Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-25
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New EnEland New. summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY,


BOSTON AND VICINITY
The Winthrop house, on Bowdoin street, Bos-
ton which was purchased by Mrs. Mary Shep-
herd, in 1856, for S27 500, has just been disposed
$4,000.
A Mrs Finn of Cambridge, left her little baby
in its cradle the other day while she went into
the next ROOM and immedateN alter nearing II
cry rushed back Just in time to see large rat
leap from the cradle, and found that il had
1acerated one of the chlld's hands in a terrible
manner with its teeth.
On the 28d the legislative committee on pris-
ons made their annual visit to the Cambridge
house of correction, and after close inspection
OF all parts of the institution the committee ex-
pressed themselves as satisfied with the existing
state of affairs, with the exception of the Jail ac-
commodations, which they deemed entirely in
adequate, and were of the unanimous opinion
that the ''old dungeon, for dungeon it certain
~ is, should be enlarged or else the structure
taken down and more suitable building erected
on its site. The whole number of prisoners at
present in the house of correction is 813 of which
269 are males and 40 females.
AT Boston, on the 23d, on Devenshire street,
near Water driver was hailed by man of
small stature, in decent clothes, but with very
dirty hands, who said he wanted bundle taken
to the Philadelphia Packet pier. Driver wanted
to know where the bundle was. 1t was upstairs |
way up. Strange man and driver then went |
up stairs TO get the bundle, and strange man |
managed TO delay the driver while in the mean
time the man with dirty hands managed 10 DIS
appear. rearing tnaT he SnOuIu NC ioo iHtS ACA
the boat, the driver started for his team, with
out the 'bundle" and when he got on to the |
street again he couldn't find his team, pal
or partner of the operator having in tn mean
time drove away with it, including the $4,000 |
worth of goods.
Numerous interesting facts concerning Ger am |
ming" in the Boston public schools were |
brought out at the school committees hearing, |
the other day, on the question of giving the
boys in the Latin school three Saturdays a
month as holidays. The teachers testified that
the boys tasks compelled from two and a half
to three hours study daily out of school, beside
the six or seven hours in school, 1t was con-
tended that this discipline was no more severe
than that of the best schools of Europe, but
President Coolidge of the senate denounced it
and declared that it was time TO form an eight
hours party for the boys rather than the me-
chanics. Much testimony showing the bad eff
fects of examining was introduced and Curtis
of the Commercial Bulletin characterized
the Latin school as a dyspepsia factory, while
experienced teachers declared that the boys
would learn more in studying five days a week
than five and half. Dio Lewis thought ten
hours study day not injurious, with proper
attention to sleep, air and diet, but was in favor
of the Saturday holidays.
MDDLEsEX COUNTY.
A skunk that was caught in a trap in New
tonvllle last November, subsequently walked off
with the trap and escaped. week or two ago
askunk, with its leg in trap, was shot in Pea
body, and was, no doubt, the same skunk that
was caught in Newtonville. 1t had travelled
twenty miles in four months.
The new style Of American shoes in vogue, in
imitation Of alligator leather, is very popular.
This suarian imitation originated at Wobun,
in the factory of Foster & Molineux, who sold
their first bill of goods in January last, and all
the shoe towns are now making alligator boots
and shoes. And there is no doubt from present
indications, that pebbled goat and all varieties
of grained patterns will give way to the new al
ligator limitations. In fact, alligator stock as a
fancy brand, is the highest priced stock in the
market.
The excitement occasioned by the recent
shooting affair at Hopkinton has nearly all sub
sided, and all but two officers have been relieved
from duty in the town. The wounded men are
getting along nicely, and no serious results are
apprehended. John Sullivan, the party arrest
ed for shooting, waived examination on Tues
day, and readily found bail in the sum of 5000
for the action of the grand jury of MiddleseS
county. The sympathy of the people is in hi
favor, and it is thought that he will soon resum
work at the manufactroy of the Messrs. Phipps
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The New Bedford Triggers have "resolved
against reduction of their wages and to insis
on present rates, viz: forty cents an hour.
