Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-03
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new EugInnd New- SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

The fish commissioners state in their repOr
that il a man who has a spring brook will divd
il off into proper sections for large and small
fish, and will provide a good spawning bed, h,
has only TO put in some adult fish and let then
multiply. Hethen can feed them as well as hi
means allow, and he will always have gooC
supply, by leaving each year sufficient mum
Der of breeders.
meeting of the mayors Of cities in Massa
chusetts was held in Mayor Gastons office or
Wednesday, for the purpose of agreeing upon
draft of general betterment law TO be submit
ted to the legislature. After ample discussion
OF the subject il was voted that a committee
consisting of the chairman and two others, be
appointed 10 draft a bill for consideration at
their next meeting. The chair appointed Mayor
Kent of Charlestown and the city solicitor OF
Worcester TO serve with him on the committee.
They then aliouned, subject to the call of the
chairman for their next meeting.
Tho Boston Journal SAYS: "The astute anti
quarians OF Dorchester are much surprised at a
statement made in one of the daily papers re-
Gently, that the burial ground in North Chelsea
is probably the oldest in Massachusetts,. This
claim is based upon the fact that some of the
headstones of North Chelsea bear date Of 1916.
The oldest gravestone in Dorchester burial
ground bears date of 1888, having been erected
in memory of Barnard Capen. The next oldest
commentaries two children in quaint versifca-
ton the dates Of their decease being respective
ly 1914 and l64S. Not many years since there
was q stone, which has now crumt led and dis
appeared, which bore record Of the decease in
1859 of three persons, whose avocation had been
that of scribes and accountants. Their names
have not been preserved"
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
A Young man named Shackelly was so severe
" burned by falling into vat of boiling soda at
the Lowell bleachery, on Monday, that he died
Wednesday morning.
Arrangements are being made by the Me
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ton in Lowell, for the celebration of the next
anniversary Of Washington's birth. grand
ball will be held in the evening in French's hall,
which is to be deliberately decorated. num-
Der of military gentlemen from abroad are ex-
pected.
ESSEX COUNTY.
The funeral services over the remains of the
late DR.. Taylor, principal of the Phillips acade-
my, were held on the I'd in the presence of a
large assembage of friends and mourners; the
SER ices take place in the large hall of the acad-
envy building. The remains, enclosed in an ele-
giant casket, which was overloaded with floral
souvenirs, lay in the chapel, where the doctor
died. This hall and the doctors recitation room
were appropriately draped, and the desk of the
large ball was shrouded in black. The opening
PRAYER of the services was by Rev. Prof. Taylor,
who also read selections of Scripture. The clos
in prayer was by Rev Prof. Noyes of Dart
mouth. Prof. Edwards A. Park delivered the
funeral address. The order of procession was
as follows: Students of the academy, senior
class Or. 1ayloT's), trustees of the academy
alumni and professors of other institutions OF
learning, theological students of Andover, and
citizens generally. Among the pail bearers was
Rev. MIR. De Bevoice vi North Brookfeld.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Of the 1853 babi S who made Springfield theiT
birth place last year, 431 were males and 1921
females.
The distractions in the Sebago water works
at Portland, were only temporary; the water il
now flowing abundanty into the city
Poultry sent from Bangor to the Boston mar
ket has been returned, prices in Boston bein!
lower than they are in Bangor.
A correspondent of the Lewiston Journal say
Woman, known as Jennie Eaton, about ninet'
years old, died near Brunswick village a fey
days since She lived by herself in small hu
of one room. She kept five or six hens in tn
hut also. A pile of rags in one corner ha,
served as bed for more than forty years, it i
said. The bed, the room, and the woman wer
in most filthy state. There were no windows
She appeared unwilling TO see any one save
few who charitably befriended her. She dice
alone.
The exciting and prolonged contest on the
proposition TO divide the town of Westbrook
was brought to a close in the cammttee-room
on the LIST, the final arguments having been
made on both sides. No decision was rendered
bat rumor has it that an informal ballot was
taken, which resulted in a majority of the com
mittee favoring division. 1t is also understood
that the proposition to set off portion of West
brook and a. mex it to Portland will not be ia.
