Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-06-24
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BosroN AND VICINITY.

New England news SummhFYs
BosToN AND VICINITY.
Braftle Square church and site, one of Boston'S |
ancient landmarks, was sold at auction on the
22d, for fraction under S179,OOO.
The executors of the will of the late Abbott |
Lawrence have presented $1,000 to the Warren |
street chapel, Boston.
A colt belonging to Mr.. Melville of Boston, |
valued at $1,000, was found with its hip broken |
in its pasture at Curtisville, one day last week,
and has since died.
A Boston paper says Rev. Mr.. Murray of Park |
street church has been preaching powerful |
sermons lately, on the Justice OF God pun
ishment of the wicked" etc, and that his |
church is getting back its old name of " Brim-
stone corner"
Young Stanstedt, arrested for robbing boxes in
the Boston post office, had further examination
before Commissioner Hallett, of the United
States court on Friday, resulting in his being
held in $4,000 for trial in the district court. The
little scamp keeps close mouth, and denies that
anybody arrested him in his theft
The failure Of Mr.. Samuel B. Locke, dealer in
iron and metals, Boston, is announced. The
liabilities are said to be S24S000 and the assets
about $4,000. At a meeting of the creditors
the proposition to compromise was rejected, and
the case may go into bankruptcy unless some
arrangement is made.
Thursday evening, at six O'Clock, little boy
seven years old, named Austin Celand Hood,
son of Daniel G. Hood, went with two other
children among the pits in the Tufts bTckyard
to play. STOPPING over one of the pits, which
contained about ten feet Of water the Httie 10Y
essayed to get a stick floating on the surface,
when be slipped on the treacherous clay, went
in and before assistance could reach him was
drowned.
The coopers of Boston and vicinity held a
meeting in Faneuil Hail. Boston, on the 21st,
under the auspices of the cooper's International
union of North America. The object was to
discuss the evils connected with the business
with view to reform. M. A Foran of Cleve-
land, Ohio president of the international union,
was the principal speaker No action was taken.
The New York Standard says Mr.. Fisk's piety
has come triumphantly out of the Bostonian
furnace. Gold tried by fire is nothing to it; a
salamander safe would be the more appropriate
metaphor The sweet forgiveness which he.
showed to the authorities who had denied him
the common, is perhaps, equalled once or twice
in a century; as rule, not oftener. When he
pthily but sublimely remarked, "a" II was a mis-
take that we were not allowed to worship"
every one felt-eveTy one must have felt-that
nothing more was TO be said, that the affair was
neatly and with Christian-like meekness dis
posed of.
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
The Baptist church in Wakefield was burned
Wednesday night Insured $4,000, also $1,000
on the organ.
ESSEX COUNTY.
At Lawrence, on the 23d, fire broke out in
the two-story wooden house on Amesbury
Coffin & Knox, grocers, on the corner OF that
street and Common street, Mellen's meat mar
ket, and several families in the upper portion.
The roof and attic were soon entirely in flames,
and strong northwest wind drove them upon
the three-story wooden carriage factory of j. |
Stowell & Co., on Common street, the two up
per stories of which, with their contents, were |
entirely DESTROYED. The damage to the block |
where the fire originated was about $1,000. 1t |
was fully insured at the Andover office Stowell |
M 1ocf IN hni md
from $4,000 to $4,000 in carriages, buggies, har- |
nesses, &c. They were insured for $4,000 on |
buildings and $4,000 on stock, about equally in |
the Exchange, fremont and Builders offices in |
Boston. Coffin & Knox lost about 1920; in
sured at the Exchange and Lamar in Boston
for $1,000.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Supervising Architect Mullett left Washing
ton, on Thursday night for Fall River, TO make
arrangements for repairing the custom house at
that place.
An exchange furnishes the following basis for
a first class sensation: "a circumstance which
has created great excitement has recently oc-
CURED in Fall River. Last Sunday Mr. ]. E.
