Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-07-22
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BOSTON AND v1o1N1rY

New England News summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.
William O'Niell, who was stabbed on Harri
son avenue Boston, Sunday night, as previ
ously related, died at the city hospital Thursda,
morning.
The other day Mr.. Leighton, clerk of the Bos
ton municipal court, and lawyer Brewster, boti
of whom sport very red hirsutes, were ap
preached by MI. Scnnott who inquired il tn,
gentlemen were not afraid they would set eacl
others whiskers afire. "No danger" replied
Mr.. Leighton, $50 long as we keep respectful
distance from your nose"
A Philadelphia tourist, who has been visiting
Boston, speaks in the following glowing terms
standing on that high monument Bunker
hiu), | remembered her patriotism and hei
grand revolutionary history. As looked down
upon the homes or the graves OF Longfellow
Motley Prescott, Lowell, Dana, Sprague
Holmes. Whittier, the Adamses, Everett Cush
ing, Winthrop, Choate, Sumner and Webster,
thought of what Massachusetts had done in
history, in poetry, and eloquence This one
city has produced half the literature of the ma
tion. She is entitled to her proud name, "thC
Athens of America" More than this in intel
lectua activity, in the culture of her native cit
liens, and in genuine democracy, she stand.
without peer in the worlds history. Around
her is a commonwealth only 251 years DID, witt
as dense a population as that of Europe. and
with higher civilization. for universal educa
ton, equality and liberty of thought and speech
have reared their affairs on its granite rocks"
ESSEX COUNTY.
The next term Of the state normal school
at Salem will commence on Tuesday, August
29th.
John Goodwin of Merrimack caught hun.
bred pound Goldfish off the shores of Marblehead
last week.
The Haverhil shoe manufacturers are to in
dulge in shoe and leather picnic next Thurs
day.
officer Smith, of the police force of Bradford,
was shot by some unknown rutfian who at
tempted to break and enter the Boston and
Maine freight depot on the evening of the Goth.
The valuation of Newburyport this year, as
figured up by the assessors, is 81 09O 1855, which
is S611 ,0S9 less than last year. The number of
polls is 8219, against 2907 last year, an increase
of 312 The amount of tax this year will be
S131 ,776; rate $3.50 on $1,000.
The new company of past and present men,
bers of the Lawrence high school, organized as
the Hoadley rife corps, have received their
muskets and equipments from the adjutant
general, and are now actively engaged in
drill.
Seven hundred yards of cloth were spoiled in
one of the mills in Lawrence, on Tuesday, by a
common brass pin, which got caught in a cylin-
der around which the cloth was revolving. The
pin was carelessly left in the web of cloth by a
girl who was weaving it.
Operations will be commenced this week on
the railroad between West Amesbury and New
ton N. H., the road connecting with the Boston
and Maine road at the latter place. The con-
tractors for building the road are Messrs. Reed
& Parker of Lewiston, Me-, and the expense will
he about $4,000, the distance being nearly five
miles.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The Springfield Union, after quoting from the
not very complimentary regatta reports given by
nnr n
nation drives all regattas from the river we shall
think it cheap. 1t would be pleasant to see two
champion rowing clubs contend, if it were not
for the influences they draw to community.
All the gamblers and blacklegs within the radius
of 800 miles are on hand to bet, and the evils
connected with such 'amusements, are thou
sand times more than all the pleasure can pos
sibly be worth"
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
Northampton's meanest man recently charged
his brethren in the church fifty cents for wheel
barrow load of cobble stones which he took
from pile of rubbish by his fence to "chink"
the foundation wall of new chapel they were
building.
MAINE.
Buyers of hay in Maine pay $40 per ton for it
in the fields.
Lorenzo Durham of Hebron, twenty-one years
old and good swimmer, was drowned on Sun
day, while bathing.
A letter passed through the Portland post
office, few days since, with one twO-cent stamp
and half of another one on it.
John Dunham's cottage at Stevens Plains,
Westbrook, was burned on Monday. Loss
5000; insurance $500.
Lizzie, aged about ~ years, daughter of James
Foss of Machias, on Saturday afternoon last
while running with an open knife in her hand,
tell, striking upon the blade. The blade pene-
trated her heart, causing death instantly.
Cornelius York of Bethel accidentally fell from
- r 1. IL. OF
which penetrated his bowels causing death in
about twenty-fOur hours. Mr.. York was about
80 years old, and leaves a wife and several chill
dren.
Mr.. Spencer, of the firm of Lowell & Spencer
who was, in default of satisfactory bail, commit
ted TO await trial at the August term of the SUI
preme judicial court on the charge of firing
their store in Bangor on the night of Thursday,
June 22d, was on Monday admitted to bail in the
sum of $4,000.
The potato wines in some portions of Maine
are infested with beautiful wasp-like fly with
gold-tipped wings, which punetures the stalk
so that it soon falls over and dies. A hy of
similar appearance prevailed in 1915 and 1916,
in which years the potato crop was nearly lost
by the rot.
In Madrid, Salem and Freeman the drought
and devastations OF the grasshoppers have left
the fields as bare as a ledge. Farms which last
year produced fifteen tons of hay will not be
ly destroyed. One lady spent three days fight
ing the grasshoppers which settled upon the
house and deyoured the paint.
Landy Merrill of Lisbon Falls, and Joseph
Wilson, Frenchman, of Pennington, were
killed near Jay bridge ,on Tuesday noon, while
engaged in loading granite for the railroad com.
pany. They were raising an immense stone
with derrick, when the guys gave way and
the derrick fell, crushing them. Another man,
named Dostie, also received serious injury in
the shoulder.
1t is stated that the body of the late DR.. Yer
rill, who was drowned more than a month since
by the capsizing Of a boat in pond in Oxford,
was discovered through the agency of a clair
Voyant and test medium, who described the spot
where the body was, saying that it was under a
log. The second day they looked for it in this
place, in floating over the spot the grapple
caught in a sunken log, and when it was
brought to the surface the body of DIR Verrill
came with it.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Bugs have destroyed nearly all the squash
vines in Nashua.
The editor of the Amherst Cabinet is raising
his squashes This year from seed laid by in 1S47.
The Great Falls Journal saws it is getting to
be common thing to see women in an intoxi-
Gated condition on the streets in that place.
j. S. Goliath of New Durham had some pet
cossets killed by dogs, and in revenge he offers
dollar head tor every dog killed on his prem
Uses.
A few days ago the barn of Joseph Temple
Of Hillsborough, was struck by lightning for
the fourth time since its erection. The barn and
two calves were burned. Mr.. T. was Frustrated
by the electric fluid.
Widow lamar Clement of Warren, eighty-two
years old, and the mother Of twelve children,
went trouting on Saturday, June II. In less
than an hour she caught six pounds of trout,
the largest of Which weighed seventeen ounces.
During a severe thunder shower at Ports
mouth, Sunday night, the lightning passed
down the chimney into bedroom occupied by
the mother of Mrs. Ira DIXON, split the headpost
of the bed, and hurled the castors across the
apartment, but, strange to say, the old lady es-
capped injury.
Two children Of Mr.. Andrew Varnum, of
Ashland, boy twelve years old and girl nine
years old, were drowned at Squam Falls, in the
Pemigewasset river, Wednesday morning, while
out fishing on the ledge. 1t is supposed the
little girl slipped into the river, and that her
brother was drowned while attempting to rescue
her. Their father is insane, and is now an in
mate Of the asylum in Concord.
VERMONT.
Robert Conn was struck by lightning and
instantly killed at Franklin on the i4th inst