Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-31
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OF the forty-two persons in Boston, born in
Africa, all but nine are white.
Bayard Taylor and wife have been spending
the last few days in Boston and Cambridge visit
ing their friends.
The Montgomery Guards of Boston have re-
ceyed a challenge from company d, City Guards,
Tiger battalion, to compete with them LOT the
champion colors which the Montgomeries now
hold.
Miss Susie Cluer who is favorably known in
Boston, and who has been connected with Chi
caro- and other western theatres for couple of
wears past, has been engaged by Manager Field,
and will Join the Boston museum company next
season.
At the approaching semi-eentennial celebra-
ton of the Boston high school, il is expected
that a battalion Of four hundred boys will do
escort duty for the six or seven hundred past
members.
A raid was made upon the pockets of the boys
AT the Adams school, East Boston, the other day,
and about barrel full of the Squeaking roosters
1.-THE latest and most nonsensical and disagrccable
tow confScated. The boys had evidently made
extensive preparations for serenade at recess.
A Boston paper says: at is often urged
against city lite that families are so scattered
than they never sec each other. There is q re-
markable exception to this remark at the south
end, where a young married lady who lives
about three minutes walk from her father,
passes the residence of six uncles in going TO
her fathers house."
Boston paper saws: CATER the publication
of Mr.. GilmoreS book, what? A new sensation,
embracing all nations. We expect TO hear En-
peror Williams band, the band of the Cold
stream guards the picked hundred from Russia,
playing their most popular pieces within the
limits Of Boston"
The arrangement of the Harvard nine for this
season will be somewhat different from that
first announced owing TO the withdrawal of
Perrin and Austin from the nine. The field as
it nOw stands is as follows: Bush, c., Good
win, D., Barnes, 1 b., White, 2 b., Reynolds,
8 b., Amman, S., Rawle, |. f., Wells, c. f., Eus
tbs, ri.
another purse to their list TO lie trotted for at
the June meeting at Beacon park. Ii is of $1,000
for three-yeaT old colts-S600 to first, $500 10
second, and 500 10 third. The offer is a gen.
eTous one, and, in view of the large number Of
excellent colts all through New England, the
entries cannot fail TO be numerous or the race
an interesting one. The purse will be trotted
for on Friday, the 22d, making three races for
the last day.
A boy, sixteen years old, named Thomas J.
Leary, arrested with other young thieves for
breaking into a cigar store at Charlestown,
turned states evidence in the police court of
that city, and in his confession showed that JAS
II. Finn, who is charged with being concerned
in the robbery of young Dootson, a few weeks
ago, is a receiver of stolen goods, and perfect
Fagin in the education of young thieves. Leary
stated that the robbery of DootSon was "put
up" at Firms, and that it was done by Punty
Armstrong, Johnny Freeman, Dicky Donnayan,
L a,
brought before the municipal court, Boston, and
waving examination was committed for trial in
default of bail in $500.
At the last weekly meeting of the ladies in
terested in the French fair to be opened in the
Boston theatre on the 18th of April, the chair
man made several announcements, among
which were the following: The fair will be
formally opened at P. NJ, on Tuesday, the 18th
of April. The price Of admission had been set
al one dollar for Tuesday Wednesday and
IlUTsdnV hat ffNrE Il.
but on Saturday it will be reduced to fifty
cents. The drawings by the presidents of tables
for choice of positions will be made on Thurs
day or Friday of next week, and notifications
Will be issued of precise time and place.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
AT Lowell, on the 29th, the venerable DR., Ed
sou, rector of the st. Anne church in that city
while quietly passing along button street wa.
assaulted by one of trio Of drunken Irishmen
who, alter knocking off his hat struck him ont
or two smart blows in the face A person wht
witnessed the assault gives the assailant's mann
as Daniel McCleary, and as the police are on hi
track, he will undoubtedly be arrested.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Messrs Woods, Harris & Mead the contrac
tors, have begun work on the Essex Brancl
railroad. The road is five miles long, and join
the Eastern railroad at Wenham station. Tn
town of Essex subscribes to the stock to tn
amount of $4,000. The road is to be completed
ready for trains, by November, 1871.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
A remarkable accident occurred on the Bostol
ana providence railroad, in Canton, on Tuesda,
evening last A train of one hundred heavily
loaded freight-cars, bound TO Providence wa
within sixty feet of the viaduct, when one of tn
cars broke and three of them were precipitate
down the steep embankment on the easterl
side.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The Franklin society of Fall River will be fit
years old next May.
