Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-05-10
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New RusIand News summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY


Uouse in Boston on Saturday. the 18th inst.
The Sheridan Rifles, Co. F, first regiment, pub
Gsh challenge TO the successful company II
the champion drill of the Montgomery and City
Guard in June The challenging company al
present holds the champion medal of the first
al Boston, on Monday evening, Samuel Alex
ander. colored man, while drunk, attempted
70 murder his wife, and succeeded in intiicting q
fearful cash in her side with razor. He was
arrested, and his victim was taken to the city
hospital 1t is thought that the injuries will
not prove fatal
citizen of Chelsea, who was in the habit Of
taking his beer regularly, in a sly way, at shop
in that town, voted "No" last week, and the fact
came to the knowledge of the beer seller. And
when the citizen called the next day for his
usual glass Of beer, hewas peremptorily refused,
and thus taught wholesome lesson against the
sin of hypocrisy.
We gave, few days ago, one of a series Of
stories from the Boston Post, in regard TO the
scholars at the North End. Here is another A
sharp-looking little fellow, with shock of light
brown hair that looked as though It had no very
recent acquaintance with comb and brush, said
to his teacher one day, very abruptly Teach
er. | amt coming to school any more" mot
coming to school any morel Why, what's the
matter: don't YOU like your teacherf 20,
iiminil don't II You bet. But I'm egoin back
10 the theatre" "Back to the theatre! Why,
YES, act, / does" "You act! Wherep eyes,
i've been on the stage lots. Pm an old hand at
Il. was an angel up to the Black Crook and
a bullfrog down to the White Fawn, and tell
you what it is, teacher, I'd heap sight rather
be bullfrog than an angel any day..
The electors of Harvard college, at a recent
meeting, suggested the following list of names
for ballots for five vacancies in the board OF
overseers, the retiring members being placed
first: James Lawrence, r. H. Dana, Jr., u. M.
Brooks, ]. W. Bacon, T. B. Thayer, F. b. San
born of Springfield Stephen Salisbury, Judge
Devens and Rev. William X. Huntington Of
Worcester; Rev. John F. Moors of Greenfield
Rev. Alexander McKensie and Rev. A. B. Muz
zey of Cambridge; Rev. John Weiss of Water
town; Rev. DR.. Thomas Hill of Waltham
William I. Davis of Plymouth; Leverett Sal
tonstan of Newton; Prof. Alpheus Crosby Of
Salem; Prof. ]. T. Thayer of Andoyer; and
Wendell Phillips, John Lowell, DIR. Georg(
Derby, DIR. LIE Baron Russell, George o. Shat
tuck, George S. Hillard, Phillip H. Sears,
Lemuel Shaw, William Endcott, Jr., Gen.
Charles G. Loring, Josiah 6. Abbott and
Charles L. Flint mostly of Boston.
According to the Commercial Bulletin, the
FIVE sugar refineries now running in Boston, the
Standard Bay State, Boston, Union and CONT
mental are turning out about 800 Dbls. oil sugar
per day. all together, and the market is usually
active, and prices are tirmer. With the pro6a-
bility of a short crop in Cuba, and the steadily
increasing consumption, there is strong spec
ulative feeling starting up, and all cargoes re-
ceived are quickly taken up. With the fruit
season close at hand, which requires large guam.
titles of sugar for putting them up and preserv.
ing, and in view Of the fact that the west have
only been taking moderate quantities, and must
of necessity soon begin to buy freely, the mar
ket is buoyant and transactions are large. The
stock of raw sugars on hand is light, not more
than one-half of its amount at the correspond.
ing time last year, and footed up May LIST, ii 1921
hhds., 2,S20 boxes and SO 1872 bags. The Adam!
refinery has been sold, and is to be enlarged
and rehtted for another year, and the Eagle
also recently sold, will not be run again thi
season.
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
A Ir,well corporation lately received a lette
addressed to the Spinning department from
Californian, forty years old, with no small vice
who wants an eastern girl or widow for wifi
ESSEX COUNTY.
At a union temperance meeting in Rev. D.
