Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-09-12
Gdlurttstcr Daily spp,
New EnsIand New. summary.


trymcn. Better late than never.
The eleventh quarterly district convention OF
young mems Christian associations will be held
in Phillips church, South Boston, on Wcdnes
day afternoon and evening.
The Boston water power company has recent
" effected two large sales of lands on the "Back
Bay" One parcel brought S1,600000, and the
other 100000.
The national division of Sons of Temperate,
closed It's services in Boston on Saturday after
noon. The revised ritual was recommended
with authority to the committee to issue il afte
another revision.
The iouneyman horseshoeTs at Boston hav
struck for higher wages, and expect that a fun
of $1,000 will support their idle men until th
bosses yield. First class firemen now want 50
week, and first class drivers S21; second elias
81 and SIS respectively
The body of Patrick Wickham, who has bee
missing some three weeks was found on Sunda
afternoon floating in the water off Deer ISLAND
near Point Shirley. The deceased was feebl,
minded and his absence from his relations ha
caused them considerable anxiety. The bod
was brought to Boston and taken to his LAT
residence at CO Kingston street.
At the convention of the cigar makers, in tn
national union at Boston, last week, il was w
ted that the time occupied in stripping shall b
included in the three years apprenticeship re
quired OF every cigar maker The Working
mems Advocate was made the official organ o
the union. The proposition TO make the unol
benefit association, was lost, hut the wor'
white was stricken from the article OF tn
constitution in relation 10 tue ADMISSION o
members The officers chosen were; President
Edwin johnson Of Baltimore, Md; vice presi
dents, John H. Hayden OF New Haven, Conn.
and Peter Cady of Troy, N. y; secretary, An
eel Hart of Boston; assistant secretary, Joseph
Merritt
Tewksbury has elected L0rng delegation to
tha sfate convention.
The Watham delegates announce that they
are not yet united on any candidate for gov
ernOr.
on Friday night Major Donovan was robbed
of $3.50 while ejectng a party of roughS from
the Military exchange saloon, Lowell.
The store of Patrick Lynch, on Market street,
Lowell was entered on Saturday night by
thieves, who effected an entrance over the rear
door. A quantity of cigars and several bottles
of brandy were taken, and also few dollars in
change from the drawer. A candle which had
been burned and the stub of a cigar were found
in box of straw. The store is located opposite
the police station, but nothing Of the affair was
known until Mr. Lynch entered his premises
during the day.
At Lowell on Monday, Coroner Hunting
ton began an examination into the cause of the
death of Tersa Perkins, found in the machine
shop canal on the I'd inst. DR.. A. NJ. Ballard,
who made the post norton examination, testi-
fed to TWO cuts found on the head and one on
the left hand Of deceased; did not think they
would have caused death, and must have been
made with a sharp instrument glass bottle or
tnmbler, and that death was ultimately caused
by drowning Other witnesses were examined
to show her departure from her rooms on
Wednesday, but as yet nothing showing her
whereabouts beyond nine O'Clock that evening
has been drawn ont.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Frank Page Of Groveand, who was on an ex-
cursion 10 Plum island, near NewbuTyport, ac-
cidentay shot himself while ont in a boat gun
ming on Saturday. He exclaimed, pm shotl"
and died Immediately.
In spite of Buffers statement in his Worces-
ter speech, in reference to Warrington and the
Springfield Republican, that he has "done with
them forever the following characteristic pas
sage occurs in his recent Salem speech "rhis
man Warrington calls me political nuisance,
aud he will find, before ! get through with him,
that will be nuisance to him. What is he?
Simply a clerk at $4,000 year, and he has no
right 10 dictate 10 better, nobler and oil Ter men
than he"
At Lawrence three or four times on Sunday
evenings within as many months praise meet
ing have been held at the Lawrence street Con-
gregational church The pieces sung have been
the well known hymns of the Sabbath school
and the prayer meeting. The Lawrence brass
band and a powerful organ furnished the instru-
mental music, and the entire audience joined in
the singing. Every one has been delighted, and
hundreds were unable to obtain admission. So
popular has such music become, that on Sun
day the band has been employed both morning
and afternoon in the regular services; and it is
said the plan will be continued.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Ground has been broken for a new Catholic
church in Plymouth.
