Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-05-25
Gaurtester Daily Spp,
nosroN AND VICINITY.

are lnakitS eAteOSlNe pTcpaThIlOus 10 CelcuIate
the laying of the corner stone of their new hall
on the 18th of June next. Col Newell A. Thomp-
son has been appointed chief marshal for the
occasion, and everything is being done to give
due eclat to the event. There are to be no
formal invitations extended by the committee
of arrangements to any body of Odd Fellows
outside Of Massachusetts, but any snch bodies
DESTROYS of taking part in the ceremonies will be
cordially welcomed and assigned appropriate
places in the line. There is to be levee in the
evening at Music hail. consisting of prone
made concert by the full Germania band, an or
gan concert, speaking by the prominent mem
bers of the order, and dancing from ten to
twelve o'clock.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
In Canton, on Sunday last two young lads
climbed board fence about six feet high on the
Revere copper works grounds, to gather lilac
flowers, one boy holding the other up The boy
at the bottom became frightened, or from some
other cause let go his hold, and the little fellow
at the top was caught by the splinter OF pick,
et which entered the palm of his hand by
which he hung until he was taken down by
some persons attracted by bis out-cries. The
picket had to be cut off before he could De re-
leased.
twill he recollected that on the 18th of Sep
TENDER last, the same day of the murder OF 70
1iceman Packard by John Moran, one Denns
Carney of Stoughton murdered MS wlte with an
axe, and was Immediately arrested Tor the Oh
fence making no attempt at escape. He was
subsequently indicted, and his trial assigned for
tie present term of the supreme court, now
holding at Dedham. Edward Avery, Esq, who
was assigned as his counsel, has caused a medi-
cal examination of Carney's condition, the re-
suit of which appears to be that the man is in
sane. For this reason his trial will not take
place at present, if ever, and if further examine
ton should show this statement to be the fact,
he will probably be committed to some insane
asylum.
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
ACTIVE for nj hn anrio ltf.ro1
grounds in Lowell in proper condition for the
New England fair have already begun. At
meeting of the committee, held on the grounds
on Tuesday, it was decided to "push things"
to an early completion. The new enclosure will
comprise over forty-three acres of land. The
change Of the line and the grade of the trotting
park, to put it in condition second to no half
mile track in New England, was decided on.
The Boston and Lowell railroad will lay branch
track on to the grounds, so that stock from any
part of New England can be unoaded and
loaded on the premises. Agricultural gentlemen
from abroad expressed themselves highly
pleased, and thought the grounds would prove
more commodious than ever before occupied by
the society. The contemplated improvements
will require large expenditure of money.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Lynn appropriates $500 for Decoration day.
The Lynn city marshal stations man with a
red light before gambling hell as a sign of dam
ger to young men. Why not suppress the hell?
John Breed of Lynn, an habitual drunkard,
made two or three efforts to drown himself Sun
day, and being frustrated in that made a more
successful effort at hanging, but was discovered
in time to save his lite and was then removed to
the inebriates' home.
The Newburyport Herald says some of the
towns that voted recently on the question OF To-
cal license are uncertain now whether they voted
yes or no, and must call in the schoolmaster to
parse their ballots. The town of Russell used
the following form ITO see if the town will
vote that no person be allowed TO sell ale por-
ter, etc" The vote stood II yeas against 33
nays, and the moderator decided that the town
had prohibited the sale, but the decision is not
generally accepted as in accordance with the
correct reading of the article.
On the night preceding Thanksgiving, 1850
Mr.. W. A. Pierce of Lawrence, while in a saloon
IN cellar on Pemberton street. was assaulted
by a Manchester rough and stabbed in the
cheek with heavy dirk, nearly an inch and a
quarter of the blade breaking off and remaining
In the jaw, just beneath the left ear. A sur
geon made an Intellectual attempt to extract the
fragment; and during the war, while serving in
the navy, Pierce had three efforts made for its
withdrawal, but without success. The piece OF
blade, the point projecting inside the jaw bone
was a constant annoyance, and becoming more
troublesome from working about Pierce ap-
piled to the Massachusetts general hospital and
on Thursday of last week DIR. Hodges skillfully
and successfully removed it, extracting the
fragment through the orifce of the ear. The
blade looks ragged and worn, and altogether
an ugly ornament TO carry for nearly dozen
years.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
The old depot building at fremont, occupied
as dwelling by Michael Liberty, was burned
on Friday night, 18th inst, the occupants hav-
ing barely time to escape with their lives.