Warner, a photographer, was called by some
parties who lived in Cherry street to take some |
pictures of a deceased child. The latter was
placed in a chair, and over it was arranged an
arch of roses, with one sprig hanging down
from the centre. AS we are informed by one
who declared himself an eye witness, several
pictures WtTe tdhtus anu Ill THE slAlIl, partly
obscuring the pendant sprig, appeared, clearly
defined, the face of the ehid's mother who had |
been dead several years. The statement comes
with the assurance that there was no chicanery
in the matter, and it is said the case, well au-
thenticated has created considerable local ex
element.
Ten years ago, Fall River was a manufacture |
ing town Of considerable importance: but since |
1860 it has more than doubled in number OF
factories and spindles, in amount of capital in
vested, and in population. The great start
dates from 1853. In that year several SagaciOuS
enteTprising men, believing this good field for
the further development of industry, had the
Union mill company incorporated with a capt.
tai of $175000, in shares of 81 900 each. They
erected a mill with about IS 900 spindes and
commenced operations the next year. The sue
cess of the enterprise exceeded the most sangu-
inc hopes Of its orignators They started just
at the right time. The war greatly increased
the amount, consumption and price of their
products. Money literally flowed into their
Golfers; so that, besides paying large dividends,
in 1865, they erected a new mill almost twice |
the size of the original one and paid for it from
their earnings. The splendid success of this |
venture put the ball in motion. As manufac- |
tory after mandatory arose, the city multi
piled and increased, until, from a place of
medium rank in 1860, il has in this year be-
come the first cotton manufacturing city in the
United States.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Shady oak mill in Scituale, run by the Messrs
Starkweather for the manufacture of shoddy
was burned on the 21st. Loss $500; no nsur-
ance.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Franklin Moore, a prisoner, escaped from the |
hospital in Pittsield, last week, and walked to |
Albany, N. Y, where he was soon after arrested
and returned to the jail.
MAINE.
Alexander Mute of Wiscasset was drowned,
TuesdayIby falling from the Wiscasset bridge,
upon which he was at work.
Senator Morrill, arrived at his home in
Augusta on Thursday. His health is somewhat
improved
From all sections of Maine we have reports
that the grass is thin and light, notwthstand-
ing the recent rains, and that the hay crop will
De less than the average. Potatoes promise a |
good yield. The apple crop will not be large.
A young lady at Portland met with a singular
accident the other day. In pulling the bell of A
friends house the bell wire broke and she fell
backward, striking her head against the steps,
rendering her insensible and hurting her seri-
Ously. similar case was recorded in Connec-
ticut recently.
The Falmouth hotel, Portland was threatened
with serious FIRE on the 23d. II caught in one
OF the servants rooms in the fifth story. on
Plum street. The alarm brought out the fire
department, but with the use Of the extinguisb.
ers OF the American extinguisher company and
buckets, the conhagratioD was fortunately
stopped. The loss is slight. 1t created much
cACllclUtHI.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The abolition Of the death penalty is proposed
IN New Hampshire. A majority Of the legisla
ture will probably favor it.
Inc catch of HOLSTERS thus far in New Hamp-
shire has been only about two-thrds that of last
season at the same time.
Nashua having neglected the fourth of July
ior twenty years, proposes TO turn over a new
ieat ana nave rousing old fashioned celebra-
ton this time N'io'ia
Inc WIDOW OF Dover merchant long since
deceased, recently received call from a gentle.
man who stated that when bow in her bns-
bands store he had prrloined small sums AZ va.
nous times, which, with interest since tba,
would amount to $1,000, and placing a $500 Siii
in her hands and a similar one in her sons he
departed. A he
The San Francisco Chronicle of NAV DIST con.
tains long account of the career of Miss
lmogene Holbrook of Nashua. 1t is stated thai
Q Mr, Geo. ). Lovely Of that city sent the sum
OF SaOO in gold TO Miss Holbrook for the nur.
pose OF paying the expenses of her Journey To |
the facite coast, and that upon her arrival they
were to be married. 1t turns out, however. thss
lmogene fell in love with another man az, ~