston, one of the number, Cor
nelius Hoffman, six years old, lost his balance
and fell overheard, and was drowned before he
could be taken from the water.
Since Roxbury was annexed to Boston the
valuation of property in ward fourteen has
nearly doubled its present valuation being So
41S,7O0. II has also gained 116S polls. Between
May /, 1870, and May /, 1871, 1851 new houses
were completed, and on the last of May, 1871,
166 more were in process of being built.
Thee viii be an informal meeting of the sur
viving members of the Massachusetts regiment
of volunteers in Mexico, at the headquarters of
the Grand Army of the Republic, Globe theatre
building, Boston, on Wednesday, the 18th inst,
at half,past nine O'Clock A. M. Arrangements
will be made for suitable observance of the
2Sd anniversary of the return homel
NIIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
The expenses of Lowell last month amounted
to nearly 900.
Eltha Richardson of Windham, n. H., claims
to have been the first person to run a power
loom in Lowell. She is now about seventy years
of age.
1nere have been several applications already
for space in the exhibition building of the New
England society for the coming fair. Parties
IN Kansas and California have signifed their in
tention of sending specimens of early fruit and
vegetables for the exhibition
On the 9Th, the body of an unknown woman
of about forty years of age, and much decom-
posed, was found floating between some logs in
the Merrimac river at the head of Broadway,
Lowell, just before noon. Ii had apparently
been in the water about two weeks. 1t was clad
in blueish dress, with black waist and a calico
skirt. 1t probably came some distance down
the river. There were no marks of violence
upon it, and there was nothing upon it leading
TO Identification, other than that stated above.
The body was inferred.
Last Sunday a stranger of good appearance
attended the Sunday school of the First Baptist
church in Lowell, Rev. N. C. Mallory, pastor,
and represented that he was member of the
First Baptist church in Chicago, Rev. DIR. Ever
EFT, pastor. He protested to be deeply interest
ed in Sunday schools, and exhorted the scholars
in an able and impressive manner. He attended
other churches during the day, and week day
evenings which have since interviewed, in all of
which he made a favorable impression for re-
ligiOus zeal. Wednesday morning he called on
a ticket agent and telegraph operator named
Briekett, and presented a written order for a
ticket for Rev. Mr.. Smith to Chicago, signed by
Rev. D. H. Mallory. The ticket was delivered,
and soon after the agent called on Rev. Mr.. NAL
lOry for the money, when he learned that the
order was forgery.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The Mansfield riding park was opened last
Saturday, when eleven horses trotted for purses
A large number of spectators were in attend
ance.
Hon. John Daggett, well known and respect
ed citizen of AttlebOrO, attended commencement
at Brown university, June 2Sth, for the fifty-rst
time, not having missed a commencement since
the one previous to his entering college in 1922.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Fowl owners in Plymouth, lost from thirty
10 fifty hens last week by feeding them CT clans,
in part the "snouts" By way Of experimenting
Daniel Howard opened the crops of several live
hens, taking out the clans and sewing up the
incisiOns These recovered thus proving be-
yond doubt the cause of the wholesale loss.
Two cats followed the feathered victims in tweu-
ty minutes after lunching freely on "snouts."
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
A Baptist minister Of Springfield was COM
PEELED TO "baptize by sprinkhng," the other day.
The subject was a grove that he was dedicating
to the use of Sunday school picnics, and they
couldn't very conveniently immerse it.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Farmers generally will have TO hide their di-
minished heads for a season. A. Kellogg of
Greenfield has raised rye this season eight feet
in height, and wants to see somebody beat it be-
fore they talk of tall grain.
MAINE.
Harlow, who was arraigned for forgery Thurs
day, at Lewiston, persists in affirming that he
knows nothing about it.
Several fine specimens of silver ore have been
found on the farm of Mr.. George Fowler, at
Hampden.
A few days ago, Sydney knights, in fracas
on Mouse Island, was struck on the head by
some unknown person, causing fracture of the
skull. The physician deemed the fracture likely
TO prove serious.
fire in Bath Thursday afternoon destroyed
the house of Albert Getchell, and scorched the
houses of Alexander Robinson and Philip
Wildes, both of which were saved by the efficient
service of the fire department. Mr.. Getchell was
insured for 81 200.
On Friday, July 7, a party of five persons,
from Dexter were sailing and fishing in boat
in pond at SangerVille, when the boat capSzed
and Mr.. Frank French and Charles Libby were
drowned. They both leave families. The other
three persons in the boat were saved.
Track laying is progressing rapidly on the
European and North American railway, both
westward from VanceborO and east from Malta
wamkeag. Fully thirty miles of the ffty-eight
between VIM and Vanceboro are already laid,
and the chief engineer reports that all can be
laid by August 20.
A woman was found in a stable in Auburn
last Friday suffering intensely from rheumatic
fever. She had been i'll at her boarding house in
Lewiston, ten days, with no nursing, and had
finally been driven from her bed She managed
to crawl to Auburn, and finding she could go no
further crept INTO stable The woman was
provided for by kind friends
fire broke out in one of Moses Browns
barns in Norridgewoek about one p. NJ. on Sat
urday entirely consuming it, and setting fire to
strong wind caused the cinders to fly nearly
half mile, setting fire TO the buildings of Ben
jamin Townsend, which were consumed. The
furniture was saved. Estimated loss $1,000; no
insurance. Mr.. Browns loss will not exceed
$500; fully insured. The cause of the fire is
not known.
North's History of Augusta gives some inter-
esting "reminiscences of the building of the old
Kennebec and Portland railroad Col. Long, the
engineer, estimated that the road could be run
but two hundred days in the year At meet
ing held at Augusta to take measures to start
the enterprise, Hon. Geo. Evans made a speech
in which he reviewed the report of the engineer,
and expressed the opinion that the road could
be run as much as 290 days in the year. He
apologized for the extravaganza of his estimate
that $50 passengers would be carried each way
per day. He estimated that the gross income
would be 100000 per year, and that the freight
business would come up to $500 per year.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The Portland and 0gdensbnrg railroad was
open to Centre Conway July 10, and will be
open to North Conway two weeks later.
The annual meeting of the New Hampshire
Unitarian association will be held at Lancaster
on the 18th and Goth of this month.
A patch of snow more than an acre in extent
and eight feet deep can now be seen from the
porch of the Glen house ON Mount Washington
Mr. George W. Simpson, carpenter, aged
about thirty years, was run over by an express
train near Salmon Falls last week, and was in
stantly killed.
The citizens of Fitzwilliam eommemorated
the Fourth BY. dedicating a soldiers monument.
erected by a vote of the town in the park in the