Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-11-25

BOsToN, Nov. GA banker on State street
states that recently he purchased two notes of
$4,000 given by Mr. John A. Hanson, aud purport-
ing to be endorsed by Mr.. John J Clark. Upon
sending ii to Mr., Clark, the father in-law of Mr..
Hanson, to ascertain if the endorsement was
genuine, he stated it was not, and he therefore
caused the arrest of Mr.. Hanson The notes
were subsequently taken up by the broker VINO
sold them 10 the banker. 1t is thought that the
amount of these torgeries will not exceed forty
thousand dollars.
Three young roughs named Thomas Meehan,
John Dougherty and James Carroll, are in jail,
in default Of $1,000 bail each, charged with gar
rotting and rnbbing Charles b. Silan, ship news
editor of the Boston Daily Advertiser.
committee of the city council left tonight
for New York, to invite Alexis to visit Boston "a
ERWIN Earlage, aged eighteen, brakeman on
the freight train from Providence, was knocked
off a car and killed last night by a bridge.
The trial of VIM. j. Sutherland, member of
the Suffolk bar for receiving stolen goods, which
has occupied the superior court two days, re-
suited, tonight, in verdict of guilty. The
court refused the bail offered, and he was re.
manded for sentence
The republican ward and city committee to-
night nominated Newton Talbot for mavOr, and
adjourned to Monday evening.
SPRINGFIELD, Nov. 24,-JOhn Pierce, young
Englishman, was struck and killed bya train on
the Housatonic railroad, near Lee, tonight.
MAINE.
BANGOR, Nov. "A The house of f. P. Bald
win, on Sumner street, was entered by burglars
last night completely ransacked, and from three
to four hundred dollars worth of silver ware,
clothing and other articles were carried off, The
burglars were evidently bunglers and not pro-
feSslOnalS, from the character of their proceed
iugs and the articles stolen. An umbrella taken
from the ontry was found in coal yard this
morning.
CONNECTICUT.
NORWICH, Nov 24.-BrtiSh schooner J. W.
Scott, Capt. Queen, from st. John, N. b., struck
on Old CltacOmlIreel, off Watch Hill, this morn
ing, at $780, and was abandoned as the sea made
clean breach over her. Her crew are ashore at
StoningtOn. She was a new schooner and this
was her first trip. Her cargo, of white pine
lumber, was consigned to c. MaXSOn & Co.,
Westerly, X. |. She will 90 to pieces tonight.
The wind is southeast and blowing gale
Lateral dispatch received from Stonington,
this evening, says that the schooner dragged off
the reef and driGted up Fishers Island sound,
and was finally beachcd by the captain and
crew. She now lies near Feel Grass shoal light
ship, and, ii the gale subsidies, the cargo will be
saved.
NEW LONDON, Nov 26.-In maritime circles.
it is feared that the schooner S. b. Miller, Capt
John Chapman, of that port, has been lost, to-
gether with all on board The Miller was en-
gagged in the halibut fishery, and sailed from
there forty days ago. When last seen, she was
off Lehave banks Oct. 18th, in very severe
avoiding disaster 1T is thought that if the in
tention was carried out, she was lost beyond
pcradventure." Her captain, John Chapman,
was an old and experienced sailor, man of
wealth and well-known throughout the county.
NORWICH, Nov. 24.-Boats have been dredg
ing the river all day near the wreck of the City
of New London, and three more bodies were re-
covered Four of the missing deck hands have
reported, reducing the number known TO he
lost to seventeen. OF these sixteen have been
recovered The body of VIM. I. Norton this
city, passenger, is the only one not secured
The following is a revised list of the lost VIM.
I. Norton, Caleb h. Rogers, Harrison L. Al
drich, Norwich, passengers; VIM. z. Ely, Ham
burg, Conn, second mate; Matthias Baker,
Norwich, first engineer; Henry Dugau, stewards
Geo Flowers, San Francisco, waiter; Warren
Mitchell, Montville Conn, oiler; Charles John
son, Montyille, fireman; Webster Cooper, col
ored, Norwich, second cook; and the following
hands Thomas Rourke, John Molten and Tim.
Gthy Ryan, New York; Timothy Sullivan,
Canterbury, Conn; Patrick Mahoney, Time.
thy Driscoll and Patrick Moran, Norwich.
All of these have been claimed by their
friends. The company states that this
agrees with the list of those on board the
steamer.
A diver will be employed tomorrow, to search
for the body of Mr.. Norton The company has
steamer on the ground, and has done every
thing to recover the bodies The Jury OF inquest
met this evening, but adjourned, without action,
to Monday evening,