Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-06-01
Gddlurttster Daily spp


DR. James Macdonald Of Boston has been !
rested and held in $4,000 bail, charged "
being accessory after the fact TO the uedin
Miss Brown, caused by malpractice, Tor "hie
DR.. Lynn is held as principal. pa..o
The pressmen among the talioIs 9l no's :.
talk of striking for eight hours, but DO not as
an increase nav, most ofthe men oeinS q,
Moved bv the week The curriers' talk oil sult
ing for higher wages. ........,, a. .,,o :,
hiiec have engaged tWentY-one SUITS Oh Ioolls
~, p.vere house. six ofwhich will be reserve
90 prssiient Grant and cabinet. Mr. Giimor
an,nnnres that the last link in the chain OF fol
60, engagements and foreign business matter
has d en- successfully accomplished. Letter
wore received yesterday morning from Mime
sofa ana Tennessee, STATING that over lhousah
people from each of those states would atten'
the inbilee provided the usual commuiation il
railroad fares cOuld be made.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
The president yesterday signed the act 4
change the location of the Railroad Nationa
bank of LowelIto Boston.
Thursday evening, an intoxicated person il
attempting 10 cross Parks square, Lowell, wa
beSet by a party Of boys, one of which, thir
teen years old, seized from the pocket of III
drunken man a bottle containing about half
pint of whiskey, ran off with it, drank it, AM
soon after became confused, ran around tn
park into the street and striking his heat
a
summoned and the boy conveyed home. Tn
DOCTOR said his recovery was somewhat doubt
full
Capt J. v Meigs of Lowell has been exhibit
inc his fifty-shot magazine gun TO congressman
and ordnance officers at Washington with great
success AT his last trial he fred the gun at
short range from the shoulder without material
change of direction, and the magazine was emp
tied in about twenty seconds, every shot strik-
ing within a space no larger than man. Ii
was shown that it could be fired on the run as
rapdly as from the shoulder and with equal
precision.
ESSEX COUNTY.
A boy five years old, son of Mark Thurlow
of Amesbury, fell from the wharf at Salisbury
Point Thursday night, and was drowned. The
body was recovered, and though the heart was
still beating, all efforts at restoration were I'M
ayaling.
One Of the traders Of Newburyport was sur
pTised on Monday by customer coming into
his store and throwing down a $50 BILL remark
ing, There's your money, no change back.
The trader not recognizing his customer, the
latter informed him that eight years ago he Dor
rowed eight dollars Of him, and had not been
there since The circumstance had been forgot
ten hv the trader who objected to taking more
than the loan, bat the customer absolutely re-
fused to take any change.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
David Towards shoe mandatory in North
Bridgewater was destroyed by fire early Friday
morning. Estimated loss between five and six
thousand dollars; partially insured.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Edward j Wilson, young man twenty five
years of age, fell from third story window CT
the Mansion house, at New Bedford, on Thurs
day night, and was so severely injured that he
died in a few hours. 1t appears that he got
asleep in chair by the window. Wilson was
a glider by trade, and in the employ of Pierce &
Bushnell of New Bedford. He belonged in Bos-
ton.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Allen Danforth highly respected citizen of
Plymouth, died on Tuesday. He was the founder
OF the Plymouth Memorial, which he published
from 1922 till 1884. From that time until his
death he was treasurer of the Plymouth county
savings bank He was a man of superior fnan-
cal ability, and the social and religions elements
OF his character secured for him wide circle of
friends.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY!
The Amherst college crew have secured John
Biglin Of New York as their trainer for the July
regatta.
A verdict of $50, 34S was returned Thursday,
in the supreme court ia Northampton, in favor
OF the Florence sewing machine company VS..
the Grover & Baker, Wheeler & Wilson, and
Singer companies, the trial occupying eight
days. Other cases turning on the same ques-
over $4,000, EX-AttOrney General Hoar and
A L Soule of Springfield were for the plaintiffs,
and Judge Abbott and Elias Merwin of Boston
for the defendants.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The new opera house at Pittsfeld is to be in
the French renaissance style, very ornamental,
1873 feet by 80, and is expected to cost $50 900
The first floor will be fitted up for stores The
material will be brick, and the auditorium will
nave q seating capacity of 100
MAINE.
