Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-25
G0turtesttr 1aiIp Syn.
New England News summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.
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New England News summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.
Notwithstanding the fact that the associated
press dispatch called the Gilmore testimonial
bail success, the Herald says that an migrate
ful public stayed at home, and Gimore's Golfers
are not replenished.
Joe Clash a colored barber of Boston, noto-
rious for many years as the keeper of North
street dance hail. shot himself dead in his cellar
yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Adelbert Close, a promising young
artist Of East Boston, died at Beyrout Sept. 10.
He had been sketching in Syria aud was pros
tTated by fever.
Bishop Gilbert Haven has returned to Boston
from a three months trip in the west.
John Robinson, a colored man IS years ofage,
died in the prison hospital yesterday morning OF
consumption He was sentenced at Charles
town in December, 1866, for term OF ten years
for robbery committed in Boston.
Rev Mark Trafton read an original poem to
the couvieis in the chapel Wednesday evening.
The poem described the trials OF a country par
son in a numerous vein and afforded much
pleasure to the audience.
DR.. James Hyndman, a prominent Boston
physician, was fined $50 in the municipal court
yesterday for neglecting TO give notice of small
poX case he was tending
The Journal says: "The statement that TWEEN
~ per cent OF our municipal taxes is used 10
pay interest on our debt has opened the eyes of
many persons TO the fact that we are rapidly ac-
cumulating a debt which viii soon become
hurdensome and injurious to business interests.
Boston cannot be finished in day, and some
Improvements can wait
The bill for firing salutes at the worlds peace
Jubilee, which has been sued, was only some
eight thousand dollars.
John Carley of Roxbury a one-legged man,
assaulted his wife while asleep, Tuesday night,
inflicting probably fatal injuries. He has beer
held in $4,000 to await the result of her inlu-
ries.
The Burnham family is the last to go crazy
over a fortune in England. number of its
members met at Boston on Tue sday, and voted
10 sink $4,000 in pursuit Of the estate, which, as
usual, is valued at millions. The claim rests
upon copy of the will of Benjamin Burnham,
who died in England in 1855, and left certain
amount of real estate in London, Smyrna and
other places, TO three brothers, who came to this
country and settled at Ipswich.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
Chas F. ellison OF Pepperell was shot in the
back Wednesday night by an assassin while
standing near q window in the bar room of his
hotel The shot was fred from the outside OF
the window. His wound has been probed, but
the. ball had not been found at last accounts.
The wound is probably not fatal. No cause is
assigned and no arrest has been made.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
A policeman who was called on Saturday to
open the door for a little girl who had been
locked out of her home, was obliged 10
push the doorlin and found the mother lying
on the bed in a drunken Stupor. baby not
more than three months old, scantily dressed,
appeared as it it had cried all the morning. Ono
or two other children were also fastened out of
the room.
A party of five young scamps made raid on
the premises of Mrs. Ruth b. Wordell, in Dart
mouth, Tuesday, fastened the old lady into the
house, tried to worry her by poking sticks
through a broken window, stole her peaches,
robbed the hens nests and played ball with the
eggs, and threw her drying apples down in the
dirt.
The woman found drowned in a well at FAN
River has been identified as Elizabeth Ryan of
Lewiston, Me She left her boarding house at
Fall River about the 18th inst. in company with
man, and that was the last seen of her alive.
She leaves landed property at Lewiston.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Albert Osborn of South Scituate was on Tues
day convicted of driving horse unfit for labor,
and fined SIS and costs, amounting TO S25.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
The cabinet organ of the Congregational
church at South Wellfieet was stolen from the
church some time last week.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The sum of $4,000, which the business men OF
West6ed have been trying to raise TO secure the
settlement in that town of the New Jersey shoe
company, has been subscribed, and the enter
Prise is regarded as sure.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Thomas Hobrook fell throug scafOlding in
JohnsOn's mill al North Adams on Monday, and
died on Tuesday night.
James Murphy, who was assaulted in his
house at South Adams Saturday night, by sew
eral Irishmen, died on Tuesday morning. Three
of the party, named Mcdonald, Murphy and
Ryan, have been arrested, and are on trial for
murder.
Considerable excitement was caused in the
street at Pittsfed, Wednesday afternoon, by
the arrest Of b. G. Harding, a well known cti-
zen and agent of a New Haven tobacco house,
for forgery. He was arraigned before Judge
Tatlock on two complaints of forgery, and one
for altering and forgery. He pleaded guilty,
and was bound over to the January court in
$500 for each complaint. Being unable to find
bail, he was committed. The amount of his
forgeries is some four or five thousand dollars.
He has been carrying on the business for
months, taking notes up as they came due. W.
b. Rice of Pittsdeld loses about $4,000 by genu-
inc Endorsements.
II. D. Pierce of North Adams left town on
Monday evening, taking with him the eldest
daughter of Henry Childs, aged about IS years.
Pierce has been employed as a clerk and was
engaged in various towns, last winter, under
the auspices Of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie, TO take the part of the rebel major in the
Drummer Boy" He leaves wife and child
Officers are in pursuit of the fugitives.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Two boys, sons of Frederick Hawks and of A .
B. HoWes of Greenfield, played truant from
school for several days, and on Wednesday
picked the lock of George A. Arms & Co.'S pow
der house, took ont pail of powder, and after
flashing lot near the powder house, went of
some distance, and in some way touched off the
whole paiiul, blowing the urchins bodily over
the fence, tearing off their clothing, and burning
them very badly.
MAINE.
A man who was at the Prebe house in Port
land, Monday, purported to be freshly arrived
from the African diamond fields and wore upon
his 6nOpr q diamond cOIifairn Valupd at G90
and upon his bosom a pin containing another
diamond valued at 900.
Slas Farnham of Brewer, a truckman, was
instantly killed at the Eastern burnetizng
works in Bangor, yesterday, by falling off his
load of wood and the wheel passing over his
head
A young woman by the name of Durgan, be.
longing IN Skowhegan, who retired Tuesday
night in her usual good health, was found dead
next morning in bed. The cause of her sudden
decease is unknown.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The portrait Of eX-Goy. benjamin. Pierce is TO
be added TO the collection of governors now in
the council chamber of the state house at Con-
cord.
At Chester, on the 18th inst, Jos. Robinson
IN jumping from his wagon, caught his foot in
the reins, and, falling headlong upon a door
step, broke his neck, He gave one groan and
expired Instantly. He was 81 years old and
highly respected.
prize of $500 will be given, once in two years, to
the author Of the best essay on the relations of
Christians to the world. The president has
been informed that legacy amounting to $780,
700 or $4,000 is soon to fall to the college.
A correspondent Of the Nashua Telegraph
says that as Mr.. J. T. Wiggin was riding from
meredith to Sandwich on the 10Th inst he dis
covered on tree in the edge of some woods
tour young coons. Having his gun in the
wagon with him, he declared war Five shots
were fired, and the four coons "came down from
that tree" Their weight was A pounds. A
little further on Mr.. Wiggin shot five par
tridges.
VERMONT.
Among the parties arrested at White River
junction by the Vermont Central railroad for
stealing merchandise from its freight cars are a
conductor named Donovan and two brakemen.
lhree other conductors, named Goblet, Hub
bard and Godfrey, are also implicated
CONNECTICUT.
The Yale students can't find ANYBODY in the
United States good enough to photograph the
class pictures, and have given the lob TO a Mon.