Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-10
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BOSTON AND VICINITY.

New England News summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.
The employees on the eastern division of thu
Boston and Albany railroadnhave Just raised
S225 to enable a sick comrade to visit the BAHIA
mas to recover his health.
The new town of Aver, formerly Groton June
ton, celebrated its independence with cannon
and rejoicing on Monday. An address was mad
by DIR. J. c. Aver of Lowell, from whom the tow
was named.
With receipts, last year, of S30S, 952, expendi
lures of SS0S, $50, debt of 1856, 120, and va
uation of S17,7S7 1922, Newton. though still
town, may be excused for putting on city airs
The estimate Of expenses for the coming year
cut down to S1S5 900.
A can of some explosive material was place
upon the window sill, under the piazza, and
fuse was laid across the platform TO the trelli
of the house of Mrs. Baker, near the college, i
Cambridge, and exploded, Monday evening
with fortunately no serious results. Suspicio
points to members of the sophomore class, VIII
formerly boarded there, as the perpetrators {
the decd.
Elder Knapp, who is preaching radical orthC
doxy at fremont temple, Boston, said, at nee
ing, there this week, that Notwithstanding HI
aged mother lay at the point OF death, and h
had received three letters urging his immediat
presence at her diving couch, he had as yet tel
constrained to remain with his flock; that he
salvation was assured, and when she passet
away her soul would soar on angels wings Il
realms of glory.
The trouble between Gorham Gray of Boston
and James Fisk, Jr., is this: Gray, WHO'S cot
ton dealer claims that in June, 1869, nc was III
New York, and made an agreement WIN FISK 10
buy 10000 bales of cotton in his own name,
Fisk TO furnish the money; that the pronts anu
losses were TO be divided, with two-thirds TO
Fisk and the rest to Gray. Gray claims tina
he tbereupop bought 5000 bales, and that FISK
failed and refused to furnish the money. This
breach of contract compelled Gray to dispose of
the cotton at loss of 100000, for which
amount he now sues the genial James.
The building purchased for the use of the
Boston north end mission will be put in order
for the new use to which it is to be devoted,
about the last of the month. Already some of
the unfortunate women of North street are ask
ing to be permitted to avail themselves Of the
advantages it will afford to those who wish to
reform, and it promises to be one of the very
best and most efficient of the charitable and re-
formatory institutions of the country. Its work,
with small means, in the past, has shown what
can be done in retaining the unfortunate.
In one of his sermons the other day Elder
Knapp told a somewhat remarkable story of
"quick conversion at one of his revival meet
ing, where the church had warmed up to the
work. Some thirty skeptieal and soothing young
men came trooping into the meeting, bent on
fun, and found the brethren and sisters on their
knees wrestling in prayer. They rose 10 receive
the new corners, got their arms around their
necks and brought them down on their knees
beside them. Then they prayed and wrestled
until in three minutes, only three minutes "by
the watch, most of those young men were con-
verified and rose from their knees new creatures.
This the elder thought the best time on record.
The mortality last year in the town of New
ton, as compared with the neighboring city OF
Boston, presents a startling contrast, very unla-
vorable to Boston. Newton, with a population
q i o
living persons; while Boston shows nearly 5000
deaths in population of 250,000, or more than
twice as many in proportion as Newton The
births in Newton are also less than in Boston
proportionately, being but 234,-but the excess
of births over deaths in Newton is very much
greater than in Boston. The wretched condition
of the dwellings of the Boston poor is one great
cause OF this disproportion between places SC
near together.
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
Five more cases Of variloid are reported a
Lowell.
Arrangements are being made by the Catholic
societies of Lowell for grand demonstration
on the coming st. Patrick's day. 1t is estimated
that about twenty-five hundred persons will ioil
in the procession. A number of bands of musi
have been engaged.
An examination is to be had in the case o
Mrs. Ellen Cotter of Lowell, who died on Mon
day night last and was buried the next day. i
her husband on the night OF her death, anC
this, together with her hasty burial, gives rise
TO suspicious of foul play. The husband is Of
Incorporate habits.
ESSEX COUNTY.
The Gloucester granite company threw out
at a single blast, a few days ago, block oil
stone weighing six hundred tons. Only thir
teen pounds of powder were used. The report
was distinctly heard in Gloucester.
The Gloucester Telegraph says that the fishing
schooners Hiawatha and L. l.. Cook of Glouces
ceSter, have failed to return from the first tTiI
to Georges bank, and, as they have nov
been absent about five weeks, all hopes o
their safety must be given up. The George
fleet are arriving quite fast from their seconC
trips, and some very good fares have beer
brought in. The number of arrivals TO date il
considerably smaller than last year at this time
The sales have not been large as yet, but the
prospect is that there will be ready market at
fair rate.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Taunton is jubilant over the first herring OF
the season, and the Gazette argues from his
early appearance an early spring
Ten mills of the largest class are projected TO
increase the manufacturing Importance OF Fall
River, and thousands of fresh operatives will
soon be added to her population.
The New Bedford Mercury reports the trial of
John Macomber, teacher, of Westport, for an
assault on VIM Il. Ball, a pupil sixteen years
old, came up for trial William was a refractO-
ry pupil, presuming upon his size to annoy the
teacher, and after several minor punishments,
Mr.. Macomber gave him sound thrashing on
nearly all parts of the body, with a small round
from the back Of an old-fashoned rockingham.
The case was long one, occupying nearly all
day, and host of witnesses were examined.
Testimony in regard to the previous bad char
acter of the boy was not admitted, the question
being whether an assault was committed or not.
hap Htag fIfa1s1f
and costs.
HAMPDES COUNTY.
The state treasurer offers to take the whole
amount of the Holyoke railroad bonds, issued
by the town.
The freight bills of the Lyman mills, Holyoke.
for the month OF February, for freights shipped
wa the Connecticut river railroad amounted to
$1,000.
Rev. P. X. Clark, for the last i've years pas
tor of the Congregational church at Mittineague
is expecting soon to close his Iabors there, on
account of inadequate salary
The HolyOke Transcript says that when the
legislative committee to investigate the doings of
tbe state constablery gets to work, Senator
Stearns proposes to show up the Hampden
county constablery in their true colors The
evidence OF the corruption is at hand, and will
be forthcoming when the committee is ready to
receive it.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Y. H.,
the vault of the Richmond iron works company,
at State Line, was robbed Of $500 in a singular
manner. The clerk Of the concern was up till
late hour, and it is supposed that when he
locked up the vault for the night person was
concealed init, as the lock had been unscrewed
and the door unfastened from the inside The
robbery was discovered Friday morning.
$1,000 package of money lying on a shelf near
the door was brushed off by the robber or rob-
bers IN the darkness, and was found living on the
floor.
The Fall River News says: "a letter from the
father Of Charles Z. Atkinson, the missing
Young man who was thought TO have committed
suicide, says he was found in Blackstone,
stopping at boarding house. evidently PAL
TALLY deranged He had pawned good Part
OF his clothes. His father had offered reward
OF $1,000, $500 for his body, if dead, and $500
more If he should be found alive Two de-
tectyes first tracked him to New Bedford,
where he was found Saturday morning. but he
eluded them and escaped to Blackstone, where
he was found later in the day. He is now at
home with his father in Pittsfeld where we
hope he will stay"
FRANKLIN COUNTY
Conway is to have a Methodist church, and
Mr.. Bray, local preacher from Boston, is APP
pointed as supply till conference
\ Mr.. Fiske employed by Dexter Moore of
Leverett, while handling heavy timber in the
latters sawmill, slipped and fell his foot coming
contact with fhp The