Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-27
G1urtestrr Daily spp.


Thomas Norton was on Saturday, sentenced |
TO fifteen wears in state prison for highway /
robbery on the "garrotc" plan.
The funeral of Daniel Webster Appleton took /
place Saturday in the chapel at Mount Auburn /
only the family connections being present
The notices OF deceased graduates OF Harvard /
college viii make a volume OF about 100 pages,
and will soon he issued.
DIR bio Lewis has obtained for his Turkish /
baths a genuine Turk from Consfantinople. lie
brings with him the art OF shampo0Ing as prac-
tisel in the East Speaking hall dozen OF /
the Eastern languages and possessing remarka- /
bic activity and strength, he Is new and inter
estinr feature in the Turkish bath business OF |
this country.
MIppLEsEy COUNTY.
Samuel Richardson, an old man of siXty-tve
wears. an inmate OF the poor farm at Westheld
for the last four wears, run over at the rall-
road crossing on MiddleseX street, in Lowell,
Saturday, hy an engine on a shifting train. He
was Instantly killed, his body being horribly
inundated. He leaves a daughter in Boston.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Wilton NJ. Stoekhridge of Hayerhill, a lad of
sixteen, while in a row boat on the river, Nav
IS, in an effort to change oars. was struck on the
head with such force as 10 render him delerious
and causing his death the same night, probably
from arup,uTed blood vessel.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The Gazette records the death in Taunton,
Friday, of Hon. Horatio Pratt, aged siXty-sey
years The deceased was member of the Bris-
to bar, though some dozen years since he re-
tired from practice. He was appointed district
attorney by Gov. Boutwell,, and at one time was
member of the state senate.
The New Bedford Mercury says member of
the CHRISTIAN denomination, a resident of Provl-
dence, has purchased 100 acres of land about
two and a half miles southeast Of the village of
Hyannis and short distance west from Centre
vile. This purchase he has offered to the Chris
tan churches as place for camp meeting, and
the first one will be held during The first week
oil the coming August. Invitations are 70 De
sent TO the Christian churches throughout New
England, and members of all denominations
will be welcomed TO the meeting.
The Fall River News says: No clue has yet
been found TO the identity of the man who was
run over and killed at the Ferry street depot in
Fall River a week ago. A small memorandum
book found in his pocket contained the name OF
Charles II Jones, Boston, on the title page, and
another Leaf the name of Charles H. Kennedy,
st John, N b He came to Fall River the day
before. He talked about getting work on some
of the lodges and said he had been at work in
Clinton. He was undoubtedly stone cutter
by trade, and it is probable was last employed
at Clinton.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY
Alfred L. Mayo olProvincetown fell overheard
while SEEMING maekerel, OFF Sandwich Saturday
morning, aud was drowned. He leaves widow
aud one child.
The Harwch Independent says: "a wide
awake Cape Coddist-not a thousand miles
from here-handed letter to the postmas ter to
ascertain the weight of it. Being told that it
was trifie over one half ounce, he was OBJ
served TO take out his penknfe and white
the corners 10 its Just weight, thereby saving
three cents"
HAMPDEN COUNTY
Palmer was startled last Wednesday night by
the explosion Of a kerosene lamp in one of the
street lamp pots. Ii happened in one of the most
densely populated portions of the place, and yet
no person was injured by the accident.
The dwelling house of A. Il. Read of South
WIlbrahlm burned Tuesday aitarnOnO A
child four years old set the fire while playing
with matches. All the furniture aud wearing
apparel in the chambers was total loss. rInsu-
ance on building $1,000, which covers the loss.
This is the second house burned on the same site
within few years.
-Four married couples have separated in Mon |
son in the past two months. A former lover |
came from Stafford and carried off quarry |
mans wife, sewing machine and all; Il shoe |
maker loved his neghbor'S wife in an ardent |
manner displeasng 10 his own, whom he left |
alone in the cold world as soon she began TO |
make il hot for him; boarding house keeper |
got tired OF her mate, and looked with suSpi- |
cious favor upon a boaTder, whereupon the huS- |
band left, followed soon by the boarder, who |
didn't ENJOY the situation; the last case was |
that of 4 lady who left her husband for another |
man, one OF whose chief attractions was vel
vet coat, but she came TO grief through her i'm.
prudence in coming back for her trunk, and was
arrested for obtaining money under false pre-
lenses.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
Not long ago, in place not thousand miles
from Hadey, woman died, and on the occa-
SION OF the funeral when the procession arrived |
at the cemetery, the grave was not in readiness,
whereupon the bercaved husband took shovel
and finished the job.
