Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-21
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Ncw England News summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.


to have presided at their birth, and to follow
them in their lives.
navy. died at the Charlestown navy yard on
Saturday, aged seventy-four. He was on board
the fripate Congress when that vessel was sunk
by the rebel ram Merrimac, the latter being
commanded by his brother
Daniel, the defaulting Boston cashier, was
bailed out, Saturday, by DIR. Il. 7. Burgess and
two other citizens of Dedham. The case will
come before the jury of the United States cour
this week. The least penalty for the offence il
two years and the greatest ten.
The Commercial Bulletin says: "Seed time il
at hand, fully three weeks earlier than usual
The demand is pressing so actively from farm
ers and planters, that the customary influx 0
speculation into this commodity in the eaTll
spring weeks is checked, These outside manip
ulators are quite at sea in averaging the unprO
vided wants, and in cleaning the condition
which the country orders are now in; henc
seeds are lower than they were last year, anc
though slightly stiffening and, perhaps, advanc
ing in pTic&sas stocks are depleted by the actua
pTeseIfee of sowing time, it is hardly poSsloi'
Quotations will advance more than trlne DC
yond the present ruling figures" ..-
While engaged in eXcavating Tor tue new
foundation of the Dane law school nj Gam
bridge last week, the wOrkmen discoVeLeu
course of masonry some four feet Oeheath tne
surface In ante-reYOuiionary Times Il iheet-
ing house stood upon the spot, ana tnis was u
portion of the ancient foundation Inc uuilu-
ing and those who were wont to worship therein
have long since mingled with the dust, and the
last vestige of the old foundation has been root
ed mn and scattered leaving mot wreck be-
hind"
The crockery business of Boston is principally
done by nine houses. Six of them have been in
existence from forty-fye to seventy-four years, a
fact quite unusualin other localities. A Boston
paper says: "The business is not conducted in
other cities and especially noticeable is the fact
that the packing rooms are out of sight, while
elsewhere. to reach a crockery dealers counting
room, one must wade through piles of hay and
straw, and climb over and around crates, hogs
heads and barrels. Fine show rooms are at the
direct entrance to Boston crockery .iobbers'
stores, and elegance in the display of goods IS
quite a feature The heaviest sales are made in
April Nav, October and November. But three
per cent OF the white ware sold is Of American
make New York sales run over five per cent on
American goods. The imports Of crockery from
Liverpool into Boston in 1870 were II 900 crates
valued at 81 100000 These goods came from
North Staffordshre, England, where 100000
people earn living at crockery making"
The Commercial Bulletin says: "The bureau
of credits, established by the boot, shoe and
leather dealers of this city, has been in active
working order over nine months, and has
thoroughly grated itself upon the trade as a
prime necessity. There are about $50 New En-
gland contributors who have paid as follows:
Parties selling 100000, or less, SIS per annum;
do. 5000, 900, $50 do; do. in excess, $50 do. A
number of New York, Philadelphia and Balti-
more dealers have been admitted, the charge to
them being 500 each. The bureau issues no
book. Enquiries are made on Individual cases
and replies returned. All changes and facts as
certained respecting this case subsequently are
reported regularly to ali parties that may at any
time have made enquiries. This bureau of cred
its has the full sympathy of all subscribers who
are, in fact, mutually insured in the procuring
of pertinent business facts; hence, information
is readily given when asked for, and most al
ways sent in direct when obtained. Since the
first of January enquiries have averaged 100 per
day"
AT Boston the millinery iobbers are having an
unusually lively business. The styles of hats
are radically changed from round turn-up to
turn-down Gypsie rims in countless varieties
Crowns still run high and sloping, all made in
the varied colorS of cactus, Milan and fancy
straws. The most popular styles with the trade
are the "Artless," with futed rim running down
behind, and plainbent up in front; the "Naiad, "
whose crown sets on the rim in curving lines
higher in front than behind, follows, in block
ing of rim, the style of the Artless, but pointing
down in front; the Gypsy" is a straight line
downward from the top of the crown to the
edge of the brim. The "Flirt" draws down
Gypsy style over the eyes, and the rim is fluted
upward behind and curved up in 'front.' This
style is intended as half bonnet, and gives op
portunity for cords Of trimming. The dress ha
will be white, leghorn crown, one and three
tourths inches high, and brim three inches wide
The Magnolia" a shade hat, has crown run
ming down into the brim, even with the drop
of the ear. A school hat in similar shape prom
lSes large sale. Milan straws seem to be tn
tavorite of early spring trade.
