Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-06-18
Golurtestrr Daily spp.

BosroS AND VICINITY,


Judge Lowell and Hon. VIM. Gray both de-
cline the candidacy for overseer at Harvard uni
versity.
Aeentleman suggests thatupon the arrival Of
President Grant in Boston all the foreign bands |
take part in the escort. 1t would give many peo-
pie an opportunity to hear these musicians that |
cannot afford to attend the jubilee.
Under orders from the government, the labor |
ers at Gen. Buffers granite quarry, when Is |
supplying the material for the Boston post |
office, are 10 be put upon the eight-hour system |
without any reduction of pay.
Margaret Murphy wassarrested Sunday for a |
murderous assault upon one fatIlck y Connor
in Burke street saloon, at the Highlands, on
SATURDAY. last. She used an iron weight and a
heavy pitcher as weapons, with which she in
fcted eighteen wounds on her victims head,
leaving him in an insensible condition.
On Wednesday last man named Oliver Muir
raw was admitted to the city hospital in Bos ton
suffering from necrosis of the right iaw-boue.
Thursday morning, between eight and nine
O'Clock, while some of the surgeons were attend
ing TO other patients in the ward, Murray arose
from his bed, and, wrapping his blanket about
him, deliberately threw himself from the win
dow TO the pavement below, distance of nearly
fifty feet. The fall fractured his skull, aud he
died soon afterward. 1t is supposed that the
act was committed in a fit of temporary inSan-
ty, caused by the knowledge of the hopelcssness
Of his case. He was IS years old.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Winslow Parker and William Mault of Pep
Morse and Pnder, charged with breaking into
the post office in DunStable on the Sd inst, and
the larceny therelrom of about thirty dollars
and other property.
Patrick Cane, a young man of twenty-one
years, was drowned Saturday night about half
past seven O'Clock in the Merrimack river in
Tewksbury, near the Lowell line, where he was
bathing with young companion. Ii thought
that in recrossing the river he was seized with
cramp and rendered helpless, and his compan-
rlnf,ss nj NOT n
any assistance. His body was recovered. He
arrived in Lowell from ireland about four weeks
ago, since which time he had been employed in
the Lowell machine shop.
ESSEX COUNTY.
On Saturday evening Mrs. Geo. W. WYATT of
Newburyport, was found terribly burned by
some eiehbors, who, smelling the smoke, burst
open the house and discovered Mrs. Wyatt en-
veoped in flames, in one corner Of a room. She
was noticed passing window a few minutes
before being discovered, with lighted kerosene
lamp, and although she fingered several hours,
she was in such agony that no satisfactory ac-
count of the accident could be obtained. Mrs.
Wyatt was thirty years of age. Her husband is
absent at sea.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
The Standish monument association held its
annual meeting at the old Standish cottage, in
Duxbury, Monday. The old board of directors
were chosen, and the plans for the monument
recommended by the executive committee were
adopted. The plan as now approved is for
straight shaft, 10 feeG high, with octagon base
OF % feet, and a centre cone and stairway to the
top. Alter the election, the association proceed
cd to the top of the hill TO break ground for the
monument which was done in the presence of
large interested crowd of friends and spectators
The descendants of John Thomas and Sarah
Pitney, who were among the first settlers of
Marshfeld, and were married December 81, 1913,
had memorial meeting on Saturday at the
homestead, now the residence Of Miss Adelaide
Phillips A bronze Grecian statue two-thirds
hfe-size, was presented as complimentary to the
ladies of the Thomas family and tribute OF
regard for Miss Phillips. The figure is that OF
nymph, holding in her elevated left hand an
inverted water urn, or vase, and in her right,
which also clasps the drapery of her dress, a
wreath. The design idealizes the return to earth
of the ancestress, 10 visit the homestead, bring
ing wreath of flowers and laurel for the fair
songstress, now resident there.
HAMPDEN COUNTY
Samuel Bowes OF the Springfield Republican,
gave dinner Saturday TO his former assistants,
who have taken charge ofthe Springfield Union.
