Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-12
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New England News summary.

One OF the klitlmole steamers brought INTO
Bos ton, Saturday, S. lS4 wafermelons, the lar
gest number ever delivered there in one day.
REV. and Hon. Mr.. Usher has gone over 10
GreeleYp said one republican TO another, last
week, in Boston. Has he?" was the response;
"what p relief to the feuceP'
Rev, DIR. George Putnam is the oldest settled
clergyman in Boston, now in sole charge OF
church. lie is in the forty-seeond year of his
ministry, and still breaches with rare power and
Tigor.
The thermometer rose in Boston, on Friday,
20 II, the highest since July 18th, when il was
the same. Last year the thermometer did not
rise in August 10 20; but in the hot August of
1870 THE warmeSt here since 1929 il rose to 80
or upwards on four successive days, It'll, Sth,
9Th aud 10Th.
In addition TO the requests previously men
toned by the viii of the late Paran Stevens, the
sum OF 81 100000, including store No. /, State
street block, is to be put in the hands Of Charles
G. Stevens ofClinton and George F. Richardson
Of lowell, to be held in trust and managed for
the benefit of Mrs. Stevens. In case of her
death this amount is to be divided between her
children.
The Boston Transcript says, with truth, that
Nasts last caricature of Senator Summer sis in
wretched taste and a cruel misrepresentation"
The Post goes still further in demurring Mr.
Nasts latest brutal and ribald sketch for Har-
per. They might have added that the other car
features in that issue from the same pencil are
of the character Of Harper's Weekly.
Mr.. Gilmore has obtained the coliseum from
the executive committee of the jubilee for $4,000
in money, the committee allowing him the diff
ference between its actual value and the above
named sum. Mr.. Gilmore proposes TO give
grand concert in the building, for which $4,000
tickets will be issued at three dollars ticket.
A ball will be given, and the tickets will be good
for admission TO either the ball or the concert.
Each ticket will give the the holder chance to
become the lucky owner of the building, which
will be assigned by lot. The affair will take
place about the 10th of October, and Mr.. Gill
more is in receipt of letters from choral socc-
Ties and prominent artists offering their assist
ance.
NORFOLK COUNTY,
The store of d. A. Cook 4 Co.. of Wrentham,
was broken into on Wednesday and robbed of
cutlery. Edward Farnsworth has been arrested
near Fall River on suspicion.
The Quincy Patriot reports: "Our distin-
guished townsman, John Q. Adams, ESQ.,, in
formed u.s. on Friday, that he should not vote
for Greeley, nor could he vote for Grant.
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
Ecklev Stearns, highly respectable citizen of
Woburn, died at his residence in this place. FRI
day, at the age of siXty-three years.
An old lady not thousand miles from Low
ell, died at an almost centenarian age few
days ago Before her death she gave minute
directions for her funeral. Among other things
black silk gown, and they must not take out
the back breadth, as they did when Sally Smith
was laid out. For" said the old lady, depre-
catingly but seriously, "'what igger Sally will
cut at the resurrection without any back breadth
in her gown!'
ESSEX COUNTY.
They are mad in Hayerhil because the school
committee are about to make the annual un-
necessary change in text books. The call it the
educational fraud"
The number of cases of boots and shoes
shipped to and beyond Boston from Haverhill,
last weeks, by the Boston and Maine railroad,
foot up to 1899, against 1885 of the preceding
week.
The Essex county tax for the present year Dis
$40 900, an addition of $4,000 over last year.
Three cities, Salem, Lynn and Lawrence, pay
SCI 140 of it, not quite halt Add Haverhill and
ii will be seen the four cities pay more than half
the county tax. Haverhill pays $1,000 more
than Newburyport. Gloucester pays the high
est town tax.
AT Lynn all comparisons are based upon shoe
leather. cobbler having applied for admis-
sion TO an Orthodox church at that place, the
deacons held consultation over the candidate.
Saos one deacon TO another: "Well, deacon, Rob
c. wants to join our meeting" Yes; do
You know anything against himp swell, no.
