Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-25
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New England News summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

W m. !. Mooney OF Boston Is held III SlU0O 10
trial at the superior court. He tried to smootl
down his wife Ann with fiatiron.
Margaret Thompson, a resident Of Heuchmal
street, Boston, so Stirred up Thomas Percy witt
a poker, the other day. that doctor was calle'
Tor Tom and policeman for Mag.
After faithfully serving the Boston and Provi
deuce railroad for twenty-eight years, Edward
Moore was on Friday knocked down by freigh
car in the Boston yard and had an arm takel
OFF.
Another venerable Shaker has abandoned tho
faith and cast in his lot with the worlds people
Mr.. Elisha Brakeman, flty-four years OF age,
and nearly all his life member OF the church
family at Lebanon, has just parted with the
brethren and sisters and gone to Boston where
lac has friends. e-
Twenty OF the boys on the Scholarship were on
THURSDAY, by order of Governor Washburn,
transferred TO the reform school at WestbOro',
and Others will be sent there as soon as arrange
ments can be made for their reception, the legis-
lature having passed an act for giving up the
Scholarship by the frs! Of July next.
By the recent death OF Mr. Nathaniel Redman,
the Massachusetts general hospital comes into
possession of the balance of the estate of the ae
Mr.. John Redman, amounting in value to about
100000, As residuary legatees, the trustees OIL
the hospital had previously received about
$4,000.
A maiden lady named Kettell, fifty years old
living with her father in Quincy, hanged herself
Friday morning from the limb of an apple tree
She attached the cord TO her neck while stand
ing on a chair, and then kicked the chair over
She was discovered about o'clock dead Sh(
was lady OF property, and had recently fitted
mp her house as if she expected to live a long
time
Its rumored in Boston that prize fight oc-
Cured at South Boston point about hafpast
six last Friday morning. The principals in the
affair were Michael 0'Brien and NJ. Healey and
the seconds Pat Gillin and one Fogarty. Twen-
,I+,,
umph of 0'Brien over Healey. The stake were
nominally $500, but il is reported that it was
only an experiment by parties interested TO test
the ability Of the men. If there is any truth in
the Iumor the parties conducted matters very
quietly, as the affair had not reached the ears Of
the police last night.
AVN. A. Webb alias Wiggin, who collected
nearly $1,000 in Boston last November, pretend
inc that he wanted it for the Federal street mis-
sion Sunday sehool-which was ionnd to be a
myth--was on Saturday morning sentenced to
three years in the house of correction. Webb
informed the court that being out of employ
ment be was driven by necessity to commit the
acts charged against him in order to support his
family, who reside at Oswego, n. Y. He was
formerly lumber inspector at Albany, but was
thrown out Of a situation about two years ago.
ESSEX COUNTY.
A vounp couple who were lately married III
West Newbury and set up housekeeping, were
Obliged to apply TO the oyerseers of the poor at
the end of two weeks FOR a supply of provisions.
On Friday afternoon Richard Ray, aged forty,
committed suicide by Cutting bis throat at a
house in Salem. The unfortunate man was
found IN bed, his throat cut IN a horrible man
uer a razor by his side and $500 in bills lying
on bis pillow. Itappears that few weeks ago
the wife of the deceased died alter a short H.
ness. and since that time he has been in very
respondent state OF mind.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
The tall chimney of the Arms q BarcWell
manufacturing company on Hawey street,
Northampton, was wrecked by the high wind
on Wednesday, and the long woOdshed OF Horace
Cook was made TO look very much like huge
camel from the same cause.
MAINE.
A BangorZlady is wearing a watch mace over
$50 years ago.
Mr.. VIM Merrill, an unmarried man, aged
about filiy-six years, dropped dead in the road
at Sanford on Wednesday of last week.
Camden has voted to purchase four hearscs.
The Herald explains thar the town is not quite
moribund, but there are four villages, and Meth
er wanted TO be taxed to pay for other people $
grave carriages.
It is reported that Dr. Freeman Hall, who re-
moved recently from Biddeford to Momence, ILL.,,
froZe TO death about two weeks ago while return
ing home after visiting a patient.
