Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-05-17
Gaurtester Aailp Spp.
New England New. summary.

Froude the celebrated English historian, re-
sists the allurements of the Boston lecture bu-
reaus who have been trying to get him on their
books.
James w. Wallaek has closed his engagement
Mt The Globe theatre. Charles H. Vandenhoff,
lately Of the same company, sails for England
on Thursday.
men asking leave TO construct tunnel to East
Boston from the city proper. The petitioners
guarantee to complete the work within three
years, at a cost not exceeding 100000.
For the past few months an influence for tenn
nerapce has been at work among the Catholic
churches, and the direct result has been the or
ganizatou of upwards of fifteen total abstinence
societies in the various parishes OF Boston and
vicinity.
The Boston board of aldermen and common
council are at loggerheads as to the amount of
money necessary to properly celebrate the
fourth of July. The councilmen wish to ex'
pend SOS, 900, and the aldermen say the sum
must not exceed $4,000. The dispute will
probably be compromised.
Margaret Tholburn, arrested for alleged lar
ceny Of $3.50, belonging to Justus Tower OF
Lanesboro, while at the United States hotel at
Boston, has been bailed and given home by
wealthy man near the city. She is now under
bonds for trial, but it is generally believed she
is not guilty.
The Boston board of aldermen instruct the
chief of police to enforce the provisions of the
statutes relating to the defacing of buildings,
fences, &c. If this is intended to prevent the
vendors of patent medicines and the like from
insulting good taste by daubing the fences,
bridges, etc., with their unseemly advertise
ments, the public will rejoice when the enact
ment is enforced.
DIR. J. Baxter Upham, president, and Loring
B. Barnes, secretary, of the Boston Handel and
Haydn society for long term Of years, have
resigned those positions. A Boston paper says
the recent festival was not q financial success,
Notwithstanding the hall wrs crowded at nearly
every concert; but there is guarantee fund o.
$4,000 TO fall back on. Madame Rudersdort1
and Mr.. Cummings, the London soloists, will
sail for home to-day, so as to be in season fol
their engagements at the Sydenham crystal pal
ace, in June.
Boston is congratulating herself upon week
Of glory. The various military festivals Of the
past few days passed off with distinguished sue
cess. The great Handel and Haydn triennial
also brought its triumphs, of the kind in which
Boston takes especial pride. The concerts were
a series of successes, being crowded with appre-
ciative spectators, and being highly satisfactory
in musical point of view. The Engiish SOLO
lists, who were imported for the occasion, salts
fed the Boston critics on the whole, and in re-
turn did Boston the honor to say that they
never were supported by so good chorus as
that of the Handel and Haydn, which is doubt
less correct The chorus began training for this
festival last OctOOtIJ anu uuTluS IL paIt Vi tho
time has rehearsed three times week. Boston
works for her musical triumphs, and deserves
them.
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
This pressing request was recently left on
physicians slate in Lowell: "Please call to IS
of Ayers sitey TO vaxinete as sune as possbl.'
ESSEX COUNTY.
The Gloucester Advertiser comes out very
strongly against the new treaty, on the ground
that the fishing interests are sacrificed.
A respectable mechanic at Newburyport was
recently imprisoned for refusing to pay his per-
sonal tax, and was not released till the tax was
paid by friend, without his knowledge or con-
sent His real grievance was the tax on his real
estate, lot for which he paid $500 and was will
ling to sell at slight advance, being taxed for
as much as the house of an eX-mayor of the
city, for which he paid $4,000.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Greenfield people have enjoyed hearty laugh
at the expense of several liquor dealers, who
repeated "Once too many" practical joke on a
Mr.. Bracket, whose temperance principles are
well known and honestly held. They had his
name placed on several barrels OF liquor or
dered from wholesalers, as a ruse to blind the
deputy constables. frequently the depot Off
Gals would notify him of the arrival of barrel
of liquor, with freight bill unpaid. He didn't
care to invest, and soon the real owner would
appear to receipt for them. The joke became
too annoying, and Mr.. Bracket, having taken
legal advice, paid the freight bill on barrel
shipped nominally to him, and took the stuff
hosne. The owner came, but the goods" had
gone. And whatever the upshot of the matter
is, that dealer is out to quite an extent for all
the topers in town now get their drinks free at
his bar if they only say Bracket"
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
The Holyoke public library has already 1000
volumes. The original subscription for found
ing the library was $685. the town adding $500
and the Parsons paper company $500, and the
town at the last annual meeting gave $1,000
more. Valuable donations of books have been
made by the Lyman, Hadley and Hampden cor
porations.
George R. Cutting, of the senior class in Am
herst college, is engaged on a history of past
and present literary societies in the college; a
complete account of the college periodical litera-
ture; lists of valedictorians and salutatorians;
an account of the rise of class day, with class
day appointments; college customs and amuse-
ments; graduate members of the public socie-
ties; graduate and undergraduate members of the
various secret societies, from time to time exist
ing; and a statistical history of the college.
The work will be published in season for com.
meneement.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Daniel BrOlley, who has for many years KEEP
grocery store on Center street, North Adams
died on Saturday of delirium tremens. He wa
worth about $4,000. He leaves a wife but NJ
children.
The burglars who recently robbed Frank n
Rays store at North Adams have since been
bound over in $500 for appearance at the July
term of the court. They could procure no
bonds, and were sent down.
The woods and fences on Perry's Peak, Rich
mond, belonging to the Hancock and New
Lebanon Shakers, were burned, Saturday night
making brilliant illumination, which was the
subject of much speculation at Pittsfeld. 1t
was rumored on Sunday that the light was
I.-S 1,a ls,,.-v Il n
house at Albany, and not till Monday was the
real location Of the fire ascertained.
MAINE.
The state convention of the Universalists will
occur at Bath on June p.
The fishing season is three weeks later than
last year.
Ex-Gov. Coburn is the richest man in the
state, being worth seven millions of dollars
Ice can be bought on the Kennebec river for
% cents per ton.
The supreme judicial court, sitting at Bangor,
has averaged one divorce daily.
Nine watchmen were removed their positions
on the Kittery navy yard, Saturday, and nine
marines put on to fill their places.
Sixty vessels arrived at Bangor on Friday, and
Bangor isn't natural seaport" either, says
the Wing.
All the mills at Buckfeld are in full operation.
Messrs. Andrews & Waldron are now turning
out one hundred dozen shovel-handles daily.
the torger, was arrested on the arrival of the
steamer Nestoria at Liverpool, and is now in
custody on his passage home
One OF the clergymen in Portland, took for
his text last Sabbath afternoon a slip of wood
bine, just budding with leaf, which he displayed
from the pulpit.
The teacher Of an infant school class in a
Portland Sunday school is 80 years cid. His
son Is superintendent Of the school, and his
grandson secretary, making the school consid-
erably Gin the family"
Swedish girl, just come over. who is learn
ing the English language and dong bousework
in Portland family, succeeds with the latter
task rather better than with the former She
was recently requested to call George" and
obeyed them by bringing them night-caps from
the clOthes-Iine.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Exeter is making an effort to have its streets
sprinkled.
The next Connecticut river valley fair will be
held at Claremont
The track of the Portland & Rochester rail
road will be completed to Rochester July LIST.
black snake measuring five feet recently re.
ceiyed "bruised head" from Concord man.
Tuftonboro' has wheat six inches in height
Ii was sown April 10.
Mrs W. D. Benson Of Nashua has given the
sum of $1,000 10 the First Baptist church in that
city. 1850
During trot at Concord on Saturday Mr. q
" weiss bay mare Jennie dropDed dead