Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-07-22
Gdturttstcr Daily spp.
New .Enslana New. summnrr.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

Base bah in boston on Saturday: Troys II,
Bostons 10.
Rear Admiral A. L. Chase was on an official
visit to the navy yard in Jharlestown on Friday.
The trustees of TUFTS college have elected Rev.
I. ]. Sawyer, D. D., Packard professor of Chris
tian theology, TO deliver the Russell lecture in
September next.
Miss Emma Page, aged 50, employed in
probably fatally burned, Saturday noon, by her
clothes catching fire from the furnace.
The stockholders of the MiddleseX Central
railroad at 4 meeting on Saturday elected the
following directors: c. W. Bellows of Pepperell,
Andrew Robbins of Groton, Gardner Prouty of
Littlcion, Geo. Keyes of Concord, Thos. Stiles
and Henry Wood of Bedford. At subsequent
meeting of the directors, c. w. Bellows was
elected president, and G. Keves treasurer.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
The Lowell Methodists will hold mammoth
camp-meeting at South birmingham, August s.
The rate of taxation in birmingham this year
is S13 per S1000-90 cents higher than ever be-
fore, and - higher than last year.
Concord river has been so much reduced on
account of Boston drawing from its principal
tributary 10 Gil its reservoir that it will probably
compel some OF the Lowell manufactures de
pendent on the Concord river for power 10 stop.
Marcus Glover was arrested in Lowell, Satur-
day, on a charge of ENLIGHTENMENT. He had
been there for some time and was engaged in
selling hay which a brother in Holland, VT,
furnished, and who alleges that he was defraud-
ed out of his portion OF the receipts. The ac-
cused was bailed, and will appear for eXamina-
ton in the police court. He denies the charge
of enlightenment, and says that he was q part
ner with his Vermont brother.
A so-callCd Greeley flag was thrown across
Central street, Lowell, Saturday evening. 1t is
twelve by TWENTY-FIVE feet, and on the top the
motto-"Dolly Varden;" and on the bottom,
Anything to beat Grant" 1t is made of six
stripes of highly coored dolly Warden, prints
alternated with stripes of black, green and blue,
and on each side hangs shield with the initials
of the club, w. A, and below these a white hat.
Several prominent democrats contributed to il
under the impression that it was TO be bona
fide Greeley flag, and it is considered good
joke on them.
ESSEN COUNTY.
A mile stone in Wenham bears this inscrip-
tion: q; BOO; Job 80, %: Il know that
thou wilt bring me to death and to the house
appointed for all the living A. d. 1710." The
first part means Ipswich, miles; Boston, 90
miles. The next was added for the spiritual i'm
proyement of paSserS-by.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
little boy, son of Mr.. Andrew W. Elliott,
was drowned in the canal in North Easton on
Thursday of last week.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The stone cutters of Springfield are fulminat-
ing another strike.
Miss Maggie Knight of Holyoke recently pa
tented 4 square-bottomed paper bag for the use
of grocers and others, and now She has still
further increased the value of her invention by
inventing machine for folding bags by which
two girls can make 80 900 bags per day. The first
machine is now being built by the Ames com
pany of Chicopee.
The Republican, in speaking of the regatta,
says that Middletown sends the heaviest fresh
man crew, and now appear likely to win. They
row carelessly down the river watching both
ara oil fbnr worry cH,,,,, "a s,,
appearance, but are all strong men, and doubt
less can work when it becomes necessary,
full list of the colors under which the colleges
will row at the regatta are as follows: Harvard
crimson; YALE blue; Williams, purple; Bow
dom, white; Amherst, purple and white; Am
herst agricultural, maroon and white; Brown,
brown; ShefiieSa~ scientific, orange; Wesleyan,
lavender.
The Albion paper mill of Holyoke, which was
nearly destroyed by fire Friday afternoon, en-
ployed sixty hands on collar and print papers,
and turned out two tons per day. The first
story containing the engine and portion of the
machinery, was saved, though in a damaged
condition. The loss, $50, 600, is more than COW
cred by $4,000 insurance in Is companies located
in Boston, Worcester, Providence, New York,
Cincinnati and San Francisco, besides S250O in
the Springfield Fire and Marine. c. Taft and
sothers were the owners of the mill.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
Thomas Keefe, of Northampton, has named
his swill cart the "Dolly Warden. !"
