Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-11-06
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New England News summary.

New England News Summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.
The Fanueil hall Boston relief fund now
amounts to 1924 955.14 for Chicago, and for
Michigan and Wisconsin S749S.9S.
Boston paper says; 'The trains on the East
ern railroad now run like clock-work, and keep
as good time as the best of watches
Among the liberal Americans who subscribed
in Paris for the relief of the Chicago sufferers is
S. D.Warren of Boston, who gave the sum Oh teh
thousand francs.
Al Boston there were 1882 certificates of in
tentiou of marriage issued from the CITY regis
trar's office for the past three months.
The number of deaths in Boston for the week
ending Nov 4, was females, 80; females, 40;
by consumption 10, under year OF age Is, l to
years 49, American parentage "A, foreign 50.
The delay in shipping grain from Boston is
because of an accident ut the grain elevator, at
East Boston, by which the operation of the ma
chinery is prevented. The accident occurred
nearly three weeks AGO, and it will be a week or
more before the elevator will be in operation
again. Among the lots Of grain awaiting trans
portation, is one Of eighteen thousand bushels,
which is to be shipped to Liverpool by the Cunard
line.
The Boston Watchman and Reflector, the
leading Baptist paper in the country, says Of
Hon. VIM Washburn, the republican candidate
for governor: "He is a candidate for whom
every man in the state might vote with entire
assurance that his vote would be well given. A
better man than Mr.. Washbum has not been in
nomination here within our recollection; and
we deem ii a most encouraging fact that our
leading politicians should have put up acan-
didate so thoroughly uneNceptonable. II
shows that they have sense and discemment,
and that they must nominate men OF character
and conduct when they feel that they need popu-
lar support"
Adiutant General Cunningham is engaged in
his semi-annua inspection Of the armoricS OF
the military companies throughout the state, OF
which there are 1875, which he visits twice every
wear He reports the militia of the common
wealth in a much more prosperous condition
than ever before. There is 4 strong probability
that the Peabody breech-loading rifle will be
adopted as the most effective weapon with
which 10 arm the militia, under the appropria-
ton ofthe last legislature for the purchase of
three thousand breech-loaderS. The Remington
rife found much favor with the officers having
the selection in hand, until the improved pea
body" was produced; but now the latter seems
10 have the preference.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
At Lowell, during the past week, two cases of
YariOloid were reported Thirteen patients were
discharged from the city hospital, leaving eleven,
and most Of them will be discharged this week.
But one death from small poX occurred during
the week.
On complaint of the state constables Saturday
morning four OF Lowell's rumsellers were each
fined $50 and costs Tor maintaining liquor nui-
sances, and five more paid SO and costs and
were each ordered to recognize in $1,000 for one
year for Illegally keeping liquor with intent 10
sell.
RssEx COUNTY.
Hayerhill seems TO he like other towns, judy.
ING from the following dispatch, last week:
"The men who are supposed to carry in their
breecheS pockets documents containing the va
rious political programmes TO be engineered
Juripp dayc ora 1Oino
a large amount of travelling about this time,
and buttOnholing those whose favor is wanted
is the principal saluation. There is a manifest
anxiety on the part of some who have put in
their claim Tor the suffrage of the people next
Tuesday.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
In speaking Of the New Bedford workhouse,
the Mercury says that the greater part of those
who are committed now are old offenders, who
spend large portion of their time in the insti
tuition. Very few 90 there nowadays who have
not been many times before.
In Fall River, on the morning of the LIST inst,
two little girls oil Isaac Derozier, one thirteen
and the other twelve years of age attempted to
make fire, and the oldest poured some kero-
sene upon the wood from a can, when an ex-
plosion occurred, and she was instantly envel-
oped in flames She rushed into the street,
where some people eXtinguished the fire, but
she was shOckingly burned, and died at five p.
NJ. Her sister was also badly burned.
HAMFDEN COUNTY.
There are still left in district No. Q, Monson,
a number of landmarks of eye olden time"
One house is still standing which was built in
1868 by the grandfather Of the present owner
The grandson, now living there, is over seventy
five years OF age, and has never moved his
goods out of the house since he first moved in,
and, in order to have things correspond with the
old house, an Old cat of twenty-one years of
age still purrs as of old. There are also living
in the district four couples who have been mar
ried over fifty years, an instance which has few
equals.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
A travelling scoundTel recently cheated a
woman at South Adams out OF $500 by new
dodge. He bought cows and horses to this
amount and gave her as payment one of the bills
used by "lhe Bryant 4 Stratton commercial col
lege bank" in Providence. 1t resembles some
what bank bill, and the unSuspecting woman
took it without examination.
In Williamstown jewelry store the other day
a young man took up a gun which was well
loaded with bullet and deliberately aiming at
a watch hanging in the show window, pulled
the trigger; the consequence was, watch thor
oughly cleaned, 24X3G window light somewhat
shattered and the maTksman-well, he was dis
gusted as you might say.
Prof MOwbray of North Adams manufactures
and sells annually over one hundred thousand
dollars worth of tro-glycerine. The second
instalmcnt of this article, to the amount of 1000
pounds, was sent to New Brunswick few DAYS
ago. He has orders from all parts of the cont-
nent
few days ago a very dangerous accident
happened to Murray Sanford, the youngest son
of Michael Sanford of North Adams. BY run
ming against a door, hedroye aIneedle, which had
in some way fastened itself TO his clothing, into
the side close TO his heart, completely burying
the needle in the flesh, so that an ncisiOn had
10 be made before it could be removed by for
ceps. The needle was an inch and a half long
No serious consequences are anticipated, but it
was very narrow escape.
MAINE.
The Androscoggin corporation at Lewiston
are TO build new cotton mill Of 10000 spindles
next spring.
Mrs. Emily J. Green widow of John Green of
Oxford committed suicide on Monday night by
cutting her throat with a razor. She had been
sick for some time, and had appeared greatly
depressed in spirits
Thanksgiving will be day Of mourning with
Mr.. Slower, of New Sharon, whose whole flock of
two dozen turkeys was killed by a fox a few
nights since.
She is Mrs. Mehitable Young, eighty-seyen wears
of age, and her delight is TO take care Of the
milk of five cows, dress the butter and do the
spinning for the family, besides performing other
household labor. She settled in the town when
it was an unbrokcn forest
A new railroad corporation, called the Bonny
Eagle Branch, was organized at Buxton last
week A. X. p. Lord was chosen president,
This road is TO be branch of the Portland and
Rochester road, and will run from some point
near the Saco river to Bonny Eagle Falls, seven
miles, the center Of a valuable lumber region.
The work is TO be begun at once, and subscrip-
lions are being made with rapidly.
The annual report of the Boston and Maine
road just issued, shows that the undivided
earnings are 81 ,012, $40. During the year end
lug May 81 the receipts from all sources amount
cd to 81 1854 ,522 Sc. This exceeds the amount of
the previous year by sos S60S5 The gross
revenue for the sixteen months ending Oct 1, is
S2721, 495.77. The expenditures were 81 1888 isl.
Deducting tax on dividends and surplus, S15,752,
and the amount reserved for the purchase of
rails and unadiusted liabilities, s203 900, and
the net earnings amount TO S614,591. The
financial year has been made to close Sept 30,
instead of May 81, so as to correspond with tho
time for making the annual legislative return.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The church at Ossipee Centre is without
pastor.
Manchester is again excited about the small
pox, several new cased being reported.
There is a revival in progress in connection
with the Methodist church at Rumney.
John S. Thompson, the new-appointed warden