Torably reported.
The well-known Mrs. Jane P. Thurston, Of
Portland, who labors under mOnomania that
she owns the state of Maine, made a formal ap-
plication to Gov. Perham on the I'd for the keys
OF the state house. She was kindly received by
the governor, but quickly left his presence with
h.ae IL Ill
she urged il with much spirit. There were ap-
pTehensions of frst-class sensation in conse-
quence of Mrs. ThuTston having arrived here for
the purpose of eXpelling the chief magistrate
from the building in case her supposed rights
were not recognized.
The special commission on the Jail system met
on the I'd and their report will be sent to the
legislature at once. This commission is COM
posed of DR.. Z. G. Harlow, DR. John Benson
and L. b. Smith. During the past season they
have carefully examined the workings of the
jail system in New England and the middle
states, and, as the results of their labors will
recommend in their report many radical changes
in the present jails of Maine. Their principal
recommendations are that of establishing la
Dor department in connection with county jails;
also system of instruction 10 those who will
receive it; and also an independent relormatory
institution, under state control, for females, and
of an industrial character. The great purpose
Of the commission in their recommendation will
be to have refOrmatOry discipline exerted
among criminals rather than to have vindictiye
punishment visited upon them.
NEW HAMPSHIRE,
revival is in progress in Lyme,
The Knights of Pythias have formed lodge
in Portsmouth.
Contoocockville has a dramatic company |
which IS laboring to establish village library. |
The Concord churches subscribed S1165 for |
the orphans home on Sunday last.
Tue Cheshire proyident institution increased |
It's savings last year $500, 900, and the LacOnia |
savings bank $50, 000
The West Concord wooden mills are adding |
machines TO knit Jackets, which will give en- |
poyment TO fifty more women,
David L. Gage has been appointed postmaster
at Hopknton IN place of Dyer H. Slnborn, d. /
reased,
The funeral of the oldest Free Mason IN Sull,-
van county, Dr. Josiah Richards, too6 place on
the LIST at Ciaremont. Public business was sus- |
pend during the afternoon.
lhe dwelling house OF Willard Rlles of East
SULLIVAN, was totally destroyed BY FIRE on the
LIST, The buildings wererecently completed and
were unoccupied. Loss $1,000; insured for
5000.
One thousand men and two hundred horses
ire now az work on the extension Of the Ports.
mouth, Great Fails ard Conway railroad from
Union village 10 West 0ssIpee, a distance OF
Wenty-alsht ralles. The latter place is only
thirteen mics distant from North Conway. lhe
extension viii be completed in season tor nexb
spp.lner's travel.
lne grand masquerade ball at Concord, the |
preparations for which have been going on for |
nearly month past, under the auspices of the
Y niyefsaAst society, came off at Eagle hall On |
the lst, and was the finest affair Of that charac-
.eI that mas taken place there for years. while il
mas probably never been surpassed in the stair /
mere were over two hundred and flty sDaskers k
iih1 many % the costumes were very elegant.
Ile Uoc1eco manufacture Q cosapauy. ID ,voy h
is one OF the oldest and most extensive COZ Et,ra
tons OF the kind in the country Ii MAS is.cor
porlted in 1872. The business of this copes,S>
Is divided into Two, departments. enc map ,s nS
turing cotton goods and the other pr :, aa1i.
Cues There are four mills. Ito az oonn -, nf
printed cloths per annum is 10000 Oo0 vards
Number Of hands elBpla eyed, near I20o The
success which attended this undertakino in.
duced others of othe1 departments of Industry
TO locate there, e.mong which is an extensive oil
carpet nanp factory, whose sales are counted by
nundred.s of thousands; also the wooden manu-
s.ory of Mcssrs. E. A. & j. Sawyer, which
alone consumes 10000 pounds OF wool per an
mum and produces 100000 yards of flannel per
year.
About two hundred farmers and their wives
gathered at the Whiting house in East Wilton
on the 1st to enjoy the annual dinner of the milk
producers association. The gathering included
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