Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-11-18
Saurttstrr Daily Spp.


The Faneuil hall relief fund now amounts to
S4S4, 560.72.
Rev. W. r. Alger arrived in Boston Tuesday.
Hopes are felt Of his entire recovery.
The democratic city committee of Boston has
renominated Hon. VIM. CASTOR for mayor.
II is said the late rains have raised Lake Co
chituate three inches, What will run INTO u
from repenished springs is not included IN that
estimate,
Inc Boston Journal will, doubtless, be some
what astOnished TO find that according TO Il |
Washington paper, it was an edlcieht iilehd 10
Gen. Butler, in the recent campaign
The committee of the Schwabe navy tesu-
monial fund have nearly $4,000 subscribed for a |
full length statue OF the count which is now
upder order in Rome. Ii will be OF ltallan |
marble and will be placed in Washington when
finished,
The Boston journal says: The state has given
notice of its intention to ioreclose on the mort
page of the South Boston flats by the Boston,
Hartford and Erie railroad for S6OOOOO.
The Boston and Albany railroad directors
have siguitied their desire to cooperate with the
Providence railroad in so arranging their tracks
rs 10 prevent their crossing each other, in Bos
ton.
A citizen carried to the Boston chief Of police
on the 18TH a pair of medium sized mems boots
which he said he had found in vacant lot OF
land little distance from where Nate Leehan
was murdered. One Of them contained a bunch
of hair aud net, such as women wear on thelr
head Suspicious are entertained that not only
these articles. but the hat which has been so
much talked about, were placed where they were
found for the purpose OF misleading the oince;s'
A week ago man was paldohed rom inc
state prison who had been there but short ume
on a long sentence. A strong influence which
aided in securing his pardon was buslness-llke
letter, purpor:ing TO have been written by Chl-
cago merchant, which set torth that the mouse
of the prisoner in that city had been burned and
his wife and children were wandering ABOUT
CHI a friends. The DflS-
oner had not been long gone from the prison
when a letter came there for the warden rom
the prisoners brother, which stated that the
house In question had escaped the fire and the
family were well provided for.
The Boston Transcript says: 1.-THE growth OF
Boston is seennot only in the inevitable increase
of municipal expenditures, the enlargement OF
trade, business, and population, but also IL the
augmented number Of accidents; the multiple
cation Of meetings, and the rapid succession oil
important events, crowdmg the columns oil
newspapers for their adequate chronicling. The
pages of the daily press of this city continually
show its advance towards the activities, respon-
sibilities, advantages, and, we may add, casual,
ties and criminalities of a metropolitan centre.
A meeting of the executive council was held
on the 10th, but contrary to general expectation
no nominations were submitted by the govern
or for the vacant iudgeship and the commits
sioner of railways. Ii is understood that can
ddate for the latter position has been selected,
whose nOnll0atlOn Is sure OF CohHllnulluu ny
the council. He is represented beng an e&-
perieneed engineer, but some time out of active
railroad life. For the former place several
prominent lawyers are mentioned, WIN what
show for ajnominaton we are unable TO state.
A scamp, described by the Boston Herald as
a-snnart and plausible fellow, with good clothes
and pleasing manners" has for time past
kept himself well supplied with sufficient funds
TO warrant a very comfortable although tram
sient living by the contributions OF various resi-
dents of the city, who were all the time labOring
under the belief that their money was being
used for a very charitable and Christianlike
purpose. The fellow gives the assumed name
of Wm A. Webb Jr., and has represented bim-
self as a solicitor OF aid for a destitute Sunday
school on Federal street. In this capacity he
has visited upwards of one hundred different
parties, and has obtained in the vicinity OF $500.
The victims OF the swindle, including quite
number of prominent citizens and wealthy BUSH
ness firms, parted with their money without
taking the trouble 10 inquire into the facts, by
which they might have asccrtained that there
was no Sunday school located on Federal street,
and so discovered the swindlc.
