Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-02-16
Gdlurtcstcr Daily spp.
New Ensland News summary.


a meeting in the town hall next Saturday
evening 10 talk over their railroad accom-
mpdatiOns and other matters of interest to the
town.
Rev. James Freeman Clarke, Mr.. VIM. Lloyd
Garrison, Mr.. II. B. Blackwell and Lucy Stone
will probably address the legislative committee
on woman suffrage in the green room at the
state house this morning.
team belonging to Mr.. Mcdonald of West
Newton was struck and smashed to pieces by
the inward bound New York express on the 18th.
The driver escaped uninjured, but the horse was
SO severely hurt that he had to be biiled,
one of the lecturers sent by the Boston lyceum
bureau to the oil region of Pennsylvania writes ::
''They gave me the queerest estimate Of an au-
dieaee here the other night ever heard. CAPITAL
house. said a man, upwards OF fifty tons Of
people in it, Quite seriously, too. Everything
goes by weight Singularly enough, these peo-
pie do not like hedrg lecturers.
The first annual meeting of the Dental alumni
association of Harvard was held at tue Revere
house, Boston, on the 18Th, and after the usuai
business they adjourned to bountilui repaSt'
were interesting remarks were made by the mem
pels Of the dental faculty and the earlier gradu-
anng classes. The election OF officers then took
Mace with the following result: President, DIR.
j. L. Goldman of Boston; Vice President, DR.. I.
Filcbrow of Lewiston, Me; Recording Secretary,
DR.. S. {. Jewell OF Boston; Treasurer, DIR. |. o.
Loveaud of Boston, who form an executive
committee.
An instance quite uncommon in medical ex-
perience happened in Cambridge few days ago.
Mrs Mary Carton, lady of seventy six years,
and who has, from no special disease, been bed
riddeu was the object of professional call.
While being assisted to rise, a noise resembling
the crack OF a whip was heard, and she imme-
diately sanR to the floor. 1t was feared both
thigh bones were fractured. No abrasion of the
skin or external mark; were visible. The frac-
tire is known TO the medical profession as
caused by muscular contraction, the result of
the long dsusc of the limbs. The advanced
age of the lady precludes the possibility of the
bones knitting.
The Boston Transcript has the following: A
laborng man of this city found n wallet last
week, the contents of which were valuable, and
evidently belonged to member of the general
court After considerable difficulty the owner
was found in the state house, and was quite pro
fuse in his thanks-addiug if it were a suitable
place u he would like to pray for the honest
mani As the finder was on his way ont, think
inc probably he should "brng forth fruits wor-
thy of repentance the legislator protfered the
finder dollar bill, and said he hoped he would
consider it "a liberal reward" Upon the assur-
ance that his hat-day's service in finding the
owner would have earned him dollar and a
half ut DAYS wages, fifty cents more were reluc
family parted with. The hero of the story evil
dently does not belong to the liberal party.
NORFOLK COUNTY,
Henry II. FaXon, of Quincy, has offered to
the voters of that town to give the town
1000. if they will elect board of officers IA
Vorable TO the cause of temperance, and who
viii do all in their power to prevent the sale of
ale and beer, his great object being TO see the
number Of beer and liquor saloons, and rum
shops under the head - groceries, diminished
There are now, he says, some fifty places in the
Town where intoxicating liquor is sold, and If
they sell $4,000 worth in year he considers
that they damage the interests of the town, di-
recty or indirectly, to that amount. He knows
that under Il temperance administration he can
save 81 900 wear in his own business. OF the
$4,000 offered he proposes that about $4,000
shall 80 to delray the expenses OF the town Of
ficers or, If the selectmen think itineXpedent to
use this sum 10 pay the salaries OF the town Of
GERS, they may use il for any good and moral
purpose, but no part of the money shall be eX
pended under the direction of any future board
OF officers who are not friends OF temperance.
The balance is to be distributed during the
months of November, December, January ami
February, by the selectmen, among the poor and
suffering people in the town, not supported in
the aimshouSe.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
AT the present term of the superior court for
Plymouth county, the case OF Willard Ames
against Sally Ames, 10 recover for board of the
defendant, was referred, by rule Of coart, in ac-
cordance with the agreement and wishes Of the
parties and their counsel, 10 a board OF five
referees, consisting OF one man and four women,
viz: Benjamin Howard, Sarah C. Hooper, Luz
cretla Proctor, Abigail 2. Ames aud Susanna
Pratt; the award of a majority Of the referees
10 be decisive and 6nal. The parties live in
West Bridgewater, as do all the referees, except
The one last named, who lives in North Bridge
water.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
Provincetown has voted 10 have superintend-
ent OF schools.
