Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-01-19
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New England news summary,

be bought for 81 per barrel of eighty pounds.
Some wears ago Tuesday was the champion
dav Of the week for alarms of fire in Boston.
Now Friday bears of the balm.
Boston paper suggests that the hearing
abont the Paddock elms should be postponed
till they have taken their leaves.
here is a canary bird at the south end of
Boston, sixteen years old, that sang thirteen
years, and commenced singing again the spring
OF 1871, and now sings as well as Young bird.
convict at the CharestOwn state prison.
named Mctluirk, made murderous assault
with hammer upon one of the instructors,
few davs ago, but only succeeded in striking him
severe blow urou the head. McQuirk will be
arraigned for assault with intent TO kill.
The bell of the old Brattle street church at
Boston, which is now wholly demolished, save
one wall, was lowered to the ground few days
Since IL was made in London, cost $1,000,
WEIGHED 1869 pounds, and was put in its place
in 1909. Its predecessor was given to the So
ciety by John Hancock, when the church was
built, in 1772.
Musical Boston is enraptured, just now, with
MIR. Il. J. Lang Apollo club, a chorus Of fifty
male voices, who are said TO do some WONDER
fully fine singing, by those who are invited to
hear them, none others being admitted. 1t is
even claimed that they are superior 10 the Ia
nous and similar Mendelssohn clnD OF New
York
Al the annual meeting of the New England
shoe and leather association at Boston, on the
10th, John Cummings of Woburn was chosen
president in place of William H. Spooner Of
Boston and {. I. Sampson of North Adams
and LOWS W. Prouty of Spencer on the board
of directors. The association raised $50 500 for
Chicago relief $4,000 OF which is uneXpcnded.
A Boston. on the 18th, in the case Of VIM.
A. Glover, pending before the superior criminal
court, Judge Brigham wherein the prisoner is
charged with completely in the Boyls;on bank
Tobbtry, jury was impannelcd. Owing TO the
latenesS of the hour the trial was not begun, but
the case was called up the following morning.
While in the dock the prisoner. who is suffering
with fit, and was removed to the jail. The
case, it will be remembered, has been previously
tried, and resulted in a disagreement Of the
jury
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY
Lowell paper thus sums up discussion nt
the milk-producers' convention at -A+sssr as IN
copiousness: "The flow of .niIl is to he in
creased Nv leedlnS wei, and regularly Feed
wv =. euise is,s daily, giving plenty of salt,
anu eVaSsSnaly cotton seed, oil and Indian
.lis2i! Give plenty of water after feeding The
z more water the more milk Mil6men general
ly need no instruction on this latter point.
At Lowell, on the 17ih, Hugh Mcclure, an
employe OF Mr.. kittredge, coal dealer, fell I'M
der a cart heavily laden with coal, the wheels
passing leugthwise over his left side, seriously
iniuring his chest and head. An artery in the
thigh of one of his limbs was severed, and bled
profusely. The injured mar is quite low.
The new Branch street church, Lowell which
has hcen 50 energetcally pushed forward by the
Rev. George f. Warren, with the and of generous
contributions from the people, was formally ded
icated on Tuesday evening, in the presence Ui
a congregation filing every available foot Of
space in the large house of worship. There
must have been over two thousand present, and
many were unaDle to obtain admission.
There has yet been no information received
which furnishes any clue to the identity of the
young man whose sudden death, evidently by
suicide, AZ Canton was announced Yesterday The
revolver which was was found III the railroad
station near the body was marked ''X & K X"
aud was made by the Bacon arms company of
Norwich, His handkerchief and portions OF his
clothing were stamped On G. r., and not "N
G. p" as was previously reported. Coroner h
{. Wood has the body in charge, and is DESTROYS
that any Information which may lead to a recog-
milton of the deceased be Immediately forwarded
TO him.
ESSEN COUNTY.
Salem feels encouraged at the prospect of hav-
inc new car factory, to be run by a stock COM
pany.
The rewards in the Choate (Newburyport
I'fre buggy case have been pad 10 William H.
Fits, John II. Worthen and Joseph NJ. Tappau,
each receiving $3.50.
