Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-12-13
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New England News summary.

ChuScitS regiment VIII take place inns t'N"'"7
at the American house Boston,
EX-Mayor Shurtletf was elected 10 ille scnool
committee from ward four. Boston, ny very
handsome vote. Republicans ana democrats
united in his support. .
Miss Jennie Collins wanted TO Note III warn
eleven. Boston, Monday, but It appeared that
her name was not on the cheek llst' ana tnal suc
was not a resident Of the ward.
Alexis has accepted Mr.. Arthur Cheney IN
vifation extended TO himself aud suite TO wit,
ness Miss Cushmau in one OF her celebrated
characters az the Globe and has definitely ar
RANGED 10 be present tonight In compliment
10 the prince, Miss Cushman has selected Tor
her performance Queen Katharine in Henry
VII" selection which was also concident
with his expressed desire
FX.Warden HAYNES OF the state prison has
Published communication, in which he replies
10 the statements concerning him, denying some
of them and giving his version OF the transaC-
lions referred to. He is very severe upon Gov,
Clatlin, and closes his letter with the following
paragraph: 81 have the cheering reflection that
there are thousands in our midst, who know me
best, that will remember me with gratitude and
affection. True, they are among the lowly, the
oufCasts vet | would not exchange this conSula-
ton for all the honors William Clahin has now
as governor of Massachusetts"
At the Boston Alexis ball, the aSscmblage
was one Of the most eminent which has been
congregated in any similar gathering in Boston
for many wears, comprising, as it did, represen-
tatives from many of the first families in Bos-
ton and other New England cities. Among
those present were Il. X, Sears and family, VIM.
GRAY and family, II. H. Huunewell ard family,
Alanson Tucker and family, James NJ. Little
and family, Abbott Lawrence and family, James
Lawrence and family, and George {, Richards
and family. The company also included his
honor Mayor CASTOR, Gen. Benham OF the U.
5. army, Admiral Steedman and Lieut.. Dewey
Of his staff, Hon. Robert c. Winthrop, Hon. Geo.
- nd NTy }
Jordan, Lieut.. Gov. Tucker and Others.
ESSEN COUNTY.
The pieker-house of the India iute factory, on
English street, Salem, was burned at . O'Clock,
Saturday afternoon. Two houses on Webb
street caught fire on the roof; damage slight.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
A large brick building has been erected in
Fall River, TO he occupied as pork packing es-
tahliShment.
New Bedford boasts of tame partridge 1t
was placed in cage with some quails, but eats
from mans hand without quaiing.
AT Fail River, a few days ago, the horse OF
Mr.. Thomas / Mathew was brGtally cut through
the mouth and tongue, and nearly recovering
from the wound, began TO fail in strength, and
died with every symptom Of poison.
Taunton river was closed 10 navigation py
freezing over, TO Dighton, about three inches IN
thickness, on Thanksgiving day, and was crossed
over IN several places on the first of the pres Mt
month. This is the first time within thirty years
thar navigation has been closed by so cold
snap in November. Quite fleet of coasters
were at Dighton and Somerset, with coal, sever
al thousand tons, bound up the river.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
Mrs. Phebe Bottum, of Florence, who is
eighty-lour years of age, made six thousand
pounds of cheese last summer, besides doing
considerable household work This was all vol
untary labor, as there is no occasion for her do
ing work unless she chooses 1t is said she APP
s,f
forty.
