Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-06-13
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new England News summary.
BosroN AND VICINITY.

The Boston Sunday Times Is very anxious
10 know who is TO be our next Governor"
IL is stated that Rev. Fulton is to take Darwin
in hand now. Nobody and nothing escapes his
terrible treatment
The Massachusetts Medical Benevolent Socie-
ty has received $1,000 from the administrators OF
the late Nabby joy.
Father Cleveland of Boston reaches his goth
wear on the Goth inst, and expects to preach in
the Seamen's bethel on the morning and after
noon of the next Sabbath.
Captain Elbridge G. wiswell, who has been
missing since he left his vessel at New Orleans
on the 22d of April, was heard from at Provi-
dence on Thursday, aud was restored to his
friends in Boston, He has been recently aff1ict-
ed with some mental disorder, and il is supposed
that on his way home from the south he be
came confused and wandered about the country.
The national musical congress is TO assemble
in Boston on Tuesday June goth. The follow
ing is the programmed II A. M, discussion,
''The objects and aims of the national musical
congress- and how best promoted" 2 p. NJ, mis-
cellaneous concert of jubilee music, by chorus
of one thousand voices, delegates from choral
societies, with eminent soloists, orchestra, and
the great organ, Carl Zerrahn and p. S. Gill
more conductors IL p. M, memorial services
of officers of the congress deceased during the
past year, including Carl Anschutz, Thos.
f. Chickering, Carlo Bassini, and C. Nj. Wyman.
Wednesday, 21st, 10 A. M, discussion, what
course shall be pursued for the creation and de-
yelopment of choral societies in America r.; P.
M. concert by chorus of children from the Bos-
ton public schools; 1,2 P. NJ, paper by Rev
Elias Mason subject, 1.-The tour great oTato-
rios" Thursday, 22d, 10 A. M, paper by Rev.
WI. Gage, subject, "The life and times of
Memberships" II A. M discussion, church
musie: p NJ, grand concert of vocal and in
strumental music, by leading artists, an orches-
ira and the great organ; Z IL P. NJ, oratorio of
'rThe Creation" by chorus of one thousand
voices, from the Boston Choral Union, Lynn
Choral Union, Providence Choral Society, Taun-
ron Beethoven Society, Lowell Choral Society,
Randolph and Stoughton Choral Society, and
Others. Rehearsals will occur in Bumstead
hall on Tuesday and Thursday for the concerts
occurring upon the evenings of those days re-
spectively. The national musical congress aims
TO encourage and assist native musical talent.
During the session of its present convention Sc
leetions from the works of several American
composers will be presented, among them TIE
Deum by John P. Morgan, solo from MSS. Ora
torio of st. Peter, by ]. X. Paine, chorus from
Mass in minor, by G. L. Whiting, and others.
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
Sixty men are busy at Lowell getting the fair
grounds ready for the coming of the New Eng
land agricultural society in September.
A Lowell woman setting out plant in her
flower garden, the other day, dug up large
pasteboard box, in which were found the re-
mains of an apparently month old infant which
it is supposed had been buried two or three
weeks.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Owing to the present inadequate supply of
water for the city, New Bedford is moving for
additional accommodations in that line.
William +. Leonard of New Bedford, aged
nineteen years, died suddenly, Friday afternoon,
from hemorhage of the lungs, brought on by
running to fire.
A bod carrier in Fall River fell out of third
story window on Saturday, turning two COM
plete somersaults before striking. Instead of
10.
ESSEX COUNTY.
It costs S29.SO to kiss married woman
against her will in the streets of Lawrence 1t
is needless TO say that the offence was commit |
ted by daylight
wP. Phillips of Salem is president of the
Just formed New York and Salem steamboat |
company, and Joseph H. Webb Of the same city, |
clerk and treasurer
Thursday morning, a servant girl in the en- |
poy of MIR. Henry B. Gowen, Lynn, was found |
in her bed in the agonies of death. She died in /
very few moments. Heart disease was the |
cause.