Fishermen continue to arrive at Plymouth
with full fares, ia: cheeks and full hearts.
The New Jerusalem church in Bridgewater is
to be dedicated on the Doth inst
AT the dinner last Sunday at the Rose Stan.
dish house in bingham, ten millions of dollars
were represented in a few of the guests.
The new iron lighthouse at DuXbury is near
ly completed the lanterns having been put in
and will probably be lighted about the 18th inst
Doctors differ. The Memorial and Rock says
1.-The Worcester convention must compromise to
save, and Rice is the coming man." The North
Brdgewater Gazette, on the other hand calls
Mr.. Rice one of Boston's idols, and thinks he is
likely to remain in the background.
Lazell, Perkins & Co. are laying the founda-
ton for new mill in Bridgewater for the manu-
iacture of metallic tubing. 1t is TO be about 175
feet long and 60 feet wide, built of brick with
slate roof, and intended to be fire proof This
branch OF manufacturing is carried on by but
one other firm in this country.
NANTUCKET COUNTY.
Capt. Alexander d. Bunker of Nantucket,
shlplnastcr of the old school, and for some wears
Keeper of the Sankoty light, died very suddenly
at SlasconSet on the I'd INST, aged eighty years.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
A westerner, formerly living in Plttsffeld, who
was IN town on visit, stepped into a store the
other day, and paid bill Of Sc, which he con-
tracied twenty-seven years ago. Honest, bur
not prompt.
MAINE.
BY a brilliant arrangement at a down-east
watering place, whittier all the guests are con-
Yeyed by steamer, the boat whistle gives infor-
nation OF the number to arrive, blowing a long
whsle Tor every ten and a short one for every
hVe persons; and dinner is prepared accord
ingly.
A bright pauper handed this request 70 the
pastor Of Skowhegan church on a recent Sun
day: Mr.. - desires prayers for the oversccrs
OF the poor, that they obey the laws of the state
and furnish him decent pair OF boots or shoes
10 walk to meeting in"
Cape Elizabeth is excited almost to exaspera.
non over an outrage committed by Alvin lose
pedder, upon deaf and dumb woman named
fhlnneY, who called at her house aud found
her alone. Jose, who is a stalwart fellow of d
has been arrested. -
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Pennington has eleven shoe factories which
shipped during the month Of August 81 684
pairs of shoes.
There was quite severe frost up and down
the Ashueot Valley on Thursday and Friday
mornings, the thermometer standing AT 80 dcG
The portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway com
f''''s AAs'N JN'ft eAlNuutu lUtlf w ME Mountain
line as far as Ossippe, and now they are propos-
ing to reach Wofboro by branch.
fire at WalpOle, Saturday noon. burned the
ell OF boarding house belonging to Rates e
drlch, shirt manufacturers The new fro
company saved the main part Of the buildina.
loss 5000, insured.
RevDr Gannett's last sermon was preached ot
Lancaster, Aug. 20, and it was from the text ::
10 MN that overcOIletb will grant to sit down
with me IN my throne, even as | also oyercame
and am setdown with my Father in his throne >
The Stateman SAYS that the enterpr1siney f,I,,
oil Mead, Mason, 4 Co, carpenters and builders
OF Concord, have contracts for BUILDING nine
churches this year away from Concord: Antrim
one, Bristol one, Manchester one, and six in
Massachusetts, one of which, in Lowell is in.
tended to seat 1900 persons.
The AshuelOt Valley fair opens at Winchester
wednesday and continues Thursday. -Four INN,
dred dollars are offered for trottino and runnino
races. Everything indicates that the fair will be
unusually attractive aud successful Extra
trains and half fare on the railroads will nm
doubtedly carry crowd.
Saturday night the grocery store of Ver1er e.
20, on Canal street, in Nashua was entered
InFough cellar window and the money drawer
1 Tg OF twenty dollars in scrip and coppers
b bae poor and shoe shop of Geo E. Mills. on East
ae1il erect was also entered and robbed of sew.
.tl Pl5s ~ boots, to the value of Twenty-Five or
, sIiIEy 1olars. The job was probably accom-.
PiieHNu ~ nome enterprise as fine rineI tIat bas