HAsIFDEN COUNTY.
Seth Stebbns, one of the first settlers of Chic
opee, whose wife Is daughter Of Joseph Chaplin
one of the original owners of the land on which
the village OF Cabotyille was begun, forty years
ago, recently made birthday present Of yalu-
able house and lot to each of ms two children
Hampton county is likely to have Il large
debt on its hands. Its new court house Will cost
5000; II viii have TO assume generous Dor
ton of thescOst of the new bridge between HoI-
yoke aud Sonth Hadley Falls, and also of the
purchase OF the ChicOpee and West Springfield
bridge. And now petitions are in circulation for
making the Springfield bridge free. By the
time all these Improvements are completed the
county will find itself with a debt Of not Iless
than 100000.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
The Orient Springs house, at Amherst, with
its beautiful grove aud medicinal springs, has
recently been purchased by DR.. Rhodes Of Bos-
ton, for $4,000.
Tue directors of The Massachusetts, Central
railroad have made the second assessment of
$40 900 upon the town oil Amherst PAYABLE
March /, but the Record says the treasurer ought
TO decline TO pay any more until the road is To-
Gated through the town, and he would he sus-
tanned by the people, who want to know where
the road is going before any more money is in
vested.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
NJ. +. Watkins Of Hinsdale has shipped this
season 200 tons OF hay to Hartford and Worces-
ter, and Dewey 4 McC alum $50 tons.
4 4 4 - a fIr
shipped from their shop to Il Philadelphia firm
a mammoth basket, holding sixty-eight bushels
It's probably the largest basket ever made.
X. l.. /. POmeioI of Pittsfield having Ten I'M
settled cases in court for violations of the lguor
law, has precipitatey fed 10 Troy, leaving his
bondsmen to look out for themselves
Al a festival in Lauesboro, a large and fine
looking loaf OF cake, put up at auction, was
struck off to Rev. Mr. Gilbert, Tor 81 80 1t
turned out to b. made OF sdw-dust, 4 fraud of
the most unpalatable kind illustrating the de-
eeitiulness Of human affairs.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The institution OF new lodge of the German
order Of Harugari took place at their aaIl on
Hope street, Greenfield, on Monday, coed
many OF their friends from Northampton and
Easthampton being present. The lodge is cali
I'd Sedan (2j5), d. .. II.
"A glass OF sin, ordered man al the North
field h0be, the other day. Then up spoke the
bar keeper: what am TO think OF man vino
votes Tor William B. Washburn Tor governor
aud then asks inc 10 violate the liquor law?
Not drop"
When tue aftern Don strain from Greenfield TO
Hoosac Funnel, Wednesday OF last week had
left Bardwelfs STATION and after crossing on 10
the Conway side Of the river, fox was seen a
snort distance in advance on the track The
fox seemed TO despise the power of the iron
horse for the race, and Kept the track Ii was
evident hat the engine was gaining in the race
and a'ier running about mile poor fox was
oyertaken and annihilated.
MAINE.
The Continental mill at Lewiston is TO be in.
creased to 1000 spindles.
Isaac Perry, who attempted to commit suicide
at the Auburn poor farm last week. is stilI liy-
ing and there are some chances for his r.cnyery
The railroad committee voted the netitinners
for charter Tor railroad from Slkogheyan "a
NorridsewOck leave 10 Orina in a bill
Leave was granted 10 withdraw the petition
OF the Portland and Rochester railroad 10 ex-
tend TO Bath. assi ~ ga
Deacon 5. DO5little and wife of Water,;iio
celebrated the uliieth ami, crsary Of their mar.
rage on the 18th. '''
The general superintendcnfs office of the
Name Central road has been removed from Al.
gusta to Portland.
An act eslablishinga school mill tax. a tax If
one mill per dollar ON all taxable properly for
Inc use oil common schools, has passed the sen.
ate.
Over hundred thousand acres of timher
lands belonging to the estate of the late sgm,,ei
III. Dale OF bangor are in the tnarl,nt M,