Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-09-16

nc George Butler, consl
.sndria, Egypt. This person ha
-n1mself in Egypt by his dealing
american missionaries and Egypha
-.fiicing girls. Blood will tell. Then Butt
has got brother-in.law, who chad to be pr
yided for" one Webster, a former law partn'
of his at Lowell He is consul general
Frankfort, Germany. People in glass house
etc.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Lynn sends a full Butler delegation TO ii
state convention.
At Lynn, on the 18th, brakeman name
William Peterson, while Stacking some regl
cars, was caught between one of the cars ana
sdck Of timber, and injured so much that h
died in about an hour. He was twenty-hV
years old, and leaves a widow at Rockport'
The salem Register remarks: 1.-TWO gentle
men in Salem are related by the marriage O
one to the daughter of the other. The sam
clergyman has, within about twenty years, MAJ
ried both these gentlemen, three children OF on
and one child Of the other, and three grandchil
dren of one and one grandchlld oil inc other.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
New Bedford Is Just beginning TO receive th'
nroner benefits from Sylvia Ann HOwland'S
will. The funds she left the city for the public
library having become available, some $4,000
worth of valuable books have been purchased
and added to the city library, and we do not
blame the citizens for rejoicing over the ac-
uuisitOn, nor for blessing the memory of the
efyer, and trust they will derive such mental
and moral strength from the T0iumes as will
make proper radiance from the Respondent
bequest
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
A lady from Austin. Texas, who had been to
New Hampshire TO visit q sick son, bad her
pocket picked between Boston and Springfield
on the 18th, losing all her money, $3.50, her
ticket home and her baggage checks. purse
sufficient TO get her TO Philadelphia, where she
mn a n
Springfield, and she went on.
One of the bOldest and most daring rObberies
that probably ever occurred in Springfield was
perpetrated at the residence of State Constable
Couch on the 18th inst, in open day, and when
the entire family were ar home, the constable
included, and was not discovered until late in
the afternoon, when the beds in the chambers
were found in state of great confusion, and
about $50 missing. During the afternoon Miss
Ella Couch, daughter of the constable, who was
not aware that the robbery had occurred, was
met on Main street by boy, who handed her a
letter and departed. The missiye was written
by the thief, and was full OF bOmbast and bragg
gadOcio. In the evening another letter was
found in the front hall of the cOnstable's house,
written by the villain, tull of brag, like its pre-
decessor, and intimating that arson, not rob
berry, was his original design. The substance
of the last named letter was that the writer
owed Couch a grudge, and broke into his house
The night previous, when the constable was
raidng on the houses of i'll fame. He intended
to look about the house and set it on fire, but
as Couch came home about two o'clock, while
he was still in the house, he concluded to leave.
MAINE.
The AndroScoggiu county cattle show and
fair at Mechanic Falls, has been postponed to
October 11th and 18th.
A young man named Chas. Foster was shot
through the arm with a bullet from a revolver
in the hand of Peter Marco, while at dance at
the Basin mills, the other night Other shots
were fired, but only this took effect.
The house of Nathaniel I. Norton of China
was entered on the night of the 10th inst, and a
wallet containing S125 and silver watch worth
so stolen from his pantaloons pocket. The
thief entered through chamber window, and
lie through the door.
John Ripley, aged ninety-seven years, and
Nathaniel Bicknell, aged ninetyfour years,
Doth went to the polls in Bath, Monday, and
Eoteu the republican ticket. MIR. Ripley, not
withstandin. his great age, declined all offers of
a carriage, insisting pnon going By himself.