In December last Messrs. Smith, White & Co
f,4V sYt
ness, engaged a young man named Charlie
Hutchins to 90 TO Marlboro and act as thei
agent in disposing of sewing machines From
time to time since December they had furnished
Hutchins, upon order, about fifty machines
under instructions to sell on leases securing
the property in the usual form to the original
owners, until full payment was made. Instead
of following these instructions Hutchins sold
between forty and fifty machines for cash at
about one-half their real value. He filled out
the leases, forging the signatures of all persons
10 whom he had delivered machines. Hutchins
finally decamped from Marlboro, and firm
member upon taking the leases to the supposed
lessons found to his astonishment that the sig
natures were all forged, and that the possessors
of the machines were owners, with receipts in
full. On Friday last Detective Stone of the state
force arrested Hutchins at Sutton, province of
Quebec, Canada.
A correspondent from the Hub writes as fol.
party-as grand and elegant an affair as an
unlimited supply of money could make it,-an
elaboratety dressed young lady approached me
with the exclamation, ooh, my dear Mrs. -.
am so glad TO have found you. Have you seen
that painting in the library? something about
10 and Jupiter New who were 10 and Jupiter?"
Although somewhat surprised at the question
as the lady was a graduate of first class board.
ing school, and the gentleman on whose arm
she leaned university student, proceeded to
explain, and had got as far as 10 was trans
formed by Jupiter into"-"0h, yesP interrupt
ed the lady with yivacity, 81 know, into pillar
of salt! KNEW I'd heard the story somewhere
only couldn't recall it. Come, Jack, that's the
Straus waltz" and they whirled away.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Eleven ounce clans are among the luxuries
of the season at Newburyport
On Saturday, Elizabeth McKenny, HayerbiIl
was waited upon, but seeing the officers coming
she concealed her bottles in the cradle under the
baby. The officer was little too cunning for
her, and turning the little joker over, found the
bottles. The enragcd woman threatened ven
geance upon the officers, and with an iron
poker made fierce rafting among the pots and
kettles as sign of what she could do over the
heads Of the intruders.
Complaints were made to the city marshal Of
Haverhill on Saturday that large quantity Of
rotten poultry and rabbits were offered for sale
in the streets On investigation, nearly three
tons OF that and other meat were found, much
of which was in condition "most foul"
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The developments in the inquest against DR..
g. G. Tucker of Westield for an abortion. cause
considerable excitement in the first circles of the
town, in which he moved, socially and profess
sionany. He has been highly successful in his
profession, and his friends claim that he now
suffers from professional jealousy. DR.. Tucker
was introduced in Westield, some wears AGO.
by Or. James Holland, to take a part of the lat
ters practice while he was absent at Boston as
representative.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Thomas Allen of Pittsield has given Wash
lngton university Of ST. Louis, Mo-, the interest
of $4,000, at seven per cent, for five wears for
the purposes of endowing a professorship of
mining and metalurgy, and will probably make
il a perpetuity.
In the town of Lee there are twenty-four ma
per mills, owned by twelve companies, Four
streams of water flow through the town. tho
largest being the Housatonic river, which runs
in southerly direction through the centre and
south part of the township. One company has
six miles on this stream, and employs five hun
dred persons, whose pay amounts to $4,000 per
month. Thirteen mills are situated on the
smaller streams, twelve of them being on the
loose Pond" stream, which takes its rise in
tue pond of that name in birmingham, some 500
ieet above the Housatonic. Iuseparaby con-
nected with paper mills are iron found:ies for
me making Of paper machinery. One of these
mas been established in Lee for nearly thirty