Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-09-21
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The Beacon trottiug park is likely to be sool
discontinued. The Boston and Albany railroad
corporation have the refusal of the entire prop
erty for thirty days, at S150000.
Among the "veteranS" who paraded with tht
ancient and honorable artillery on Monday last
on the occasion of the laying of the corner stone
of the army and navy monument on Boston
common, was the veteran drummer. Dalllel
Simpson, aged eigllty-one, the veteran hleT, w
Smith, aged cighty-twO and the veteran treas
urer John G. Roberts aged seventy-three.
The announcements of Messrs. James Il.
Osrnod K Co., Boston, for the holiday season
give promise of many brilliant puolcatlohs:
Among them is new and elegant eultlon OF
LongfcllOws poems, with TWO nuhuTeu ana
tiltv illustrations.
Tho Kennebec Journal says that in searching
a vounr man who was arrested a lew days ago
for stealing watches from the express, receipt
for the property from the wholesale dealer in
Boston was found 1t appears from note APP
pended 10 the receipt, that the wholesale dealer
and the retailer are engaged in a sort of Peter
Funk business, and the former congratulates
the latter on their mutual success in cheating
the public. In his surprise that the public can
he so easily gulled, the dealer in watches writes
'lou must be fencing the scOOts pretty fast to
want so many watches"
At the opening of the supreme judicial court
at Boston, on Tuesday. the first case given to a
jury was that of Mrs. Sophia Ann Crafts against
the city OF Boston, who seeks in an action of
tort to recover the sum of $50, 900 for the death
Of her husband. The declaration sets forth
that on the 18th of October, 1853, Mr.. Crafts
was riding on Dorchester avenue, and in conse-
Quencc Of an uncovered drain, which was I'M
protected by any barrier, his carriage was over
turned, and he received Injuries thar soon after
caused his DEATH The case has been pending
for nearly thirteen wears, and has never before
been brought to trial. The defendants set up a
general denial of the plaintiffs allegations
The Boston Herald says: Zone of the most
f,a1nr ,apt~
who has been the recipient of high honors mt
their hands, writes us that: "Ihe impression
that the labor reformers generally favor the
nomination Of Gen. Butler, is not borne ont by
reports from the different counties. There are
some of them in all localities who are for him;
Others are for Judge Pitman, (who is also the
choice of lions Herald and many of the prohi-
bltiouistS.) Ii fusion of the labor reiOrmers
and prohibitiOniStS could be effected on any con-
ditiOns, Judge Pitman would be the man; but
no such union is possible. The labor reformers
arc confident of having a larger convention than
ever before Many Of them want to preserve
their party intact. Reports from Essex, Middle
sex, Plymouth, Bristol, Worcester and the west
ern counties indicate Judge Cowley TO be the
choice OF the rank and file in the boot and shoe
districts, and in the manufacturing counties his
strenuous advocacy of the ten hour law gives
him strength beyond any other candidate"
The Advertiser says: "Tne single fact is and
everybody at all acquainted with political at-
fairs in Washington last winter knows it, and
knew it then that from an early period of the
last session of the last congress Gen. Butler
contemplated abandoning congress and seeking
a new ioothOld at home, and every appointment
made for this state was affected by this am
bilious design For nearly year he has been
undermining the state by his pipe laying, and
overrunning it with the wires now brought to a
focus in Pemberton square. This man who
pretendS to have suddenly acquired information
that the republican party in Massachusetts was
demoralized, and to have sprung to the rescue
under patriotic impulse like that which hui
ricd uudrilled citizens to the front in 1861 began
his campaign with more extensive and COM
plete machinery of intrigue than was ever be-
fore set up in the state. His preparations were
as complete as those Of Napoleon III. Tor the
December coup detat, and between that and
this there is more than one point of startling
likeness
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
Frank Brennan was badly bruised at Lowell,
on Tuesday, on the water works, by reason OF
The caying in of the banks of trench on which
he was working. He was completely covered
and had to be dug out.
Frank Cady of Chelsea is one of the injured
parties by the breaking of the derrick at Paw
tucket bridge, receiving severe injuries on the
head He was employed by the New England
bridge company. Daniel Campbell of Lowell
had his foot badly crushed The skcwback
being lifted into position weighed about three
tbH lllluilCS 10 IOltN dIlNl lllt OlilGlS NCIt
from flying timberS of the platform.