The Barnstable Patriot, speaking of the sink
ing of Capt. Phinney's boat and his probable
loss, near the Succonesset light-vesse on the sth
inst, reports that man on board the light-yes-
sci saw the sloop, and from appearances Judged
her to be in difficulty, but just as he saw man
running forward, evidently to let go the iib, he
went below, and did not return to the deck
again for fifteen or twenty minutes when the
sloop had disappeared.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Gipsies render babies and other portable prop
erty extra hazardous in Springfield
Springfield puts one number to every twenty
feet on her streets, and proposes to wait for the
vacancies to be filled in. This is supposed to be
"a good thing for posterity," but the present
population don't like it.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY,
Father Moyce, of Northampton, ordered Jas
Keefe and his wife out of the Catholic church
in that place, last Sunday. They refused to 20,
when he ordered Geo. LeFleur and James Null
laney TO put them out, which LaFleur did chok-
ing and abusing the woman and creating quite
an excitement in the church. On Monday
morning the parties were before Justice Smith,
who fined LaFleur 81 and costs, amounting to
nearly $40. Mullaney's case was continued till
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The progress on the Hoosac tunnel In April
was 273 feet-east end 120 feet, west end 100
and "A feet of brick arching; central shaft no
advance. The work of bailing water prepara-
tory for the new pumps is in progress, and the
water is within three feet of the floor of the
heading.
Rev. Mark Trafton is to deliver poem at the
semi-centennial of the alumni of the Maine
Wesleyan seminary, on the 9Th of June
The boarding house connected with Webster's
mill at Orono, was damaged $4,000 by fire Sat
urday night.
John Mullgan, farm laborer, forty-ive years
old, was instantly killed on the Kennebec and
Portland railway, two miles from Portland
Monday He paid no attention to the signals
but walked straight into the train, which could
not be stopped in time to save him.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Isaac A. Hill Of Concord, present incumbent,
has been renominated by the governor as regis
ter of probate for Merrimac county.
considerable tract of woodland owned in
part by Francis A. Fisk, little north of the
new cemetery in Concord, was burned over on
Monday.
The official count for councillor in the first dis.
trict shows that Col. George Marston, republic
can, lacks 100 votes of being elected. Marston
has 1886; Clough, 1890; scattering, 1885,
On Monday, Mr.. Baird, foreman of the work
at the Sunapee summit cut, on the Sugar River
railroad, had his foot crushed by piece of
stone from nitro-glycerine blast. One toe was
amputated.
Three bad cases Of small pox are reported in
Warner, Waterloo Village, originated from n
diseased man who came from Lowell. hun
dred or more persons are said to have visited
the patient and exposed themselves.
In marlborough, few days ago, a man of
sixty was married to damsel Of tbirty-6ve
and took their bridal tour to their home few
miles distant, seated in hayrack in which had
been packed the bed and bedding on Which they
were TO sleep that night.
The Northern railroad company holds ITS an
nual meeting in Phenix hall, Concord, Nav IS;
the Merrimack and Connecticut rivers road az
Phenix hotel, 25th; the Mancheste1 and Law
renee in Smyth's hall, Manchester, May 20; the |
Montreal at Plymouth, May 20, and the Con. |
cord at Phenix hall, Nav 80.
Robert A. 9awler, Of Concord, who disap.
peared SO suddenly a short time AGO. and who |
was supposed 70 have gone to sea, turned mp u 4
concord Saturday night, the Goth The Patriot /
.tspprS MN as saying he went off 20 ge, out of
fne IN business and have affairs settled up which
pas been done since he left f "''iO"
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