Almost a snicIde occurred at the state luuatic
hospital in Northampton last Monday after
noon. One OF The female patients, dropped
nom the third floor over the baluStrade TO The
ground floor, breaking both legs, and sustaining
inter nal injuries, that she is not expected to
lye She was picked up insensibe and placed
under treatment She has been Il patient here |
before She declared she meant 10 kill herself.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The meeting OF the Berk shire county teachers |
association at Hhnsdale on Friday, opened with |
a good attendance of teachers and others inter
ested IN educational matters.
The friends of Prof. Albert Hopkins of Will
liams Will he panied TO learn OF his death, which
occurred Friday night, after protracted Illness
he was graduate of Williams, and devoted the
prime OF bis life 10 that institution Astronomy
was always his taVonte branch of study and
only few months before his death he had pro-
Jected work Of a popular character upon that
subject, which, had he lived TO accomplish it,
would have embodied the richest results of his
lifelong studies Prof Hopkins was actively
instlumentaln obtaining funds for the construc.
ton OF the astronomical observatory at Viii
hams. The first that was erected in this country
The daily college prayer meeting for over thirty
ySais Il lcltuit VI ilie III NililanlS, was Orl9l-
mated by him, and lac was its unfailing leader
HIS work IN eYangelziug the desolaIe and crime
cursed White Oaks districts, and the chanel he
erected there, aud whose pulpit he long occupied
remain as monuments TO his memory
MAINE.
The Belfast lobster factory has commeu ed
IL Will employ about twenty-five hands, Three
tons were boiled AT the first boiling on Monday
and five tons were still on hand alive in the
crates.
Trains are NOW runniu6r roo.,Io. ,,,. A.. -.
porary bridge at Tcpsham and after Monday,
18TH, the night PGllman express trains and the
Skowhegan and Portland freight will run via
Brunswick and Augusta, instead of via Lewis
ton. WORK on the permanent bridge which will
DE an iron one, will be commenced as soon as
practicable.
The BE fast Journal saws: Among A lot of
salmon in the market on Monday, was one that
mad no bead, having lost that important member
IN curious manner. The men who had nets
set of the shore Of Sears Island, noticed by the
commouon OF the floats that fish had struck
one, but before they could get off in their boats
a seal had seized The fish by the head and tore il
completely on The animal then went under
the net aud tried to pull the salmon out, as was
shown by the marks Of its teeill.
MI H. ~. Hregofy, aged about thirty years
was drowned in Caribou lake, last Friday. He
III company with another man, was sailing in
blrch canoe, when it upset. Mr. Gregory went
down, but bis companion chung 10 the canoe and
drifted ashore. The deceased was a sou of Mr..
=. II. Gregory, formerly landlord of the hotel at
Comma, and was unmarried.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
John Sexton, for two months past employed
at Reed & Jdckman's carpet store in Nashua,
was arrested Friday on charge of stealing
$500 from John b. Parker of Hanover, where
he once kept books. Sexton is a native of Hol-
lis, and bat nineteen years old.
Mrs. Mary Gllrie OF Nashua nursed her infant
child, few days ago, and left il in bed. An
hour or two later her mother went TO the child
aud found it dead. 1t seemed to be healthy
before.
Alonzo c. johnson Of Great Falls, a brakeman
on the Great Falls aud Conway railroad, was i'll
s'anty killed, Saturday, while Stacking cars
he9 9 Rochester. He was about thirtg five years
Old, aud leaves a family.
CoSNECTICUT.
Young lady in Plwcatack was accidentally
Aeoi ;.. ~ the nose. 1t took, and her bugie
,han mo new New London gentlemen drove faster
eosa Them %a, ss over Mystic river bridge, and it
some , silly Young ladies in Hartford are said
10 have visited two eonyieted n,l',i 's Si,u