Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-23
dalurtcster 9ailp Spp.
NEW England news SUMMARY.

BOSTON AND VICINITY
The Roman Catholics of Boston are 10 have a
table at the French fair.
Bret Harte will arrive in Bosom on Saturday
morning. D,-..,,..-....
infant asylum amount to S2OS3.
Ii is proposed TO have a new grammar school
building OF CITY Point, South Bos on,
The legislative committee have arrived at no
decision In the Boston ward five election case.
Senator Sumner was born in Boston on the
9Th of January, 1911, and is now in his sixty
first wear.
French relief fund at Boston shows the total
amount to be S7S,S62.37.
Miss Reynolds, who was to have closed this
week, in Washington, n series of southern en-
gagcments, which she was obliged to relin-
Quish through a severe illness, is now rapidly
recovering at her residence in Boston.
The proposed change in the time OF school va
cations at Boston, il carried into effect, will
give the bows and gills about half a week more
of holidays in year than they now get.
Dr. Stephen Mighill, the well known physician
of the North End, has entirely recovered from his
sad illness at the insane asylum, South Boston,
and will be able to leave the institution soon.
A bill Of fortv-eight sections, providing for
"the N uaton and inspection of buildings, the
more SIcctual prevention of fire, and the better
preservation of life and property in the city of
Boston, has been prepared by the city council
the Boston society Of architects.
On Wednesday members of beth branches of
the legislature, numbering from nifty to sixty
persons by invitation of Collector Russell, Wis
led the schoolship. The trip was highly en-
loved BY ALL Short remarks were made TO the
BOYS by several of the visitors, and collation.
was then partaken of with zest,
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Provincetown has voted FIVE per cent. OF its
valuation in aid Of the Cape Cod railroad.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The Methodist church in Pittsheld took fire
Sunday morning, from furnace in the base
ment, and burnt up through the floor into the
audience ROOM and DESTROYED some six or eight
pews before it was sub1ued by the eXertions Of
the fremen. Damage estimated at $4,000, most
" by water, the whole church being deluged
Insured for $500 in the Home of New York and
Hartford Of Hartford.
A North Adams coTrespondendent of the
Springfield Republican, writing on Monday,
says: The vague and attractive prospects held
out by the "heathen Chinee' in this place OF a
''bg time Monday" have ended in magnih-
cent fzzle induced partly, perhaps, by the en-
barrassment of being continually surrounded
by strangers in a strange land, and disappolnt-
ing themselves as well as the many who were
auXiousy waiting 10 see reproduced here the
rites and ceremonies of the celestial empire.
The four days which end to night are merely
a suggestion of the festival which tncy celebrate
at home where fifteen days are given to get ac-
quainted with the new year, during which time
no one works; if tco poor to live without, the
government or certain societies help them. If it
takes as long to organize decent display there
as here, the period is none too long As the
time is given over to utter abandment of toll or
effort in any direction, they were allowed to omit
the Sunday school, Yesterday, and went out for
their first appearance on the ice. Probably no
man in his maiden attempt at sack racing ever
made SO ludcrous an exhibition as did they on
re oil p4n Al IL,
up Chinese shoes, and all of them without dis.
erection in controlling their legs.