Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-02-03
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New England New. summary.

The Washington Chronicle says; "Ihe re-
markable phenomenon has been witnessed IN
Boston OF gas company cheated by citizen,
Occasionally bitter is bitten.
At NewtonYie, about eight O'Clock on Thurs
DAYS evening" carpenters shop near the rail-
road station was set on fire and totally de.
stroyed Involving loss Of about $500.
Spence Petts, who has been under indictment
in the superior criminal court for the alleged
forging of two checks on the Second national
bank Of Taunton, was brought before the court
AT Boston, on Friday, and discharged on bis
own reeoguizance, it appearing TO the district
attorney that the offence was committed IN
Bristol county. He was Immediately arrested
by officers of Taunton, and will be taken to that
city for trial.
The Traveller saws: "Boston is certainly not a
stronghold of the woman suffrage movement,
though many of the ablest and best OF the adj
vocates of the cause reside in this city. The
convention held this week failed to attract
large gathering, though able and popEEai
speakers were announced as attractions. ny
great majority of the women Of Boston, II ~,
hostile to the movement, are indifferent. uuu
now that its novelty is worn off, ana curiosity
no longer attracts them, they do no. SiSSe tne
meeting with their presence IDs IiuliteLShce
has sometimes been cited as proo! OF their
degradation, but they are SO wen sausIieu WIN
the rights they now enjoy mar tney laugh at
the sneers Of their restless and aspiring SISTERS.
ESSEX COUNTY.
A man cutting ice from canal gate at Law
renee few days ago. lell backward upon PICK
he had been using, Whlch entered ms Dack, Ia
tally iuiuring hun.
MIR. Joseph Cheever of Saugus win be one
hundred years old if he lives until the 22d of
February. He was a member of the Massachu-
sets legislature in the years 1911, Is, 20, 81,
81 '32 and '35, and is believed to be the oldest
man living who has been member of that
body.
The vital statistics of Lawrence for the year
1871 show that there were 1876 marriages, 957
births and Cos deaths; nearly half of those that
died were children under ten years of aye.
One death is credited directly to mtemperance
and only one from smallpox. The principal
diseases of adults were consumption, typhoid
fever, lung fever and heart diseases; fourteen
deaths were caused by accidents.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The vital statistics of Taunton, last year, were
as follows; births, 512; marriages, 24S; deaths,
260.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Springfield reports 74S births and 59S deaths
last year This was II less births than in 1870
and 81 more deaths.
A Springfield clergyman began to marry the
groomsman and bridesmaid OF a wedding party
in that city, few evenings siuce and had
nearly completed the job before the groomSman
mustered courage enough TO object. The morti-
fed minister then proceeded to join the right
parties.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
The Massachusetts Central railroad has re-
Gently made real estate inves ments at North
ampton 10 the amount of $4,000.
L. q. Tower & Brother, Of Hinsdale recently
shipped from their shop to 4 PHILADELPHIA firm
a mammoth basket holding sixty-eiglt bushels.
Ii is probably the largest basket ever made
The estate of the late J. P Williston, of North
ampton, is estimated at Sl250O0 After giving
his three children certain specified property, $500
TO the poor OF the First church, and small sums
TO several women in his employ, his will directs
that the remainder be equally divided between
five missionary societies.
Rufus b. Kellogg, OF Oshkosh, Wis, has es-
tabished two prizes OF $50 each 10 be given to
the best speaker IRON the freshman aud sophie
more classes Of Amerst college. These prizes
take the place Of the former "Sweetzer" prizes
for defamation. Mr.. Kellogg provides for the
expenses Of the exhibition. and has also given
$500 for the projected art collie ton.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The new court house at Pittsfield is bad fail
ure IN lis acoustic properties. Judges, lawyers
and witnesses have to pitch their tones ut Il very
high key in order TO he heard.
a very bright and promising young clerk twelve
or thirteen years Old, in one Of Plttsield's first
class stores, in whom great confidence was placed,
has proved dishonest, and was sent to tine reform
school this week. He was found to have
distracted, from time 10 time over $780, mostly
in small sums, from letters addressed 10 his en-
ployers.
Quite an excitement was created at the district
ago. While the children were at play, at noon,
a large, stout, colored girl, named Minute Ham
ilton, who enjoys a reputation for tyrannical
habits, pitched upon Nelly Chapel, a smaller
white girl, choking her until the frightened
scholars ran to neighboring house Tor help.
After being released from her assaant, the gIrl
was Obliged to be carried home. The extent of
her injuries is not known.
MAINE.
Geo. Nj. Webster, Jr., of Sherman, recently
killed three bears in succession with an axe, as
they came out of a hollow tree.
The Auburn shoe factories are very busy,
making over 1000 pairs of shoes per hour. Ii
takes about 500 barrels Of -four to make the paste
used by these shoe factories annually.
A few days ago, Ellen Packard, daughter of
l. A. Packard, oil Parkman, had her head caught
between the side OF the elevator and the floor,
in the wooden mill at Saugeryille, and received
such severe injuries that her recovery is doubt
full
AT the insane hospital, Augusta, there is a
small room containing six beds, which is called
the suicide room" In this all who are ill.,
clined 10 commit suicide are placed to Sleep As
those aft cied in this way attempted it when
alone, this device is taken, which deteTs them
while in the company Of Others.
The Bangor Wing calls this just starring for |
life: Capt Abram Fuller and wife of Foxcrolt,
about seventy years of age, started for Arous- |
took yesterday, where they will take up a farm. |
Neither of them had ridden on a rail car before,
and were highly delighted with this, to them,
lew method Of locomotion."
Hallowell is supplied with the following
churches and religious societies: Congrega-
tional, Baptist, Methodist, and small Free Will
Baptist and Cnversalist. In the summer the
Episcopalians also hold worship The Unita-
rian society, which many wears AGO was large
aud prosperous, has become extinct The Con-
gregational church was organized in 1891, and
now has membership of 1856.
A pleasant speculation at the Kittery navy
yard, has been to buy worn out cattle and lease
them TO the government for 81 day and their
food The work is so light that the slendcrcst
creature not only can fulfil ii, but under GOV
eminent feeding becomes in time a market
able animal, and is accordingly sold, the place
being filled again from the ranks of the lean
kline.
ONeil W. Robinson, the forger, while confined
in Jail in Portland, laid plan in conjunction
with fellow prisoner named Wilson, to escape
by saving off the bars of the cell door and at
lacking and overcoming the turnkey on his visit
to the cell room which is usually made quito
carly in the morning. The instrument TO be
used in the attack was brick wrapped in a
blanket. Robinson cautiously divulged his
secret TO some of his friends outside with the ex
pectati0n Of getting assistance, but the sheriff
was made aware Of the design and it was irus-
trated.
The professors OF the Bangor theological sem
mary have just mt ont an earnest appeal to
the Congregational churches and pastors of the
state in reference TO the gradual but constant
diminutiOn Of the young men preparing for the
ministry Only two from Maine, the past year,
have entered any theological seminary out OF
the state, and only two from the state have en-
tered Bangor seminary. The seminary is
much depressed for want of students, though
the professors chairs are all well filled with eX-
ceent teachers.
The Maine Congregational conference of
churches is raising $50 600 for the establishment
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