Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-24
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New England News Summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.
Within the last three weeks, the Boston SUI
perintendent of health, Mr.. George W. Forris-
tall, has personally visited every tenement
house in the city, and states as the result OF
his laborS that in the fifteen years he has Deeh
connected with the department he has never
seen it in a more satisfactory condition since
the list of January, the police force nave com,
planned of between twelve and thirteen hundreu
nuisauces. and in nine-tenths of the cases the
SUPERINTENDENT reports the nuisanceS aDated.
Repairs have been made, sclubDng ana whlte-
washing done, and much greater degree OF
care exercised than before
The chief of police of Boston has issued an
order directing the officers of the several sta
tions TO give all persons whom they arrest for
simple drunkenness the privilege OF disclosing
the place and name of the party from whom
they obtained liquor, with the understanding
that they shall not be complained of for drunk
enness, but shall be used as witnesses against
the party selling them liquor. This provision
of the statute had long since gone into dsuse, and
its enforcement will be likely TO create some
thing of a stir among the vendors of the fluid,
who will have to rely upon the honor of the
poor drunkards picked up by the police that
they will not save themselves from the penalty
of the law by informing on the Sellers
The Woman's Journal plants itself on the
resolution of the Massachusetts woman sui
frage convention of 1870, that they should
henceforth support only woman sutfragiStS as
candidate Tor stare OfnceS. 1t is Wllll0g 10 sup
port either DR.. Loring or Gen. Butler for gov
ernor, because they are both woman suffragiSts,
but says the woman party generally is emphat-
icay in favor of the denomination of Gov.
Clahin, and that if a vote could be taken to-day
he would be the first choice of three out of ey-
cry four of the republican women of the COM
monwealth.
MlDDDEsEx COUNTY.
The Lowell Courier complains of being
abridged TO Low. Cour" by its exchanges.
hn of he o,,I
Lowell railroad took place on the 22d, when the
last spike of solid silver, was driven home by
Mr. H. A. Blood, the vice president of the road.
The road forms an important connecting-link in
the communication between Lowell and its con-
nectionS north and east, and Mansfield and its
connections south and west. A large party
numbering some seven hundred persons and
filling Is cars, Joined in an excursion to cele-
brate the opening of the road, passing from
Boston TO Lowell over the road, thence TO Ston
ington.
There were thirteen deaths from small pox at
Lowell last week-a larger number than here
tofore. The papers there have a "Smal pox
corner" in which all the jokes about the plague
are printed, with the suggestive statistics, show
ing chow the old thing works" They tell of a
girl who called upon her aunt and asked her if
she was afraid of varioloid. The aunt said mo;
but wouldn't care TO expose myself TO it. Why
do YOU askW Because | suppose | have it."
was the reply, and the girl stretched out her
hands, which certainly chad" something. But
the way she got out Of that house was rapid for
an invalid.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Mayor Smith of Springfield, recommends the |
establishment of city water works. He says:
81 think that action on this subject ought not to
be longer delayed. The population and bust
ness of the city are steadily increasing and the
demand for sufficient supply of water is in
creasing, in more than a corresponding ratio. |
There is considerable portion of the city that
the aqueduct company, though making the most |
of their facilities, cannot reach, and there is a
large amount of property without any adequate |
protection from destruction by fire. l am in
formed that there are sources of water supply |
not mentioned in the report of the committee of |
1860, and this subject ought to be further inves
tiga;ed, and all the facts relating to it definitely
aScertained. | have no doubt that an ample
supply can be had, and believe that water works |
Welding such a supply would be selfeupport-
ing: l therefore respectfully recommend this
subject to your careful consideration"
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
Frank II. Lyman, son of ]. H. Lyman of
Northampton, died at San Beuediction hospital
in the city of Para, Brazil, July 20, of yellow
fever. Young Lyman went to South America
to study the natural history of the country,
having very strongly-developed tastes in that
direction, and his friends hoped much from the
results of his expedition.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Tooth anniversary of the organization of
the Congregational church at Whately, occurred
on Monday. The centennial sermon will be
preached next Sabbath.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
NJ E. Tobey, the Great Darlington ieweler,
loses about $1,000 by the robbery of his store on
Friday night. The same day three strangers
came to town, two of whom stopped at one ho-
tel, and one at another The latter arose in the
night, went out, and was overheard conversing
in the street below. Shortly after there was a
dull explosion, which aroused many persons,
though no one Investigated the cause of it, In
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parties and kilograms were sent in pursuit. The
thieves were traced to Hudson, from which place
they had taken the early boat for Troy. No
further trace has as YET deem discovered. No
watch was kept in the store, as the Valentine &
Butler steelsafe was considered burglar proof.
