Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-09
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BOSTON AND VICINITY.

BOSTON AND VICINITY.
p. s. Gilmore is putting the flushing touches
on his History of the National Peace Jubilee.
Boston has now but five places of amusement
and one of these is closed most of the time.
The French relief fund now amounts TO SOL ;
e7117.
Boston is sending shovels to South Africa to
be used in digging for diamonds.
Two hundred and seyenty.nne families ano
1866 persons were supplled WITH the CITY soup al
Boston, on Sunday.
The School street Universalist church society
are cndeavoring to obtain a site for the erection
OF church.
The first salmon of the season, fresh from tht
waters of the Penobscot, was received in Boston
on Tuesday.
The amount of ice that will be cut in the vi
ciuitv Of Boston will not be much less thar
100000 tons, the largest crop by far for many
years.
In the municipal court at Boston, on Tuesday
Edwin Gale was arraigned and held il
$1,000 for trial on the charge of breaking, enter
ing and stealing.
North Chelsea wants to be called Revere il
honor of Paul Revere, and will petition the gen
eral court for the change
The Andrew statue will be unveiled at II
M. on Tuesday next. Hon. William Gray vii
present the statue to the state, and Governor
Clahn will respond.
Some evidence of the interest which the young
men of Boston take In the Young mems Chris
hundred Joined last month, and over fifty be-
came members of the gymnasium.
Boston papers suggest that one or two oen Is;
be gotten up for the real sufferers by the AdeiPnl
Theatre fre-the actors and actresses WIZ iO9'
their entire wardrobes. a..
lions Herald the Methodist paper, pays the
Congregationalist churches OF boston qute
compliment for their liberallty IN SUSTAINING
foreign and home missions, and says their eX-
ample ought to stir and guide other churches
everywhere
AT Boston, on Tuesday Robert Moore, an old
gentleman, who has resided in that city for halt
a century, and who has been well known in the
state as a criminal lawyer OF much ability, fell
dead at the corner of Canal and Grove streets.
He was a man of considerable influence in the
democratic party, and generally esteemed by the
community.
The Boston Traveller says 1--WE understand
Prof. Ticknor left by his will his precious coec-
ton of Spanish books TO the public library of
this city; also $4,000 to keep this collection in
order and up TO the times. Mr.. TicknoTs
Spanish library is unquestiOnably the richest
collection in this country, and is not probably
excelcd in value by any private collection in the
world"
Boston gentleman was undergoing tine OPP
Grafton of shaving a day or two ago, the opera
tor being an individual Of Teutonc proclivities.
After drawing the razor once or twice, he in
quired of the manager, "Was das razor gootp
On receiving negative reply, he took another,
evidently favo'ite one with him, and after the
frs flourish, exclaimed in an ecstatic burst,
"HOw high was dis raZoTP
The Boston board of trade is taking steps to
secure the punishment of parties who obtain
credit by false statements, and procure goods
for the purpose of failing and cheating their
creditors A committee has been appointed to
ask the legislature to enact mere stringent laws
for the punishment of these fraudulent trans
actions 1t will act in conjunction with a COM
mlttee of the shoe and leather association, pre-
viously appointed. The corn exchange, the
commercial club, representing the paints and
drugs trade, the crockery ware dealers, the fish
dealers, and the hardware dealers, will probably
appoint committees for the same purpose.
A sale of stocks at auction, at Boston, on
Wednesday, was attended by an unusual large
number, attracted by the announcement that
one thousand shares of Eastern railroad would
be disposed of, the property of Milton Sanford
of New York. This is the largest sale, at one
time, of shares in a Massachusetts railroad cor
poration that has taken place in Boston for
many years. The bidding commenced at lis
and soon reached 100 SIS, at which price 100
shares were sold, and the balance was quickly
taken up in lots at 100.
ESSEX COUNTY.
The value of fish taken into Newburyport
harbor for three months ending December 81
1870, is estimated at S65 020 as follows: 254S
barrels of maekerel, worth S50,960; 800 900
pounds of fresh fish, worth $500; CLANS to the
value of 400, and 24S0 gallons of fish oil, worth
$3.50.
Ned 0'Baldwin, the prize fighter, has not been
cured of his professional procliviti S by his in.
carceIation in the Lawrence Jail; for he writes
from that institution to friends in New York
that he is DESTROYS of making q match with Jem
Mace, the battle to take place in Canada.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
The folly of strikes in general is again well
illustrated by the experience of the nailers en-
ployed by the Weymouth iron company, who
struck some six months ago, have been idle most
Of the fine since and a LAST have cd IN
work at the same wages which they refused
when they struck. The company have not lost,
but rather saved money by the operation, while
the men, who could lily afford to lie idle have
lost six months labor, which was all their means
of support.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
George F. ParlOw and B. R. Kittredge of New
Bedford are breeding trout at East Freetown
Ponds, spawning beds and Matching houses
have been prepared, and sc, 900 eggs have recent
ly been hatchei. The brook is fed from six
springs. one of them very large, the temperature
of which varies from forty-seven in winter TO
fit Two in summer.
A New Bedford merchant last week detected
prominent citizen in the act of stealing from
his store. Having missed a number of articles
of value during the past year, the merchant
thought II good chance to get SQUARE and
therefore presented a bill of s115, which the Gre
spectacle CITIZEN paid rather than be exposed
The legislative committee on fisheries have
desired an alteration of the law relation to the
taking of fish in Taunton Great river so that
they may be allowed the same privileges as per-
sons now are who live below the bridges at
Berkcly and DghtOn, who are now permitted
to take fish five days in each week, while those
living above, including the petitioners, are re-
strlcted 10 four days of each week. The subject
is not new one to many of the committee hav-
ing come before them in previous years. The
town OF Mid1leboro' which is entitled TO the
DFiViierpe ,vifh tho OH So
any change in the existing law, and contends
thar ii would greatly diminish the supply of fish
which is now altogether too small.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
G. w. Chaplin, president of the Boston and
Albany railroad, has been confined to his resi-
dence at Springfield, by a severe cold for the
past fes days.
The town of Westfeld, with six thousand in
habitants, has ffty-two liquor shops-one to
each one hundred and twenty-five persons. The
sales at these places amount to about $50, 900
per year.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
About seven years ago Count Mitkiewicz of
st. Petersburg visited this country for the first
time, and at a fashionable watering-place met
MISS Caroline Lester Of Amherst Miss Lester
is said to be the niece Of an Amherst professor.
After less than the usual acquaintance they be-
came engaged, but the lady's guardian objected,
and they were separated The count returned
10 Russia, but afterward visited this country no
ter. Last week he found her. and they were
married on tuesday in the Russian chapel in
New York city.
MAINE.
Six men were killed in the state during the
month Of January by accidents while wood cut.
ting.
FIVE thousand sleighs are made annually in
inc state, with psces ranging from $40 to $3.50,
Name builds more sleighs than any other state
Inc various organizations OF the Odd Fellows
OF Bangor have secured a fine hall for their
meetings. 'ANA'
Ex-Gov. Chamberlain's salary as president of
the state college of agriculture and the mechanic
art is S250O, with free house-rent. Joseph b.
Harrington, of Brewer, has been chosen farm
superintendent.
President Hill, of the Somerset railroad saws
that this railroad is 10 be pushed forward AZ
once, and that the recent votes Of towns author.
izing tue mortgage Of the road will enable the
directors to continue the work to completion
The rev railroad branch to HOulton appears
TO be unfortunate. During the last cold snap
one of the engines froze up and trains were de.
layed, and now the trains have been reduced 10
three a day from Houlton, leaving TUESDAYS
Co.,