There are 271 females in Taunton taxed d
rcctly tor property to the amount of ST. JOG, IL
on which they pay tax of S14269.77: also a
females having property taxed to husbands
guardians, &C., amounting to $168,653, payin
a tax of S2111.13.
Charles H. Bancroft, the genteelly dressed an
kld-gloyed young man, who circulated in Nel
Bedford and vicinity pretty extensively last win
Ter, much to the financial regret of hotel AM
boarding house keepers, has been arrested TO
ROBBERY at the Atlantic house, Rye Beach, n II
ms game IN the former city consisted of GOO
CLONES, fair address, and the carpet-bag file
with bricks, generally considered, by its pletbori
appearance, by confding landlords to be 200,
Tor at least one weeks board. In one case il
New Bedford, widow lady was victimized /
the extent of two weeks board, Bancroft SUD
denly disappearing and leaving his vaIise. Tbi
was opened aud found to contain bricks IN
interceSsion of friends, and the payment by ther
OF the board bill, saved Bancroft from exposure
lie VIII probably now get his deserts.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Travel over the Hoosac mountain has bee
resumed, and large loads of passengers ar
taken across every day.
Frank Miller, Housatonic railroad freigh
brakeman, was caught between two cars at Lee
Tuesday, and severely injured.
An exchange speaks of the father of Gosh
Billings, as the late esquire" Shaw, farmer
OF Lanesboro'. Hon. Henry Shaw, of Lanes.
bOTo', may have devoted himself in tbe latter
part OF MS life to agriculture; but he was better
known as member of congress, and subse-
quently as representative in the state legisla-
ture. lie was in congress when the Missouri
compromise Dill was passed, and with one other
New England member voted for that measure
Of course he was not returned to his seat. but
was succeeded by Hon. Henry Dwight, of Stock.
bridge, who in turn lost caste with his constitu.
ents oy voting for the removal of the Indians
from Georgia. The latter on his return from
Washington after giving that vote was met Inv
Mr. Shaw, who remarked: 'Well, Dwight Itht
curly hair killed me, and | swear, the STRAIGHT
mar VIII Kill you." II did kill him. politically;
and what was worse still, he became A slave al
intemperance, and at last its victim. Mr.. Shaw
was the warm friend of the late Ex-Governor
Briggs. Josh Billings" comes honestly by hi,
wit and drolery. When Mr.. Shaw was a rep
Tesentauveln the general court, he used 10 caust
NOT little mirth, by moving that message be
sent down TO the senate: insisting always thai
me popular branch was the higher of the two
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
young clerk in Springfield recently had an
interesting alternative presented to him bv an
did he put it: Agree in five minutes TO marry
my daughter, or I'll blow your brains out ~
me next sunday, the young man appeared at
church with his bride. "
Michael Brown, Westfield Irsbman. too fa.
mllar with girl in that town, was recently ar
rested and made to pay fine. Rearrested for
pastaray, ne was required to furnish $500 bonds.
nu1 uu n settled the matter by agreeing to
marry lhg girl, and the couple were married nv
Henry FULLER, Esq, in the Westfied police CONT
room, on Monday F0-'0' No"i'
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY
There is man in Northampton. eiohtv-forr
years Old, who has never been sick a day in his
life, nor paid cent for doctors or iawyer;s
plil, nor a dime Tor peaching, and be is said to
be worth at least 100000.
The sophomore class of Amherst college have
have presented to Professor Harris, for bis
infant daughter, solid silver cup, lined with
present ever made there
Mr.. Maltby recently gave dinner at North.
ampton to the officers of the NORTHAMPTON ma.
aaal