Worcester daily spy., 1871-04-18
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New England News summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

New England News summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.
Arrah ma Pogue is having long run at the
Globe
The increase of business at the Boston clear
ing house during the last twelve months was
S20,9l5 ,222 over the previous year.
An elderly lady, while being politely assisted
into car az Boston, the other day, by we'll
dressed stranger, was robbed of So
Kate Field, at the request of Gov. Clatiin and
others, will give her lecture on Dickens at Bos-
ton, on the 9th, for the benefit of the North
End mission.
The Boston professional base ball nine will
start upon their tour through the country about
the 25th, and will probably play all the crack
clubs.
Joseph p. johnson, formerly Methodist min
lister, has been held in $4,000 bonds, at Boston,
for trial for adultery with Mrs. Amelia F. Fayhl,
and for aiding in procuring an abortion upon
the same person.
Thomas Brennan, who was arrested at Boston
in 1859 for wlfe-murder, and has since been lying
in Jail awaiting trial, has been pronounced n
lunatic and sent TO the AsylltsiSs.s4-.--aaunton.
number of the Iisa .s-..lns of Boston propose
omake an excursion to San Francisco, May 2,
: - the purpose Of attending the meeting OF the
American medical association.
The Boston and Maine railroad corporation
are having freight cars built to run from Port
land to New York city, via Lawrence, Lowell,
birmingham, Mansfield, Providence and the
Shore line.
While some workmen were excavating for
trench on Crescent avenue, in the Dorchester
district, on Saturday, they unearthed large
sized skeleton of human being, supposed 10
have been one of the aborigines. Upon expo
sure 10 the air for short time the remains Vi
the poor Indian resolved themselves 10 dust.
The body of an unknown man about fifty
years of age was found floating in the water at
Boston on Sunday The deceased was dressed
in dark clothes and had on heavy boots, and
was much decomposed, having apparently been
in the water a long time
A few months since, Hon. George S. Hillard,
United States district attorney, was opening
case to the jury, at Boston. He began with
grand and impressive, but sulphurous descrip-
ton from the Inferno Of Dante, and had nearly
completed his period, with tremendous effect
upon the jury, when the Hon. Henry w. Paine,
counsel for the other side, arose quietly and re-
marked: 81 fear, may it please your honor, that
my Brother Hillard has mistaken your honor's
jurisdiction" Even the dignity of the court
was not proof against the laugh which followed
all parties freely gave away to it.
Our Dumb Animals says: "One blacksmith
in this city has taken from horses feet two hun
dred nails which have been trodden upon and
buried in the feet of horses, by being caieleSsly
thrown into the street. Nails are constantly
swept out of stores with the other dirt. We
lately counted twenty-five nails of various sizes
opposite one store in Washington street. If
storekeepers would give directions about this
and if everybody would think about it, the use
fulness of many horses would be increased, and
they would be relieved from much suffering"
Two well-dressed men approached Mr.. W. G.
Harmon, at the Boston and Maine depot, Bos-
ton, Saturday morning, just before the depar-
lure Of the early train, with a request for a
loan of S125 for immediate use to pay q freight
bill, and, as security, rendered a check for S
upon the Canal national bank, Portland.
Harmon let them have the amount which they
were to return and make good in little while.
They did not return, and the check is a forgery.
1t is rather dear lesson for Mr.. Harmon but
evidently he needed TO pay it.
Some of the solid men of Boston are combin-
ing, in concert with others of New York, to test
the constitutonality of the income tax and
work for its abolishment. Alexander H. Rice
was chairman of a meeting held at Boston on
Saturday with this object, and eX-Gov. Clifford
was chosen president J. N. Barbour secretary
and b. G. Vose treasurer of the "anti-income
tax association of Boston," there formed
Other gentlemen identified with the movement
are William Gray, L. r. Nudge Edward ! L.
