Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-18
aalurtester 4aiIg Spp.



BOSTON AND VICINITY.
Speaking of the recent bank "irregularities"
in Boston, the Herald says: at was doubtless
matter Of surprise to Mr.. Daniels, when, yester-
day afternoon, as he was about to take the train
for Dedham at the Providence depot, an officer
of the United States court served warrant upon
him and took him into custody. He was charged
with embezzling $4,000 from the Webster ma
tional bank. The prosecution was made by the
United States authorities, independent of any
body else, and without outside inStigation, and
the arrest was brought about as a step prelimi-
nary to an investigation of the "irregularity''
by the grand Jury Mr.. Daniels expressed him.
self as much surprised at the proceeding, and
his first inquiry was as to whether the prosecu'
ton had been instituted by the bank officers
He was also very much affected by the sudden
change in his situation. An immediate effort
was made to secure him bail, $4,000 being re
quired, but owing to the lateness of the hour al
which the arrest took place, the endeavor was
unsuccessful, and Daniels was committed, with
the hope of getting bail to-day"
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
Hugh Gallagher, an employe in the Lowell
foundry, was scockingly burned on the 10Th
the contents of dipper of molten iron being
poured upon his person by one OF his compan-
ions in the shop, named Mahohey, win whom
he was disputing at the time. In many places
the melted iron burned holes TO the bone Ma
honey has been arrested.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Gen. Buffers alleged desire for the governor
ship of Massachusetts brings out funny Story
from the editor of the Hartford Post, who has
inst returned from Washington: A few weeks
apo. DR. Ioriur-who has been for some years
mast Bntler's fi1rIeman and manager, receiving
as Il reward therefor the latter protusest prom
ises of support of the doctor for gOVernor-naV-
inr heard rumors that Butler was slanting his
OFF eve toward the gubeTnatorial chair, posted
10 Washington in great haste. With Major
Rem Perley POore he sought Gen. Butler, and
abrurty broke out, General, have heard, and
il is pretty generally believed at home, that you
have made up your mind to be governor; and
that Major Poore here is TO give you his sup
port in the Journal upon condition that you
help him secure the nomination for congress in
YOUR district What | want to know is, is it
truel' The doctor was excited, manlfestly.
Butler manifestly was not. With one eye on
Poore and the other on Loring, and between
both taking in the whole situation, he replied
with great deiberation and solemnity, "Dr.
Lorjng, give you my word that Major Poore
has never made any such proposition to me-"
To Poore's utter disgust, DIR. Loring did not
pursue the inquiry further. But Poore remark
cd subsequently that the solemn manner in
which Butler got it off was worth going great
way to see.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
A Springfield lady left her little boy at home
to amuse himself with matches, and when she
returned met him in the street, crying. He said
he only just made a little fire in the bureau
drawer, and lot of red-shirted men with a
great big tea kettle came and squirted water all
over the house. They saved the cellar door.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The Chinese shoemakers employed by Mr..
Sampson, at North Adams, are rapidly becom-
ing Americanzed in manners, dress, and tastes.
A number of earnest men and women have de-
voted themselves to their instruction every SUM-
md OFT aPn nunllS n
teachers that if one of the latter is unavoidably
absent, the pupils win not listen to the teach
ings of any other instructor. They seem, gen.
orally, to have great desire to learn the En-
glish language and a number OF them can al
ready speak so as to be easily understood In
copying American dress, also, they show great
aptuess, although most of them retain the blue
cotton Chinese blouse, and all wear the queue
Mr.. Sampson asserts that as wOrkmen they ar,
absolutely unexceptionable. They turn out al
much work as an equal number of the member
of the st. Crispin ORDER and the shoes are su
perior in the quality of the work on them, ow
ing TO the faithfulness of the men.
MAINE.
