Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-05-24
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New England News summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

The Harvard crew now pracusius iVh tIS
Springfield regatta consists of Messrs: Bass
lstroke), Jones, Rice, Tucker, Sanger ana kead
(bow). ~. r..o,
According to writer in Harpers Drawer,
even the Boston gentlemen of color participate
with the white SdUdnS of the hub in their lofty
disdaiu of the talent of New York. A friend
happening to be caught in that city one Sunday,
thought he would take glimpse at one OF the
churches. Stepping inside the porch OF an A
! Westinghouse, the colored sexton approached
respectfully, and said: "Will you have a seat,
sab? Happy to show one to you, sab. Plenty
seats this morning, sah." 'No thank you,
can't stay but moment; just stopped TO glance
at the church. What is the name of the clergy
man?" THAT, sab, is the Rev. DR." "Fine
preacher, isn't hep "Well, sab, people have
different notions bout preachers" dBut he
seems quite animatedr eyes, sah consil 'ble
animated" "Aud appears to have talentp
"Well, sab, as said afo people has SIGH differ
erent notions bout preachers. Oars some dat
links he's mighty good on de words. tink
myself he's fair mana fair man, but not of
de pTfDaa fdcie class. He's good man, sab, a
well meanin' man, but not talented man. He's
New York man, sahP
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Moran, the Stoughton murderer, says: :" Ofh-
Ger Packard was shot with his own revolver.
He had it out and in the scufie on the floor it
was turned and discharged into his own breast
In the year 1888 there was erected in Boston,
on the present site of Hollis street church, a
two Steeples. 1t was built to take the place of
one destroyed by fire the year before. After a
service of twenty years it was, in 1910, taken
down and removed to Weymouth and is still
in good condition. After the additional service
of sixty years it is now to be raised up vestry,
&C., built beneath, and other Improvements
made under the architectural supervision of
Mr.. I. W. Silloway, of Boston. 1t may be
mentioned in this connection, that the venera-
Bile Jonas Perkins, at the advanced age of
Qiobfv iS sill caOtnr NJ fha cOoiatv
and in the enjoyment of health permitting a
constant attendance and a somewhat active min
istration in the parish.
ESSEX COUNTY.
The trial of the Roberts Bros, charged with
the murder of Cooley, in the Fleet street affray,
in Boston, last August, is expected to come off
at Newburyport this week.
A man residing in an Essex county city was
much annoyed, the other evening, by what he
supposed was his horse kicking in the stable,
and finally he got mad and gave the horse
good sound thrashing. In the morning he dis
covered that the sound was caused by boys
stealing his lead spout and he felt so cheap
about his part OF the affair that he gave his
horse two quarts of oats extra for breakfast.
A gentleman in Lynn, while passing round a
pend in that city a few mornings since, wit
messed a singular scene, which he describes as
follows: Around the margin of the pond in the
water, there was large collection of common
toads; close beside them was an equally large
the two was in progress. The frogs, being the
most powerful, were busiY engaged in drown
ing the toads. One or more frogs would seize
toad and hold his head under the water until he
was drowned. Sometimes frog would find
that he was oVeTmatched, and then he would
utter peculiar sound, when one or more of his
comrades would come to his aid, and the toad
was sure to go under, never to rise again. This
battle continued for several minutes, until the
toads were completely Cleaned out" when the
frOGS innad in nOa uTnn hop croaE 1ob
they had achieved victory over mortal enemies
The scene was most singular one and such as
is rarely witnessed.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The New Bedford school committee have or
dered 800 copies of the Nursery" as reading
book for their primary schools.
The wages OF weavers at the Wamsutta mills
New Bedford, on fine sheeting, will be advanced
eight per cent on and after June 1st
The displacement of a switch at Weir June.
ton came near causing serious accident to the
express train from Boston on Saturday after
noon. The engineer fortunately saw the error
in time, and jumped the switch. Had the mis-
placed switch not been observed, the train
would have been precipitated into Taunton
river.