The new lumber company have begun the
lumber business above Holyoke on a grand
scale. Their plan is to run logs down the river
from the northern forests; make booms above
the dam at Holyoke; erect steam saw mill,
and also use Congdon & Sons mills at South
Hadley Fails; erect also mill at Holyoke and
manufacture lumber of all kinds. Operations
have already begun in cutting timber near
Turner's Falls, which is intended for piers or
bulkhea1s 10 anchor long lines OF trave rse
booms at the island opposite Congdon & Sons
steam saw mill. There are upwards of 100000
600 feet of logs lying north that sooner or later
will HE oceanward by this route.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The tedious session of the supreme court at
Pittsfed, was relieved by an incident, one day
recently that drew a little smile A leading
member of the bar, rather noted for his strategy
Of confusing witnesses by working them into a
passion, had under cross examination a woman
who seemed an apt subject for his favoriIe tao
tics; having wound her up to the desired pitch,
he inquired, MADAM, are you now living with
your first or second husbaud?' CHATS none
of your busincss!" sharp and short With an
air OF offended dignity, the attorney turned tC
Chief Justice Brigham, who remarked, with
smile, 81 think the witness is about right in this
is she nOt? Which reminds the older members
of the bar OF It similar adventure that a still
more distinguished member of the BeTkshr ba
m a pt
Where did you get the money with which yol
made the purchases SPOKEN Off" asked tn
learned brother" Of witness under the tor
lures OF examination. "None Of you
(genue expetive) busness!' Numbered tn
victim. Nov, may il please YOU, are tin
counsel 10 be insulted in that mannerp ap
pealed the lawyer. Witness said the chic
Justice, compassOnately, edo you wish Il
change your last auswerP' "No, sir, | dontl'
well, wouldn't il were in your placeH AnC
the chuckle that shook the bench was audibl,
echoed.
Gardiner school-teachers live on S325 a wear
A Belfast mouse lost his life few DAYS az,
by putting his tongue to hammer in the barn
The state temperance convention will lie hell
in Augusta about the 18th of January.
The Rev. W. Fl. H. Pillsbury of Congress
street church in Portland has received cal
from Iowa, to take charge of a seminary.
boat IS to run during the winter from Booth
bay TO Wiscasset, and connect with the KnoS
and Lincoln railroad.
Messrs. J. j. and J. w. Winsow of Portland
offer to deepen Back channel so that vesscli
drawing ten feet CT water can come up to tn
wharves, if the town Of Deerng will appropri
ate $1,000.
Horses are cheap in Maine and getting cheap
err, but it would appear that some other kind o.
er1tteI Is cheap in Augusta, where man the
other day sold one of span of horses for 9
turkey and ninety cents in chanpc
On Friday night last, Hill & Co.'s express ca
on the Boston aud Maine railroad caught fir,
from locomotive spark, and damage to tn,
amount Of $1,000 eusued before the flames wer,
extinguished.
The relatives of the late earl of Aberdeen
whose romantic history has been published
have sent an elegantly mounted rife to a Young
man named Randall of Richmond, in return oj
one deposited with him by the late earl
Petitions will be presented TO the next legisla
ture for the incorporation of all Of Medwa,
plantation east Of the Penobscot river into =.
town, TO be called Medway and for the incor
poratlon of those portions of Midway and Pat
tasumpGs plantations lying west of the Penob
scot into Town, to be called Nicatou.
At Danvie junction work has been begun OF
o pit and apparatus for adjusting the gauge o
the new adjustable gauge freight cars II is il
the Name Central track, but is built by thu
Grand frank company. Hereafter all fregh
from the west for the Maine Central line viii
come in the adjustable cars.
Think OF the agony Of the Lewiston man who
got up before daylight built fire and put a new
silk hat upon the stove in place of tine tea-ket
tie, and did not find out his mistake until it was
burned TO a crisp.
At meeting of the board of trade at Port
land, On lhursday, the subject of encouraging
iron manufactures and the building of irol
ships was introduced by Collector Wasbburn.
and discussed at length and il was voted thai
the attention of the board OF manufacturers h,
directed 10 it.
Maine has within its territorial limits 20 600
600 square acres Of land, of which less than 3,
100000 are under cultivation, while there ar,
az least treble that number Of acres capable ri
being made productive with the ordinary systen
Of tillage, and Of sustaining population man,
times as large as that now within its borders
The leading journals Of Maine are at presen
engaged III discussing the wisdom of the polio,
which, assuming as a necessity to the develop
ment Of the latent resources of the state the con
struction Of certain lines of railway, wonlt
pledge the state credit in the form of subsidie
or otherwise, TO encourage, if not secure, thei
construction.
On Monday, the Portland mayor and alder
men located the track of the Portland and %
de1sbur9 railroad through Commercial street Il
tmon, the terminus under the order authoriz
lng the extension. 1t viii pass within ten fec
Of the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth railroa,
oepot, ana run parallel to the Grand Trunl
track, al a distance of about ten feet