Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-04
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new England News summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.
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The trustees of the Mclean asylum at Somer
vile have invited DIR. Isaac Ray, formerly of TIL
Butler hospital at Providence, to take charge o
the Mclean asylum during the absence of DIR
Tyler in Europe.
The INDEPENDENT German society of West
Roxbury has been formed with p Fields as
president and s. c. Steinebrey as secretary. II
is for the general improvement of the Germans
there.
At Boston, countrymen, old and young clerk.
in stores and unsuspecting laboring men who
had cared few dollars to meet the necessite.
OF thier families have been "roped in" to gam
bling houses and feeced of what money they
had. Complaints became so frequent that
general invitation was extended to the prop-ie
tors of all the noted gaming houses in the city
to call at the office of the chief of police, and
IN response thereto, fourteen or sixteen of the
invited parties were promptly on hand When
assembled alone with the chief that officer eX.
planned to his visitors the object of the inter
view, saying that the practice OF breaking doors
and windows and seizing and destroying prop
erty to be replaced the next hour, was at best a
very questionable system of license, that had in
creased rather than diminished the evil, as there
was not one place or one complaint less. The
chief also told them that he desired to treat
them fairly, and had invited them TO the office
for the purpose of requesting them to close their
places and give up the business, and he assured
them that he would use all means at his COM
mand TO aid them in the accomplishment of an
object so much to be desired. The parties left
the office apparently sensibly impressed with the
importance of the subject. 1t is reported at the
chiefs Office that no gambling houses were open
81 Wednesday night
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
The Lowell police made 265 arrests in July, of
which 100 were for drunkenness.
Marden, the young wit, and poet, and editor;
Marden of the Lowell Courier; Marden whose
humorous verses form one of the pleaSanteSt
features of railroad excursions; Marden the
genial journalistic joker, has fallen from the
heights serene-for Marden has consented to be-
come lecturer.
They have now three state constables in Low
ell, two from abroad, Davis of Charlestown and
Morse of Boston, who, being strangers, have
been kindly entertained by the saloon keepers,
unaware. On the morning of the Sd batch OF
complaints were entered in the police court fol
keeping liquor, &c. No seizures have yet beer
made.
The prospects for the New England fair are
most encouraging in every respect. On the
grounds large force of hands are daily EN-
ployed in putting things in readiness Thu
commissioner of the land department of the Hi
nois Central railroad writes that they will for
ward speciment of grain, fruits and vegetables
Howard Spencer, large business firm il
Lawrence, Kansas, write that that state viii
make such a display as will convince people
that she is destined TO become the foremost fruit
state of the Union.
The Lowell Courier says, which will be en-.
dorsed in all quarters :-"When will that mil.
leunium for editors arrive when correspondents
and writers for the press will no longer fill thei
articles with such authorizations as Sect fol
secretary, Pres. for president, 'o'clk' for O'Clock
and the like? when they will not interlard theiI
sentences with nondescript hieroglyphics which
they think answer for punctuation, but which
are as meaningless to the typographical eye as
an inscription from the Moabite stone? wheI
they will not underscore every third word under
the mistaken notion that the italc fonts of type
are as large as the Roman? 1t is ordinarily
easier Tor the journalist to copy piece of man
uscript, than TO attempt to edit that furnished
by those unaccustomed to write for the press
And yet the only directions TO be followed are
the simplest; to let the manuscript alone aftei
putting down the words needed TO expires
the meaning. AS for writing on both sides o
the paper, we despair of ever beating that int
the heads of correspondents"
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Peter Scott, colored citizen of New Bedford
died suddenly on Wednesday, aged sixty-seve
years.
New Bedford is glorying over the recent CAP
lure OF a sun fish weighing over three hundre
pounds.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
Hadley Irishman, while in drunken fren
~ last Sunday, dug up half an acre of promiS
ing tobacco, his entire crop.
AS an educational centre, Northampton is be
A., ing famous. Its high schools ars OF the bes
co1. private school by Prof. Josiah Clarke
uanS-s biob point of literary and classic
.'o-,S LII, =. ~ Clarke institute for mutes'
is in the fun tide of suc,uss' The Smith collegt
for ladies' with fund apprO. esn nan IL an an
lion, will soon become visible 49,, 0l; H~
time, according to the provisions 70. INV y.
