Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-08
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New England News summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

a harn Al W enHaU Hcipll-tiiE 10 nv -AN''--
Low, was struck by lightning and burned up
on The fourth instant. Loss S25oO; INSURANCE
$3.50. $3.50.
Judge Shcpley, of the United States district
court at Boston, Monday, rendered a decision IN
the we'll known and important case of the Unit
ed States nickel company vs.. Frederick e. An
These, which has been pending year or more,
The decision is in favor Of the planilHS, ana
fully establishes the validity of their patent, and
raves the way rgr the fiual adjustment of their
claims against the numerous arrangements
thereon which are being daily perPetrated
throughout the country:
stsof; flree O'Clock Tuesday morning FIRE
in inc lumtcy yard Of Charles Bgelow Co as
Natirk burned large amount OF lumber,
small harm containing, ono horse and two wag-
ons and q number OF baildings containing
dry lumber. Loss estimated at from s60CO TO
SO 600 Insured in the Peoples 81 Worcester
and Quincy. The fire was the woTb OF an ln'
cendiary.
MIDDLEsEy COUNTY.
An IriShman named Henry Loan was fcpnd
dead in his bed at Lowell Tuesday morning..
He, with three other companions, was on spree
the previous evening" and was excessively in
toxicatea when he retired He was found with
his face downwaids, and it is supposed that he
died OF suffocatiOn from drunkenness He wars
about CITY wears Of age, and has been employed
for some time IN the Suffolk mills. He leaves a
widow in L0hSdale, L. l., and brother in
Canada
A Lowell man, in digging around his yard
the other day, unearthed ftfe bones of a human
skeleton, between one and two feet below the
surface Although the Skeleton was diScon-
nected the bones were lying evidently IN tine po-
stiou in which the body had been many years
previously inferred and rows OF large coboie
stones were found laid on either side OF It, From
the form of the skull which was IN ialr state
Of preservation, it is supposed to be the body OF
one of the ahorgines and evidently OF person
full six feet 10 stature
ESSEN COUNTY.
Saturday dis
covered newls-made grave in the woods at
East Salisbury, aud summ0ning policeman
and one Of tue selcctmen OF Salisbury, proceed
cd to solve the terrible mystery. Digging down
a few feet the party discovered box, and ln-
side the box an elegant caSkct, and INSIDE the
caSket n dog living on his back, with his fore
paws curlCd upl They didn't send for coro-
ner.
Marshal Phibrick, of Lawrence, arrested
Monday evening George Gorwaiz, a well
known fancy goods dealer, David g. Hartman,
keeper of an oyster saloon, and Alden Josselyn,
well known and long employed as keeper OF
stores and goods in the custody of Sheritis, on
the charge Of embcZzling goods from the store OIL
Gorwaiz, which then IN custody OF the
sheriff and IN keeping of Josselyn.
The Canadian government has offered 10 re-
lease the schooner Samuel Gilbert OF Glouces'
ter, seized last summer for alleged illegal fish
ING in the Gulf of ST. Lawrence, on the pay
ment of all costs incurred and the charges OF
custody such release being sanctioned as an
act of lenity, and on the distinct understanding
that the same shall not be drawn into a prece-
dent.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
An aged man, who for years has pedded eS-
sences through the villages along the Old Colo
ny railroad, and whose name is Gregg, got upon
a train Monday afternoon AZ South Braintree, to
90 to his home in North Braintree, and, taking
a seat in the smoking car, laid down. At South
Weymouth il was found that he had expired
during his short ride,
HAAIPDEN CoUETY
The $4,000 giit of Samuel A. Hitchcock of
Brimfeld to the Andoyer institution was to the
theological seminary, instead of Phillips aca-
deny, as previously stated
Several men were discharged from the filing
department OF the Springfield armory last week,
on account Of lack Of business, leaving about $50
names now on the rolls. Work has lust COM
menced on a new arm called the Remington
locking rifle but as vet only few specimen
guns have been completed, and the rifles will not
be finished in numbers sufficient for shipment
before July 4. The remainder of the force are
cleaning and repairing lot of muskets and
Spencer rifles.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
A lad about seventeen years old, by the name
of Flrnsworth, adopted sou OF Daniel Farms
worth of Claremont, committed suicide astuight
by taking morphine.
Addic Jennrss Of marlborough. who fel
from the fourth story OF a mill in Great Falls OF
the 29th ult died the next day. The distance
was sixty feet.
The Wilton correspondent of the Nashua Tel
egraph tells how youth who had been court
ing fora long fine but was too baShful 10 pop
at length fearing he should be supplanted, 90
his courage up to the popping point, and put
IN this way: 81 say, Jerusha, amt it 'bou
time to talk over matters and thingP Jerush
took the affirmative view of the question.
Miss Harriet Stark of Dunbarton, a daughte
Of the late Mai. Caleb Stark, and the CRANE
daughter OF the late Maj. Gen. John Stark, die
on the 4th inst. OF a chronic heart difficult
She was So years of age, and leaves a large c
tate. She was woman Of much Intelligent
and great energy Of character
The body of a c0lOrcd woman was found b
the Hartford and New Haven railroad tract
Enfield, Monday morning, the head crushe
and the body badly disfgGrcd. A short dis
tance from her was found her baby, alive ant
uninjured. little further on her HUSBAND
was found inseDsible. The theory is that the
persons were assaulted the woman murdered
aud the man SO severely injured that he wa
left TO die. Ii is probable that they were struck
by the Sunday night express train A coro-
Der's jury is investigating the matter. The
place where they were found is in the midst of
a cOl0red settlement.
A meeting Of the trustees of the New England
agricultural society was held in Boston Tuesday
when it was decided TO accept the propositions
which have been offered by the North Middesex
agricultural society and the citizens of Lowell to
hold the next annual fair of the society in that
city The terms and conditions will be the same
as those of last year, when the prevalence of
small pox, from which Lowell is now happily
exempt, prevented thousands of people from at
tending the exhibition. Measures for the intro
ducti0n OF a supply of pure water into the city
of Lowell will have been completed by the first
OF September, and it is proposed to celebrate the
event in connection with and during the week
Of the fair.
VERMONT.
Merriam, a convict for bigamy, died at the
state prison on Thursday morning last This is
the first death thar has ocpnrrad in hn /,