On arraignment day of the present term of
the superior criminal court N Boston, Judge
Lord announced that hereafter, while he held
the court, a new arrangement would be adopted
in the conducting of trials. This arrangeu ent
is that where two or more persons are tried to-
gether, and each have separate counsel, but one
is to be allowed TO cross-eXamine the witnesses
for the government. By the application of this
rule many difficulties will arise, as will readily
be seen. The first case under this order occurred
on the 10th, in the Indictment against Gibbons,
Mckenny, Dwyer and Collins, who were TO be
tried for highway robbery. Three of the de-
PENDANTS employed counsel. After the jury had
been impanneed, and the announcement Of the
course 10 be pursued was made, discussion
upon the question took place between the court
and counsel the latter Directing and stating the
difficulties under which obey would labor should
they wish to pursue different line of defence
They took exceptions to Judge Lords ruling,
and the question will 90 10 the supreme court
for decision, and the trial proceed under the
form as directed
Another aggravated case of assault with in
tent TO commit rape, recently tried at Boston,
was that against 4 brute named Thomas A.
Hayes, thirty years Of age. There were two in
dictments against him, one of three and the
other of two counts, charging him with rape
attempt TO rape, felOnouS and indecent assault
the same offences being differently described in
order that he might not escape some kind of
punishment. He retracted his old plea of not
guilty and pleaded guilty OF SO much of the
charges in each Indictment as described indie
cent assault, the residue being mol pros'd by
the government attorney. The crime of which
he is undoubtedly guilty, and on which a life
sentence would not have been too much punish
ment, was the leading away of three little blind
girls, each of them about ten years old, who
were inmates OF the South Boston ASYLUM
toa retired place on the heights nearthe asylum,
where he lorcibly outraged the person of one of
them and attempted the same thing on another.
Their screams attracted assistance when the
villain ran away, but was afteTward caught and
ldenilhed by those who saw him.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
Miss Fanny Fisher of East Midway about
fifteen years Of age, while visiting her brother
IN west Midway, stepped on 4 needle, last Mon
day, which penetrated her foot nelrlV its whole
length. In trying TO extract it it was broken.
and she returned home without mentioning the
accident 10 her mother. Her suffering was so
great on tuesday evening, however, that she
was Obliged TO etit be known. On Wednesday
sue was taken with vomiting, and a high fever
set IN, terminating in death Thursday morning.
ESSEN COUNTY.
Inc cape Ann Advertiser saws the schooner
n d. Phillips, Capt VIM. Mcdonald of Glou-
eester, which arrived from the Grand Banks on
Tuesday, realized the largest stock that was eyer
made in one halibut trip TO the banks from tbot
or any other port She weighed off AZ G50
pounds of halibut, which brought S51O5 and
1890 pounds Goldfish 1856, making the total stock
S5a61 crew shared S213.41 each; lime occupied
IN making the trip, five weeks. On her former
trip she stocked S37S1, the crew sharing s150
each, making total OF S9142 for both trips.
made within nine weeks Larger fares of half
but have been brought in, but The high price re-
ahzed carried this stock far ahead OF any other
vessel.
A mil school is TO be established in the north
part OF New Bedford, to accommodate the chill
dren employed in the Wamsutla mills. Ii will
De Conducted on the same plan that has been in
operation in Fall River for some wears. the
children being divided into four classes. one TO
ATTEND the school in the fall term one for the
winter term, one for the spring term and one for
summer: This answers the law which forbids
the employment Of children in manufacturers
unless they attend school quarter of the time.
Inc schoOl VIII open as soon as the children can
De classlhed aud others can be hired TO take the
place oil those who leave the mill to enter school
The directors of the corporation have instructed
the superintendent to afford all possible aid in
the enterprise
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
The brick-makers and masons Of Nor+baun.
ton are anticipating lively times next season
The erection OF two churches, the Smith f.
male college, Memorial hall, and the buildings
OF the Central railroad, viii take several millions
oil brick, and other material to correspond 10
say nothing Of the employment of men and
teams.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY,
A Pittsburg baker recently gave his hogs a
lot of yeast, and the pen failed to describe their
intoxicated reyelry.
The Williams College Review opposes the adj
MISSION OF girls into that college, but says il
they are determined TO come, the students will