Worcester daily spy., 1872-08-20
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New England News summary.

New England News summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.
Charlotte Cushman will appear at the Boston
theatre early in the fall, and Theodore Thomas
will give a series of concerts at Music hall in
November.
Two hundred and sixty-two passenger trains
are dispatched from Boston daily. OF these A
are over the Old Colony and 42 over the East
ern.
Costly pictures, choice libraries and rich fur
niture were included in the furniture burned at
the fire in Pearl street on saturday II ls
thought that the fire was caused by matches,
which had been left with the furniture, and mad
been gnted by rats.
Hon Charles Summers present term OF service |
in the United States senate expires March 80,
1875. Mr. Sumner was elected TO succeed Daniel
Webster and first took his seat Dec. list, 1851,
was reelected in 1857, again reelected in 1858,
and again reelected in 1863. If he lives he will
of course be reelected in 1875.
The ship Elcano. Capt. Brown, which arrived
at Boston, Saturday, from Singapore, brought
one of the most valuable East India cargoes
ever entered at the Boston custom house, CON
sisting of pepper, coffee, sugar, tin, nutmegs,
etc. The single article of tin on board amounts
in value to about $780, 900, and the total value
of the whole cargo is about half a million
Joseph Sweeney, young machinist, fell sick
with small poX and on Sunday was turned out
of his boarding place. He went, says the Her
aid to the city hospital, where he was refused
admittance, and then he wandered about the
streets, and at nine O'Clock at night crawled into
an alleywav on Kneeland street, where he was
discovered and taken in an ambulance TO the
outskirts Of the city. HIS case IS one OF the
wcrst forms Of the disease.
The loss by the 6re on Pearl street, Nos. so to
S4, on Saturday night, was 100000, mostly COW
cred by insurance. The great height of the five
story granite building made it very difficult for
the fremen to get at the flames to quench them.
Boot and shoe men are the principal sufferers,
as follows: Joseph Harris Sons, n. ID. Cam
ierbury, K. w. Emerson, Shaw, Taylor Co.,
c. E. johnson, A. c. Mayhem & Co., C. W. Web
ster & Co.. 5. b. Stone & Co. In the attic story
was stored the furniture of several families who
are absentin Europe or elsewhere.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
The Freemasons of Dedham, Canton, Hyde
Park and West RoXbury propose TO visit Rocky
Point, August 27th.
The Weymouth hotel property, which was re-
Gently purchased by John W. Hart, has been
transferred 10 Rey. John J. Williams, Catholic
bishop of the diocese.
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
The Watham republicans have instructed
their delegates to vote for Washburn and to the
congressional convention for Gooch.
The Marlboro delegates TO the republican
state convention are, Nahum Witherbee, E. c.
Whitney, (. L. Bgelow, and L. A Coolidge.
They are instrGc.sd TO vote for Washburn for
governor, ana lhomas IalOot Tor lieutenant
governor.
The excitement among the republicans of
CharleStown is not made less by the sharp prac
tice OF the Hill ring, who have turned the Nor
ton ring OF their club room whose they were ten
ants at will, by slyly obtaining a lease of the
premises. Hon. L. l.. Norton is president of the
Bunker Hill Grant club,
The Monday morning passenger train from
Lowell, over the birmingham and Lowell road,
ran into train of cars loaded with wood stand
ing on the track near the Acton depot. A flag
man was sent back, but not in season to enable
the engineer of the passenger train TO stop, only
to check the train. Four passengers were in
jured by the conclusion, but not seriousy-one
across the nose, and another one on the back OF
the head There was no damage 10 the engine
or cars; a most fortunate escape from serious
results.
ESSEX COUNTY.
DR.. Cyrus Dearborn, one of the oldest physi-
clans in Essex county, died at his home in East
Salisbury last week at the age of eighty-seven
years.
Charles Trask of Beverly was killed by the
upsetting of his carriage in Hamilton ,on Thurs
day. A sister and Mrs. Robert Brown also re-
eeiyed injuries.