DUKES COUNTY
On Sunday night the store of Otis Foss, on
Domestic square, Wesleyan Grove Martha's
Vineyard, was broken into and the shelves on
one side were completely stripped. consider
aDlC dudullg vi DOOte dIu SHOES, ana all the OrV
goods, quite a large amount, were stolen with
two barrels of sugar. About $500 worth of gro
ceries were packed for transportation, and left
by the rogues on the floor of the building Mr.
Foss estimates his loss at $1,000. The boots and
shoes belonged to James l. Church of Fairhaven
and were valued at $500. 1t is supposed the
rogues left about O'Clock.
MAINE.
There are 5941 native of Maine in Iowa
A Bangor editor of undOubted surgical attain
awnlainC n a of Iar IL
"two of his fingers cut off up TO the bone"
1t is calculated that Aroostook lumbermeu
save $12SOOO year by having railroad to
Bangor.
Mr.. L. Downs of Wlnterport, assisted by one
or two of his neighbors, captured 242 snakes one
day this week.
Bangor worked through divorce in eight
and quarter minutes last week, and wants to
see that time beaten if anybody can do it.
The family of Mr.. Ansel Cannon of New
Vineyard consisting Of twelve sons and four
daughters, weighs 8140 pounds The boys aver
age 1876 and the girls 200 pounds.
The survey for the extension of the Bangor
and Piscataquis railroad towards Moosehead
lake has been begun at FoXcroft, on what is
known as the front route.
The state arsenal buildings at Portland, with
large lot of ordinance stores are to be sold by
auction on the Sth of June by order of the gov
ernor and council.
The girls of the Ellsworth high school would
better leave love story writing, and stick to
their books. One of them in a recent lucubra-
ton makes her heroine believe that her "long
lost lover" etc., whom she knew to he a single
man twelve years before is the father of a
grown-up young man of the most approved
style of modern architecture.
The Gardiner Reporter SAYS last Thursday
afternoon, as Mrs. Eben Tasker of Pittston was
swinging with little child belonging to her
brother, for its amusement, the rope broke and
Mrs. Tasker and the child fell to the ground
Mrs. I. breaking her leg just above the ankle
The child was unhurt.
As John Fairbanks of Mt. Vernon was en-
gagged IN drawing out dressing, Thursday after.
noon, bis horse became frightened and ran
away, throwing him under the wagon and
breaking his arm in two places, between the
shoulder and elbow.
While workmen were employed in boring A
tubular well near the bridge in Plttston VILLAGE
few days ago, they struck a strata of dimuni.
tive clam shells at a depth of forty-t three feet
below the surface.
Eben Dow, the confidence man, who has
swindled SO many parties in different sections
Of the state, and who was arrested recently in
Boston, was taken to Gardiner last week. and
had an examination before Judge Palmer of the
municipal court, on charge of swindlng C. H.
MARI OF that city of hundred dozen of eggs.
raining to OBTAIN sureties in the sum of $500, he
was committed to the Augusta jail.
At a meeting in Richmond few DAYS ago
with reference TO promoting manufactures, the
branch which seemed the most feasible TO all
was the manufacture of boots and shoes, and it
was decided to organize joint stock company,
with at least $4,000 capital and 90 into this
line of business.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
portsmouth is setting out shade trees
Seven thousand five hundred and eighty citi.
zens OF Boston are natives of New Hampshire.
The North church, at Laconia. is Ia have
steeple one hundred and seventeen feet in height
The scarlet fever is prevalent in Manchester
with fatal results.
The people of the Baptist society in Suncook
have presented their pastor, Rev. DR.. Cummings
with purse of S1O6.
VIM. George Of Derry, while blowing recent
ly, found an old British coin of the date of 1880
The assessors have figured up the valuation of
Dover to be S4,7S4,27 rate Of taxation, 2.22;
number of polls, 21O9; number of persons
taxed, 274O; number of dogs taxed, 898.
Rev. H. M Stone, late of Laconia, was ill.,
stalled as pastor of the Congregational church
in Rochester. on the 18th.
Mr.. n. P. Clark, of Walpole, lost $500 horse,
on the l4th, from lockjaw The animal stepped
on nail, and aftery- rds caught cold.
Seven foxes ils.rfl, al fro.,, ~. Iota