Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-08
Gdlurfrster Daily spp.
New England news summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY

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BOSTON AND VICINITY.
prominent member Of The Suffolk county
bar WAS fined SO for contempt oil court on Tues
day, III replying 80 won't" when the judge o.
dered him to sit down The offender did not
have $40 with him, but the opposing counsel
paid his fine.
A Young man named Sidney Hall was exam
iped before Commissioner HaletI of the United
States court in Boston, Wednesday, for passing
counterfeit SO United States treasury note,
and was held in $500 for trial.
John Golfer, seaman, while laboring under a
81 Of insanity, jumped overheard from the boat
which plies between the landing and The recelN
Ing shin Ohio at the navy yard IN Charlcstown,
Wednesday. aud but for the eXertion of some
woikm,u he would have been drowned. lie was
taken 10 the police station, and his irlends' VINO
live in South Boston, notified, who TOOK nun IN
charge.
The twenty-second annual report of the asso-
cialion for the relief Of INDECENT females at bos-
ton, has been published, from which IT appears
that the lumber of inmates ROW remaining III
the home is ninety two. Only SIN deaths oc-
cured during the year 1871. The whole manage
ment Of the institution is most KIND ana careful,
and the charity which provides Tor he comfort
and slppOrt OF these aged ladies during their de-
elining years is one OF the most worthy thdt APP
pedls to the svmDsthes OF the Boston pubic.
The number of inmates during the last seven
years has Increased largely beyond the increase
in income and contributions. The amount OF
The requests received during the time indicated
was SIS, S166S; OF which Sl930516 were en-.
plOyed TO supply the deficiency in expense ac-
counts Under these circumstances the need of
the institution for more funds is urgent, and
donations and btquestS in smaller or larger
amounts will he most acceptable.
MIDDLESLX COUNTY.
The Lowell naturalization cub held a meeting
WEDNESDAY night, at which subscription Of
over $3.50 was made to aid the cause at the
March term of the court. They expect to
present four hundred Tor citizenship at that
nme.
A clergyman Of Lowell is so familiar with the
plymouth Collection hymn and tune BOOK,
thai it You name almost any page he will tell
what the tune Is, and nearly every hymn set TO
ii. Aud il you name any tune, in most cases,
be viii tell what page is on, and what the first
words Of the hymn are. He will also repeat
verse after verse Of most of the hymns, from
memory.
ESSEN COUNTY.
Jason Pratt, from l. mn, tell dead on Wednes
day AT the house OF correction at Ipswich, while
wrestling with a fellow convict lol pastine.
MIR Caleb COJtS, one of the crew OF the FISH
inS schooner Edward Everett of Gloucester, was
lost from that vessel on Saturday, while return
inT from GEORGES Banks. He leaves a widow
aud two children.
On Wednesday night, between ten and eleven
O'clock as a man named Owen Mullen, who
lives IN Sau9us, was passing through Federal
street in his wagon on his way home, he was
shot at by some person at present unknown.
Officers in the vicinity hearing The report were
soon on the ground, and found Mullen lying in
tue wagon with a deep wound two and hail
inches long oyeI one Of his ears, but not the
slightest trace OF his assailant could be found.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Inc dwelling house, barn and out buildings
on Powder Point, the properly OF A S. Ames,
wece entirely consumed by fire Tuesday morn
ing. the house had Just been fitted up in fine
newly turItlSnpd and the family had
moved in the day before. They were turned
Out in the terrible cold weather with nothing
but their night clothes. 1t is supposed the fire
took nom detective lue.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
A fire broke out i'll ii large three story wooden
building i'll Taunton, Wednesday morning,
owned by the heirs OF Sias Dean and occupied
by William McEaraue, carriage maker, and
Charles II. Gerrsh, painter. Loss on building
about $50 and on stock perhaps $500, fully i'll
Sured. The fire took from the chimney.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
At the Baptist church at BaruStable on Sun
day last, was clergyman but no congregation,
aud in the Unitarian church Il congregation was
present but no clergyman.
