Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-22
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New England News summary.


thorough repairs, and the attic story is being
finished into sleeping apartments.
The Boston correspondent of the Hartford
Courant saws, in his last political gossip, that
Mr.. Bird and Warrington are for Mr.. Jewell
for governor; and that Mr.. Nibbert the most
active temperance campaigner, has pronounced
most decidedly against Gen. Butler ,,.,,
The Traveller remarks that; Inc fort mn
gravel transaction is so quietly ignored at tue
CITY hall that the suspicion is raised that there
has been divide The Fort HUI lode has been
proftably worked, but it may prove heaNy
load for some of our officials to carry next No
vember.
MInDLEsEX COUNTY.
The Boston manufacturing company at Wal
than are LAYING a large and deep canal to con-
yev more water TO their works, in which two
large turbine water wheels are to be placed.
Martin Greedy has the foundation laid for a
large block on the corner of Main and Spring
streets, Maltham.
The last spike OF the birmingham and Lowell
railroad will he driven and the road formally
opened to-day. AT extra will leave South Fran
ingham at A. NJ. passing over the route to Low
ELL arriving there at 915 A. NJ. and leaving to re-
turn at TO- 1t will arrive at birmingham At /
and 90 thence TO Providence, R. l., and Stoning-
ton. CT: there the excursionists will take a
steamer for a ride on the sound by invitation OF
the Stonngton steamboat company. Returning
TO that town at O'Clock they will feast ana re-
turn by special train to Boston and Fitchburg,
connecting with the owl train for Worcester and
Springfield.
A Lowell family while breakfastng, the other
morning, were interrupted by hurried call nom
the family washerwoman, who bolted INTO inc
room with the exclamation, An sure missls, l
thought I'd come and tell yez that couldn I
wash for wee this mornn, as me boy is sick with
the small poX, and is black as me old mans hat
1t is hardly necessary TO say That Bridget was
not urged TO stay longer than was absolutely
necessary to get out OF the mousse nor ana the
family entirely concide in her remark at her
sudden departure: can sure thought there'd
be no harm in list teln' yez
ESSEN COUNTY.
J. p BLY, Of NeWbuTy committed suicide Sun
dav morning. by hanging himself fiom the limb
of a tree He was about fifty years of age.
Some Gloucester Youngsters ornamented poor
old gothic.framed horse, which they found
hitched to a post, with sign from a neighbor-
ing store which read: "Oats wanted; inquire
within"
A Salem paper has discovered that Essex
county has not furnished a governor since
Simon BIadstreet's time, nearly 200 years ago.
The same authority is likely to make the addi-
tional discovery that the county will not furnish
one this year
Among the Indian relics recently found in Sa
lem, are portion of a hoe, stone ornament TO
be worn on the breast, piece of sandstone,
which, from marks on it, was apparently used
for sharpening their chises and hatchets. The
most interesting, however. was a pipe made of
soapstone, Of kind, which, so far as known,
cannot be found nearer than Lake Superior, and
bv the Indians in this locality.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Work upon the new Jail at Taunton is TO be
commenced at once. The prisoners now occu-
pying the Old one are 10 be removed TO the New
Bedford iai until the new one is completed.
Captain Edman Gardiner of New Bedford has
in his possession Il silver tankard, which be-
longed to Judge Swan, the first white person
born at Nantucket.
James Thompson, of Pawtucket, was fatally
urfa t IN Monday H.
ing from staging on the new hotel
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
The first steamer that ever went to the wharf
near Captains Hillin DuXbury harbor, was the |
Escort, piloted there Thursday, by Mr.. Henry |
Dunster, linea descendant of President Duns- |
ster Of Harvard college and worthy man.
There are eleven manufactures on the Brook
stream at Plymouth. Fifty years ago this
water privilege was let TO Nathaniel Russell for
$1,000 for fifty years. This money was deposited
for the benefit of the poor widows of that town.
Besides this the accumulation of interest pays
eighteen cents on each poll tax in that town per
year.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Benjamin Weber of Quincy, and John Rams
dell of bingham, were arr tested at Gloucester,
Friday, for stealing some 1850 pounds of fish
from merchants there, which were found on
their boat. They got drunk, instead OF sailing
away, and got caught.
