Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-09-18
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BOSTON AND VICINITY.
Charles F. SymondS, treasurer of the Cbelse
gas light company, and the treasurer OF tn
Chelsea bank, committed suicide Saturda
morning with a revolver,
The Boston correspondent Of Philadelphia
paper has vet to see a drunken man or near
word of profanity in the former city. Nher'
does he keep himself?
The total number of deaths in Boston for th'
week ending Saturday, Sept 10, was 10, ~ y,
this number were the result Of accidents; z
of consumption; of apopleNy; "a OF cpo'ei'
infantum; of heart disease; old age s;,.o 4,
During the five or six years prior 10 1871 inc
average amount of property, per annum, stoler
in Boston, has been 100000. For the eight
months that have run of the present year Tho
amount has barely reached $4,000. The pre-
ventive policy system has been the cause of this
for professional burglars and thieves have hac
yigilauf eyes kept on them, and have iOunC
Boston too hot to hold them long. Such ar
rangementS exists as to hinder any known THE
or burglar from remaining.
1t is reported that President Grant has given
assurances to the gentlemen having charge Of
the construction of the new post office in Boston
that he will attend the ceremonies of laying the
corner stone about the 18th of October. Ard
further, that in correspondence which has passed
between the committee of arrangements and
Mayor CASTOR, the latter has signifed his inten-
ton Of calling the attention of the city council TO
the matter, with the view Of ascertaining what
part, if any, the city will take in the ceremonies.
The milk producers association of Massachu-
sets and New Hampshire met in Boston, on
Friday and talked over the prospects of the
coming winters supply and prices. 1t was de-
mons.rated that the hay crop had fallen off on
an average of about two thirds as compared
with that of last year; but the after crop had
been good, many substitutes for hay feed had
been adopted. corn was cheap, as were also cat
tie. the area of milk supply for Boston had been
extended by recent railroad openings, aud mat
tiers altogether appeared in such shape as rather
to favor a reduction instead of a rise in the
price of milk. The contractors, however, have
not made up their minds regarding the latter
particular.
The following is a private dispatch from Bos-
Ton: "The Louisiana republican committee
have been in conference with Gov. Clatlin.
They say that Pinchback is the leading black
man Of that state. He is supported by such
men as Butler, Barbor keylSo, Blunt, Crozier,
lSbelle, Mahoney, Clay Dumas, Washington,
Young, Martin Antoine, and in fact, nine-tenths
Of the cOlored population. All Dunn's strength
was derived from Pinchback. Pinchback's SUI
perior ability and popularity was shown before
the people, before conventions, and in the legiS-
ature. He gave Dunn his present position.
The colored people who sustain Pinchback also
support Gov. Yarmouth. The conference was
long and satisfactory No doubt the national
will take action in the matter. They will recog-
nize the Turner hall convention as the legiti-
mate organization of the party, and demand the
removal of Casey and Packard"
MIDpLEsEX COUNTY.
Wendell Phillips will preside andi deliver an
address at the labor reform convention at Fran
ingham October 1.
Judge Hoar will probably be delegate to
the state convention from Concord, and will be,
from first TO last, an opponent of Butler. There
is some talk of him as possible candidate, bus
il is said he viii not allow the use of his name.
The semi-anuual session of the grand lodge
of Good Iempars will be held at Lowell on
Wednesday. Free return tickets will be issued
over most of the connecting railroads. including
the Boston and Albany.
Albert F. Pratt, a Lowell saloon keeper, shot
Daniel Lane, butchers CLERK, in the arm
Thursday evening, for circulating scandalouS
stories about himself and wife, and received in
turn severe cut in the back part of his head
from Lane, who went for him with butcher
knife.
ESSEN COUNTY.