The valuation Of Northampton is S., 039 300,
an increase from last year Of 81 100, 800. Rate
of taxation 81 on $1,000
The Free Congregational society of Florence
Maine, are about to erect new hall in that vii
lage, which will cost S24 900.
An energetic old woman, living in Northamp-
ton, has just put all the girls to the blush by
walking from that village to the halfway house
on Mt. Holyoke, riding to the summit and then
rif all
days OF this hot summer
MAINE.
The whole number of students who have en-
tered Bowdoin already is thirty-seyen Re
jected eight. There will be as many more at
the examination in August.
The loss by the burning of Quinn's boiler
shop in Portland, Saturday night, was about
$1,000; insured for S2250 in the Commercial
Company of Albany; S2250 in the Home of
New York, and $1,000 on stock and tools in the
Etna.
MIR. L. Milliken, postmaster at Scarboro, has
some twigs plucked from an apple tree of his
which bear fruit, blossoms and buds mir
Miliken says that in 1868, before the election
Of Grant, the same tree INDUCED in a similar
curious freak.
A detachment Of United States engineers are
located on the bluff beside the camp ground in
Northport engaged in completing the topo-
graphical survey Of the coast and the triangu-
lation of Penobscot bay. Their white tents
some dozen in number, form picturesque little
village. detachment under the charge of
Horace Anderson, of Portland, is 10 be stationed
at Belfast this summer and another corps at
Castine.
Colby university, at Wateryile, Me. holds its
commencement exercises this week. The fol
lowing is the programme: Monday evening
July y, prize declamations by the Junior class:
Tuesday, determination for entrance ia the
evening; Grafton before the literary societies by
the Hon. William Whiting, of Boston, Wednes-
day, July 4-Meetlng of the board % trustees
at ten O'Clock A. M. ,eneeting of the alumni as
ISOLATION at two O'Clock P. NJ, mus zeal eoneert
in the evening; Thursday, July 25-C Commence
ment exercises of the graduating class public
diuner, presidents levee in theHevening.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Secretary Robson visited Portsmouth navy
yard Saturday afternoon.
The saw mill at Franklin, belonging to Brad.
bury Nj. Prescott, was destroyed by fire FRIDAY
night. Loss $1,000; insured for $1,000.
The city council of Dover voted unanimously.
Friday, TO subscribe 1925 900 for the Portsmouth,
and Dover railroad bonds
A stone house of the Enfield Shakers uas
struck by lightning Wednesday, 17th, the cur.
rent cutting good many antics and sbiyering
and shatterlng things good deal, but no one
was Injured.
Alfred II. Sears, son of Jabez II. Sears the
well-known builder at South Boston. was acct
dentally killed, Friday, at Durham He was
about eighteen years of age. With his cousin,
young man named Charles York, he was en-
gagged IN digging cave near the river, The
cousin went away for a short time, and on his
return found that the dirt had fallen in, burying
young Sears, who, on being dug out, was found
10 De dead. Sears was on visit TO his grand
mother and aunt.
VERMONT.
FREDERICK Eager, young man % Years aC aOe
employed as keeper at the Brattleioro asvI,I1n
was drowned, Tuesday morning, while batbinS
in West river 'S '"'"inS
The deldday Of the Vermont historical societv
at Iiconderoea, N. Y, Thursday, called toeethcr
crowd OF 10000 people. The prlucitai sneecb
OF the day was made by Lucius i. Chittenden Of
New YORK, who gave IA history of The scene
through which sold Fort TI' has passed. Tho
wat To the ruins was omitted on account of Tho
rain. VI '''
Daring a recent exhibition of O'Bricn's show
at Ehosourg falls, one Of the troupe, engaged
near cage OF African lions that were feeding.
was selzed by the most ierocious one, and only
saved from instant death by the keeDer who
yelled at the beast and made him Iet 90 liz
hOid. lhe injured man can scarcely recover
CONNECTICUT.
Some bold burglars broke omen Downe's
bookstore in New Haven Friday night. and ear.
rled away about fifty dollars worth of property
l.. b. Lynch, New Haven hack driver. has
liad his license revoked, on account of extortion
and drunkenness--a good example to similar
offenders elsewhere.
TWO obstinate cows delayed train ON tbe
ohofe Line road on Thursday The train had
70 De stopped and the animals driven off
niue Danbury boy doesn't think his amt
- az Pouh az she preiends to be when she nufe