Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-31
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New England New. summary.

BOSTON AND VICINITY.
One hundred years ago Boston had 25SS rata
BILE polls, 642 acres of pasturage, and 4lO3,95
Is sd at interest.
The decline in Eastern railway stock since tn
accident at Revere, has been five and half dol
lars per share.
Rev. George Gannett had recovered his healti
in a great degree during the past SIX months
and had recently preached with mueh Oh M
former vigor. He had never made nor'
felicitous speech than at the anniversary dlnne
OF the Christian Register association lev
months ago.
The Traveller SAYS: "Tbe young mem
democratic club has been Modified, and now i
again honors John Quincy Adams by giving
him its confidence and its support for govel nor
And thus we see him formally put on the tract
for another defeat, even before a delegate ha
been chosen TO the nominating convention o
his party. The "new departure" of the Massa
chusettS democracy WITH simply, be to a ne'
section of the Salt River country"
Among the many sad incidents of the Rever
disaster that of the Fitzgerald brothers is pecu
harly melancholy. They were both masters o
coasting vessels, and had not met before las
Saturday during period Of nearly five years
They had arranged TO spend few days at MAJ
tha's Vineyard, and were on their way 10 Pea
body to join their families and take them along
They were in the same seat. James was hurrie
into the unknown world without a moment
warning; Frank is at the city hospital, manele'
and bleeding from the effects of amputaton.
A branch of the international association 0
worSingmen is about to be started in Boston, Il
be in communication with the central committee
of the American branch of the association IL
New York city. 1t is proposed TO form librar!
in connection with each branch of the associa
tion, where are to be gathered all books, paper
and publications bearing upon the OBJECTS ant
purposes of the association.
ESSEX COUNTY.
The Salem valuation is S21 ,59S, 3O0-S10, 461 ,70(
personal and S11 1856 600 real Rate Of taxa
ton, ST. on $1,000. Number of polls $3.50
The valuation of 1870 was S23, S01 ,S00-S12,
623 100 personal, S1067S,T0O real. Number OF
polls, 5463.
Hon. Joseph Howe, secretary of the Dominion
of Canada, and Judge VIM Writ Howe, of Lou
isiana have arrived in Boston TO attend the Howe
family reunion at birmingham to-day.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
In Fail River on Saturday night, a highway
robbery was perpetrated on Second street. A
young man passing down the street was knocked
down by two men, who grabbed his watch and
ran off with it.
Mr.. Newell Sturdevant, of Boston, who some
weeks since suddenly disappeared from a New
York steamer on its passage TO Fall River, leav-
ing his hat coat and watch in his stateroom,
was not drowned, as supposed at the time. The
best evidence of the assertion is that he was
married in Washington, on Saturday, to the
daughter of wealthy Californian.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
The Episcopal society at Wrentham, which
has worshipped in Cooks hall for the past two
years, are about to erect new church edifce at
an expense of about $4,000,
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
The Methodists of the Springfield district are
holding their. eighth annual camp meeting at
Hartford this week.
The workmen on the Mount Tom and East
hampton railroad dug up lot of human skele-
tons, on Saturday, in Cut twenty-five rods
from the Mount Tom depot Of the Connecticut
River railroad. George Phelps, the superin-
tendent of construction, estimates that about
seyenty-fve skulls were uncovered, and thinks
the spot the site of an Indian burying-ground.
MAINE.
The number of polls assessed this year in
Lewiston is 1921.
AT Norway couple were married last week,
whose ages were Is and so years.
The Swedes propose purchasing a steam en-
CINE to run a saw and grist mill to be erected at
New Sweden.
Prof. Agassiz says Maine was the first formed
land of the new world, that here the solid land
first appeared-and here the "Lawrentian Hills"
stood above the waters, and first showed to the
world rising continent.
' The jury in the case of Elbridge W. Reed of
Midway on trial for the murder of John Ray,
in September last, returned a verdict on Tues
day of murder in the first degree.
The Sagadahoc county fair will take place at
Topsham on October 10, IL, and y. The soc-
ETY. offer S1100 in premiums for the present
year, for great variety of articles, and the in
ducements offered are superior to those of any
previous season.