Sunday afternoon, at about two O'Clock, a
noted character named David Scannell, a Slough |
ton liquor seller, shot his brother Charles Sean
nell, track layer, about thirty years of age. |
David Scannell is a married man, and has long |
borne the reputation of troublesome charac- |
ter, having been several times elected from rail-
road cars or arrested. He has also been in pTis |
on under the liquor nuisance act. He was jeal- |
GUS Of his brother, Charles Scannell, as neigh |
b0rs think without cause. Both are quarrel
some men. David was arrested and held 10
await the result of his brothers injuries.
DUKES COUNTY.
AT Martha's Vineyard, on Saturday forenoon,
a young man fifteen years of age, named limo
thy K. Wales, son of United States Assessor Ma
thaniel Wales, of StOughtOn, was out sailing in
a small boat with two other young men, on
Lake Anthony, near the ground, when the boat |
was upset by flaw of wind. Although it was |
only short distance from the shore, the boys
were so bewlldered that in striking out to swim
TO the shore young Wales became entangled in
the eel grass and was drowned. The body was
recovered after several hours graphing. The
mother and sister were temporarily living upon
the ground and the father was expected on the
evening boat to spend the Sabbath The terri
Bile bereavement has cast a deep gloom over all
those who are now gathered upon the grounds
AT the Vineyard, on Sunday morning, union
chapel OF unique design and free to all Christian
denominations was dedicated at Oak Bluffs |
Rev DIR. Turner of Hartford, Conn, presided |
Rev Prof Roberts of New York conducted the
opening devotional exercises. The introductory
address was by Rev. AlOnZo H. Quint of New
Rev. DIR. Brown of Warren, and the very elo.
quent dedicatory address was delivered by Rev.
Dr. Tiffany of Newark. The concluding adj
dress was by Rev. Mr. Alden Of Portsmouth, n.
H. and the closing PRAYER by Rev. Mr.. CLARK of
Newtonville large audience listened to the
exercises, and services were held in the chapel
IN the afternoon and evening.
MAINE.
II. N. Jose has been appointed state loan
commissioner, in place of the late Judge Wood
bury Davis.
Its reported that Jay Cooke Of Philadelphia
proposes to build narrow gauge railway from
Pennington TO the Rangelv lakes.
Amos II. Fletcher of Skowhegap is about to
erect large potato warehouse near the dennt
grounds IN Pennington, l00X40 two stories in
height, with cellar for storing under the whole
building.
A splendid block of stores is to be erected in
Lewiston, the upper story of which will contain
hall 4SXT5 feet, capable of seating /, 900 per-
sons, and to have six ante rooms.
The house and barn of Sanburn Braun of
Rome, were burned with all their contents on
the afternoon Of the 18th inst The fire took ON
the roof of the house from a spark from the
chimney. Loss about $500; insured for 500
in the Bangor Union.
Miss Annie Cary having fully recovered from
recent illness, the grand concert in aid of the
Maine general hospital will be given at Port
land Wednesday evening, August %. Miss Adj
die Cary, sister TO Annie, will make her debut
on TINS occasion. This young lady is showing
AiluolNhl Adlcul II IS expected LLdt tlls
will be the finest concert of home talent ever
given in that state.
Amusing, says the Lewiston journal, TO see
an old lady with two bandbOxes and three
grandchildren in Brunswick depot trying to lind
the trainf for Lewiston. A more perplexing de-
pot with four trains in it at once destined for
different points, would be hard TO find. One of
our citizens, who travels over the road twice a
week on an average, in trying to get to Lewis
ton found himself in Bath
AT Portland, on Saturday nipht an at+emnt
was made by burglars to enter the house Of
Geo. Burnham, Jr, on Federal street, but the
noise aroused some of the inmates and the bur
glars deeamped, leaving the ladder upon which
they assembled TO the second story. The Grand
Trunk station at Yarmouth was also entered
through a window, and a doube-barreled gun
stolen. A man by the name Of j. w. Lake,
from Lewiston, was arrested on suspicion, and
some of the articles found on him were ident
fed by the station agent at Yarmouth
An exchange furnishes the following particu-
lars Of an affair mentioned last week: The pos-
oning mania has attacked Maine, il the allega-