Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-06-09
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New England New. summary.


"There are rumors of new daily paper ae3ut
TO be started in Worcester"
The old English elm tree opposite the old lis |
dale estate in Medford, which was brought over |
from England in a handbook, was struck by |
lightning during the storm on Sunday after |
noon near the top, and shivered down TO the |
lower part of the trunk. |
The treasurer of the children's hospital, Bos- |
ton, acknowledges the receipt of 81 900 in aid |
of the institution, which, with the amount |
previously subscribed, makes total of 81 $40.
At a recent meeting of the trustees of the
Massachusetts general hospital, DIR. w. L.
Richardson was elected one of the physicians 10
out-patents, in place Of DIR. Hall Curtis, re-
Rev. Allen P. Folsom of Boston has accepted
call to the pastorate of the Elm street Uni
versalist church in Manchester, New Hamp-
shire.
In the superior criminal court, at Boston, on
the Sth, Judge Devens sentenced James Noonan,
convicted OF robbery, to five years imprisonment
in the state prison, one day of which is to De
solitary confinement.
In the case Of Edward Cushing VS.. the city Of
Boston, to recover damages for injuries received
in falling through defective sidewalk, on Dew
onshire street. which has been on trial in the
supreme court for two days past the jury, after
being out nearly twenty-four hours, returned
verdict, on the Sth for the plaintiff in the sum
of $500.
mandatory, at 40 and AZ Richmond street,
Boston, was damaged Dy uTe ABOUT TWO o CLOCK
on the morning of the It'll, were insured in the
following offices: Roger Williams, Providence
r. l., $500; Commerce, Albany, $1,000; Nor
wich, $500; Peoples, Worcester, $1,000; Build
ers', Boston, $1,000; total, $4,000. Their loss
was about $4,000. The building was damaged
to the extent of $500, upon which there was an
insurance of $1,000 in the fremont Office.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
The south Middlesex Unitarian conference
held pleasant meeting on the 7th. Among the
L. H. L q
England Rev. K. K. Shipper Of Worcester, and
Rev. J. F. Clarke.
The Middlesex northwest Temperance union
held its annual meeting on Tuesday last in the
elegant Riverside hall at Maynard, Rev. J. M
Chick presiding. The attendance was good, and
the exercises quite enthusiastic. The address
was delivered by Rev. Mr.. Davey of West Acton,
who was chosen president Of the union for the
ensuing year. A poem on temperance and May
nard was read by Warren Haynes, Esq, of Sud-
bury. The next meeting of the union is to be
at West Acton, and the address.is to be given by
Rev Mr.. Judd of Rock Bottom
ESSEX COUNTY.
The state cOnstabeS made large seizure of
liouor at Gloucester on the 9th.
District Attorney May has appointed as his
clerk Mr.. Samuel Hoar of Concord, son of Judge
Hoar.
Recently at the oratorio of "Elijah," at the
Mechanics hall, in Salem, which is poorly ven
tilated, when they came to the scene of the
widows dead son, a lady remarked, elijah
will never bring that boy to life in this atmos-
phere"
The Gloucester Telegraph says: "The dry
weather continues, and the ground on the Cape
is beginning to suffer for the want of rain. 1t
is now five weeks come Friday since any rain
of consequence has fallen, and vegetation is be-
ginning to dry up. Grass is very short and
thin, and the crop will be failure, in this vicin-
ity at least, if there is not some relief soon"
The funeral Of the five young men who were
drowned at North AndoVer on the 9th took place
on the It'll. MessrS. Davis & Furber, the pro-
prietOrs Of the machine establishment where the
seven young men who were in the boat were
employed, have done all in their power to COM
fort the relatives of the five young men who
lost their lives. BamfOrd had his life insured
for $1,000, which expired at noon on the day
after his death.
