Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-10-12
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New England New. summary.

AAfHs NAAhAf AhA llANiNNlA : WIZ VIII acNO
pany him on his approaching visit to Boston.
The Boston school board last event
voted 10 give the public school children of {
city holiday next Monday.
Collector Russell has recovered from his !
cent attack so far that hopes are now entC
tanned of entire restoration to health in time.
The Boston democratic ward and city con
nnttee has voted 10 give $500 TO the sufferers 0
the Chicago Gre.
The salary Of Supt Prescott paid by III
Eastern railroad, is $4,000 a year, with unr'
strictcd liberty 10 act as be sees nj.
on Saturday night grand musical and dra
matte entertainment will be given in the BOstOl
theatre for the benefit Of .he Chicago sufferers
The entire gross receipts will be given.
The lodges Of the Independent order of ODD
Fellows, meeting IN Boston, have appOintet
committees TO meet next Friday evening a
Odd Fellows hall, 10 see what action shall b
taken toward afiording relief TO the members O
tho order Ia Chicago.
The various companies in the Boston fire de
partmcnt held meetings Tuesday night. and
voted unanimously TO contribute S. per MAJ
for the relief of the fremen Of Chicago. Tn,
sum amounts in the aggregate TO s., 400, which
VIII be forwarded ut the earliest possible date
by Chief Engineer Damrcll.
The Boston journal saws: "Quick work: Al
Wenty-iour hours notice, to hold a crowded
m, "ung IN taneuil hall and receive such as
snr,rc, OF sympathy that the mayor is aa-
t5lriIed N inform the mayor Of Chicago
tbat ono bundrcn thousand dollars await his
dIan"
The receipts Of some On the Boston insurance
offices during the past few days have been very
large, as many persons have increased the
amount of their policies, and the failure OF
companies has caused a large nHmbef 90 pro-
cure new insurance The eXpericucs aained by
this great fire will cause a reyolutiUn in the
whole system Of fire insurance.
Mavor Castor has received q note from Vice
President ColfaX, stating that he accepts the in
yitation extended 10 him TO be present on Mon
day next, on the occasion of the laying of the
cornerstone OF the new pest office. He will
arrive in the early Monday morning train, and
take quarters at the st. James hotel, with other
distinguished guests.
In the superior criminal court at Boston, on
Tuesday, gentleman asked 10 be excused from
jury duty, because he was member of the au-
cicui and honorable artillery company. Judge
Lord said nc supposed the law would excuse
him, bat il was a very ridiculous law which cX-
cuscd men because they belonged to an organ
izatiOn whose main service is TO 20 of iunket-
ing. lie further remarked that the consequence
OF good men awaiting themselves OF these legal
privileges Is TO get Oaters on to the jury He said
that iurymcn must remember that if they were
parties 10 cases 10 be tried they would want the
iurcs composed of the hest OF men.
M1DDLEsEX COUNTY.
Charles leslin, the rough who assaulted State
Constable Morse and Mrs. WhitehouSe, on Sun
day night, at Lowell, was arrested on Wedncs-
day morning az > O'Clock.
The resignation Of Cyrus II. Latham, who was
elected al the former meeting OF the city council
10 Gil the vacancy in the Lowell board of wafer
commissioners, was received and accepted, and
). h. Hutchinson was elected in his stead.
At the quarterly meeting of the Andover con-
ference of Congregational churches, at West
Dracut, on the 10th, collection of $40 was Ia
ken up in behalf OF the Chicago sufferers. A
resolution was passed recommending that, all
the churches in the conference supplement this
amount by collections next Sabbath.
The Lowell water works are progressing fine
~. To the present time there have been laid
lS,4i4 feet of street pipes, or nearly fifteen miles
in length, and 1871 hydrants have been set. 1t is
hoped that the work on the filtering gallery will
be completed before winter fairly sets in. The
progress at the tunnel has been steady. A total
penetration Of $40 feet has been made. The ex-
cavatiOn ON the reservoir has reached II ,S2G
cubic yards, and is also nearly completed. 9th
er portions of the water works are being pushed
forward with cOmmendable celebrity,
ESSEX COUNTY.
City Marshal Philbrick of Lawrence arrived in
that city on the ith, with two valses and two
trunks, containing plumber stolen by Sauborn
the burglar, now lying in Jail. Among the
property are fifteen watches and a large quanti-
" Of silver ware. The value of the whole is
about $1,000. The stolen sTtices were found I'M
der the floor OF the pulpit in the Ash Grove
Methodist church in Albany, New York.
