Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-09-08
G0lurtrster Daily spp,
Ncw EnsIana Sew. summary.

dental explosion of a beer barrel the day pre-
vious.
The corner stone Of the Boston soldiers mon non
ument which is to be dedicated on the loth
inst. is now finished, and the masonry on whch
ii is TO be laid will be completed in few days.
Tho stone is n magnificent block of Halloween
granite weighing fifteen tons Inc arrange
meuts for the dedication arc progressing satls-
faCtOry.
n sale al auction of some hundred thousand
shares of fancy oil and mining stocks, the prop
ertv of a bankrupt Spectator. The stock NOM
inaIly represented something over half mil
lion dollars, upon which the operator had sue
ceeded in borrowing large amounts from two
individuals, certainly, to the amount of S6O,O0O
The entire proceeds of the sale did not meet the
expense of advertising and commission Ten
thousand shares in one celebrated company
brought the enormous price of tlcentQ.bre cents,
and vet the speculat0r bad succeeded in en-
trapping several of our shTewdest merchants TO
grant loans thereon"
ESSEN COUNTY.
Marblehead sends Butler delegation to the
state republican convention.
The valuation of Beverly is IS ,701 ,410, divided
as follows: Real estate 50, 444, $50; personal
estate S. 256 $50. Number of polls, 1872, an
increase Of 275 from last year; 1116 houses, an
increase of SO. Rate oftaXation, S14,60,
The peoplc of Lynn held an indignation meet
inr on the evening of the 9th on the subject of
the Revere disaster EX-Congressman John B.
Alcv made a strong speech denouncing the
negligence and parsimonyD Of the managers of
the Eastern railroad, which he considered the
prime cause of the disaster A long series of
resolutions was adopted, setting forth that the
accident has demonstrated the necessity for a
radical change in the present railroad system,
and it is therefore demanded that no desire for
dividends or profits shall be permitted to pre-
vent the immediate use on the Eastern railroad
of the best appliances of modern invention for
stopping and controlling trains, or for the
transmission of information between trains and
stations.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The Fall River News says: 1--WE understand
that the King Philip mill company, who were
obliged to abandon the site first chosen by
them on account of a scarcity of water, have
decided TO purchase portion of the Slade mill
property and also part of the dodge farm, :"
for mill purposes. The purchase includes a
number of acres of land adjoining and Just
west Of the Cook pond, and will furnish them
with two or three excellent mill sites. They
have .also secured right of way through the
Dodge farm to the shore, and wharf priyi-
lege."
The new Merchants mill, at Fall River, is
being rapidly pushed forward towards compile
ton, and will probably be the first in operation
of the mills built this season Inc engine IS
now being set up, and will be ready to start in
the course of three or four weeks. twenty
eight of the cards have been clothed and are
ready for grinding, and number of the looms
are already in the mill. From present appear
ances. the new Merchants will be making cloth
in November or December, all of which will be
no damage to the stock or stockholders.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
In bis speech at Ware, the orher night, Butler
thus boastingy alluded to bis prospects: "rhere-
fore it is that came here, and am to work in
order that the true republicans of Massachu-
sets, throwing off all the trammels OF polit-
clans, shall rise up and settle all these matters
for themselves That they shall come out and
attend to their own affairs this year. There can
he majority rolled up of 65O0O 10000 orS0,-
600 votes, which shall put the republican party
on its road of triumph in the next presidential
election, and it is for this purpose that am
here before the people this day and hour. Yes,
there shall be a republican majority which shall
put us in mind Of the good old-iashioned days
of Lincoln and Andrew"
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
PttS6eld is moving school house weighing
1000 tons, and proposes to take it across the
bridge of the Albany and Boston railroad,
the bridge builder having consented.
The Massachusetts woman suffrage associa-
ZION Will hold their mass convention in Berk-
shire comfy, as follows; AT Great Darlington,
Monday and Tuesday, September 18th and 18th;
at Pittsfeld, Wednesday and Thursday, 18th and
18th; and at North Adams Friday and Satur-
Lucy Stone, Mary A. IivermOre, Henry b.
