Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-12-30
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&c sV Ws,,' M vh;,yn ae wa,or,o,vn
,s;s,.nsrs. Of an estate Of ssoo o0O has heen nre
sentcd fcr nroha,e nj Camh, doe
se n. ~ ~ tno vs., and chn;rs AZ Roston in
suvnrated his wear the nleasant custom of
ssnsr;n, carols in ;he s,reets On CHRISTMAS night
Ibe Rosson c;,v 6sthers feel esnecially com
,,,acant os,ar tha fact tbat tbc;r innketinr ex-
Senses ts;s vear have becn only $4,000. whereas
fh,y wore son oOo last wear.
klthonob Boston hasn't enough Cochituate
Ear her own needs. Newton has asked to use it
sor 6re nnrnoses as tbe statute permits. the
iska he;ng in thar town
II Is stated thar n Marty of BOSTON CAPITALISTS
have formed "a corner, in the bay markct-in
other words. have combined together TO advance
the nr;ce ~ hav Very probable. Men will
speculate in ANYTHING, food for man or beast !;
and the creed of some of these land sharks is
marvellous.
The Boston Rcd Stocking base ball nine will
consist next wear, of McVey, catcher, Spauld-
in0 nitcher. Gould first base. Barnes second
base: G. Wright. short stop: Schaler, third
base: Leonard, left field; H. Wright, center
field: and +. Rogers, right field This is Il very
strong batting as well as fielding nine
AT meeting of the stockholders of the
Washington mills the following officers were
chosen: Directors, George r. Minot, John A.
Blanchard, Z. r. Nudge, Peter T. Homer, Joseph
Iasisi, Charles L. Harding, Henry SaltonstalI,
Charles U. Getting, Chas W. Freeland; Treas
urcr, Henry +. Coe; Clerk, George {. Herbert
Earnings for year, S402 900; less bad debts,
$1,000; machinery, S52 900; two dividends,
S165, 900; laid up, SIT 900.
The ease OF VIM A. Glover charged with
being accessory before the TACT in the Boyston
bank robbery, was expected to come up before
Judge Wells on the 29th, on a habeas corpus
1t appears, however, that though this was the
dav originally fixed, it was afterward changed
to to-day. There is stature that party must
be tried within six months after Indictment
ond midi DO, = H.
manded.
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
Hon. Tappan.Wentwolt has decided TO con-
test the seat Of VIM H. Loughliu, who holds a
certificate of election as representative from
ward three in Lowell. louohlin was the DEM
ocratic and labor reform nominee and his pu-
raliiy over Mr.. Wentworth was only five. it is
charged that some of Loughin's friends from
another ward lent him friendly hand by coins
into ward three and voting on unchecked
names.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Mr.. Ladd, the popular superintendent of the
New Bedford and Taunton railroad, was hap
pilv surprised on Saturday evening by the pres
entation Of a gold watch and chain valued at
$3.50, the Gift of men of the rail-
Fire caught in bedroom in tenement
house in Fall River, on Sunday night and was
not extingushcd until John Lahey, who occu-
pied the room, was burned to death. The fire,
probably, was caused by smoking while in bed
The large bequest which Sylvia Ann Rowland
left in behalf Of "liberal education" in New
Bedford has already become bone of conten-
tion. 1t was proposed TO paper IL school room at
its expense, but the city solicitor, whose opinion
was demanded, said no, and went further, de-
claring that "liberal education" must be con-
strued in the old technical sense of college ed
ucation."
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
The young German in Middleboro who has
applied for patent for the discovery Of perpet-
ual motion, says he had the new discovery
brought clearly to his mind through the agency
Of a dream.
Stephen n Clifford of Duxbury, the longtime
clerk of the senate, received from his friends on
Christmas eve an elegant tea-service as a token
of their appreciation of his services in cstab-
fishing the railroad communication from Dux-
bury.
HAMFDEN COUNTY.
VIM Stone of Holland had his wrist nearly
sawn off by Circular saw at Union. CT. on FRI
day, and soon died OF the wound.
AT Springfield, during ilse year lust closing
the total number of men connected with the FIRE
department was 1877. Tie expenses have been
S21 1915. More alarm boxes and bells and bet
ter arrangements for horses were desired
Twenty-three fires occurred during the wear.
The Springfield treasurer's report gives Tie
amount of appropriations for the year as S2s7. :
404 90: appropriations and receipts $50 44O "a.
expenditures, $3.50 053 03 received for state aid.
So, 5S2.75; expended S3,5l215; received on Cen
trail street school house, S705O: expended, S27 :
$40: for the school house lot, $1,000: expended
for state tax, S356.25; for county tax. Sl5. 52G
so; for widening North Main street, 50, 525. 20;
nonresident bank tax, S19,761 .01.
The Springfield superintendent of streets re-
ports the amount OF business done in his Iesart-
ment 1888 yards OF trap rock have beeu de-
liyered in the city at a cost of S19,755; 1904
yards were spread on the streets at an expense
of S5712 40, the remainder being sold TO the oas
light and street railway companies 1858 tons
Of stone were used in paving cutters, less GAS
tons sold the street railway company. at a cost
of S4535, including sand, caring, etc; 1852
SQUARE Yards were payed $4,000 lipeal feet Of
granite CURLING were laid at a cost Of Ss23O. 10
gether with 1000 feet of brown stone eurbiug;
276,4S0 bricks were laid on various sidewalks
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY
A Hampshire county paper says.-"Tt was
freely stated by Col. Crocker's friends, both pre-
vious 10 anu at the Greenfield convention, that
he desired to remain in congress only for the
balance of the present term. This was stated
with 50 much postiveness, that it was taken as
fact by many of the friends of the other can d.
dates, and led them TO believe that uext fall the
field will be omen for the selection of Q Haplp-
shire man for the next congress- 1t is at least
worth while to place these assurances on record
FRANKLIN COUNTY
A pious lady in Franklin county made the
Methodist missionary society ofNew England j"
her residuary legatee in her will, proved some
three years since. No such society existing, her
next OF kin claim the residue.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY
me annual New Years PRAYER meeting, =
held for so many years at DR.. Todd's church in
Pttsfeld, is appointed for sunrise, Monday
morning.
The johnson organ company of Westfeld have
Just shipped S1l5O organ to Akron, o. and
have shipped SlS6O0 worth OF instruments since
Oct. /.
A liquor store on Main street, Lee, was sud-
denly shut up by the owner a few days ago,
alter shower of tumbers had crashed at him,
and the crasher had threatened TO divulge to the
state eonstabes.
Pit.sfield woman makes the regular assess
ment OF SIS upon each OF the liquor dealers in
that town who sell the ardent to her husband,
and they "come down" rather than stand pro-
serution.
Inc oaliy production OF paper by the Smith
paper company OF Lee on the LIST of January,
loos was zen IONS; on the same day OF 1870, II
soas' iclI, IA IONS; ana on New Years day,
ios1, lneS eApect 10 make 10 IONS.
, SEA- pe'sohs are spending the winter at the
hde'see'u noteiS ana ooardns-houses for the
penent Oh their heaitii, the climate being recon-
neuaeu py physicians Tor Its tonic qualities
An0ns iheln 4 William Lawrence, who was for
merry OF the Boston firm of Amos Lawrence <
BT0tAerS, and who is ACCOMPANIED by his family