Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-06-03
a0lurtester AaiIp SPY.
new England New. summary.


Frank Thomas a private Waterman, was
killed on the 1st near the depot, Dy inc
Boston and Albany tram. Inc ueceaseu los' "u
arm in the war.
Brighton is at present eXasperated TO the last
degree over the question of expanding S5O,OOO
for street improvements. Six hundred votes
wore cast in a town meeting, the other nght,
and the prorressivsts carried the day
A. Roston on the LIST, John ID. Hill and Z. L.
yonno tried in the Superior criminal court,
Ear stealing a gold watch and chain IN the room
of guest of the fremont mouse, twere SCH
fenced each to eighteen months hard labor in
state prison.
Among the physicians who are subscribers to
tbe BOSTON Journal of Chemistry are DIR. Death,
Tr Slaughter, DR.. Dye Dr.. Coffin, DIR. Tombs,
and DIR. Graves This sombre list is lighted up
nv DR., Life. Dr. Strength, and DIR. JOY Or.
Drinkwater Just balances Dr. Rumm OR the
liquor question: Y.,.,. 1ro.. Atrs
Iivermore and other women oil prominence
who were brought together ~ te ~,
at Boston, this week, have taken measures Ioi
the organization of women's peace soclety.
Mrs. Howe and others favor the holding or a
worlds convention in London, TO foster the
things that make for peace ea.. Ia
II will cost the city of Boston some hity odo
thousand dollars for printing This amount
will increase with the growth of the city. AS
II is imnossibe for the committee on printing 10
attend to the details OF this department, II Is
proposed to appoint a superintendent OF puonc
DTQflnE.- whose uulN IL VIII bO " ~
contracts ere strictly carried out Fhe city also
proposes to bny its own paper hereafter
A special session of the Grand Temple OF
Honor of Massachusetts, win be holden in Stacy
Han. Boston, on Wednesday, June IA. The
sixth annual session of the council department
of he Grand Temple will be holden NJ the same
hall on Wednesday evening. Apubic meerng,
under the auspices of the Grand Temple, VIII
take place at the chapel, Boylston Station, on
Thursday evening, June is.
The annual meeting of the AmeTlean academy
of Arts and Sciences was held at the hail OF the
Academy, at Boston, this week. at whtcb the
following were elected officers for the ensuing
term: President, Prof. Asa Gray; vice-pTesldent;
Hon. George T. Bigelow; treasurer Edmund
Quincy; corresponding secretary, Prof. joseph
Lowering; recording secretary. Prof. Edward u
Pickering; Librarian, Edmund Quincy.
SAT Boston, on the 1st, Chauncy G. Hatci, OF
Haverhill, Mass, who was arrested IN NoVeIa-
Der last for passing counterfeit STU treasury
notes, pleaded guilty 10 four indictments ID inc
u. S. circuit court. He is young man Il
wears old of fine personal appearance, and ac-
cording to the statements of various witnesses
called in his behalf, has been youth of exenis
plary conduct. He has been in Suffolk Jail du-
ring the fall and winter, and has given informa-
ton which has aided in the conviction Of great
err rogues who had been engaged in the coun-
tereit business. In view of all the paliating
circumstances the sentence was lightened, and
Hatch was ordered to pay fine of 81 and go to
jail at Dedham for one year.
The census returns show some interesting
facts about the printing interest of Boston. 1t
that the total capital invested in the bust
neSS-eXcluding newspapers and book publish
ers-is about a million, S911 500; the number
of hands employed is nine hundred and seventy
three; annual amount of wages, S631 900; total
value of products, 81 .497 900. Ward four con-
tains majority Of printing offices, which rep
resent 1920, 600 capital and product of 81 1885,,
600. An analysis of these figures shows that
the number Of hands is little more than one
TO each 81 900 of capital; that each hand con-
tributes 81 $40 to the annual product, and that
the average wages paid per hand is seas.