The Ocean mills at Newburyport have bought
$4,000 worth of new machinery in England,
which is expected in a few days. The entire
mill has been reconstructed and by speeding
up the engine One-half, 5000 spindles and 1870
looms have been added, giving employment to
40 hands,
The Crspins' strike at Lynn is virtually end
ed, nearly all the manufactures having resumed
work. The question of prices was settled be-
tween the employers and the employed, the for
mer insisting that the workmen should declare
themselves independent Of any organization,
and free to carry out their own contracts with
out dictation or hindrance.
The lighthouse tender Florida r. ] Lowden,
captain, was capsized in a Squall on SATURDAY.
fprpuOOO abOUt half he Woo Halihuf M
and Newburyport bar. When the squall struck
her the deck load shifted, and over she went so
suddenly that the persons on board had hardly
time 10 jump overheard. 1t happened that the
Doats of the Florida were towing astern, and
the men succeeded in Severing the fastenings
before the vessel filled and sunk, and the crew,
eight in number, were all saved.
Through the subscriptions of its patrons
Bradford academy has recently put about $780,
900 inso itsnew buildings and splendid grounds.
AT the recent anniversary, halt-a-dozen fast
friends covered the last 900 of this; and
now fund OF $4,000 is being raised, the inter
est on which only is to be used for repairs, care
OF the grounds insurance and other inciden-
tails. This is called the Anderson fund, in hon
or of Rev. Rufus Anderson, d. D., LII. D.. pres
ident of the board of trustees. There is not
probably better academic building in the
country than this new one of Bradford acade-
my.
The Haverhill Publisher, in giving an account
of recent excursion to Gloucester in the STAIN
ford, says an incident of a sad nature occurred
between the arrival and departure of the boat
from Gloucester. An old lady, accompanied by
her daughter 1--WE think it waS), had taken pas
sage to Gloucester TO meet her son, whom she
supposed had just got home from fishing trip
to the banks. She met the captain of the vessel
VINO informed her that her son had been uufor
tunatey washed overheard and lost while on
the passage. The poor mother was completely
oyerpowered by the sudden shock, and gave
vent 10 her grief in sobs and groans, until
flood OF tears somewhat relieved her overchargcd
heart. And yet this is only a solitary instance
among hundreds which are constantly occur
ring in our fishing towns, evncing the terribly
risky nature Of the business which sacrifices
hundreds Of valuable lives, and makes thou
sands of widows and fatherless children.
BRISTOL COUNTY
One Of Johann Strauss nieces runs a sewing
machine in boot factory in North EaSton.
During severe thunder storm at New Bed
ford, on Saturday afternoon, the house of VIM.
ii. Smith was struck by lightning and consid-
erably damaged. His daughter Anna was
stunned, but is recovering. Mrs. Henry A.
Barker and daughter and Mrs. Martin Wheeler
We're stunned, but not seriously injured, and
other persons were affected by the electric fluid
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
The Plymouth fair, which closed on Thurs
day, was supplemented by a hop on Friday
evening. The clear profits to accrue to the pub
lie library were $1,000.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
The Yarmouth Register says it is rnmored that
there is soon TO be a vacancy on the bench of
the superior court, in consequence of the resg-
nation of Judge Scudder.
AT the Yarmouth camp meeting on Sunday
movement was set on foot to raise fund to
be applied to the improvement of the grounds,
and $500 was subscribed on the spot OF this
sum, David Snow of Boston subscribed 500.
There are now 500 tents and cottages in the
grove, and 100 applications are on file for build
ing lots. The association has purchased the
present season twelve acres of land for which
they pay 800 an acre.
DUKES COUNTY.
Can the people of the island of Martha's Vine
yard maintain their present and high moral
position asks writer, while its favorable eli
mate and agreeable surroundings attract to it
vast numbers of people during the hot weather
OF summer The island is much larger than
Staten island. 1t is some twenty miles long
and six or seven miles wide There are about
five Thousand persons on the island as perma-
nent inhabitants, and it is divided into four
townships: Ilsbury, Edgartown, Chilmark and
Gay Head. The soil on the island is what NAV
be termed "middling good"-by no means equal
TO the rich soil Of Orange and Columbia coun-
ties, in New York, and better than the average
soil on Long island or in southern New Jersey
u has lair variety Of scenery, with bills and