Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-05-26
daurtester 4aiIp SPY.
New England New. summary.
BosroN AND VICINITY.

are advertised, among them Grace Greenwood,
Celia Burleigh, Adele llazlitt and others.
The following is the official statement Of the
receipts and expenditures Of the French fair at
Boston: Gross receipts, 500 1882; expendi-
lures, 6,I55S1; leaving the net receipts $751;
370.41. The money is now at interest, and will
not be distributed until the return of Mr..
Dwight.
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery company
will celebrate their 238d anniversary Monday,
June 3, with the customary parade and the an-
nual sermon in the Old South church by Rev.
Nj. X. Schermerhom of the Church Of the Unity.
In the afternoon there is to be the usual famous
dinner in Faneuil hall and the commissioning
of the officers on the common.
The Massachusetts temperance alliance will
observe its anniversary in Park street church,
Wednesday evening, May 8lst. DR.. A. A.
Miner, Or. Eddy and Rev. Gilbert Haven, will
address the meeting, and it is expected that DR..
Newman, of Washington, will also be present
DR., Miner will speak upon prohibition COMES
sedly essential to the triumph of the temperance
cause, test Of the purity and patriotism oil
the hour
The annual session of the Grand Temple of
Honor of this state took place on the 24th, at
New Era RIaif, Boston. The attendance was nu-
meroRs. Mr.. Eugene H. Clapp, the u W .,
-RScenpied the chair. After the transaction of
preliminary matters, the annual report OF the
Grand Worthy Recorder Charles Let's, of Bos-
ton, was presented. From this document 1t APP
pears that the number of Temples at last re-
granted and Temples instituted, 5; present num-
Der of Temples, SO. The returns show the fol-
lowing to be the result of the work accom-
plished: Number proposed, ABS; number ac-
cepted 40S; number rejected, 80; number ini-
tiated 304; admitted by card, 70; reinstated, SO;
number suspended, 1853; number expelled, 173;
number died, 8; number violated the pledge,
43 whole number of members, 2056; whole
number of fidelity members, 473; whole num-
Der Of select Templars, 5S3; amount per cap. tax
m. ixraI Gov aaua pI Iua1 -
received for degree fees, S75141; received from
other sources, S23O912; total, S27S0.S0; paid for
benefits, SS86.4; paid for expenses, S6O15.50;
amount invested in property, etc., 1901 81 (;
amount cash on hand and invested, S4330, 80;
total cash and property, S23, S42, A.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The Taunton Gazette says that the Prospect
hill woods were carelessly set on fire Saturday
GOTH near the pond, it is supposed, and the
flames taking a northerly direction, burned
over nearly an hundred acres, belonging to Mrs.
Molly Leonard, Theodore Lincoln. G. Gilmore,
Mrs. Abiather Wetherell, Sylvanus Makepeace,
and others. The shower Monday evening eX-
tnguished the flames. 1t extended half mile
to the Wetherell place. There was not a
large quantity of wood cut upon the above, the
loss being chiefly young growing wood.
large force of men were at hand and partial
ly arrested its progress on Sunday, but it
broke out again on Monday and spread until
evening.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
AT Springfield on the night of the OATH a fire
on Sharon street destroyed John WEIGHS six
tenement house and two adjacent barns. Loss
$1,000; insured for s., 500.
The Springfield Union says: "The publishers
of the city directory will be excusable this year
if they merely announce the street on which
parties live. If they attempt to give the num-
Der it will only confuse. A more bungling job
than our new numbering can hardly be con-
ceived."
A grand musical festival is to take place at
City hall, Springfield, June It'll and 9Th. All
the choral societies in western Massachusetts
will be represented, making the most effective
chorus ever heard in that city. The manage
meut announce that they have engaged Madame
Anna Bishop of New York, Mrs. A. c. Munroe
of Worcester, contralto; NJ. W. Whitney of
Boston, basso; George Simpson of New York,
tenor; George Z. Whiting of Boston, organist;
nj. Arbuckle of Boston, and the Mendelssohn
quintette club of Boston; all under the direc-
ton of Mr.. Amos Whiting. Messrs Steer &
Turner Of Westfeld will erect one of their large
organs in City hall for this special occasion
There will be three concerts given. The first
on Wednesday evening. consisting of Mendels-
sohn's 42d psalm, with full chorus and solo
talent. Second, on Thursday afternoon, grand
miscellaneous concert with all the vocal solo
and instrumental talent. Third, on Thursday
evening, grand Stabat Mater concert with full
chorus, orchestra and organ.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY,
The senior class of the Amherst agricultural
college have engaged the Springfield armory
band for class day, July Is, and twenty pieces
from Gilmores orchestra for commencement
day and their class concert.