Few of the respectable, thinking among til,
Spiritualists will endorse the ridiculous per
formances of the 'New England Spiritualist
convention" that met in Boston on the evenin!
of the LIST inst. A portion of the proceeding
bordered on the tragic, judging from the follow
lug extract from the resolutions offered :-"Re
solved, that we regard with deserved cOntemp
the affectaton of lukewarm friends of the WON
an suffrage movement, who insult all Spiritual
lists by such language in their conventions as
the Boston Traveller ascribes to Charles w
Slack at the womans suffrage convention
Resolved, that we hold Mr.. Slack personally
responsible, if correctly reported and if not We
recognize in the malicious conduct Of the Boston
Traveller a new evidence of the trucking mean
ness and dishonorable Subserviency of disrepu
table journalism, and that we call on Mr.. Slacl
to make the amends and correction required il
tnS pIchilStos we duAlOuSly await tlulllgS lIOn
Mr.. Slack
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
On the evening of the S1st ult., Michael Nc
Grath, about 30 years of age stole the team @
DR.. Green of Lowell, from in front of his resi-
dence on Pawtucket street. Chase was give
the thief ard he was taken at Middlesex Village
about mile from the city. He formerly RI
sided in Lowell and has family in Fitchbure
ESSEX COUNTY.
AT Haverhill, an important real estate move
aD1nN hnr al ,nI,n
prominent lots, with frontage of $50 feet Oh
Wlngate street and f0rty-two feet deep, 70
$4,000, upon which a block of stores is to b.
speedily erected. This creates a new bushes
IN IN close proximity to the depot parallel witt
Washington street, and will be followed, by i'm
portant business changes.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
At New Bedford, the Wampanoag mills OF
gained, Wednesday evening, by the choice c
the following named gentlemen as directors
DIR. Robert I. Davis, John d. Flint Walter
Durtee, Stephen Davol, Foster H. Stafford, Sin
con Borden, George H. Eddy, Lloyd L. Earl
Alphonse S. Covel, VIM. H. Jennings and Jol
H. Boone. DIR. Robert T. Davis was elect
president, and Walter c. Durfee, clerk al
treasurer.
- The Potomska mills corporation, with a cal
tai OF S250,000, was organized in New Bedfo
on the LIST instant. A mill for the manufactu
of print cloths is to be erected. The Standa
gives the names. of the officers as follow
William j. Rotch Charles L. Wood, Henry
Thomas, Andrew G. Pierce, William Watkir
Edward w. Rowland, and James Robinson we
elected directors; James Robinson, treasure
David S. Wood, clerk of the corporation. AT
subsequent meeting of the directors, Jam
Robinson was elected president.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The Amherst agricultural college glee eli
will give concert at Monsoon, Tuesday, June
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
The Boston nine, who were to be paid S125 {
playing game of ball at Amherst with the c.
lege nine, on Wednesday last, could not CON
so game was arranged with the Forest Ci
club of Rockford, Ill. Five innings were playe
with score of q to 2, in favor of the Fore
City club.
Packardville, which has been for many yea
missionary station of Amherst College, is nc
to have settled minister. Rev. VIM. K. Val
of Shutesbury, will be installed in June.
The Niesean base ball club of Amherst cole
will play the Williston seminary nine, at Ea
hampton, to-day. The game at Amherst Ia
Saturday resulted in favor of the Amherst nil
by score of 20 to s.
The Amherst College commencement ball mu
die stands thus now The member of the SEM
class who had hired the hall finally agreed
leave it to a vote Of the class, whether he shou
give up his lease of the hall, or not. Wedne
Gay morning at class meeting, it was deci1
that the lease should be given up, by a vote
thlrty-seyen TO ten. Some member of the ella
then objected TO the ball being given in i
name of the graduating class. Il was decid
that this should be done by an almost unai
nous vote.
Since President Clark of the agricultural c,
lege received application to admit the JAMS
the college, he has received letter from Indi;
commissioner Parker, requesting him to recei,
ayoung hakota who is to be educated by /
government. he has also been requested to
ceiye young Georgian, by the United Stat
consul at Trebrizond, Turkey
BERKSHIRE COUNTY
A Mr.. Reasoner of Egremont had chick
Matched recently, with three feet, the surpl
limb being attached where the tail feath
should have been, and Langdon Huett of Sh
field had pair of twin ducks from one She
the heads of the pair growing together.
The work on the Hoosac Tunnel is at a ri
which tells every month. Up to the prest
time the work has progressed from the east e
S575 feet from the central Shaft 1856 feel, a
from the west end 61S6 feet making the agg
gate length opened 15,046 feet The dista1
remaining TO be opened is $685. feet.