Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-10-06
Gdturtcstcr Daily spp.
New England News summary.
BosroN AND VICINITY.

BNsION AND NlNlNlI1s
Rev. W. r. AlgcT of Boston, who has many
acquaintance in Worcester, and whose stories
have been read with so much genuine pleasure
by thousands of our Juveniles, is said TO De
hopolcssly insane in Paris.
Major A. A. Folsom, superintendent OF the
Boston and Providence railroad, is on the COM
mittce of the Ancient and Honorable artillery,
10 make arrangements for an excursion TO Eu-
rope by that organization, the expense OF whlch
is estimated to be $500 IN gold per man.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
Tue Marlboro Mirror for Saturday contains
eight items on small poS in Lowell
MAINE.
Matrimonial business is dull in Bangor, only
eleven intentions of marriage having been re-
corded in the city clerks office during the
month of September just past.
The Lewiston journal says over fifty tons of
Vermont and western butter have been brought
into that market this year. Ten tons Of W lScon-
sin butter was recently shipped from that state
to Auburn. Morc.thar four times the ordinary
amount ofwcstern and Vermont butter has been
shipped to that county this year than ever be-
fore.
An effort is soon to be made to raise $500, 900
for BOwdoin college. Under the new and cnCr-
getc president, Ex-Governor J. l.. Chamberlain,
this college will take progressive start and be-
come one of the best and most prosperous col
leges in the country The present freshman
class numbers tifty-three, and Others are DeihS
added.
One of the first settlers in Winthrop then
called Pond Town, was Joseph StcarnS. lie mao
a very large family Of sons and daughters, ana
his descendants, now numerous, reach TO tue
sixth and seventh generations. IL IS prOposei
10 have a meeting of all these descendants, WIN
their wives and husbands, in Winthrop, on the
9TH of June next. The meeting in Shaplelgh III
June last included only one branch OF the Jo-
seph Stearns family, beginning at the third
generation from him.
on The 18Th Of June last, Patrick H. Me
Clusi,y. a tailor in Bethel, broke into the house
ol Mrs. Murillia Locke, between Walkers Mills
ana Bethel. in the night time and committed
rape upon her The next day he fled TO Canada.
Last week. c. NJ. Wormell, well known de-
tectivc of Bethel, got word of his whereabouts
and went for him, and succeeded in arrestmg
him this side of the line. He was brought to
Bethel and arraioned before Justice EllaS Nj,
Carter. when he waived an examination, and
was bound over to the December court. Mrs.
/ ocke was a respectable widow lady, sixty nine
years OF age who lived in the house alone.
The town OF Rochester recently held several
meetings relative to the taking of S4O,OOO worth |
of stock in the Portland and Rochester road, as |
voted some four wears since. Some msunder- |
standing existed, but finally the citizens sus- |
tanned the original vote The seectmen, how |
ever were slow TO recognize the recent vote, but |
on Monday, 25th ult., they signed eight town
notes of 5000 each, at six per cent interest,
averaging one year, upon which the cash Is TO
be realized and the stock paid up. The construc-
ton of the Nashua and Rochester, Concord and
Rochester and Lake Shore roads will bring an
immense amount of business TO the Portland
and Rochester road, and Rochester will become
n grand railroad centre.