The Portland and Kennebec railroad compan,
is building monster snow-plOugh, the larges
on the road-2S feet long, and % feet high from
the rail-to be called the Clipper"
Enoch Cousens runs the town of Kennebunk
port. He is moderator, selectman, assessor, tow
agent, experimenting school committee, anC
representative of the town in the recent legisla
ture
A lar of sulphate of indigo exploded as Mrs
S. p Wing OF Sangervillc was attempting to
open it, the contents striking her in the face, Sc
verey burning the skin, and nearly depriving
heI of sight.
AT crystal wedding party in Portland on the
evening of the 10Th, young lad named Robert
NJ. Woods, fell down flight of stairs, back
wards, and was so severely injured as to cause
death.
The attention of vacant parishes desiring a
tall and unmarried pastor is directed to notice
which we have seen, that "the Rev. H. p. Gu
sick, native of Maine, graduate OF Colby uni
Nersity, six feet two and half inches nigh, and
single, wants place"
The Wassaumkeag hotel company has already
begun operations on the foundation for the new
hotel al Fort Point Stockton, and the building
will be finished in season for the summer travel
House lots in the immediate vicinity of the hotel
are being rapidly taken up.
Maine man, going into the wilderness, took
Whist he supposed TO be his compass, but found,
when he needed its guidance, he had instead
taken his wife's daguerreotype. 1t brought him
out all right
Henry G. Blanchard of Charlotte was killed in
the woods last Wednesday. He was engaged in
telling tree, which crushed him, and so severe
were his injuries that he lived but few hours
after the accident.
In his annual address, Mayor Kingsbury of
Portland makes the startling announcement that
IS per cent of the children of that city, be-
tween the ages of five and eighteen, are non-at-
tendants of its schools. He advocates a strenu-
GUS law compelling school attendance as the
only cure for so great an evil.
As market team was driving through EX-
change street, Bangor on Friday, a woman who
undertook to cross in front Of it was thrown
down, run over by both wheels on one side of
the wagon and her spine and ribs horribly
pd no Low in fln I'd Gai inf
for some minutes, the blood running from her
mouth in streams, and then expired.
The ice crop Of the Kennebec has been all
gathered, and the total product will not be less
than 100000 tons, while the total capacity Of
the eighty odd buildings erected is little rising
100000 tons. This is an increase of some ten
or fifteen per cent over the crop of a year ago,
from which was realized such enormous profits.
The prospects at the present time are by no
means encouraging for large profits, but no
money will be lost, it is thought.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The state Methodist conference will be held at
Rochester on The 18th of next month.
The First national bank of Portsmouth has
subscribed for $4,000 Of the new government
five per cents.
The Chinatown mills at Belmont turn out
four hundred dozen pairs of hose daily, and are
soon to increase their facilities fifty per cent.
Dover has fourteen shoe manufacturing firms.
who do an annual business of S2,OOO,OOO. They
give employment to about $4,000 persons.
The residence of G. W. Fisk, Esq, in Dublin,
was burned on Monday night. Loss $500 with
no insurance. The furniture was saved.
Up the river navigation is open three weeks
earlier than last year, and earlier than any spring
for fifteen years. Some of the Portsmouth farm
ers have plowed.
Z. z. Cove Of Weare made a ten dollar bet
with Mr.. A. Melvin lately thar he could saw a
Thousand laths in ten minutes. Eleven hundred
We're sawed in seven minutes.
Experiments on Mount Washington the past
winter show that periods of intense cold are felt
thcre from twelve TO twenty-four hours sooner
than in the country below.
new frame building will shortly be erected
on the Dartmouth college farm, for the use Of
the agricultural department. 1t will contain
dormitories and commodious dining hall.
1. Stevens Abbott, the senior member of the
widely-known firm Of Abbott & Downing. car
liage manufacturers, Of Concord, died at his res
idence in that city on the 10th, aged sixty-seven
years.
The Nashua telegraph says: "No one cause
yesterday made this state democratic Ii re-
quired a number of causes. The most potent
was the rum vote, which was given solid to the
democratic ticket. This we expected, and it was
as apparent six months ago as now, and il
made the nomination of Mr.. Pike a political