There was an adjourned meeting of the citi-
zcns Of Lynn, held Monday evening, TO inaugu-
rate active measures for the building Of a rail-
road direct from Lynn 10 Boston. Resolutions
were reported setting forth the Inconvenience
Ot the present connection between the two cities,
via the Eastern railroad, and charging that cor
pOratiOn with long continued neglect of the in
terests Of Lynn. The resolutions recommended
the subscription of city funds to the proposed
road, and urged the same duty upon private
capitalists. Twelve gentlemen were appointed
committee 10 circulate 4 subscription paper
among the citizens.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
At town meeting held in Dighton on the
ninth inst, it was voted, that this town will
pledge its honor iosnk the tax, for five years
OF any corporations, or individuals, who will in
vest capital 10 the amount OF five thousand dol
lars aud upward in manufacturing business"
MAINE.
coronei's inquest at Portland decided that
James Doyle, whose body was found in the
water near the Kenncbcc depot Monday fore
noon, committed suicide.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
u j. thought that Wood, The abortionist. VII
not live out bis prison sentence
Michael Shea was commiuei % prison OH
tuesday, from the supreme conn az Nashua %,
breaking aud entering. for three years.
The governor and council Of New Hsunshirt
have decided % ab0.isL the state arsenal ii
Portsmouth.
The hoiel in New England with the Ionres,
name o. the Qu01uiuuapssak L0use
% Hampton beach. Il has only two letter, les.
than The whole alphabet.
tn Cuucorl and in Manchester and Nasbu.
some excitement has been caused By the rep0rr
of alleged attempts al inceudiarism. II wa
probably the mischief Of boys, but extra police
men will be on duty tonight, and the FIRE de
parfmeut viii Dc in readiness for a prompt re
spouse 10 case Of an alarm.
wednesday morning, in West Concord. man
named Albert, a stOnequarry man. unmarried
and aged % years, stood with gun in bis hand
lie SCI The but Of his gun heavily on the ground
when 10 exploded, sending a charge OF shot un
aer his chin and through bis brain, killing hin
Al Portsmouth, on the 9th, the fourth annual
meeting OF the young mems Christian assocla
uou oi New Hampshire was held at the Middle
street baptist church, and was largely attended
u was called 10 order by the president. Charlie.
n. Bell, Of Exeter, and after religious exercises
directed by Thornton d. Walker. of Portsmouth
and Rev. Carlos Martin late Of 81. Louis. and
singing by the Hutchinson family, the regular
business was transacted.
Lyman +. Flint county solicitor. has beer
very active at the present tenn Of the suprem,
ludi"ial court, at Concord, in procuring indict
ments against parties for the violations of m,
liquor law. Some twenty-five firms and indi
yiduals, including the prOpretOrs OF three OF IN,
largest drug stores, are indicted. Ii Is general,
supposed that Colonel Dudley Palmer of Con
cord, has been instrumental in bringing man
OF the offenders 10 the bar of Justice The move
meni has stirred up public feeling on the sui
Ject, aud the disposal Of the indictments will b
awaited with much interest.
New Hampshire paper says: eve have re
icrred before 10 the case Of small pOx that is a
once the pride and fear of SuncOck, and are no,
t9ld OF an incident connected with it tending L
snow mat the professions Of men are not so hOl
low as they ace sometimes said 10 be- The pa
tlent suffering from the cheerful disease allude
TO, was nmrsed by her sister, who has a yOun
man. This individual seems TO have bee
nightly stirred up by the proximity OF his b,
loved 10 the pestilence. Accordingly. on the 1 st
by the moonbcam's misty light he came i'm
close carriage and tOted her off, regardless q
the consequences lac might incur and is no,
guarding the adOred one in some safe and NOR
secluded spot Such devotion is beyond nne.
lion, and ought to find appreciation with m
damsel"
A Littleton dispatch Of the 10th saws. "Tb
prospect is good for one Of the best shows {
blood stock and fast horses ever held in m
valley. Several Town teams of oxen are ON N
ground, and said 10 be the best show Of oxe
ever made in New Hampshire. Among the ia
horses which are expected 10 compete for Il
$500 purse on Thursday are Snow Flake, Nell
Locke, Lady Franklin, Dlnville Boy, Count