Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-24
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New England News Summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.
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BOSTON AND VICINITY.
The frigate Worcester was taken out OF the
dry dock yesterday.
Councilman David, of Boston, who shot off
one Of his thumbs cunning recently, died Sun
day Of eTysiplas.
The dwelling house and barn of Edward Gill
gan, in South Weymouth, burned yesterday.
Loss $500; ineendiaTy.
Charles Barney, servant of the commander of
the receiving ship Ohio, aOsconded from Bos
ton, Saturday, with $1,000, but was arrested at
New Haven and brought back. His case is re-
ferred 10 Washington.
Mrs. Catharine o'Maley of South Boston, who
threw vitriol on james McGoYern, was on Sat
urday sentenced to eighteen months in the house
of correction. McGovern has, after great suffer
ing, fully recovered his eyesight.
Byron A. Brown, deaf and dumb man
boarding at "A Chambers street, Boston, while
crossing the common Saturday evening, was
seized by three men near the old elm, and gar
roted in old fashioned style and robbed Of S125
in money. He could make no noise, and the
robbers escaped.
AT noon, Saturday, an unknown, middle aged
negro was found lying in North street. Boston,
in an insensible condition, BY an officer of The
first police who took him to the city hospital
where be died at four O'Clock Sunday afternoon.
There was nothing about him that would declare
his identity or indicate the cause of death, but
Coroner Foye has decided to make an investiga-
ZION.
&C., day evening a savage assault was COM
;3.S - a woman named Mary Moran upon
raor0, y Poa,. ers, in Cambrdgeport the wea-
pon used being large pair of scissors. The
woman was employed 40 MS housekeeper. Pre-
vious to the affair there was al aIleIcation oe-
tween the parties, the woman ueulauGlnS OF
Rodgers the payment of 50, which sac Chained
as being due to her. 1t seems that she had Deeh
drinking, and was bound to have row OF any
cost, and she at once began an assault with the
scissors upon Mr. Rodgers, stabbing him several
times in quick succession upon the head and
arm. Sunday evening the wounded man was
not considered in any danger, but was quite
weak from loss of blood.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
VIM. Laird, employed as Waterman in the
Merrimac corporation of Lowell, started with
his wife on Saturday evening to visit Brandon.
While waiting at Groton junction for connect
ing train they got below the station on the track
of the Stony Brook road and were struck by an
engine running into the engine house. Mr.
Lard's leg and wrist were broken and he was
otherwise injured. His wife had several ribs
broken. The fireman standing on the front of
the engine states that they stood and looked at
the head light and he called to them to get off
the track, but no attention was given to his
warning, They were taken to hotel and cared
for.
ESSEX COUNTY.
The annual parade of the Gloucester fire de-
partment will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 2.
The festivities will include inspection, parade,
trial collation. and dance. Music will be fur
nished by the Gloucester cornet band and Shaw
NUT band of Boston.
Charles French and Thomas Bowling of Lynn
got into a drunken fight Saturday evening over
the merits of two dogs. and French was badly
cut up with q iack-knife in the hands of Dow
ling, who is held in $4,000 TO await The result
of the cuts. He admits that he done the bloody
job, but pleads seli-defense in justification there
Of
Two OF the new signals lately adopted by the
Eastern railroad were put in operation Saturday
morning. They are at SwampscOtt station, are
situated a mile apart,and their manner Of work
ing is such that when the engine passes the first
one, red signal is displayed and remains Till
the other one is reached, when the rcd signal is
replaced by white one. The object is to keep
the trains a mile apart and the system will soon
be in operation on the whole line.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Scituate annually produces the largest crop
of Irish moss gathered in this country. The
moss boats CLEAN the entire coast from Boston
light TO Plymouth.
BAR&sTABLE COUNTY.
shark seven feet long was taken at the
steamboat wharf in PrOvincetOwn last week.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The party of fOrty-fiVe Chinese boys Just from
the Celestial Empire, who have come here 10
study, arrived at Springfield yesterday.
lad nine years old, son of Mr.. Blodgett of
South Monroe, while riding a horse from the
field on Saturday, was thrown by the animal
which also kicked or stepped upon him, fractur-
ing his skull in such a manner as TO leave no
hope of his recovery.
John Morton of Holyoke, employed in the
Hampshire mill at South Hadley Falls, met with
anarrow escape Friday morning. While rowing
across the river above the dam, on his way TO
his work, the force of the wind took the boat
over the falls, but steering clear of all rocks be.
low he came out right side up and went to work
as if nothing had happened.
The plans for a musical convention to be held
IN Springfield the second week in October be-
ginning on the eighth, are well advanced and
give promise of a fine affair This convention
will be under the charge of W F. Sherwin of
New York. Several distinguished Boston
musicians will be present, and the local talent
throughout Hampden county bid fair to be well
represented.
MAINE.
Mrs. Mary Sullivan of Portland was found
dead in her bed Monday. Heart disease.
In consequence of the drouth in May and
June, very few calves were raised in Maine,
mistake that is seriously felt now that he barns
are grooming with the great superabundance OF
hay.
Mrs. Sylvia Stewart of South Paris, a lady of
some property, has been missing since Wednes-
day. She left a note with neighbor on that
day, which was not to be opened for several
days, but he suspected something wrong and
opened it next morning, and found it to be a re-
quest TO him to collect some rents and retain the
proceeds until called for. The woods and waters
in that town have been searched, but no trace
of her was discovered.
The nelghboring Bluenoses, who buy their
drinks without molestation as they do other ar
tices of consumption have a horror of the
Maine laws governing the sale of liquor; and
some OF them are even afraid to drink out of
their own bottles while on the soil of that
str1ght-aced state. A few nights ago thirsty
CHAP stepped outside of a car in which he was
riding, and was Just in the act of bracng him
self up with pull at his pocket companion
when he saw the conductor coming. and mis-
taking him for a constable, he threw away the
bottle before having even kissed the nozzle On
learning that his ticket was all that was wanted
the provincial gave himself to unpleasant refec-
tons.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
A few days ago two young men, one named
wilton and the other Goodwin were committed
to jail in Concord, charged with stealing butter
from the Vermont Central cars. 1t has since
peen ascertained that the chief culprit was
brother OF Goodwin, a conductor, who left town
suddenly about week ago. His home is in
kingston, about two miles from Newton sta
non. Thursday evening dispatch was received
rom the station agent at Newton saying that
Goodwin was there. Officers Connell and Rand
al once went for him on an engine, arriving at
Lawrence at eleven O'Clock at night. They took
a team for Newton (sixteen miles) where they
arrived at four O'Clock Friday morning, and
then proceeded to the residence of Gocdwin's
father, and found that the bird had flown. If
seems that Goodwin was in the Newton depot
when the dispatch was sent, and it is supposed
ne saw It, as be told his father that such mes
sage had been sent to Concord, and Immediately
left for parts unknown.
VERMONT.
Inc new court house at Burlington is lust COM
pleted, at total cost Of $50 000 and is the finest
building of the kind in the state.
CONNECTICUT.
Michael Kelley was found dead in his bed at
Hartford Friday. Rum did it.
Inc New York Sun claims Mystic island as
belonging to the state of New York, but Con
necticut folks know better.
well-dressed Danburan, while at the Carmel
fair, Thursday, quizzingy observed 10 a strap
ping girl from the country" "This is very
hne fair we are having" and was courteously
met with the following rebuke; oWell, # i
bury Nel5s.
There is now reason to think that the man
supposed TO have been killed on the Shore inc