Bnt before you take a final vote on him, I'd Just
like to show you job of cobbling he did for
me, that's ALL
O'clock as Mr.. Benjamin Haskell of Gloucester
was sailing near the mouth Of Essex river, his
boat was upset. He chung TO her, thinking to
be picked up by some passing boat, but none
appeared, and the ebb tide set him off in the
bay, where ne drifted toward NewOuryport He
remained clinging to the boat all night, and in
the morning was picked up by a fisherman hay
ing been in the water twenty-one hours.
General Butler always makes good points, but
not always at his own expense. At Haverhill,
when interrupted by the noise of band in the
street. he is reported to have said that more than
one set of brass instruments could not well be
listened to at one time; AM also to have quoted
st. Paul to the point that che that taketh not
care OF his own household is worse than an in
fideI"-probably with reference to the consul
ship at Alexandria.
TreadwelPs tanning and currying establish
ment in Salem was destroyed by fire on Friday.
The fire originated in the same way rs that
which caused the burning Of Guild & Sons tan
merry in CharleStown, there being a large guam
THY of grease and other infammable refuse
thrown into the Stutfing room, placed there TO
allow some carpenters room TO work upon re-
pairs which were being made. The loss sus-
tanned by Mr.. Treadwell is estimated at $50 900,
half of which is covered by insurance. The loss
of Snow & Redmond will not exceed $1,000. The
currying shop of Carlton & Co. was badly
scorched. The 6remen suffered severely from
the heat of the fire, which, together with that of
the hook and ladder truck, while upon ladder
at the roof, inhaled Il quantity OF the flame and
smoke, and fell to the ground, distance OF
some fifty feet. He was taken up stunned, but
soon after returned to consciousness and was
sent home. Beside the entire department of
Salem, that of Peabody and a part of Beverly
were present. The number of men thrown out
OF employment is about one hundred and fifty
Many of them had left their clothes, with money
and watches in the building. These were all
lost, as was large quantity of tools belonging
TO the individual workmen. A few carpenters
had very narrow escape in an attempt to save
their tools.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
A section of the valuable made land to the
eastward of the GOsnold mills, New Bedford,
slid into the dock Friday afternoon, carrying
with It about seventy five tons of sand.
Among the arrivals in Taunton on Thursday
was little stranger weighing but iwenty-siX
ounces. The professional gentleman in attend
ance reports this morning that said stranger is
doing well.
A New Bedford gentleman has rose bush
which has bloomed q number of roses with the
green leaves of the bush growing out of the
stamens up through the centre. They present
pleasant mixture of the green with the red.
Throwing a lighted cigar into a box filed
with sawdust caused a fire in Fall River last
week. hole was burned through the floor.
Some of the night watchmen discovered smoke
doors eXtinguished the fire. Moral Only ch ew
near boxes Of sawdust.
An unusual number Of persons in an about
Taunton are reporting the loss of valuable horses
this summer by natural DEATH" Hon John
Il. Sanford and George +. Seayer are amcng the
latest of the sufferers in that particular. Julius
Z. Haskins, however, residing in the south part
OF Taunton, had two horses stolen from his barn
night or two ago, so that upon the whole the
horse market in that locality may be considered
"lairly active"
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The plans aud designs OF Mr. EstY of Boston
for the normal boarding house ut Westfield
have been accepted, and the committee are now
ready TO receive proposals.
Edward Brewster and Wesley Mixfer each
had an arm blown off by the premature dis
charge Of cannon, while firing the last one Of
a salute OF 81 guns, at a flag raising, in West
field, Saturday evening.
The Hartford & New Haven railroad COM
pany propose to purchase all the land between
Their track and the river bank at Springfield as
fast as negotiations can be made, and in fact,
have already begun their purchases through ex-
Lieut.. Gov. Trask. The land belonpinp 10
Michael King at the foot of Wilcox street was
bought Thursday evening, also the strip be-
tween Kings property and the river the price
of the latter being $500. As soon as lands adj
joining become the property of the road sew
eral lines Of side tracks will be laid to facilitate
1reighting.
The Southwick ponds not only furnish good
fishing grounds, but an almost endless amount
Of litigation as 10 who shall have tine water for
purposes. The old New Haven
and orthampion canal drew water from these
ponds both north and south. When the canal