Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-04
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Guilty between r0uehs. Grant belongs in Maine.
DR.. Calvin A. Hin was held for trial IN Boston
yesterday in 100000, aud Mrs. Mary A. Morri-
son and Gilbert II, Elliott in $4,000 each, on
charges of causing the death of Mary Mcdonald
by abortion. -.ss ssss<s ssss5sa
The trustees of Mount Auburn,cemetery have
placed a bust Of Dr. Jacob Bigelow, their late
president, by Henry Dexter, in the chapel in that
cemetery, as a tribute TO the zeal, sagacity and
unwearied labors which marked his long con-
nection with the board as its president.
John DonahOe alias John Bull will have served
out his sentence in the state prison, at Charles.
town, next Friday, and be released. Harry Jen-
nines viii be discharged on the 9th INST. John
A. Augustus, who was sentenced Tor forgery,
has been offered a pardon but refused, and it
said that Others have done the same.
Joseph Hill, OF East Boston, was IN the mu-
nicipal court Monday, and although respectfully
connected, his appearance and good clothes
spoke volumes in his favor; he was convicted,
FIRST of being loaler, and sentenced to two
months in the house Of correction; and then he
was arraigned on a chargeof stealing fifty cents
from the contribution box of the Union PreSbY-
terrain society, for which be will remain a month
longer at the same institution.
About noon, Monday, pieces Of the human
frame were exhumed at the site covered by the
building No. 81 Federal street, and lately used
as Walkers carriage repository. There was
nothing about this matter which wall lead TO
identification of the person of whom these are
part The bones were picked up within i've
feet of where were found the remains of the per-
son taken from there on Saturday. Ii is believed
at least nine persons persisted with the falling If
walls of the building spoken OF.
A few days since an old portrait, dingytwlth
the dust of many years, was knocked down at
an auction sale in Boston for one dollar and
eighty-seYen cents. The application of a little
warm water to the picture was sufficient TO bring
mt .nsra tod In sla
back was found an inscription in Italian, pro-
claiming that "Barolomeo PaSserotti painted
with his hand his likeness at the age Of 81 years,
in Bologna, Presented by him TO Mr.. Giovanni
Batista Deti, on the 9th day Of the year 1911"
The portrait has an additional value, because it
throws light on the veNed question of the date
of PasserOtti's birth, which is shown TO have
been twenty years earlier than the dictionaries
gave it, The picture was in a studio in the Mer-
camille block, on Summer street, and bad a mar
row escape at the time Of the fire.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Mrs. Haneford, formerly Miss Eliza Tenney,
has left $4,000 TO charitable institutions, the
society for the relief of aged women in New
buryport receiving $4,000.
BRISTOL COUNTY
Fall River elected Il. I. Davis mayor, with
little opposition.
Henry NJ. Smith, for twenty-nine years keeper
OF the light at Clark point, New Bedford, has,
situation.
The brig Mary Given, Of Bridgetown, n. S.,
Capt Coggeshall, from Philadelphia for Boston,
went ashore on Nashawena, Sunday morning,
at one O'Clock, in a snow squall, and went 10
pieces during yesterday. One of tie crew was
drowned in attempting to land, The Others
were rescued by the Guilty hunkers with the
hieboat
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Francis Guilty, while throwing wood into the
tender of a locomotive at the Connecticut River
railroad shop in Springfield, Sunday, suddenly
fell down and in few moments expired.
Heart disease is the supposed cause OF his
death.
John E. Plain, employed at the New York
watch cOmpany's factory in Springfield, COM
mitted suicide by taking strychnine IN his room
Friday night He was twenty-nine years old
and man of good education, but the evil habit
of intenlperanee had obtained such a mastery
over him that he was at times entirely unable
10 control his appetite, although he felt and
often expressed the greatest disgust at his
weakness. He had on this account been dis
owned by young lady of Jersey City (whence
he came last June), after she had demonstrated
with him in vain. Although he had been some
what intoxicated during the day of his death,
he ate his supper as usual and retired. A few
hours later hearing the noise of fall in his
room, his friends went in and found him dying
on the floor.