Mrs Margaret Fexton, of Portland, died sud-
denly last week. Her daughter supposed that
the floor next morning.
A stranger drove to the house of Kendall
Gibbs, in Berwick, during the bitter cold of
Wednesday night, rang the bell, left upon the
steps an infant child, and drove off. The little
stranger was taken IN and cared for by the town
fathers.
A Portland grocery dealer was summoned 10
California few days ago by despatch announc-
ing the death of a BROTHER who had died leaving
an estate valued at three-quarters OF million,
with two or three brothers and sisters as his only
hers.
The Lewiston Journal says the wind blew
Wednesday night in Norway with a violence
rarely ever experienced before. Beal's hotel,
which is a substantial building, rocked like a
cradle. There have been as yet but two or three
days in March when the Snow melted at all in
the streets OF Oxford county.
The trains from St. John arrived at Portland
Thursday afternoon, bringing six days mails
from that city. A st. John merchant sent an
order by mail to a merchant in that cry and as
n matter OF precautiOn sent duplicate order
through the steamboat mail, via international
boats. The result was that the merchandise
was sent on the order received by steamer and
reached their destination two days before the
original order sent by cars came TO hand The
cIiuge of mails between Portland and St. John
by Postmaster General Cresswell, last autumn,
from the steamers to the cars was not an expo
ditious arrangement, as the steamers arrive in
N.
of the cars.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
A digger on the Great Falls and Conway rail-
road got so full Of liquor on Saturday night that
lie forgot to take lodgings under cover, and Sun
day morning be was foand frozen 10 death.
4 fer working all day on the 18th in a saw
mill, sir. Hiram Fritz Of Sandowu, went out to
unharness horse, was taken with apoplexy and
died in q little while. He was aged sixty flour
Intelligence has bee received in Concord Of
the death at Jaynesviile, Wisconsin, OF Hon
VIM. H. II Barley, formerly of that city, where
he was in business. In 1851 he was elected a
member Of the executive council from district
No l. and again in 1883, during the two years
Of GOV. Hale's administration.
There are niue circular saw mills in Rich
mond. The one owned By Mellen Lamb re-
Gently sawed 1000 feet Of boards in thirty-five
minutes What a fruitful town that must be
for newspaper items-bettei than the vicious
horse the Norwich Bulletin man relies on.
On the 18th two men, George lockwood and
Clinton BOhoBnOn, at work III a saw mill at
Hollis, were seriously injured. They were tend
ing a circular saw, when board was hurled by
it with great force, striking Bohonnon and
breaking his arm, and then hitting lockwood
on the back and side, breaking three ribs and
knocking him down. Though the latter is seri-
ously injured, it is thought that he will re-
cover.
Mr.. Nathaniel Colby of Dunbarton dropped
il
Friday afternoon, while at work in the woods
about half mile distant from his residence.
He was a prominent citizen of that town. lie
had nlled various town offices, and had repre-
scented the town in the legislature He was
seventy-three years of age, and leaves widow
and five sons.
Al meeting Of the executive committee OF
the New Hampshire agricultural society," which
was held in Concord Friday evening, it was
voted TO hold the Mechanical fair of the society
on the first, second, third and fourth of October
next and the secretary was directed to receive
proposals from parties in those towns who de-
sire to have the fair in their localities 1t is I'M
derstood that the people Of Dover, Plymouth,
Claremont, and several other places will make
proposals Tor the fair
VERMONT.
In some parts Of Vermont there have already
been 100 days Of good sleighing, and the pros
pect still good.
lady In Barnet says she means TO have a
"pattun of a husband" but vows she'll leave
him if he zines any sekrit 'sieiy." She saws
she "goes agin all kinds of sekrits and SIGH"
Two large woodsheds and the freight depot
Of the Vermont Central railroad, at Swanion
Falls, were destroyed by fire on Thursday. to-
gether with a small amount OF freight
Mrs. Rebecca BOgue, wife of DR.. Michael
Hatch of EnOsburg, being somewhat deranned
refused to take food, and starved 10 death. She
had been married less than year
On February 2lstMrs. Charles Ames ofLunen