The Sunrise says Mr.. Joseph Chandler of
Maple Grove, some time last fall lost his pocket
book containing valuable papers and $3.50 in
greenbacks. A few days since he found the
pocket book in NOV of hay in his barn minus
the greenbacks, but the papers all safe
n 20 al Doll lla, i
by fire, with all its contents, on the 18th inst
The stock was valued at about $500, upon
which there was an insurance of $1,000 in thu
Union company of Bangor.
AT quarry at Simonton's corner, last week
piece of earth, six or eight tons in weight
caved in, striking Mr.. James Simonton on the
shoulder, stripping off bis shirt, and breaking
the small bone Of one of his legs, and also crush
ing cart Mr.. Simonton is seventy-four years
OF age.
The Maine election for governor and legisla-
ture will occur on September II. Governor Sid
ney Perham is the republican candidate; the
democrats have nominated Charles 7. Kimball
of Portland. The gubernatorial vote last veal
stood republican, "a ,040; democratic, A 534; re-
publican majority $500. This year, as there arenC
congressman to be chosen and the campaign il
one of the dullest ever known, the vote will be
very light. The democrats are claiming thai
they will reduce the republican majority Of
last year. 1t is doubtful lfthat can be done; al
all events it is expected that the relative repub
licau majority will be greater than that of last
year. The republicans of Maine often have q
good way of waking up a week or so before
election day, and thus insuring demonstra
ton at the polls not promised by the earlier part
of the campaign.
The Portland Press says "The fact that I'M
usual unanimity exists in the republican ranks
and the entire absence of distractng questions
inside the party organization will doubtless
have tendency to produce a degree of conf
dence in the result of the election that may lul
us into false feeling of security. To the out
ward observer the canvass of our opponents is
dull, but we have assurances from all parts Of
the state that Mr.. Kimball is putting forth his
personal efforts TO secure an unexpectedly full
vote. He has an organization in every town OIL
any Importance, and that organization is quiet
~ at work. Mr.. kimbalPs wealth enables him
TO contribute 'sinews of war; and his friends
are causing to be sent to republicans. whose
names have been furnished by democratic town
committees copies of that brevet democratic
sheet in which Mr.. Kimball appears as the
workingmans candidate"
good anecdote is told of Maine man whe
audaciously settled down in one of the soutberr
cities, and, by force of tact, talent and energy
acquired high position at the bar. With III,
lntrepldity OF man who believes in his mission
and who does not consider himself inferior /,
the arrogance around him, he was one day ad
dressing a court of law, when he was indie
nanty assailed by one of the old practitioners
who wanted to know "whether the sons {
chiyalry and the descendants of Hugueno-
were to be insulted by Yankee interloper, VIII
came here after having failed to earn living i
ms own secuonp The retort was quick as
was courteous. "Your honor" said the youn
lawyer, my ancient friend seems to have fol
gotten that the chiyary of the south are bein
rapidly superseded by The shovelry of the nortl
and that the Huguenots of this section are b,
ing steadily displaced by the pine knots of m
AT the recent "feld day. celebration of th
state historical society, at Pemaauia. Charle
Nutter, OF Boston, said: In 1866, two shin
sailed from Old England for New England til
James" and the CANCEL Gabrief'-tbe Ans,
Gabriel, an emigrant ship OF $50 tons and
guns, from Bristol, England. She reache
Pemaquid harbor on or about the 10Th of A,
gust, when terrific storm arose and she wa
driven ashore on the rocks of the Barbican an
became total wreck. Some of her eompan
were drowned-most escaped. The Games.
near Piscataquay, barely escaped, three ancboj
having been pulled out of her. In the "AnS
Gabriel" was my ancestor seven generation
from me. He was saved and landed at PEN
quid. At the late bi.centennial celebration
the first church of Portsmouth, Iheard the scli
lures read from an ancient Bible-a Geneva ed
ton of the Bible. This identical Bible was OF
OF the treasures saved from the wreck of the /
lated ship. The antiquities of this place are flu
of interest