Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-27
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New England News summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

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me thief was not arrested.
A man, supposed from papers found on his
person, to be VIM. Walden of Boston, died sud-
denly early Thursday morning, while passing
ton.
1t has been decided to build the new Odd Eel
lows hall, corner of fremont and Berkeley
streets, Boston, of granite. The cornerstone is
to be laid June 18th, with Appropriate cere-
monies,
The number of deaths in Boston for the week
ending March % was S0-from consumption II,
of the lungs 6, heart disease 6,
old age 4, croup2. Of the whole number II
were under year of age, and 25 under years
of age. American parentage, 80; foreign, AS.
Rev. Henry Morgan of Boston lectures on
"fast young men" next week in West Midway
Georgetown, Waltham, East Abingdon and
Providence. Mr.. Morgan has already received
$4,000 for this lecture, and SOON expects to free
his chapel from. deldt% This accomplished, "fast
YOUNG lslIenS will have bought church.
~ Boston paper says: at is noted that the nrst
half of the present month was by far the warm
est hrst halt of March within forty-seven years,
and 4 1-2 degrees warmer than that of 1872, the
next warnest Let us hope that this year we
shall not suffer the blight which fell in 1872,
frost on the 10th of June, which did great
damage TO vegetation, then unusually forward.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. c. Coppenbagen, who died IN
Boston few DAYS ago, made the following char
liable requests in her will: Catholic temporary
home for destitute on Common street, Boston,
$500; New England female medical college,
800: New England branch of the American
woman's suffrage association, $780, MaSsachu-
sets society for the prevention Of cruelty to AMI
mails $500; consumptives home, Boston, $500;
Young mems Christian union, Boston, $3.50;
Hollis street church board of charities, 5000
Warrenton street chapel, $500; needlewoman's
friend society, $3.50; ladies' physiological socie-
ty of Boston, $50.
MIDDIFSFX COUNTY
The trial of nine young men for disturbing a
meeting house in Dracut, recently, by throwing
stones, ETC., occupied the court all day on the
24th terminating the next morning by the fning
OF each in the sum of $21.50. Five were dis
charged.
At Lowell, on the 25th, Emerson, Calvin and
Cleary, for felonious assault on Sarah Il. White
head, by rayishing, appeared for examination.
Miss Whitehead was in the court room, but upon
the doctors testimony that she was too feeble
to submit to cross-eXamination, the case was
again continued for one week. The prisoners
were ordered in the same bonds, $4,000 each.
The other two implicated parties have eluded
arrest so far
ESSEX COUNTY.
The Germans of Lawrence, held their grand
festival and jubilee in honor of the return of
peace and the triumph of the German arms, on
friday evening, in the City hall. Several hun
dred persons were present, including many
prominent men of American birth. The hall
was handsomely decorated and the exercises in
teresting; they consisted of speeches in English
by Gen. Franckle of Hayerhill, and Mr.. Mat
thcs and in German by Messrs Fieldheim, Null
Ter and Vorhobe. There were also tableaux, in
which the uniforms of the German army-red
husgarS, green huSsars, blue hussarS, uhlans, in
fantry, dragons and other branches of the
service were represented. There was a large
pyramid OF men and boys, each with placard,
upon which was the name of German victory
The Turner's SaOU HTha Watch on the Rhine -
and several other pieces. The whole wound up
With a grand ball, which continued far into the
morning.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Pittsfeld has a case Of genuine smallpox,
the fact being announced by flag flying from
one of the windows.
A little son of Charles Stedman of Tyring-
ham, aged two and half years, fell into pail
of water last week, and died the next day OF
his injuries.
The contract of the Pittsfeld jail prisoners
labor has Teen awarded to II. B. Wellington
and Josiah S. Wilcox, who will teach them TO
make shoes
Samuel johnson of Boston has established a
scholarship at Williams college, which gives an
annual return of $780, This is the fourth
Holarship established since last commence
!, and the endowment of two others is
.ay completed.
for the year ending last week the number of
: cases that have been before the district court,
Pittsfeld, is 663-4S6 criminal and 227 civil
Among the former are recorded 81 DRINKS, "a
assaults, IS larcenies, 40 cases of common SELL
ng of liquor, % for intent to sell.
