Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-11-11
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New England New. summary.

BOSTON AND VICINITY.
The commissioners on the state police arc j
session almost every day remodeling the fore
and laying plans for the campaign against rum
ltls reported that the executive council re
fused to confirm the appointment OF Mt Edwar'
l.. Pierre MS judge OF the superior court
The annual Boston press supper takes plac
ut the Revere house this evening and promises
to be a fine affair.
The tricnnial catalogue Of Tufts college has
Just been issued, from which It appears tina
during the existence of the college there ha'
been 1874 graduates, of whom Is have died. The
alumni numbered 1850, Of whom II have died
OF the graduates, 80 served IN the late civi
war aud lost their hives in it. In the fresh
man class, this year. there are 10, and who
cutetcd Tor partial course. The divinity schOo
numbers 90 Stue ents, ofwhom arc in the grad
uaung class. The college seems in flourish
ing condition,
ESSEN COUNTY.
Some excitement prevails on account of cast
of small poN in close proximity ~ one OF the
public schools Of Lawrence. Very few scholars
now atteud the school, and it is thought 1t will
have TO be closed
Samuel G. Aaron of Salem fell from an ele
vdtor IN the third story OF the Naumkeag mills,
lew DAYS ago, breaking one eg and injuring
his head This makes the third time the same
leg has been broken.
Through the personal efforts Of John &, Whit
tier, upwards Of a thousand dollars have been
raised In AmesbuIy and duly forwarded TO CHI
cago, Mr.. Whittier himself making liberal
gift. 49,
Col john E. Gowen has entered into con-
tract to bmld, grade and equip the Ncwbury-
port and AmeShury railroads. distance OF SIX
and one-half mles-and will begin the work
forthwith.
hi. cxccency the governor, with advice Of
the council, has appointed Hon GuStavus V,
Fox, Of Lowell, late assistant secretary OF the
navy member Of the state board of health, in
place Of VIM. c. Chaplin, Esq, late of Lawrence,
resigned
Tic annual meeting of the Boston and Maine
railroad was held in Lawrence. The following
directors were elected: n q. White, Lawrence;
L. j NJ. Hale Haverhill; Geo. e. Lord, Boston;
Amos Paul, South Newmarket; John +. Bick-
ford, Dover Cyrus Wakefield, Wakefield; N. }.
BrIdlce, Boston.
Messrs A. J. Hlon aud S. F. Prescott have in
pr.rcSS OF erection twelve brick stores on Wash
iugton street, Haverhl, which, when flushed,
will be an ornament to the city. Other shoe par
tics OF the city are contemplating building TWO
or more brick blocks in different localities on the
opening of next spring. The stores now in pro
cess OF erection, and those to he built in the
spring, are for the shoe manufacture and trade,
and the former are already engaged for that puI-
pose, which fact shows that there is a constant
increase Of the boot and shoe business OF The
ciW.
The following is list of the crew of the
schooner Fitz L. Riggs, Jr, which was lost on
NttDl-ts III llit A1ie VI OtlUuCl L. lsAudh ~
HYiand, master, leaves widow and four children;
Thomas Leary widow aud three children;
Michael Fitzgerald, widow and four children;
Alexander Mckenzie, widow aud two children;
Robert Christopher leaves a mother dependant
on him Tor support; CHARLES Ausou, Thomas
Foley, John Welsh, John Smith alias Patrick
Flynn, all single. The latter belongs in Cdnso,
n S.
The town Of Danyers is Just now exercised
over the question of a supply of water for do
nestle and manufacturing purposes. A meet
ing was held on the evening of the It'll, at which
a number of citizens spOke-the final result
beng an expression in favor of supply from
the Salem works at Wcnham pond, by vote OF
129 to one. Some think the Salem terms are
hugh, Without perhaps realizing the cost of the
established works to Salem and the high annual
exptnse at which they are maintained. Sill
Others, remembering that the cost of the Salem
works was very far in excess of the original
estimate, fear that the same may prove true IN
the case of DanverS. 1t is estimated that $780,
$50 viii be required to lay the pipes in the latter
town. Quite likely the cost may, as usual in
such cases, exceed the estimate.
The burglar Sanboin, at Lawrence Jail for Il
number of days, has been steadily failing. DR..
q W. Sargent, his physician, consulted DIS.