The new town of Maynard is rapidly increas-
ing in population and business. The hands in
the mills are working eleven hours daily. About
700 persons are now in the employ of the man
ufacturing company there, which number will
be increased by some 400 when the new mill is
finished. 1t is commonly reported that the an
nual sales of this corporation amount TO
nearly 100000. The two churches and lodges
of Good Templars in Maynard are in highly
prosperous condition, and the prospects are all
in favor of this becoming, at no distant day,
one of the largest and most enterprising villages
in that section of the state
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The public schools in Fall River were closed
mittee to allow the children TO visit Barnum's
menagerie
At New Bedford, on the 9Th, q careless man
threw lighted match on bed at the mariners
home, and timely discovery prevented fire.
AS il was the bed and bedding, considerably
burned were thrown into the street.
Six SecOnet fishing boats have been in the
waters about New Bedford for a week past
catching from 200 to 800 barrels of menhaden
day. On the morning of the 18th, up to half
ms O'Clock IN bor-
rels.
FeverS are quite prevalent in Dighton at the
present time, though but few cases are consd
cred by the doctor to be very serious. AS
general thing Dighton is very healthy town.
Ii has but one resident physician who not only
attends to the sanitary interests here but is
also largely depended upon by several of the
surrounding towns.
At Dighton case of cruelty to animals is
reported, where prominent farmer having an
obstinate heifer which he wanted to drive to
pasture, tied her behind his wagon and drove
on, pulling Off one horn and dragging her along
on her side for some distance, injuring the fine
looking creature so badly that she is said to
have died in the pasture from the effects.
As the 4 80 train from Boston, over the New
Bedford and Taunton railroad, was approach
ing HOwland's station on the It'll, when mile
or more north the engineer discovered a man ly-
ing directly across the track. The brakes were
Whstled down and the Roadway of the train
stopped, SO that the man was struck by the cow
catcher and thrown one side of the track. He
proved to be an intoxicated man who lives in
the vicinity. He was picked up and left at the
station, not being much injured. Had he not
been discovered in time TO slow the train he
would have been instantly killed.
The Taunton Gazette says that ex-Congress-
man Bowen of South Carolina, on trial in
Washington last week for bigamy, and CONFLICT
ed was a resident Of Rehoboth about twenty
five years ago, son of a very respectable citizen
of that town. Having broken into small store
ofaJo hoxyf ax,f
some other small wares, he was brought before
the veteran magistrate, Col. Wheaton, and was
slightly fined for the msdemeanor He then
departed for the south, and being q pretty
smart chap finally turned up a soldier in the
rebel army, and subsequently a representative
in congress.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
The BarnStable Patriot speaks of a trout
caught in Marshpee river weighing four lbs,
measuring nineteen inches in length, and grit
ing thirteen inches.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
Charles Clark, of Northampton, Familiarity
known as the "Old Sled" committed suicide by
cutting his throat with razor, on the 9Th Ap-
pearances indicated that he performed the deed
in the kitchen, then walked into the shed and
died soon after reaching it, No particulars as
10 the cause are known.
The building committee of the agricultural
college at Amherst met on the 9th to decide on
the manner of appropriating some of the recent
gift to the college for the erection of new build
ings. A new chapel south of the south dormi-
tory will probably be put up Immediately.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The anatomical cabinet of the Berk shire med
ical school has been given and removed to the
athenBum at Pitts6eld
The corporators of the Lee and Hudson rail.
road met at Lee on the 9Th inst, and elected the
following officers 2. c. Baird, Elizur Smith,
s. S. Roger of Lee, 7. o. HurIbut of South Lee,
John B. Hull and II. J. Durham of Stockbridge,
CIV Knifin of West Stockbridge, John NJ See,
ley OF Housatonic (Great Barrington), r. +. Ma
son of Lenox Furnace, Geo. II. Power and Luz
cius Moore of Hudson, N. Y. The meeting was
well represented by Lee manufacturers and in
terested parties on the line Of the proposed rail.
road Hudson was represented by Mayor Pow
er and Judges Newkirk and Miller No estimates
of cost were presented and no pledges given, but
the spirit of the meeting seemed to be favorable
10 the early contamination of the project. The
outside talk is that over 100000 can be raised
in Lee; that the Hurlbut paper company will
take $4,000 worth of the stock, and the Smith
paper company $4,000. Hudson is expected IN