Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-17
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NewIEnRIand News Summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.
The sons of Brown university resident in Bos
ton and vicinity, held their second annual re
union at the Parker house, last evening.
The mayors of cities in Massachusetts held {
second meeting in Mayor Gaston's office, Bos
ton, and agreed upon a betterment law TO bI
submitted to the legislature.
The yachtmen of Boston and vicinity arr
much opposed in regard TO the proposed dix
building across the Green Harbor river, whicl
meanders somewhere in the Cape Cod region
and which they are in the habit of lrequentin,
for pleasure or shelter from storms. Five or 81,
monstrances presented to the house on Tuesda
and Wednesday.
A Boston paper has the following THE al
nouncement that the Bartlett estate, on Dude
and Magazine streets, Boston Highlands, is t
be sold, recalls the history Of the Bartlett peal
Mr.. Enoch Bartlett, the former owner of this eS
tate, was vice president of the Massachusetts
horticultural society for many years, and wa
quite an eminent horticutuIst Some fort
years ago he brought from this estate to one Q
the meetings a choice pear, never before seen b
the members. Mr.. Bartlett and the members c
and out of regard TO Mr.. B. it was named III
Bartlett Pear" But, in point of fact, this wa
an old English pear, well known there as WI
liam's Good Christian" and had been importet
bv Mr.. T. Brewer, who built the Bartlett hOus'
and laid ont the grounds some time before tht
wear 1915. But the estate being after few years
sold, and passing into other hands, the history
of this tree was not known until Mr. Bartlett
introduction of it to the Massachusetts horticul-
tural society made it famous.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
At Fall River, John Driscoll, the alleged lire
bug, i" has been discharged, the grand jury fail
ing TO find bill of Indictment against him.
NANTUCKET COUNTY.
The individual arrested at Nantucket on sus-
picon OF being the Nathan murderer, has been
discharged, no proof having been found against
him.
The Maine Farmer believes that every boy in
the state is trying to raise trOtting horse or
two.
The Portland Press says that lady in West
month since last March, year ago, except in
January, 1871. December 31st she plucked a
chrysanthemum in full bloom, and in February
of this year other flowers.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Ashland voted to build good town hall, and
made an appropriation 10 do it with.
There were no less than nine different tickets
for state and county officers in circulation at
Lacona.
A dispatch from Plymouth says eighty pupils
were under examination at the normal school
the first day.
Hon. Edward H. Rollins, of Concord, has
been elected secretary of the Union Pacific rail-
road.
There were six candidates for representative
in Merrimac, three on each side, and it was final
ly voted not to send.
An old gentleman, eighty-two years old,
named James Dickey, lives in Wilmot. He is
the father OF sixteen children, thirty grand
children, and three great grandchildren. His
relationship is son. that peculiar. His own
daughter is bis sister by marriage; his son is
his brother-in-law; his motber-in-law is his own
sister; his father-in-law is his brother-in-law.
In New Hampshire city, on Tuesday, a re-
spected citizen was upon the ticket of one party
as a candidate for the school committee, while
his daughter was a candidate of the opposite
party for the same Office, the latter having re-
ceived the nomination, not on account of any
female suffrage proclivities, but because she
was very efficient teacher AS she shrank
from the responsibilities Of the poSition-the
nomination, even, having been made without
her knowledge-her father was generally voted
for and elected.
William Golf, the oldest resident of Richford
died last week. He had lived in the town evel
since 1902.
Miss Eliza NJ. Clark, for the past year super
intendent of the common schools of Burlington
has been so able in the performance of her du
ties that her unanimous reelection has been eff
fected.
CONNECTICUT.
About 1900 new voters will bemade this spring
in New Haven.
John S. Adams of Easton has be. n nominated
for the state senate by the democrats of the
tenth district.
AT the senatorial convention for the fifth dis.
trict,held in Seymour, Wednesday, Charles Ben.
edict of Waterbury was nominated by the re-
publicans.
The festive skunks are numerous in Middle.
held. During the last two weeks Walter c
Miller has captured fifty-one.
Sometime Tuesday night, the office of Platnei
Porter, manufacturers, at Unionville, was en-
tered by burglars, who blew the safe open and
robbed it OF $3.50. A reward of $500 has been
offered for their apprehension.
In the superior court at Hartford, Tuesday, a
true bill was found by the jury against Mrs.
Stiles, for attempted murder by poisoning The
attorneys for the prisoner, il is stated, will move
the continuance Of the case until the next term
of the court.
A New Haven democrat who had sent his son
TO New YORK to complete his education, received
a letter from him stating that he was studying
Horace" The old gentleman peremptorily Or
dered him to come home. He didn't want Gree
ley TO make a republican of him.
The Norwich Bulletin says THE latest and
weightiest argument in favor of English is that
he learned the carpenters trade when a youth
and was good workman. This fact was sud-
denly recollected after the assertion was made
that Jewell was the only governor of Connecti-
cut who had learned trade"
The Mystic wooden company are greatly en-
barrassed, their liabilities exceeding their assets
by about 100000. 1t is said efforts will be
made to keep the mill running after A temno-
hn ho, -
for January, but not for February. Nearly all
had stopped work at last accounts, and con-
terence was in progress between shareholders
and creditors.
The Columbia, S. c., Union, of Friday last
says :-"Prof Lewis r. Packard, of Yale col
lege, is spending few days in this city, with
his wife, as the guest of Attorney General Cham
berlain. He has spent some months in Aiken,
and we are happy to learn that his health has
greatly improved"
A correspondent of the Hartford Times thinks
the Stafford post office is not good one to send
money through. In a recent case the full
amount of money deposited with the postmas-
ter had fallen off p" so considerably, by the time
1t reached Hartford, that it cost tine postmaster
at Stafford some $50 to "even up" the def
cheney.
Several farmers in the vicinity of Hartford
were swindled last fall by pretended agent of
Smith, Clark Co., Of Lee, New York; who
secure signatures to agreements for the purchase
of patent hay fork. The agreements proved
TO be notes of hand varying in amount from 500
to $500, and several of them are in the posses.
sion of one James Z. Cook Of New York. who
claims to be an innocent holder and has brought
suits to recover the amount of each.
Gallagher, with characteristic impudence, pro-
poses, it is said, to address the colored men of
New Haven, and ask them to support his party.
The Hartford Courant suggests that he also read
the address which he prepared in 1865 to the
people OF the state against giving the ballot to
the colored man, and which was filled with the
cheap abuse common to the democrats in their
illusions to the negro. The Times ALSO which
published it then as an electioneering document,
should reprint it to keep alive the memory of
the great service it has done to that race.
RHODE ISLAND.
Inc temperance cause is progressing SO ener-
geucally at Providence that many of the rum.
sellers are selling out in disgust.
:. resolution passed by the Providence Frank.
lin society admits ladies to membership on the
same terms as gentlemen.
A new wharf is being built on the shore he
tween Saolns point and BuIlock's point. for the
accommodation OF summer excursionists
The cornerstone Of the new Catholic church
in Ashton will be laid on Sunday afternoon
next, Bishop Mcfarland conducting the cere-
monies.
The Boston Post says: Providence audiences
are accused of the rudeDess of oettinp nm and