Smiths will, an agricultural school is to be =
tablished here, fund already having accumu
lated to the amount of over $4,000
H. oil = .d1sl1 hos.
first dreams of heaven are blended with thu
evening gories OF Mount Holyoke when thu
sun is firing its tree tops and gliding the whit
walls that mark its one human dwellingp tt
which correspondent Of the Boston journal
says: perhaps this accounts for the jubilant
joyous children, the bright, sunny-eyed maidens
that add to the attractions of Northampton, enc
give life to its elm-shaded streets. 1t is salt
this olden town possesses elements of beauty
and loneliness that cannot be found elsewhere
Its broad meadows, marred only by the pres
ence of acres of tobacco the surprising attrac
tons Of Holyoke and Tom-the Ebal and &c
rizim Of the Connecticut river valley-RounC
hill and the grand outlook therefrom, tn
charming drives in every direction, each unfold
ing new phases ofloveliness every day, certainly
gives reasons for the encomiums pronounced by
all travellers. New streets have been opened
fine houses built, elegant stores erected recently
and the desolating fires that swept the centre {
year since have proved a benefit, so far as thu
external beauty of its streets are concerned
We will say nothing here of the almost innu
merable grogshops that have poured in like tn
frogs of Egvpt The Edwards church. costinl
nearly $4,000, is rapidly approaching compile
ton, and the First church is waking from it!
sleep, and by judicious expenditure of pain
and the wise employment of carpenters, is i'm
proving greatly the appearance of this honoreo
and venerable editice."
MAINE.
(rrapUWODd q Lar N Z
constant supply of ice, tourmaline, and 9th el
curiosities
A barrel of ale exploded in a saloon at Lewis
ton Monday, causing some CONSERVATION as well
as destruction.
All the pastors of churches of Augusta have
received calls to other places within short
time. 1t is very rare that the pulpit of whole
city is thus hOnored
The landlord of the Andrews house, at South
Paris, has been robbed of $500 deposited with
him for safe keeping by the manager of Bar
NUNS menagerie.
A heavy storm, with most terrific thunder and
lightning, was experienced at West Newfeld
31st ult. The barn of Wingate Titcomb at Wesi
Parsonfeld, containing about eighteen tons o.
hay, was struck by lightning and burnt.
fruit and confectionery store in Farming
ton was broken into last week, and some money
watch, and other articles were stolen. Tn,
thief, who hailed from Bangor, was arrested ant
held for trial at the s. J. court. A portion o
the stolen property was found upon him.
The dwelling house of Thomas A. Galusha
Webster, was wholly consumed by fire Sunday
night. The fire was oecasioned by defect in
the chimney. Loss $500 to 500, on which there
is an insurance Of $500. Scarcely anything was
saved.
The following postmasters have been ap
pointed in the state: Z. Clark, at North Han
cock, vice I. Graves, resigned; j. NJ Purington
at Andover, vice A. Purinton deceased: and G.
I. Piper, at Livermore, vice L. o. Stevens, re.
signed.
Bangor ale must be equal to "Jersey light
ming" The Wing says more than fifty men
arraigned in the Bangor police court for drunk.
enness during the season, have declared under
oath that they only drank one or two glasses OF
ale.
The steamer Brunswick, Capt Pike, with the
Colt excursionsts, arrived at Bath, Yesterday
at GA. NJ, from Bangor, which place they left a
- O'Clock the next night They proceeded nj
tue river to Gardiner, where they will remain
till this morning.
Last week, during thunder shower, L. A
Madsworth of Hiram stepped upon the rail O
the Portland and Ogdensburg railroad when h
was struck by lightning and thrown several fee
and violently affected. Restoratives and bleed
ger.
.u Inc mil property at Jay Bridge has beel
uansielieo 70 new company, by Messrs
au.eai US and Lane Portland parties have in
vested ABOUT $50, 900 in the tntarnrise am nm,