At one Of the stores in North Adams there
has been leakage in the money till, and also
bills against customers were frequently carried
of, much to the annoyance of the proprietors.
iFor some time strict watch had been kept, with
hopes that the thief might be caught, and last
week the gentleman was nabbed. On opening
On F1nnPQnnind a tUo lie
covered, made of the missing bills, together
with fve-dollar greenback and several shin
plasters.
As Daniel Crouch of North Adams was
passing along State street in that village about
II O'Clock at night recently, he met two men,
who turned, followed him some distance, and
then threw him down, when he drew his re-
Volver and shot one of them, named James
Kelly, in the breast, when both the assailants
fed. Crouch was arrested, but the hearing has
been postponed three weeks on account of the
critical condition of Kelly, who will probably
recover, though at first supposed to have been
fatally injured. Kelly says he hal no intention
of iniuring Crouch, whom he had known when
they were boys, and was much surprised when
he took out his pistol.
MAINE.
1t is reported that an effort to annex South
Montyille to Liberty will be made next winter.
The Goodnow house, at Newry Corner, was
burned last week. Loss about $4,000 with an in
surance OF S1400.
S. and E. Colby are erecting door, sash and
blind factory, on the site of the one recently
burned in Brunswick
The dry house connected with Austin G. San
born's spool factory, was burned last week.
Loss in property between $500 and $500. There
was no insurance.
Forrest Rhines, about fourteen years of age,
while at work in Joshua Gray's saw mill in
Gardiner, Thursday, had his left foot almost en-
tirely cut off by saw
The recent storm carried away the bridges at
Palermo, South China and Somerville. Where
else but in Maine can the same river run
through Palermo, China and Somerville?
Track-laying for construction trains will be-
gin on the Maine Central road on the first of
April. Three hundred men win be employed
and it is intended to have the cars running on
the first of July.
Mrs. Mary 7. Bragdon, wife of Christopher
Bragdcn, of Wells, committed suicide, a few
days ago, by hanging herself with a skein of
yern attached to sapling in thicket near her
house. She had been low-spirited for some
time.
The following marriage notice appears in the
Bangor Wing: "In South Molunkus, by Rev
Hugh Reed, Col. j. F. Twitchell, of 0ldtown
and Cara i. Clemens, of South Molunkus. No
cards, no cake, nobody's business. Clam chow
der this evening, March %. Friends and rela-
tiVes are invited"
At the Winterport town meeting the select
AAOH mOAO uheCttu u prepare a uSt OF all tile
men who entered the army or navy, with their
age, the regiment, company, or ship, in which
which they served, the battles or engagements
in which they participated, and, if dead, how
and where they died, and report the same at the
next annual Town meeting.
Inc Pennington Chronicle has been shown a
natural curiosity by a gentleman of West Farm
lngton, in the shape of piece of beef weighing
something like pound, in the centre of which.
thoroughly imbedded in the meat, is hard sub
stance, resembling a rough stone, perhaps A
quarter OF pound in weight How il came
there is a question for scientists. 1t has the
curvetures and grain Of a cornelian stone. with
nearly its solidity and hardness
Calais has suffered severely from fires duriny
the past year, but is rapidly replacing her former
sbabbiness with new buildings. Several new
brick blocks and large number of private resi-
deDces, of fine style, were erected in the few
building months left before winter set in after
the great conflagration of September g. 1870,
and Others are TO be put up this spring. Among
the rest, new City hall, of enlarged propor-
tons and hre-proof is already begun; and
$50 900 block, on a corner recently burnt off
and S2O, 900 grammar school building, are pro.
posed. There is enterprise, money and pros
porous business behind all these new move.
ments; and with her projected short rail route
10 the west, and the execution of the plans now
nnoer way for the extensive improvements of her
WAFER power, we trust that Calais will sneadilv