At Lynn the shoe trade is at present rather |
dull and manufacturers are making prepara- |
tons for the fall trade, which is expected to be |
brisk. The shipments for last week were 1855 |
cases against 1855 of the corresponding week |
last year
female prize fight took place at Salem a |
few days ago. A respectable" Boston daily |
furnishes detached account of the rounds" |
from which the following classic extract is |
made: "Nell was little behind time with her |
counter, but received the blow smilingly, and |
soon opened with her lett, getting in a sumner
on the widows wig, and sending the latter to
grass. First knock down for Nell" ETC., etc.,
dd TduSedm.
A carryall containing six persons, three men
and three women, in turning around near Plum
Bush creek bridge, on Plum Island turnpike
about one O'Clock Monday morning was over
turned and while fhp rtx nj r;u
selves from the carriage the horse started and
dragged one OF the females on to the bridge In
some manner she fell in the creek and was
drowned. Her name was Eliza Shaw. about
eighteen years OF age. There does not appear
to have been any attempt made to save her the
party all running for the horse and leaving her
TO her fate. Her female companions are in
charge of the officials, and the police are after
the men.
piece of meat in his windpipe choled John
Smith of kennebunkpport TO death, the other
day, at the age of eighty.
Rev, Mr.. Murray declines "orating" to the
Lewiston people on the fourth of july, Senator
Patterson Of New Hampshire has been invited.
Inc journal says it is expected that the formal
will occur July 4th.
Capt. Amesbury, who was killed by the mn
timers on board the brig j. L. Bowen. formerly
resided in Rockland. Mr.. Sleeper, the mate,
WIZ Was mluIcu NJ Tue tll6 the caOtaiu
killed, belongs in Rockland
The Lewiston Journal says a man named
Nelson, while hewing stick of timber at the
new pulp mill, in Norway last week, was hit
on the forehead by the scorers axe cutting
through the skull to the brain. Dr. Peables
dressed the wound, after which he was quite
comfortable, and the doctor thought, if inham
nation was kept down, he would be able TO
work in a few days.
Bangoris talking about getting up 4th of
July celebration which shall include regatta
on the river, parade of the Jameson Gnords
and fire department, trial of fire engines a
public dinner, and perhaps balloon ascension,
The editor of the Bangor Wing saws he re-
Gently saw large number of young ladies enter
a public hall, with dishevelled hair and hat
brlms apparently wrinkled and broken, and, as
he tancled, with excited countenances. fUpon
inquiring what the riot was about" saws he
Imagine our chagrin when told it was the
fashion"
Chas p Kimball and VIM. L. Putnam of Port
land, VIM. ii. Simpson of the Belfast Journal.
and Mayor Garcelon Of Lewiston, are prominent
candidates for the democratic gubernatorial
nomination. Ex-Governor Coburn and d. d
Stewart Of Somerset county are reported as
hopeful aspirants for Speaker Blaine's congress
sional seat.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
family Of fourteen persons, named Cairn,
representing four generations, came TO Roches
ter last week direct from Scotland.
A few days ago, daughter of NJ Purmort. of
Enfield, had an eye scalded badly, by coming in
contact with the steam Of a tea-kettle.
Two sitting hens, taken from burning barn
in Rochester kept right on about their business
and two broods of chicks are the rewards of their
persistency.
James b. Loyejoy, sixty-eight years of ace.
mason by trade, and a citizen of PepperelI.
Mass, committed suicide at Nashua on Friday
by smothering himself.
The Glen house, at the foot of Mount Wash
ington, was sold at auction, Friday, to Stepben
II. Cummings and Others of Portland, Me, for
S61 900, price far below the appraisal yalpe
made year ago. This purchase secures tbe
running of the house as heretofore,
A student at Phillips Exeter academy named
AVON, while bathing few days ago, made dive
into the water which proved to be SO shallow tbo,
his head struck the bottom with such force as TO
completely paralyze him. He was speedily res.
cned from his perilous position by his comrades
and was conveyed 10 his boarding house. Med.
ical attendance was called, and although he sus-
tanned severe injuries, he is rapidly recovering.
At Great Falls the water in the river is very
low and most of the manufacturers in town thar
depend upon the nam stream have been Obliged