Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-08
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New England News Summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.
The employees of the Mason { Hamln organ
company, to the number of fifty, are looking
for location in the neighborhood of Boston
for the purpose of erecting houses, with suita
BILE area of land, for themselves and tamil;eS'
There are several locations in Hyde Park which
they have been examining.
A resident of Boston, who went IRON the
country to the city the year in which the city
charter was adopted-forty-nine years ago
saws that he has resided in eleven different
boarding houses in that time, from each OF
which he was driven by their being altered fol-
stores.
The reunion of the old Massachusetts Sixth
will take place in Boston on the 10th inst. The
gathering will be in Boylston Hall, followed BY
a march through some of the principal streets
past the State House and City Hall to Faneuil
Hall, where dinner will be served. The regi.
ment will be rendered an escort by some of the
Boston military, and the occasion has every
promise OF proving the most extensive and
pleasant the regiment has enjoyed.
On Tuesday, the long threatened libel suit of
5. p. Cummings VS.. Frank w. Bird was entered
in the supreme court of Suffolk county. The
writ and declaration allege, in substance that
the defendant falsely and maliciously caused to
be published in the "Reveile" an article charg-
ing the plaintiff with having been bought up
by the Hartford and Erie interest of last year.
When this case comes TO trial rare DEVELOPMENTS
of lobby practices may be expected, and even
now many of the third house" are in conster-
nation at the prospect Of being subpenaed as
witnesses.
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
Mrs. Hannah Coolidge, of Waltham, whose
will is lust presented for probate, left $4,000 TO
the Congregational society there, to be used for
a parsonage or the interest to go towards the
pastors salary. She also directed the interest
on 81 900 to be divided among the poor, gave
the American Bible Society 81, 600, Home
Missionary Society $4,000, and American and
Foreign Christian Union 81 900.
The Unitarian society of Lowell has voted to
increase the salary of its pastor, Rev. Henry
Blanchard, making it $4,000. Mr.. Blanchard
has been with this society but few months,
and this unsolicited and wholly unexpected in
crease took him by surprise.
ESSEX COUNTY.
The Grand Army post in NewburypOrt was
presented by the ladies of that city with an ele-
giant red, white and blue silk banner, richly
trimmed with bullion fringe, on the evening OF
the 31st ult.
Saugus refuses to part with Cliftondale and
East Saugus, with a view to forming new town
in conjunction with portion of ward seven of
Lynn.
During street dog fight in Lawrence on
Monday, an attempt was made to separate the
yelping ours by couple Of men, one of whom
was severely bitten in the foot, and the other,
Flint Webster received painful injuries in one
of his hands, the fingers being severely crushed
and lacerated. The owner of the dog consented
to proposed shooting of the animal.
MAINE.
The body of an unknown, well dressed woman,
age about thirty, probably lost from some YES
SELL was found at the mouth of the Saco river on
the 9Th. The coroner's investigation throws no
light upon the case.
At the Lewiston police court, the other day,
Judge Luce asked culprit if he had ever been
in jail before. 90 yes, yer honor, I've been in
Jail in England, Ireland and Ameriky."
Mr.. Ara Cushman is about TO erect another
mammoth shoe factory in Auburn. 1t will b.
1873 feet long and SO feet deep, four stories il
height, and, when completed, will give employ
ment to about 1000 hands. Ii is expected TO h
finished and go into operation in July, and turf
out daily 5000 pairs of shoes.
The Independent says two of the engineers o
the Boston and Maine railroad, who are makini
preliminary survey Of the route to Portland
were at Saco last Saturday, and, attended b
some of the prominent citizens Of both cite
took a look at the various feasible route
through Saco and Biddeford. Of course no d,
cision is vet made, but it is certain that the roa
will pass very luear the centre Of business
both cities.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The Manchester locomotive works manufa
tured twelve engines during the month of Marel
Warren lad of eighty-one has Just bee
united 10 a flushing damseI resident 10 the sam
town aged seYess
The police authorities of Portsmouth have r,
ceiTed Information tina. Charles H. Bancroft, T,
Gently arrested in that el.!v for robbery at III
Atlantic house, Rye Beach Is wanted IN Mes
York CITY. Il appears that be gave tag draft
there tosthe proprietor Of toe Westmorel an'
hotel, drawn on Bancroft Bros. & Co., Of Col1u
bus, O., representing 81 the tine that be va
one Of the firm They were ho-h returned prc
tested, stating that he was nos parTner, Il
had he any authority 20 draw @ thsu- he as
gave MeLeod Kenny Of New QQrk cry
similar drzsz, which has also rsruLsd-
cOEEECTICCT.
Tue total VOTE I Over $3.50, CT Ct rssg-s-r
Ct upwards q iGG y60G. Hal tie Esal6er Al
T02ds beer good the Wh9ls Fcre q IL szAl
would have besu 81 900 O. g 20
Gen. HEwley and LIS ps2er, III HE--s1r
CoErzuI have 6ss1 zE1LZ n E-sJss sr--si.s-
aids On the repzbl5ezn SIDE = -ts Iz-s ssrul.gIz
The PAPER hzs kept ne peop5s possa1 On ne q
szss a stake and TIE 511,9r has d=T1se1 20
and Foirs % the eAzse
The Hartford CoGrzn., rsfsrrT1z % ne =
senfuent q the deuocgzac f51rzzLs hsfzz1s.
Gov. Engilsa Tss charged win sfs lzztlzZ VIII
I4mmznT, says 5-soZe Of you regszs Cor
Euztisn's clubbing and eTzsfYe denial fhzi b
sent telegram TO Albany in these words Cd,
not diszppoinf rs. Nothing could be more dis
asuous.D We have only 3 word TO say. Vi
dare you, Or Gov. English, 10 put this matte
where we can lawfully call the telegraph opera
tors to the witness stand and compel them u
testify.
The latest Nathan murderer has turned up i
Lanesville, New Milford, where he boarded tn
past winter. Since the description Of the sui
pected man has been put in circulation, how
ever, he has departed. Another sensation i
that town relates TO young man with whit
hands, Inhardened by toll, who applied for an
obtained employment on farm last fall, but
saw description Of himself in the Police CT
zette, lately, and he, too, has gone.
The following decision is applicable TO othe
cases where parties have found themselves he'll
for the payment Of money under a misconstruc
tiOn of the purport Of the document they haYt
signed. The case was tried in the court of com
mon pleas at Hartford: The case of James +
Cook of Rome, n. Y, VS.. George NJ. Wells o
Bloomfield, was decided in the court OF common
pleas last week. Mr.. Wells signed what he sup
posed was bond to bind an agreement whereby
he was to become the agent for the sale of a pa
tent fork made by parties in Lee, N. Y, but il
fact, signed note for $500, which the paten
right party disposed of to Mr.. Cook, the plain
tiff, who claimed to be an innocent holder, an
has some S12 900 in similar notes, according I
his affidavit produced on this trial The iur
returned verdict for the defendant with cost,
The Hartford Times says the democrat
counted on 1000 majority for English and tbg
they failed to get il because of the unblushin
bribery and corruption of the republicans
who, the Times says, raised an immense CORFU
ton fund from the office-holders and the rich r
publicans in Massachusetts,, New York an
Washington, and then tried to cover up the
iniquity by declaring that the Tammany rir
was furnishing the democrats with uniimitt
funds.