Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-30
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New England News summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.
About five o clock Friday morning Hugh Riley
tweniy-live wears old, fell overheard al the East
cru railroad wharf, Boston, and was rescued b.
Waterman NJ the South ferry. Hugh was in
toNicatca at the time.
The following pardons were granted Wednes
dav: Catherine Howard, sentenced to the ESsc,
county house Of correction for larceny from tn
person; John McQuill0n, an inmate Of th
Balnstahle house Of correction on account of al
assault; and J. n. G. Savilles, sentenced to th
Norfolk county house Of correction for adultery
VIM Proctor, a Young man, aged twenty, at
tempted 10 commit suicide in Newton, THURSDAY
night, nv cutting his throat and the calf OF hi
leg with razor u was at first supposed tba
he could NOT recover, but at four yesterday at
ternoon he was doing well, with the chances o.
recovery in his favor.
The Jury in the United States district couri III
the case of Marshall 5. z. Laws, tor rob6ing the
mails IN the Boston post office, returned yer.
diet OF guilty Friday forenoon Laws received
it with perfect cOmposure. His sentence IS de-
ierred. masmuch as exceptions were taken TO
the Indictment on Which he was convicted and a
demurrer filed hy his counsel. The Indictment
only charged him with larceny OF two dollars,
but there are a half dozen more indictments
returned against him.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
The case of Francis Lyman against the town
Of Amherst for injuries received, two years
ago. on the East Mountain road has been de
cided in favor of LYMAN and the damages as
sessed at $1,000.
The citizens of Amherst are moving to secure
a supply of water for protection from fire, and
propose TO establish fire district in the centre
OF the town. A committee has been appointed
to procure estimates, and a town meeting will
be held on Wednesday to see what action the
town will take.
wager has been laid in Portland that for the
coming week not a single issue of the Boston
daily papers will appear without some reference
to Mr.. Gilmore's jubilee.
The Bangor Wing SAYS note from gentle
man who was "snowed up last week at one Of
the up-riyer towns states that during the last
storm so much snow was blown through the
key hole of the outside door of the house where
he was stopping that it took two men two days
to shovel it out. And that wasn't the hardest
storm of the month by any means.
Bowen Holman, Esq, discovered the tracks
OF "bobcat in swamp near Bangor, aud
set trap. Tuesday he went TO look at the
trap, and found the critter safely caught by one
fore paw. The vicious beast spit and snarled
and endeavored 10 jump upon Mr.. II. as he ap-
preached, but that gentleman cut a stiff club
and with a few well directed blows laid him
low. The animal was nearly three feet long,
covered with a coating of thick grey fur, and
had head precisely like that ola domestic cat ,
only much larger.
Alonzo Hasty, formerly an overseer on the
Globe corporation at Saco, attempted suicide
Wednesday by jumping from the covered bridge
between Saco and Biddeford After getting
INTO the icy water he changed his mind, and
got TO cake Of floating ice, from which he was
rescued. He had been suffering from a mental
difficulty.
Dea. Alden Bumpus of Hebron, now eighty
AK years old, keeps up a regular correspond
n Dl9Tma to D.
Of Medtord, Mass, aged eighty-two. Such an
instance OF episolary correspondence is of ex-
eeediugly rare occurrence. The deacon, who is
a Baptist, says that he is ready to jump over
Jordan, while his Congregationalist brother
jumps over the fence to shake hands with him.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Mr.. c. B. Ballard OF Canaan has sold not
ing mare, Lady Cassius, to a Boston gentle
man, for $1,000.
Dr. Eaton, promising Young physician. died
IN portsmouth Friday, very suddenly, of pneu-
m0nia.
MIS- NJ. Frances Pitcher, wife of Rev. f. F
Pitcher aud eldest daughter of the late Bishop
. Z, Baker. died very suddenly on Wednesday
morning, al Lebanon, Pa, al the age Of twenty.
tHree wears.
;. J. Bnrnham, Of Durham, a member of the
soFhomore class, died at the college hospital
March p, Of typhoid fever. President Smith
preached e funeral sermon 10 the chapel yesier
day morning.
4 story Is told Of a youthful member Of the
BAR az 81 Adams who plunged into a glowing
"a ~ iHeSehtln@ his case, IN which he
e s maj " hen we look back upon the
sL.ls9eeh paths 81 The faiare We behold the
49, !, ,. .Hts % an AtihlShiy hand.
4 Wilton man Bought ticket for the FISH.
Jubilee singers when be was at Nashua a lew
daYs ago, and couldn't understand why they ne
fused 10 give him RESERVED seat at the poultry
~ .'isli ~ plot AtieF being cTowed over
'e" MINUTES It dawned upon him.
e.,. VERMONT.
Gasar n is mas begun IN the maple groves,
oi, ", 9Neei! sInlle tle 6reen Mountain children.
Age Sto"e journal has been purchased by MIR.
a r = j., -Heicll5nt OF Champlaln, n. \.
,r 9' diels VI elshleeh hundred pension checks
y. u.aMh tne htst seven daYs III this quarter
AZ ~ pehsloh agency IN montpelier.
~. poiq, put unsuccessful attempt was made to
~ sne huIiahu 1erald nulidlnS under the door
s;1 , lin s'ols eaily thursday morning.
80 ~e '. aso, says inc Fatrlot, Pttsfed
,o,i anu "Vuiaii Sol divorced from their respec
oat 1850 i anu ~ lilIee weeks were married tt
Tho - WIZ cnild was born ano
'i'S I''sis III. Il mnal silali u ne named
bns :, uIsPoseu person went INTO schoo
the Stove So thar fhe i"i, m ootn ends
I.o'e ~ 5u 3 the. zen our. Inc house mar
Tho I Pra1p,Sat, ues'I uc'ioi W nre'
40, - ~ tsCeoIu says we saw few
,, ~ =, 'ie i.ete'e nouSe' a beautiful bou
e lod ~ - sGi' ~ Mt. James FISK, Dr., 10
tea roses V mS husband graYe. Gala lilies,
ranaed y,ti ~, ele., were appropriately ar
o,5 c,5 ~ - :. = ounu"oih Oh Whlte plnks,
tsHnsbond1 onnaaroI ''oic's' tue single word
"PP0' a.lS'i,.,.
Es.,,o. c,o,,.o' e"N ~ E e.ll.
~, @ oa"n.on, ot otolIlilgtoh, an Old lady
~ y. oeT I 5S4ne lot many Years, was found
~ ~ ~ NM iul t H. W eunesuay hlSht
900 le . new ilaNeil copper company, with $780,
v ~ e oapltdl, mas peeh organized to do business
III seymour.
u Tue Town OF futnam 1t has been necessary
70 use gunpowder IN eXeavating to bury the
dea9, tue EARN Tor three feet having almost the
soIIults oi Ioek.
puflns tne gaze IN the past week, part of the
ROOF 10 niue dwelling IN Danbury was blown
on; Inc tenant tied down the balance with
ped cord ana mus saved 1t.
Monday somebody entered the residence of
ar EDWARD r Jones, m Danbury, during the
nf fha 20. liz