MAINE.
Portland has an organized band of burglars
operating in that city.
The animal regatta of the Portland yacht club
will take place the first week in September
The SpragueS are erecting a new factory at
Augusta, and are rapidly increasing their manu-
featuring facilities there.
Luther Perkins has been nominated as the re-
publican candidate for representative from the
Poland district. He was in the last legislature.
Loose hay sold in the Bangor market last
week at from S24 TO $50 per ton, only the best
quality bringing the latter price. Eggs sold at
II aud IS cents, and potatoes from 60 TO 10 cents
pei bushel.
The mayor of Bangor has called the attention
of the city council to the bad condition Of the
bridges over the Kenduskeag stream in that
city.
William Stark of Goffstown, fifty-eight wears
old, and lately an inmate of the state insane
asylum, hung himself on Monday, with a clothes
line
The Lewiston Journal learns that a move
ment is being made to secure the holding of the
state fair in that city. Messrs. p. Nancy and
Son head the subscription with $500. The An.
droscoggin trotting park is now in fine order
Last Sunday at the National Asylum Andrew
Norton, an inmate, being intoxicated at the
time, made an assault upon Sergeant Jackson,
who retreated, but was followed by Norton and
struck with cane, whereupon jackson drew a
pistol and hired, hitting Norton in the left
breast the ball striking a rib and gancing to
the lett. Norton will probably recover.
A party OF seven persons went on a picnic
from Douglas last week. In the party were one
grandfather, one grandmother, two fathers, two
mothers, one son, one daughter, one son-ip-
law, one grandson, three husbands, three wives
two sisters, two brothers in-aw, two sisters-in.
law, one uncle, one aunt, one great uncle one
great aunt, one nephew, one niece, and one
grand nephew.
The operatives in the Howard slate quarry
at Sebec pond, numbering about seventy men
and including the overseers, struck recently
and demanded that Saturday afternoon be given
them for rest, amusement, etc. This the en-
ployers refused to do, and the whole crew at once
left the works and proceeded to Bangor. This
coup de main did not succeed, and they were dis
charged.
The preliminary examination of John Jel-
son, charged with attempting to poison his wife
last week by putting strychnine in her mouth
as she slept by his side, began at Bangor Satur-
day The testimony of Mrs. Jellison was very
direct as 10 the charge against her husband
Some of the powder was found on the pillow
where she and her husband had slept, and
portion OF 1t was gathered up and taken to DR..
Hamlin, who pronounced it to be strychnine.
AT the request of the counsel for the defenses
the case was continued to Monday Aug. %. to
allow time to obtain important evidence, Re-
spoDdents bail was fixed at 81 600.
At Lewiston on Tuesday, one King, fellow
about 16 years old, was put into the lookup for
an assault He remained peaceably one night,
but the party not appearing he was detained a
second night, when he thought it time 10 pro-
cure discharge himself. He had case knife
concealed in his boot, and by the aid of nail
converted this into a saw, with which he cut off
the bars of the cell, and had nearly escaped
when the police discovered what he was doing
and put him in another cell. In short time he
had nearly worked out ofthis cell, badly smash
ing the walls as well as cutting bars. They
then ptu him in third cell, with bracelets on
his wrists, and went on their rounds In forty