Amos F. Clough, well known photographer,
formerly of Warren and Concord, n H but
more recently Of Springfield, died at the latter
place a few days since. He was a member of
Prof.. Huntington'S scientific party who spent
the winter of 1S70-1l on the summit of Mount
Washington, and had the year previous, in
company with Prof. Huntington, passed the
winter on Moosilauke. He was man of great
physical strength and powers Of endurance, and
during his solourn on the mountains performed
many acts which would be impossibilites for
others. His genial, warm hearted, generous
nature endeared him to a large circle of friends
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Dwight Morton OF Whately shot lynx two
feeG and seven inches long, Thanksgiving day.
WIN. ii. Lyman OF IeYeTett went to New York
some three weeks since to collect money due
him. He wrote that he had received the money
aud was about starting for home, since when
nothing has been heard from him.
MAINE.
At meeting of the stockholders of the Maine
Central railroad, holden at the town hall, in
Wateryille, yesterday, they voted unanimously
not to lease the Somerset railroad, now building
from West WaterYile to NorrdgewOck
William Rowe of Phillips recently died as
the result of long exposure while in search of
minerals in the wilds of North Franklin. He
went on foot taking with him provisions for
three days, and when he had been gone a week
his friends commenced an unavailing search
which was kept up for twelve days. He was
traced for miles into the woods, and places were
found where he built fire and passed the night
but all trace was lost He at last made his an.
pearance on the twelfth day, at settlement
many miles from his home, in famished con-
dition, with both feet frozen, having passed
several days without shelter, fire or food. He
was sixty years old.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Three persons were immersed at Great Falls
on Sunday, after hole had been cut in the ice
on the river for the purpose.
An elegant illuminated clock is to be put in
the tower of the new board of trade building at
Concord, now being constructed.
The remains OF woman found recently in
some woods at Oxford have been identified as
those of a former inmate of the poor house at
Wentworth. She had been missing for some
months.
Judge jeremiah Smith of Dover is to put in
the council chamber at Concord portrait of his
distinguished father, Ex-Governor jeremiah
nmlth. The gubelnatorial collection Of pictures
at the state house now numbers about twenty.
George 11bbetts OF Pennington, a youth of
Is years, while crossing the pond near " al
dron's saw mill, broke through the ice and sank
TO the bottom, where the water was twelve feet
deep. Two men who happened to be at the saw
mill went to his rescue and succeeded in get
ting him out after he had been in the water five
minutes. Animation was restored after fifteen
or twenty minutes brisk rubbing.
VERMONT.
The hardware store of Lester c. Hicks & Co.
at Fairfax, was destroyed by fire on Saturday
with all its contents
CONNECTICUT.
The conundrum at the Hartford iail: How
shall we lodge 125 prisoners in 70 cells without
putting two prisoners tOgether2
The body OF an infant frozen stiff was found
behind stone in the patterson marble works
at Hartford, Sunday, circumstances indicating
that it had been deiberatee placed there 10
die.
A letter box has been placed on the lamp post
IN 'front.' OF the New Haven post office Its high
enough for persons in carriages to deposit their
letters, and is specially designed for them.
a New Haven policeman went into a house,
Sunday, TO arrest 4 woman who had been guilty
of petty offence. Arriving inside he found the
woman bending over the bedside of diving
child. Under such circumstances She escaned
lew weeks ago Mr.. Louis Gaylor of Bridpe-
port died, leaving will bequeathiug his prop
cry, whch amounted to about $4,000, to his
wiie. In former will part Of his property was
gwen TO MS brother, and he contested the last
VIII before the court OF probate. The hearing
OF the case commenced Friday in the probate
Office. About twelve o'clock, while the case was
in progress, Mrs. Gaylor was taken suddenly m
in lit. Some one was immediately dispatched
for a physician, and Dr. Lewis was soon in AT.
tendance. But medical aid proved of no avail
and after lingering about two hours in a state oi
Inconsistencies, death ensued.
RHODE ISLAND.
Stephen G. Pierce a mason OF Providence was
probably fatally hurt Monday, by falling from "A