Pixies church in Newburyport, Sunday evening
out of 305 persons present, 131 signed the plede
of the Massachusetts total abstinence society
The good work is going on well in that vicinity
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
This is the laconic way newly-made mothe
at Palmer telegraphed the news to her husband
who was in another state: "Boy-come home.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The Pittsield people are so influenced by tn
fying rumors of cattle disease that beef, as goo(
as was ever sold, is at a discount, while muttor
and pork are in great demand, the former hav
ing advanced four cents pound.
MAINE.
The Bowdoin college alumni association {
Calais has offered a gold medal or $50, il
equivalent in money, as prize for the best d.
batter, each of the college literary societies t
choose three disputants to discuss in public
question which shall be selected and given OF
by the faculty to the disputants, the question, {
course, to be known by the latter some time pr
vious TO The debate. The prize will be c0ntenC
ed for the present term.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Lisbon has had three cases of the smallpox
One fatal.
The Glen house, at the base of Mt. Washing
ton, is to be sold by auction.
The track of the Portland and Rochester rail
road will be completed to Rochester July LIST.
Thirteen persons were killed and ffty-one in
jured by railroads in New Hampshire last year
In one block containing sixteen tenements, a
ClaremOnt, there are 119 persons, nine-tenths o
whom cannot speak English.
The state prison in nine months of the pres
ent management has earned five thousand do
lars over all its expenses.
The Strafford county teachers institute wi
be held in Dover, beginning on the 18th inst
and holding through the week.
After many days hunt, the West Campto
bear has been shot. He was eight feet lonl
weighed 325 pounds, and yielded six gallons
oil.
The treasurer of the building fund of the Phi
lips Exeter academy has received for the funC
from an anonymous source, the munifcent gil
of $4,000.
Chas. A. Aiken, D. D., Ii. D., formerly pre-
fessor of Latin at Dartmouth college, ha
accepted the newly created chair of Chris
tian ethics and apOlogetics at Princeton, N. J.
An employe in bobbin and spool factory q
Alton, the other day, turned 1876 assorte,
thread spools in ten hours, which it is claimet
is about fifty gross ahead of anything yet hear
from.
The work of excavation for the foundation q
the Phillips Exeter academy has begun Tn
location of the new building will leave ampl
room for another large boarding house, simla
TO Abbott hall on the west side of the academy
Hon. Horace Chase, of HOpkinton, has bee
occupying his leisure in classifying, colectin
and combining words in the English languag
with the termination ton. The total numb(
Of words he has thus collected is 2,46S, of whic
,S3S have the vowel preceding the final sy
liable.
James Atkinson, young man who had bee
employed in the shop Of Lloyd i. Lindsey,
aconia, forged orders with his employers 81
nature upon various traders in town, BY whiC
he obtained several dollars worth OF goods, al
also obtained a coat and watch of other partie
and left for Lawrence. He was arrested the
on Monday, and owned up. Through the a
o'spSiB NcAS SSttiCu up dliS ne WI
left free.
The Nashua school committee have decided
close the Mulberry street school for the presen
on account of the small pox excitement in tn,
district. II seems that the house il which til
French boy died had population OF some thirt
or forty souls, all OF whom have freely circl
lated in the community, and ten of whom wei
operatives on the corporations. This fact hi
caused general feeling Of fear.
The New York Olympic, travelling exhib
non which was organized at Providence abo,
three weeks since, burst up in Manchester n
Tuesday, and the company, consisting of abol
torty-f0ur men in all, has been disbanded m
exhibition was very thinly attended m
horses, carriages, and other property of II
managers were attached by the performers
recover their salaries. Attachments were al
put on by other parties.
1t is generally believed at Exeter that the DO
of the man found in the Fiscataqua river
Newington, on Wednesday of last week, is Ii
of Franklin Rand Of that town, who was
ported to have been drowned on the 18th ul
at point dozen miles or more above wht
the body was found. The description OF t
clothing tallies almost exactly with that wo
by Rand on the evening OF his disappearant
The report that Rand has been seen in the 1pp
part OF the county has received no confrmatio
VERMONT.
OF the eleven houses that composed the v
lage Of Bellows Falls in 1900 only one is nc
standing.