IoOey ana Amos A, Lawrence. ,sSsfns-
A correspondent writes TO the Boston Herald
that his wife called at dry goods store in that
city recently, and saw dress pattern valued by
the proprietor at eighteen dollars, and on the
statement by one of the firm that if she would
pay three dollars the dress would be kept for
her until such time as she could pay the bal
ance,-Or in case she did not wish TO buy this
particular dress pattern that she could have
three dollars worth of any goods in the store
for the amount deposited,-She left the money
Within one hour afterwards she called at the
store and told the proprietor with whom she
traded that she would take three dollars worth
of goods, as it would not be convenient for her
to pay for the dress pattern this spring; but the
proprietor refused to give her anything for the
three dollars advanced, although in the presence
of policeman he acknowledged having re-
ceived it.
A correspondent of the New York Tribune
writes from description of the ''Washington-
ian Home:" The patients areyallowed perfect
freedom OF movement, going and coming at will,
and the forcible and cruel means of restraint
sometimes employed with crazei and violent
dpsomaniacs are entirely omitted The assis-
taDt superintendent, Mr.. Coles, explained in two
words the secret Of teaching deiirious patients
huDor them. lie related his experience with a
strong fellow weighing 250 pounds, who came
in late, mad as a March hare, with delrum tre-
mems, and who was to be got up stairs Force
would not do but after he had played circus
clown uproariously for time standing on a
chair, he became disgusted with his small stage
why, a fellow can't turn round here" be said
'Then was my time" added Mr.. Coles "That's
fact, | answered, sympathizingly. 1t Just
spoils the performance. FL tell you what Eve
got place up stairs-a regular ring-a stage
that's something like stage. Justlets 60 there
and have it out. He went along, in state of
the uttermost satisfaction"
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The Fall river News says great excitement ex-
lists in Westport over the recent outrage of the
Pettey child. Officers are engaged in working
up the case, but as yet no ceW seems TO have
been found of the perpetrator of the outrage. The
girl was shockingy injured but is likely to re-
cover.
The project Of constructing a railroad from
Mansfield to Somerset is being seriously consid-
cred by parties of ample means. 1t is intended
to make through line for the transportation of
coal and grain to Northern and Western Massa-
chusetts, running over the Mansfield andFram-
ingham road, ard the new railroad nearly com
pleted between Framingham and Lowell.
Washburn, the Young fellow arrested in New
Bedford for stealing railroad tickets at the Sha-
ron depot, has been committed to Dedham Jail
for trial at the superior court in want of 81 900
bail.
The friends of woman suffrage in Taunton are
making extensive preparations for a mass con
lventon to be held in Music Hall, May I'd, con-
tinuing day and evening. The following cham
pions of the cause have been invited and are ex-
pected to address the convention Mrs Julia
Ward Howe, Mary A. Liyermore, Lucy Stone,
Ada g. Bowles, Rev. VIM. b. Wright of Boston,
William Lloyd Garrison, James Freeman Clarke
T. W. Higginson Rev. r. L. Shippen, of Wor-
cester, Rev Wm. s. Potter, or New Bedford, and
others.
ANY body wanting good coffee in Fall River,
according to the News, has to ask the grocer for
Dossabhoy Framiee's Hemebund Sometrouble
to get good cotiee
Rev. Joseph Angler died in Milton, last week
aged sxty.two years. He was a graduate of
Harvard College, of the class of 1929, was first
settled over the Unitarian Church New Bedford
as successor OfRey. DIR. Dewey, ana subsequently
in Milton, Troy, and Exeter, N. H., and other
places. He has many times occupied the pulpit
here, and was highly esteemed by the denomina-
tiOn.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Dedham has been greatly exercised over Il
rough case of corporal punishment in the Ames
school. James B. Hammond the master, cho1ed
and maltreated a stubborn boy because he
wouldn't recite the chromatic scale and the
master has been tried for assault and acquitted
through disagreement Of the jury.
HAMPDEN COUNTY
A. 7. Stewart has sent an elegant camers hair
shawl TO the fair to be held in Springfield, in
May, for the benefit of the home for friendess
children.
About 500 worth of baking powders and
stove polish, from the Springfield armory store,
were gratutously distributed to the 750 armorers
on the hill and at the water shops. as they were
leaving the gates for home, Saturday afternoon.
Nellie Carter, the girl who was so seriously
burned, two or three weeks ago, by tipping over
a kerosene lamp, at a house of lllfame in