The new bridge over the Connecticut river at
Holyoke is in a very shalSy condition, and
Waterman has been stationed upon it to keep
all teams from driving faster than a walk The
sensation produced upon pedestrians when cross
Ing at the same time with teams, is peculiar
and they generally take hold OF the railing and
wait for a TULIP in the storm.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
During the hailstorm in Berkshire last We'd
nesday, two ladies who were driving into the
village from Adams and met the storm were
stunned, and their carriage was overturned in
the road. When they recovered consciousness
they found themselves with their horses living
under the carriage: the storm had passed over
and the sun was shining
MAINE.
Two hundred and six tons ofhay, costing over
SfOOO, have been imported into Laconia the last
season, from Haverhill and Canada chiefly.
The propiietors OF the Wscasset social library
raise ten dollars annually, and wonder that
such munifeent sum is not sufficient TO paw
rent insurance, librarians salary and--buy new
booksl
DR.. Fletcher of the fish commission carried up
Friday 5000 young salmon, which he will place
in the Pemigewassett at Woodstock or Thorn
ton. They were furnished by the Massa-
chusetts commission, and he will put in 10, 900
more.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
boy named William Fitzgerald, while play
ing with several other boys upon platform
under Amoskeag bridge in Manchester Safur-
day, fell off into the Merrmack river and was
drowned. He was seen 10 rise once. bnt the
strong current bore his body away and il was
impossible 10 rescue him. He was twelve years
Of age.
VERMONT.
night workman in mill at Burke fell
asleep while al his work the other night and on
awaking found that the tireless saw had sliced
off three fingers of his right hand
During the shower last Wednesday afternoon,
down
Trees were uprooted and their branches torn
off, and considerable damage done to crops
Just below the summit of the Green noun
tans, three.iourths of a mile south of the Ham
cock turnpike, is situated pond of water that
deserves 10 be Classed among the curioSities Of
Vermont. Its length is some one hundred rods
wMle Its width is about fifty RODS Ii is of un-
known depth, but has been sounded one hun
dred leet without bottom; as far as known it is
led by only one small spring of ice cold water
hall
It's outlet is six or eight times as large Its
waters are very warm, warmer than the water
OF any lake or river it has been our fortune TO
observe. Trout and leeches of large size in
habit the pond 10 goodly numbers, the latter
especially.
John Z. Champln, of East Middlebury. at
tempted suicide again on Wednesday last, by
taking can containing two or three pounds of
powder and going into his cellar and exploding
II. For few days previously he had seemed TO
be little ont Of his head, but il was thought
that he was getting better, so that they were
not watching him very narrowly. 1t would
seem that Mr. Champn took the can and went
down cellar, and held it in bis right hand while
with his left hand he applied the match. The
explosion cut his wrist badly and blackened and
burnt his face in a frightiul manner, aud tore
his coat in atoms. Still he is alive and in a
far way 10 recover The explosion was so Sc
we're as TO blow out the cellar windows and tear
up the floor and produce a general confusion
about the premises.
CONNECTICUT.
Two boys, named Costello and Connolly, were
drowned while swimming in West river New
Haven, Monday afternoon.
The wife of Mr.. Samuel Darby of Somers-
vile, was found in the cistern, up to her waist
IN water, Friday, and died soon after She was
about so years of age.
Fair Haven, Glastonbury, and several other
towns in Connecticut which could not find
flowers in sufficient quantity a fortnight AFRO.
decorated" on Thursday.
Joseph Clark, aged fifteen, belonging in East
Hartford, was drowned Thursday evening in the |
Hockanum river while bathing. He was Irish, |
aud had only been about six weeks in the coun.
try.
Amy Brown, aged eighteen, committed sui |
eide IN Colchester Saturday with morphine. |
Her atfanced lover was accidentally killed a |
week ago. She left letter giving directions to |
nave her body buried beside him
d Inc Rev. W. H. II. Murray will spend the |
summer vacation at his home farm in Connecti- |
cul, Where, II Is fair to presume, his blooded |
stock WI receive the attention which be has |
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