Rev. Geo Mathews of Dartmouth has accept
ed a call to the pastorate of the Second Bapts
church of New Bedford.
Col. Harrington, principal of the Middle stree
New Bedford grammar school, will soon leav
the city, having been called to a larger salary.
Rev. 0. A. Roberts, recently chosen pastor o
the North Christian church in New Bedford
who has lately been at the west preparatory Il
settling there, while stopping at jamestown
Ohio, cut his foot accidentally, nearly SEVERN
it. He has since arrived in New Bedford.
The Mount Washington glass works was o.
ganized in New Bedford last week, with AleS
H. Seabury as president, and W. L. Libbey
agent. The capital of the corporation is 500
000 and is held by ten stockholders. TIL
Messrs. Libbey, the present proprietors, wi
turn the business over to the new corporatio
to-day. The business at the works is constant
y increasing, with orders ahead all the TINT
Handsome new styles OF decorated work are be
ing continually produced, and the factory vii
probably be enlarged in year or two.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
Thirty-siX fioeks of wild geese passed owe
Sandwich last Sunday, on a trip northward.
Several residents of Provncetown have sub
scribed $1,000 each toward a new Congregation
al church. the pews in which are to be ownet
by the society and not by individuals
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
~ The Springfield Union has the following sensi
bic suggestion: We have one suggestion +
make to the managers of the grand Nilsson cor
cert next week. Out of every one hundred per
sons who will probably purchase tickets for tn
entertainment, there may be half a dozen, Gel
tainly not more, who can understand and az
preciate the "Ahi trose Ill.," the Voi oh
Sdpete," the ''Ron so pin cosd," or other operati
or classical selections, to which the program
me is generally too largely devoted. The rt
manning Dinety-four would much prefer TO hea
the sold Folks at Home" or any of the man
ballads which Md'lle Nilsson is said TO render ST
agement recognize the popular taste and desire
in making up the programme and not devote il
entirely TO unpronounceable Italian. We are
positive they would find it for their interest to dc
so.
MAINE.
Fast day, April 10.
The Lewiston Journal is out in defence of the
birds, which the farmers are killing with much
recklessnesS.
Belfast is much proud over the belief that Bel
fast clans have become an acknowledged pisca-
torial institution Of the day.
Lewiston claims that, according to the prop
erty valuation, its debt is materially less than
that Of any other town in the state.
The members of the Methodist Episcopal
church of Liyermore Falls have presented their
pastor with handsome residence.
The catalogue of Bowdoin college enumerates
220 Students divided as follows: Seniors 18, Jun
iors 3d. sophomores 40, freshmen 80, scientific
Ii, medical IS.
North Waterford is Furnishing village con.
ssting of four stores, an hotel, church, high
school, tannery, saw and grist mill, a staVe mill,
and four hundred cords of oak timber.
At Rockland, on the 2Sd, Joseph H. Paine was
severely injured by premature explosion while
blasting logs on Rankin hill. One hand was
lacerated and his face and eyes were so badly
burned that he is in danger of losing his sight
and perhaps his life. Two boys, sons of Messrs
Joseph Clark and Willard Gates, standing by at
the time of the accident, were also injured the
latter so badly that it was thought his sight
might be wholly or partially destroyed
An exchange reYives the following old story:
Boston trader called at hoase in Maine some
time ago, to buy cheese, but when he came to
look at the lot he concluded he would not take
1t, It was SO full of shippers. AS he was going
of the farmer said to him: Look here mister
how can get my cheese to Boston the cheap
estP The trader took another look at the
cheese, and seeing more and more evidence of
its being alive, replied, ''Well, let it be day or
two longer and guess you can drive it DOWN."
VERMONT.
The charter Of the Town of Clarendon was
granted by both New Hampshire and New York
and comprises part of the two grants of So
cialborough and Durham.
Last Monday evening Charles Barton, one of
the alleged Waterbury bank robbers and auoth-
er prisoner, escaped from the jail at Montpelier
by empowering the jailor when the door was
Temporarily opened TO admit visitor