Bi-elow and Hodges OF Boston, and it was de-
cidcd to perform most difficult surgical opera
ton upon the prisoner. This has been accom-
plished in the most successful manner. The
iemUra and prolunda arteries we ligated. The in
ldrieS from the wound were found to he more
serious than at first supposed, and it is said
that the patient could not have lived but few
days at the faitheSt had not the operation been
performed; and even now the chances for his
recovery are extremely doubtful. Sanborns
wife visits him each morning and afternoon,
makes her stay in the city at the residence OF
City Marshal Philbfick, who cOurteously rem
ders her all the assistance in his power.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Taxes in Fall River tbis wear are at thesratp of
S13 per $1,000; a reduction from the rate of last
year of $3.50 per $1,000.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Plymouth voted on Tuesday, 1T6 TO 60, to sub
scribe Sal 800 for AIS shares of the Plymouth
County railroad The condition is that the road
shall be built through the town of South Scitu-
ate, upon the line surveyed.
HANFDEN COUNTY,
The Springfield Union says: at is refreshing
TO hear anything about more railroads center
ing here. II is some months since the Tariff
vile road, on the Stafford project, has furnished
an item, but the new road from Portland, Ct, to
the city is being agitated considerably. East
Windsor thinks she will 30 $4,000 OF the stock
to help it along
The Springfield Union tells good story on a
shrewd business man OF that city, who had fire
III his block a while ago-inSured of course
shrewd men always keep well insured-aDd
when the company came to settle the damage
Mr.. i. and the agent didn't see eye TO eye; but
Ndlltu HlJuU ana Tue dIHUI InOu4UL Uall tnat
sum too much. The commissioner and Mr. T.
proposed 10 leave it out, so the story goes, and
wanted Two well known master-builderS to be
appraisers. The agent consented, the master
builders figured and said the company should
pay $3.50. Mr. Til slightly rascible when any
thing comes on him suddenly, aud he called the
master-builders fools, and wouldn't be bound by
any such decision. The agent wrote to his COM
pauy and they advised him to settle if he had
10 pay more than was just, aad be offered the
insured $1,000; finally $1,000 and give him a New
York draft on the spot; but no, he would have
s150O OF nothing. The agent said it was the last
ceut h. would give and he might sue ifhe would.
At this stage Of proceedings the Chicago fire Oc
Cured, the company failed and the shrewd man
IS wondering what per cent on the $3.50 awarded
he will be able to collect
MAINE.
Mr.. j. F. Redon, bound over in $1,000 at Port
land for alleged rape, found suretics, and is now
released.
The change of the gauge of the Maine Central
railroad, from WaterWle to DanvilIe Junction
was completed on the 10th.
The iewery store of Edgcomb Ruburn at Lew
islon, was broken open on the night of the 9th,
and goods to the amount of 5000 were taken.
In Calais, last week, james Buchanan lost his
house and barns by fire, together with all his
household furniture and this years crops
flames.
On the 9th, Mr.. Moses Russell, wellknown
carpenter and builder of Portland, died very
suddenly while at the breakfast table He had
been i'll from consumption for some time past.
lie was sixty-fye years Of age, and highly re-
Speeed.
The store Of Messrs. Davis and Beck, at White
Rock station, in Gorham, on the Portland and
Ogdensbufg railroad, on a recent night was en-
tered and robbed OF some railroad tickets and
about $50 in money. The same night the key
IRON the door Of the store of Mr.. j. S Leavitt,
al Little Fails, four miles below, was taken from
the lock, showing plans for robbery there also.
Some paupers at the Gorham town farm have
been ascertaincd to be the robbers.
South Berwick has made marked improve
ment since the large fire a year ago last July
that swept away eleven stores and other build
Inss. Nearly the whole district has been COW
cred with brick blocks. One block is so feet by
70, two stories high, with Mansard roof There
are three stores on the lower floor and a large
Masonic hall in the upper story Another block
has three stores, with village hall sixty feet
square over them. This hall is connected with
the upper story of another block, in which there
will be two aute-rooms and dining room sixty
feet by fifteen, for the use Of the hall. A third
block is three stories high, with stores on the
lower floor and various offices above them. One
store of a fourth block two stories high is al.
ready completed, aud the other two are soon t1