VIM. T.. Russell, long one of the most accom-
phshed ANA successful merchants Of New Bed
lord, and universally esteemed, died on Wedncs-
day evening, aged uThty-three. He was cUllec-
tor OF the port in 1919.
Inc severe weather has again closed the har-
poi vi ran hlNtIs Inc steamer AlG NUlUllN,
from New York Tuesday night, stopped at New
port Wednesday morning.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Rev. Linyille J. Hall, the Methodist minister
who GOT into trouble at Waltham and has been
sued Tor the alleged seduction OF his house
eper, is at present stopping at Springfield. He
ss4On4ly atflrmS his innocence, bur doesn't eX-
poet acquittal from the ecclesiastical authorities
who have suspended him from the ministry, as
he thinks most OF the other ministers are preiu-
diced against him. He hopes, however, ior Il
lair trial IN the civil courts.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Dr; A, w. Burrows, OF Amherst, died suddenly
on Wednesday
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
tenement house, belonging TO r. r. An
drews, at the Greylock mills, near North Adams.
was destroyed by fire ON Wednesday.
MAINE.
A. b. Dyer, leading business man of La
grange, dled on Tuesday from the effects OF a
fracture of the skull caused by the limb of a
tee falling upon him last week.
A Lewiston man, Il years old, has never put
1901 IN railroad car, never put letter in the
post office, never sent a Geographic dispatch,
never was on salt wafer and, as a matter of
course, always voted the straight democratic
ticket.
The house, barn and out-buildings, and also
the store of Capt L. B. Pratt, Of BuckSport
Centre, was totally destroyed by fire early VI ed
nesday morning, with all their contents. Loss
$4,000; insurance s10,50O
Dr Eugene f. Sanger writes to the Boston
Journal IRON Bangor, correcting the report sent
TO the associated press a few DAYS ago of "A
young lady belonging in that CITY, "who died
from the effects OF an overdose of hydrate Of
chlolal, taken during a Stale OF idiuIic imbecli-
", caused by long use Of this subtle poison,
gwen by her ply sicIau." He says: "The state
ment Is untrue and wholly without foundation
ne lady died from exhaustive hemorrhage, pro-
duced by cancer Of long continuance, for which
every remedy was tried, not excepting the much
Yduned CundurangO, which ID IL more depiet-
ln2 effect upon the pocket than the disease"
NEW HAMPSHIRE,
On the 2Sth ult., Mrs lydia Fisher of Weare
complained OF hel heart feeling strangely, and
in few minutes died. She was sixty-hYe wears
ofage.
4 Iaan named Jonathan Folsom was found
frozen 10 death IN the snow on The road between
Ipswich and RJwey, tuesday, morning He is
supposed to have fallen on the ice while on his
way to his home IN Lake Village n H., and
TOO benumbed 10 help himself
Capt. James Sherman an old and well known
sea captain, formerly OF Fail River, Mass,
dropped dead of heart disease in his sitting
room at Merden, Wednesday afternoon He
was apparently in perfect health and although
surrounded by members Of bis family, was dead
two. ''
The attenoance at the republican meetinG in
Z,
owing TO tie destructive FIRE at that place, was
small. Inc speaker, Hon. Charles H. Porter Of
Virginia, was subjected TO very annoying and
dlsgraceial interruptions by party of the "un-
terribed,D who had evidently stationed them.
selves in the hall for the purpose.
VERMONT.
serious collision occurred on the Rutland
railroad, at Mount Holly station, on Wednesday
morning, causing great destruction of property
but no loss oil life, although several passengers
were somewhat injured The cause was tic
night express from the east overtaking mixed
train which was biockaded by snow. Proper
SIGNALS were given, but binding snow storm
prevented then beng seen.
CONNECTICUT.
Nearly all the East Woodstock mills and fac
tories are stopped for want Of water
sunrise Dana is the name of an Indian
preacher in New London. lie is said to be a
regular Aurora.
steam heater in car at the New York
railroad shop, at New Haven, burst Yesterday.
somewhat in1unng workman.
New Haven restaurant aud saloon keepers
COMPLAIN that less money is spent with them
now than formerly.