Ex-Mayor Wentworth, at Calais, recently OBJ
tanned large quantity of honey out Of chin
ney in his houSe. The chimney had not been
used, and IN one fiue the bees had made large
deposit of the sweet
Several OF the drives are hung up in the stream
contributing TO the Dead river for want o
water. Nothing but heavy rains will prevent
large amount of lumber lying over in the strcar
TIL another year The same is true OF othe
localities
There was little Biddeford boy who nut
hghted match into nearly empty powder Ike:
10 sec what would happen. His curiosity is en-
tirelv satisfied, but the girl who sat next him
in school thinks he looked better with his nose
on.
A young man from the Suburbs" came into
Iubec one day last week to get a marriage GER
tihcate, but on his way lost his pocket book and
had 10 return home without it. He said he did
not care darn for the old wallet that had ten
dollars in it, but he didn't like to keep his "aaP
waiting so long.
On Monday lad about seventeen years of
age, named John A. Fitzpatrick, son of A. G.
Fitzpatrick OF Clifton, took his gun and went
into the woods to look after his fathers bear
traps, when he met an old bear and three cubs
The old bear showed hight, but he fired at and
wounded her, killed one of the cubs, and drove
The other two up tree. He then FASTENED
home Tor his father, who took his big dog and
returned to the place where the bears were last
seen The old bear and one cub had gone, but
the other remained, and they secured him. Both
cubs were very fat, and weighed thirteen pounds
each. The distance travelled by the lad was
twelve miles, and he may be set down as ga
smart boy"
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
While Frank Chase OF Hopkinton was at din
ner lately the crows took the corn out Of 276
hills he had planted.
warren Clough, an unmarried man, 80 years
OF age, committed suicide at Atkinson, on
wednesday, by shooting himself with gun
Incorporate habits were the cause.
A large barn at Kittery Point, belonging to
Mr.. Oliver Berry, took fire Thursday afternoon
ana was entirely destroyed, together with about
800 worth of coopers' and joiners' tools. In
snred for $500 in the Republic of New York.
Quite an excitement was caused in Tlton,
Thursday, by the return, after six months
absence, OF a Mr.. Murphy, who, finding his wife
married TO another man, attempted to take for
clble possession of his child. After short
struggle, husband number one was arrestea by
officer German and locked up.
dispatch received in Portsmouth by the
owners of the bark Niobe, Capt. Marcy. an
nounces the arrival of that vessel at LIVERPOOL
~ days from Oregon. after very severe pas
sage. She had been nearly given up.
AdJt.- Gen. John M. Haines has Just completed
the military arrangements for the Inauguration
0i Hon. Il. A. Straw, the governor elect, on
thursday OF next week, and the display will be
one OF the finest ever made in the state. The
escort will consist of the Amoskeag Veterans
the Head Guards, the Clark Guards, the Sheri-
Gan Guards, the Manchester War Veterans, the
Manchester Light Battery all from Manchester:
tue Stafford Guards and the Dover Light Bat
lery from Dover; the Merrimack Guards from
winchester; the Messer Rifles and the Academy
cadets from New London; the Lafayette Artii-
i Ey from Lyndeborough; a large cavalcade from
Soncord, and the Milford Guards Music will
ogg furnished BY six bands, including HALLS band
~ ~ boston. Besides the militia there will be
"tl0uS eiVle bodies in the procession. and the
fired. W uoooiateu ana salutes
VERMONT
60, "a upper mine is supposed TO have been dis.
NV'''ea on iarm in Middletown.
H. CONNECTICUT.
ct,,,aa NY 90 the post office in Lisbon has been
rington IL Sp g'ssnles, and George NJ. Har-
R,ri. N! Mleh is postmaster"
>. . b9fkle, at the Oak Grove ,ynt,in,, ,,o,,.
New London, lost a stallion yaI,,l9 g'ttR padR,
wednesday night. The stallion S,as T. S az elVVo'
10 lne celeDrated trotter, Thomas Jetyers1'
The dredging Of the pawcatucnn sou.
ceasef the appropriation of $40 oOO b .t'ei mas