Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-05-18
Salurtestrr Daily SPY.


BOSTON AND VICINITY.
The Boston board of aldermen refuses 10 cor
cur with the common council in appropriatin
$500 for each Grand Army post in the city TO
Decoration day and adheres to its former appro
priation-S100
The School street society, Boston, has voteC
to erect a new church upon the lot of land re
Gently purchased by them at the southeas
avenue. The church will be built of RoXbury
stone, with Ohio stone trimmings, AT an esti
mated expense, including land, of $4,000
The style Of the edifce will be cruciform, will
corner tower
Last Sunday morning, Rev. Ralph w. Allen
pastor of the Methodist church at Newton
Upper Falls, preached a sermon on the prone
ness of society to ignore the effect of sin. HI
took occasion to say, by way of illustration
that there was liquor shop near the churcl
whose proprietor deted the moral influences o
the community, the laws of the state the yoti
of the town and the police. The Statement
stirred up State Constable Hoyt, who went for
ward, not for prayers but to volunteer to sbu
up the dram shop within week. Fifteen mer
volunteered to help him, and if their courage
don't fail, probably the work will begin around
that rum shop soon.
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
The Methuen company are starting I'D their
new cotton and Jute mills.
There has been no year since Lowell became q
city, that there has been so much money ex-
pended for building and Improvements as
during the past year. New buildings are now
in process of erection, or are proposed, to the
value of ST 100000.
The fire alarm telegraph question has long
been agitated in Lowell, but without definite re-
suits until Tuesday, when the committee on the
fire department voted unanimously to award a
contract to the American fire alarm telegraph
0mDany for putting that system in operation in
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that clt, barn and shoe shop of w w
The hons~, 'lle, with the furniture, buggy.
lAker, IN oaNo"1 ,,or '@stroyed by fire about 10
O'Clock on Monday night. NJ NV SaTCa was
saved The fire was caused by ;. o u,ss OF
kerosene lamp. Loss $500; in io@ o''
buildings $4,000, on shoe stock $3.50.
ESSEX COUNTY.
The Salem Register speaks Of the unexpected
return of a minister as creating "a surprise to
his congregation quite sensational in its charac-
ter"
BARNsrABLE COUNTY.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Wood, of Middleton
ough, celebrated their golden wedding on Saiur-
day night.
]. K. Baker & Co.'s weir at Dennis Port
caught on Friday and Saturday last over 10000
mackerel, besides cod, tautog and porgies-the
largest haul Of mackerel evermade on the Cape.
The Provincetown seining feet, rendezvousng
at BarnStable have not been very successful I'M
til on Monday, when they took 10000 mackere.
small sloop, owned and commanded by Cap
tain Arthur Phinney of CentreYille, was diScov-
cred sunk near the Succonnessett light-boat on
Friday morning last. She was bound from New
Haven to Cotuit Port with oysters. Captain
Phinney and his companion name unknown)
are probably lost
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The length of the Hoosac tunnel now opened
is 1851 feet, and the distance remaining is 2110
making the whole length of tunnel between por
tails PA feet.
MAINE.
Portland is fitting out more mackerelmen this
season than for many seasons past
In the vicinity OF Presque Isle and Dalton thu
snow is now six inches deep.
Z. D. Fowler of Liberty, died in his bed dur
ing sleep one night last week, from an attack o
nightmare. He retired 10 bed as well as usual
Henry Jones, Esq, son of the late Hon. Leon
ard Jones, of Bangor, has recently been ap
pointed district judge in Georgia.
Ex-Gov. Chamberlain has accepted the invita-
ton of the trustees of the Piscataquis centrs
agricultural society TO deliver an address at ii
annual show and fair this fall.
The directors Of the Penobscot Bay and Riv
railroad have voted to begin operations as soc
as the preliminaries can be adjusted, and a
pointed committee 10 go over the route fro
Rockland and Camden and settle land damage
Capt. L. L. auckland has been employed to !
cate the road
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
A. R. Walker & Co. sold the Glen house
Gorham by auction on Tuesday for 100000
Joseph Grafton, Esq.