Blackwell, Margaret W. Campbell, S S. Foster,
Ada c. BOwles, Mary Eastman, and others are
expected to be present. After these conventions
will come a series OF twenty meetings in other
towns OF Berkshire.
MAINE.
The number of pleasure seekers, at Moose
head lake is larger than in any previous year.
Hay sold at auction in Paris last week, the
best quality for 1928; second best $40; poor S14.
Cows sold for about S14.
Peabody H. Rice, Esq, was buried with
Masonic honOrs, from his late residence in Mon
son, on the Sd inst
The town of Parkham is six miles square, and
there is a petition before the county commission
ers, praying for county road eight miles long
within its limits.
A small dwelling house in Winterport, owned
and occupied by Patrick Mccormick, was who'll
ly destroyed by fire last Tuesday night. No in
surauce.
Hon. A. G. Lebole has received the nomiIa.
tion of the republicans of his class, composed of
FoXcroft Guilford, &c, for a seat in the legsla-
ture, and will be elected. A. J. W. Stevens has
been nominated by the republicans of Dover,
Sangerville, &C., for similar position.
G. ID. Bisbee, ESQ.,, of Buckfed, has been con-
fined to his bed for nearly three weeks, owing to
the breaking out afresb of his wound received
nine years ago at Fredericksburg. The bone
was shattered.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The Profile house is to be enlarged during the
coming winter.
The punishment for robbng a garden at
Lake Village is thirtyjdays in the house of cor
rection. Some thieves have tried 1t.
The citizens Of Franklin generously pay one
half of the expense ofithe Webster farm, which
has been purchased for the orphans home.
On the list, III Londonderry, a house and barn
owned by Mr.. Jefferson Hardy were destroyed
by fire, which took in the barn while the family
was away. Loss not given.
The body of the woman found floating in the
Merrimac river below the village of Hooksett,
on the 18th ut., proves to have been that of
Esther HOgg, Of Londonderry. She was thirty
five years of age, unmarried, and SUBJECT to fits
of insanity.
Col. J. Ware Butterield of Concord has lately
through the death of an aunt come into posses
sion Of four table spoons Of silver, formerly the
property of Gen. Israel Putnam, of revolution
airy fame. At the close of the war Gen Put
nam took the silver he had received as pay for
his services, and had it made into spoons, and
these four are a part of them. They are about
eight inches long, each of them weighing two
ounces, troy weight, and were made entirely by
hammering. They are perfectly plain, and
somewhat more slender in the handle than
spoons of modern make. They are marked
within an oval on the handles with letters of
primitive style, |. p, B. D., the latter standing
for Betsy DANA the maiden name of Mrs. Put
nam. The deceased aunt of Col. Buttertied was
a great granddaughter of Gen. Putnam, and
inherited these spoons in suoh manner as to
cause no doubt of their being Of the historic
value claimed for them
The second term Of the state normal school
opened on the 9Th with 1876 pupils, and the pros
peet of thirty or forty more. This numb Der does
not include the seyenty-fve pupils of the model
classes. The principal, S. H. Pearl, assisted by
ms associate, Amos Hadley, and corps of sew
en- teachers, has assumed the active superinten-
dence of the institution. Mr. Pearl was ten
years at the head of the normal school located
at johnson, in Vermont. Extensive additions
to the normal school buildings are being made
10 accommodate the rapidly increasing num-
bers. The state appropriation is being iudi-
ciously used under the direction Of the commit.
tee appointed by the legislature. The board of
trustees were present at the opening, and short
addresses were made expressive of satisfaction
at the rapid growth in public favor and the as.
sured success of this most useful institution.
Once at a commencement ball" given by the
members of the senior class of Dartmouth, two
of The class made their appearance so intoxica-
ted that it became necessary for the floor mana
gers to insist upon their retiring from the 70 lm
One ofthem knew enough to get out and 20 home.
The other, John Buck, after reeling about for
some time found himself in the ladies' dressing
room, where he attempted to lie down on a sofa.
9 3nt 1eh nat on the floor, where he lay TOO much
.eilseouiase9 TO get up or care where he was.
Soon after he rolled under the sofa, and imme-
9ilately was iast asleep. However, he was not
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