The examination and graduating exercises of
the state normal school at Salem occurred on
the 18th The graduating class numbered seven.
teen from the regular course and two from the
advanced class. The number in attendance
during the ear has been 215, and the total num-
Der since the opening of the school 1862 Of
lioey. George II. HepwOrh who was TO lecture
White Fund course at Lawrence on the
sop"'ras obliged to give up his engagement
more 70 an affection of The throat. This was
Finapisappointment as Mr. Hepworth's recent
nres .ure from the Unitarian church had excited
welSS. ~ ''''' N'' ''@'' A''"
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Roscoe L. Freeman, boy, aged fourteen, was
drowned on Willis pond, Norton, on the 18th.
He, with another lad, accompanied number Of
young ladies from the seminary to the pond on
skating party. Although warned of the dan
ger, they were too yenturesome; young Freeman
broke through the ice and was drowned.
The New Bedford Standard presents its review
OF the whale fishery for 1871, by which it APP
pears that its history for the past year is like
that of its predecessors for the past few years.
one of disaster and encouragement. Low
prices for the products of the fishery ruled dur
Ing most of the year, until slight advance was
obtained in sperm oil, on account of a small
stock, which was still further advanced in both
s2tT1n aud whale oil on the receipt Of the news
OF the abandonment OF most of the Arctic feet.
The number OF vessels engaged in the business
has constantly decreased by loss, condemnation
and sale. Disasters have been few with the cx.
cepiion OF that 70 the Arctic feet, and catches
have been generally fair elsewhere. There are
present in the whaling business 223 vessels
owned in Tins country, with a tonnage of p ,572,
against 294 vessels with 60, PAS tonnage one wear
ago. There have been added three vessels the
n.
There have started on voyages IS vessels, 95
hive completed voyages, and 81 are now at
home.
Oh Tuesday, four Irishmen, employed by
Chas Il. WhItmarsh OF Dlghtou in diseharging
coal at the weir, were proceeding thither in a
carriage and, when Just above the railroad sta
lion, an express freight tram came along The
engineer, SAYS the Taunton Gazette, saw the
carriage approaching, and whsted several times
for the driver TO STOP but he whipped the horse
attpmDIpH a I'm he md ~
riage were struck by the engine and thrown
some distance. The horse was killed. the car
riaee smashed, and one of the men, Mike Droy-
err, had his skull so badly fractured that no hopes
are entertained Of his recovery Droyer is about
twenty-five years Of age, has wife and four
children, and was an Industrious man. The
othei three escaped unnjured. The horse and
carriage belonged to Mr.. Whitmarsh, and we've
valued at $500
BARNsrABLE COUNTY.
The wife of Henry Young of Proynretown
was found dead one morning last week She
had complained Of headache the night before.
long pull after a right whale domiciled in
Pfovncetown harbOr occnned a few days ago,
but the blower went too fast for the boits, and
after holding them play for some time he lodged
past them and put to sea with a full head OF
steam on.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
At the annual meeting of the Mount Tom and
EasthamptOn railroad at Easthampton on Wed
nesdav, the following officers were chosen
President, i. Nj Spelman of Boston; directors,
l. b. Spelman, Chester W. Chaplin and d. l..
harris, OF Sprin-fcd s. NJ. Waite, Of Braite-
boro, and Roland Mather, Of Hartford; clerk
and treasurer, Seth Hunt of Northampton.
The business OF the road which was opened
onlya few weeks ago, proves even better that
was expected.
BETKsHIRE COUNTY.
Further sente res passed by the sunerior
court at Plttsfe are as follows: William Riley,
for an attempt to burn dwelling, two years
in the house OF correction; George Larabee, Tor
burglary, five yeats IN the house of correction ;
Thomas German and William Greyson. for a
pugstic encounter at Lee, each fined SIS and
costs; jeremiah Mahanny, for assault and bat
terry, taree months in tie house OF correction
Edward Williams, for two indictments for bur.
glary, eighteen months in the house Of currec.
ton; james Gum, for burglary, one year in
the house Of corrections; Alexander Murdoch
for adultery, one year 10 the house OF correc.
ton; Edwin 5. Checker, for assault, lined $50
aud costs; Patrick O'Bien for keeping open
shop on Sunday, fined S25 aud costs
MAINE.
The pension agency at AunuSta which has