The Cape Ann Advertiser says the baymen
are coming in with moderate fares, and the
catch is not so good as anticipated at the begin
ming Of the season. But few of the feet are
making two trips.
o. The following appears in the Sunday Herald's
report OF Buffers Lawrence speech, on Satur-
day evening: He had been handed paper with
a question on il whether, if he did not get the
nomination, he should bolt, and he declared
that if he did not get the nomination, and the
people wanted him to, he should run.
AT the coroners inquest over the victims of
the Newburyport boiler explosion, Thursday
the engineer and fireman both confessed to a
notorious Ignorance of their duties, and the
engineer to carelessness for which his ignor-
anee afforded the only possible apology
BRISTOL COUNTY.
John ~Grayshon, an Engishman who had
been at work in the Whitteton mills, in Taun-
ton, was taken to the lookup there Friday night
drunk. Hewas found dead in his cell soon after
The deposits in the New Bedford institution
for savings now exceed six millions of dollars
more than the aggregate of the banking capital
in the city.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Henry o. Wright, conductor, was arrested at
the instance of a BridgeWater coroner on a
charge of manslaugther, in causing the death
oil Mrs. Catharine Buterworth, of Titicat, who
was killed while leaving the train after it had
started from that station, about a week ago
lie waived an examination and bail in $4,000
was furnished by prominent citizens. The YER
Diet OF the coroner's jury has been made up, but
IS Withheld from the public forfhe present.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The Mount Tom and Easthampton railroad
bed lacks but little of completion from the
former place to Williston's mills, and the iron
will be laid in a few days
Gen. Butler addressed large audience at the
town nall AT Northampton, Friday night, his
speech being, with but few additions the same
one he has already delivered a dozen times else
where. He crOwed with characteristic modestv
over the result Of the caucuses in Maiden and
Lynn declaring that all questions between
Warrington" and himself had been settled by
ms 'Warington's") townsmen. He would,
put warrington" out of the window
lInplq Inv Il no H,r
deVll, there IS plenty of room in the world for
thee and for me-" He said that he heard that
Mr. klce was very respectable man, and that
Mr.. Nashburn, for whom he had great respect,
was kind-hearted, clever gentleman, but in the
su0llmity of his impudence he stood before the
audience, and said he thought he could reform
abuses at the state house better than MIR. Wash
burn.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
northampton sends six delegates-solid for
Mashourn-to the state convention.
me agricultural college at Amherst starts off
ms year with an accession of tifty-one students
Principally In the freshman class
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Inc Berkshire Eagle says that "from what
We can learn of the feeling in this county.
berkshire will send delegates uuinsuucted as to
who they shall vote for, bat I'm doubtedIy Mr.
Ciahin will be the man preferred"
Inc Flttsheld Times says that fifty years ago
d iueu hauieu DaNlu hllllard disappeared from
that town, and no trace of him could be found
few days ago he turned up in Pitts6elj bay.
ing been farming in a distant corner of Maine
and having never seen a railroad till within n
year. little girl that he left is now grand
mother.
MAINE.
1he night after the state election. the demo.
crats IN the town of Springfield assembled to
celebrate their supposed victory in the represent
tatVe district. They had heard from every
place nut hngman, and the democratic candi
GATE was iorty-fye ahead Last year Kingman
threw only thirteen votes. So they INDUCED in
grand JuDnation. But in the midst of their
lesuNlues the vote Of Kingman was received.
w leh 10! u was found that this town had given
nltY votes Tor the republican candidate and only
TWO Tor the democratic nominee. thereby elect
ing the former by a majority Of three votes
mat meeting was brought to a sudden close
and the crowd did some marvellous WALKING for
the nearest grocery. iO'
VERMONT
Bennington has smallpox,
A man in Ludlow has succeeded in o,,,i,,. !.
ripe fig Of good size and appearance "'NS "
Solomon Gibbs, Of Westlord, younp man
about eighteen years of age, w6ne san riiodi
shingles recently had every finger cut from his
left hand. ms
A Townshend clergyman wishing 10 he
shaved, found the village barber IN the bor-
room with a company Of other citizens Sten-
a. H. 10. L.