Official returns of the vote for governor from
800 cities, towns aud plantations, show THAI Per
ham has 40 500, KinfbaII 39,7S4, majority for
Perham 9S7S. There are about 200 towns to hear
from, which will bring the total vote up to lite
more than 100000, and give Gov Perham a
majority of about II COO.
mass Methodist convention for tile state,
will be held in Portland, Chestnut street church,
OcL. lUIli, continuing IMO uugSs luC OuJCNb VI
the convention will be TO confer together, with
regard to the general interests of the denOmina-
ton in the state. Among the subjects for esssys
and discussions are the following: ]. The His
tory of Methodsm in Maine with comparative
statistics. g Methodism and the state. 3. The
various educational Interests of the denomina
ton. 4. Finances. 5. The mission work IN the
state. 6. Changes in the polty or usages of the
denomination. Other subjects will be consld-
cred at the pleasure of the convention. large
gathering is expected, and the occasion Will
probably be one Of interest.
Captain Thomas R. Parsons died suddenly at
his residence in East Machias on the 9th inst.
Capt. Parsons has sailed from that port in COM
mand of vessels during the past twenty-five
wears. He had never suffered shiDwreck, or
lost a man during all this time. He recently
arrived in Boston from a West Indian port, in
charge of brig Cosmos OF East Machias. His
health being poor, he gave his brig to the care
Phinney, who took charge and proceeded to
Philadelphia, where he took load of coal and
sailed for Boston about the middle Of July,
since which time nothing has been heard from
vessel or crew. This seemed to prey upon his
mind, and probably caused his sickness and
death.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The old Quaker meeting house at Pennington
is 10 be made into a grist mill.
Capt. Benz. Parker of Concord died on the
18th, aged eighty-one years. He has always re-
sided on the same spot of ground.
The COntooeoOk valley fair will be held at
Hiilsborough bridge, Tuesday and Wednesday
of next week.
The surveyors of the Eastern railroad are now
pressing their survey of the country between
Sanborn's mill, in Wakefield, and Wolfe
borough, with a view to extending branch
road TO the latter place very soon.
The Nashua city government has offered re-
ard pF nm az fbo
burglars; has authorized the mayor TO purchase
not exceed ling six PISTOLS for the use of the Do
lice; and has authorized the bonding Of thirty
five thousand dollars of the floating debt of the
city.
The state prohibtory committee which mel
this week in Nashua, agreed that neither demo
Gratis nor republicans could be trusted to sustain
the prohibitOry law, and issued call for state
temperance convention, to be held the first
Wednesday in December
The republicans in New Hampshire seem to
have taken to good account the lesson of last
springs defeat. They are organizing for a good
fight, and they mean to carry the state in the
next state election, and in the presidential cleo
tiOn that follows. The short experience that the
people have had of democratic rule is evidently
quite enough for them.
The Telegraph says that Monday night, a Mr..
Clough Of Fitchburg, who was driving a team
between Manchester and Nashua, was ap
preached by three rough looking men who de-
manded a ride TO Nashua. Mr. Clougb in.
formed them that he had all the load his horse
could manage, and consequently could not ac
cOmmOdate them, whereupon they announced
their intention to take charge of the team or
their own account. Mr. Clough drew revolver
and declined to enter into an arrangement. TIL,
rascals, seeing that be meant business, took ;
hasty departure. On arriving at Nashua Mr.
Clough notified the police OF his adventure, an,
patrol was sent out 10 capture the would-b
highwaymen, who are supposed to be the actua
burglars operating in this county. The scare
was unsuccessful.
VERMONT.
Armstrong Bros. & Co.'s store, billiard So
loon, and the house of Isaac Faunce, at Hydt
vile, were burned on the 18th. Loss on tn
building 1000. The fire broke out in the hi
lard saloon; cause unknown.
colored Burlington barber named Watso
was arrested on the 18Th for criminal assaul
upon the wife Of ElmOre Johnson a respecte
citizen, as she was returning home. Tuesda
evening. Her cries brought assistance and II,
fellow was frightened OF, but was captured IN
next day.
The Vermont state fair, which opened tho I AZ
inst, is said to have been failure for the rao
son that in the department of cattle the farmer
have been deferred from exhibiting Inv Gcar .
each other. But the trOtting covers ali def
ciences.
Miss Nettie A. Hamilton, of Brandon In
successfully passed the examination for a,
mission 10 the Vermont university at Burlin
,au and hos entered tho iuctifuffon Che A.,