The match between Nelly Locks and Feal
naught is made at Portsmouth for $1,000 side
The track selected is the Piscataqua park i
Portsmouth, and the time September next.
Mrs. Ford, wife of Mr.. Archibald Ford of DaI
barry, committed suicide on Friday, while in
state of insanity, by hanging herself in bar
with skein of yarn.
The house of David johnson was destroye
by fire at Hillsborough on Monday. Loss $1,000
case Of fire unknown. Said to be partly il
sured.
The Peterboro' Transcript says that trout al
scarce this year, the dry weather last fall havin
thinned them out; yet, Notwithstanding tn
poor prospect Of good "string,' - the brooks ar
regularly and persistently 1shed every Sabbath
We reckon the liquor traffic up in Coos couI
ty is carried on under difficulties At the teri
of the supreme court held at Lancaster, Albel
III. Kimball Of Northumberland was ordered t
pay 500 and costs of prosecution on each
eight liquor indictments found against him i
former terms. He stands committed.
Well-informed republicans of Northwood al
sanguine that VIM. NJ. Messer, the democrat
representative elect, is not eligible and cannC
hold bis seat. The constitution provides tn,
he shall have been an inhabitant of the sta
for two years at least next preceding bis electio
TO be eligible to the Office, while il is undoubte
ly true that Mr.. Messer had not been in the sta
the required time when he was chosen.
Rev. Erastus NJ. Kellogg will be installed
the 18th inst. as pastor of the Congregation
church at Lyme. 1t will be the centennial q
niversary of its foundation. Mr.. Kellogg is
graduate of Hamilton college, New York, cla
of 1910, and of Auburn theological seminary
1872
A disciple of Isaak Walton, who has been tt
ing the trout brooks in New Hampshire, foul
that the extreme drouth of last summer has ;
most exterminated these beautiful fish.
brooks which formerly gave twenty TO forty
the result of an hours fishing a half DAYS lab
produces but one or two He suggests tn
fishers should hold back for year or two, al
that associations be formed to restock Il
brooks.
The trustees of Glmanton Academy hay
made liberal offer for the benefit of the pr
posed orphans home. They offer to sell Il
academy building, together with four acres
land, all valued at about $40, 900, for the sum
$500. The building is built of brick, thr
stories high, and is in good repair. The loo
ton is both pleasant and healthy, aud addition
land, if needed, can be had in the vicinity at
reasonable price. All things considered Il
offer is a very liberal one.
The annual meeting Of the projected Winds
and Forest Line railroad was held at NARROW
few days since. There was large attendant
L. II. Woods, Esq, president of the road, ma,
statement of encouraging prospects. The fl
lowing officers were elected: Directors-Theodo
ID. Wood, Nashua; Hosea W. Parker Ciar
mont; Josiah g. Graves, Nashua; George
Dame, Lempster; Christopher Robb Stoddar
Mark N. Spaulding, Hancock; James Burma
NARROW. Clerk-O. +. K. Waite, Claremont II
president was authorized to arrange for surye
and location as well as the construction of sa
road by any corporation willing TO undertake
Mr.. Wood was subsequently, elected presiden
MI Waite directors clerk, and " c. Gilman
Nashua treasurer
VERMONT.
Ii is estimated that there are 1000 hands en-
ployed quarrying marble in Vermont
The state editorial association will meet til
year at Rutland, next month";
The state convention of the Congregationalis
"ill meet at Springfield on June 20.
Inc brass bands of the state are to meet ,
Rutland on the both inst. 'ON'
Inc 81 Adams lecture course last year was
decided success: After paying ali expense
there were s24s in the treasury. 'N'''N
Professor I. 9. Hathaway takes charge of II
State normal school at johnson, which beoi,
its summer term to-day
The butter market at Richmond, this wee
was fair, with prices from 25 to 2s cents
pound New skimmed-milk cheese sold from
10 cents pound.
school teacher in Williston, Ia woman, h
been discharged for forcing boy to show h
how be kissed the girls in the wood-house.
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