prof" Josh Ward has been engaged to train
the Amherst agricultural college crew for the
coming regatta. He will arrive at Amherst next
week to give preliminary instructions, and after
going home, will return about three weeks be-
fore the regatta.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
The wife of John F. Ham, Jr., of Newmarket,
was thrown from carriage on the Path, re-
celving severe wound on the head
On the 18th the stockholders of the Connect.
cut River railroad met at the Phenix hotel, Con-
cord, and elected the old boards OF directors.
The store of Weeks & Co., at Warren, was
broken open on the night of the oath, and robbed
OF suit of clothes and two pairs of boots
The Rockingham house. at Portsmouth. with
its extensive additions and improvements, will
be opened on the LIST of June. Over two thou
sand cards OF invitation to the opening have
been issued.
New Hampshire proposes to be agitated about
most importont law suit A citizen of Ports
mouth who has been convicted of maliciously
killing hem" admits the killing, but proposes
to try the question of malice before the supreme
4 Judicial court.
A petition is in circulation in Dover. and will
be presented in other towns and cities of the
state, asking the legislature at the June session
to pass law fixing the rates for passenger
tariff on all railroads which have declared ten
PSi VIII ~ tuO past tuitS years at TWO cents
per mile.
The Prentice mansion at Northwood was de-
stroyed by fire. together with its contents, on
the oath. The house was occupied by Mrs.
Perkins and son. j. P. Tucker OF Boston lost
considerable furniture which was insured
Loss on the house, etc., not known.
The Sugar River road will be opened to New
port this fall, and pei haps to Claremont Village
during the year. The cause of the Canaan ac
cldent is said to have been the failure of one of
conductors n aaara fs,ll
regulations Of the road.
The following are the new directors of the
Northern road; Onsiow Stearns, John A. Burn
ham, George w Nesmith, Uriel Croker, Josiah
Alinot, Joseph w. Clark, Charles F. Choate. all
OF whom had 1865, being the whole number of
votes.
AT Manchester on the 25th, at a meeting of
the stockholders of the Suncook Valley railroad
the following board of directors was elected:
Samuel N. Bell, Manchester; Matt Head Hook
sett; Frederick Smythe, Manchester; Samuel
b. Iowle, Epsom Charles H. Carpenter Chi
chester; Reuben L. French, Pittsheld Martin
v. b. Edgerly, Manchester.
Mr.. Porter Blanchard an old citizen of Con-
Sor9' aged eghty-two years and nine months,
died the 18th. Mr. Blanchard began making
churns IN 1873 and followed it fifty years, his
sons succeeding him. He formerly made ali the
drums and flies used by the state militia before
y was dlsoanded, making also drums used in
the late war.
Inc annual meeting of the stockholders of
tne manchester and Lawrence railroad corpora
non VIII be held in Manchester to-day. IL ia
hkeiy mat there VIII be very lively contest in
regard 70 the choice of directors. The stock Of
the road mas been in very active demand for a
Iew Gays past, and shares, which a few DAYS
since We're sold for $40 each, were sold on the
Path for S160 each. III '"'
On the 24th, on the Amherst road. John
smith, Norwegian, who has been employed in
the farming districts ofNashua for a good many
years, fell under the wheel of heavily loaded
OK team which he was driving crushing his
head in most horrible manner and resulting
N bis death in few minutes alter tue accident,
be was about forty-fiYe years Of age and sim
gle man.
AT Nashua, the members of the Pearl Street
congregational society have raised by subscrip.
non Inc sum Of $4,000 10 liquidate a debt of that
amount On the church. The name Of Hon j.
d. Otterson heads the paper with the liberal
SUBSCRIPTION Of two thousand dollars, j. G. Blunt
gives tlYe hundred dollars and Charles A. ellis
ilfee hundred dollars. The balance is made up
~ suns varying from five to one hundred and
twenty-five dollars