The small poX excitement in Lowell continues
and the disease continues to spread. Forty new
cases since Monday have been reported The
new board of health have already placed men
in the infected localities of the city and red flags
mark the dwellings where the disease prevails.
Every aid is being furnished by citizens. Vac
cination aud reyaccinatiOn have commenced.
employees OF one OF the prominent corporations,
who refused to be vaccinated are ordered to be
discharged and il is probable that other corpnr-
ations will follow suit. The Odd Fellows, who
proposed to have a grand fair meXt month, have
postponed it in consequence of this excitement.
The board of health made the first iorcibie re-
moval of smallpox patients TO the hospital on
wednesday morning, acting under the provs-
IONS OF chapter %, section 10, general statutes.
ESSEX COUNTY.
The annual exhibition of the Amesburv and
salisbury agricultural society occurs on Thurs
day and Friday of this week
AT the annual meeting OF the stockholders of
The Salisbury mills at Newburyport last week,
benjamin ii. SllSbee was elected president,
lohn Gardner treasurer, and Benjamin HI. Sis
bee, Gardner Brewer, John r. Brewer, James ii .
Beal, H'nry Sayles, directors. The dividends
declared during the year amounted to 49, per
cent, and the mills made $780, 900 in the twelve
month.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The Fall River News understands that move
ment mas been started within a day or two for
the erection of a mil on the lot belonging to
Messrs. Covel & Haffards, on Pleasant street,
Just south of the merchants mill, and that the
stock has been all taken up.
he New Bedford Standard gives a version q
the recent sad accident at Canton somewha
different from the one originally published. |
seems that Mr.. Daniel i. Webb, the unfortu
nate victim, was returning on the late trail
from Boston to New Bedford, and was left be
hlnd at Canton. He then started on the track
probably intending TO walk to Mansfield and re
turn home by the early Sunday morning train
and meeting train on the viaduct, stepped Il
one side and fell off, striking on the green swarC
sl%ly ieet below. A young man saw him &c
OIL from the cars on the opposite side from til,
depot, and walked down nearly to the viaduc
Win him, and then turned aside to his home
Two men passing under the viaduct heard hin
tall, but he was dead before they could ret I,
him. -
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Ii is said that every state constable in PLY
mouth county is Butler delegate to the Wor
cester convention. We believe there are abou
halt dozen of them.
NANTUCKET COUNTY.
Rev. Edward Everett Hale who has hoo,
making visit to Nantucket, presented to caci
OF the eight young men who perilled their live,
10 save the lives of the crew of the Srhoone
Mary Ann copy of his book, "Ten Times On
is Ten"
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
The Northampton Cou rier tells how their can
Gus gave vote of 303 for the anti-Butler tickC
and 1850 for the Butler ticket on Che night follow
ing Buffers speech in that town. 1t saws
Men who never attended caucus before i
theirlives were there; men who had years az
gwen up the manGuverings OF primary NEE
lqgs to younger men, were on hand full of CT
thusasm. Staid and sober citizens, who deplor
lhe tricks OF politicians and consider it almost
participation in them TO attend a caucus, wer
present. In short, there was a general tur
out"
MAINE.
The railroad bridge at Hermon pond wa
rebuilt Saturday and Sunday.
The dredging OF a channel through Grave
folnt shoals, Royal river, has been commenced
MlthIn a radius of four and half miles il
Hill, there are eighty persons over eighty wear
Of age.
The mail train Saturday morning run over
skunk Just beyond Newport, and strange to saw
every passenger was aware of it Immediately
The grocery store kept by A. w. Dearborn II
Waterville, was destroyed by fire on Saturday
Mr.. ID. was insured for $500, which will cove
his loss. The building belonged to the Hill
man heirs
Tue six O'Clock train from Boston, on Tines
day, ran into a sand bank at Kennebunk. OWN
TO a misplaced switch. No one was injured
and the passengers went on in the PuIlmaI
train at midnight.
Trinity commandery of Kniphts Temnlor ,