Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-20
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Base ball: he'd Stockings OF Boston 4, Ha,
makers of Troy 2.
p S Gilmore has gone TO Washington c
business connected with the musical jubilee
Johann Strauss and his band will sail frol
Hamburg for Boston on the 25th OF this mont
In the Highland district Saturday w. II. Del
ton, carpenter, was killed by falling from
staging.
J.R. NJ. Mulaney will succeed Admiral Ste[ ,e,
man as commandant OF the C1arestoWn 1 ,; :
yard when the latter is placed upon the
list. .,,,..o.-
About O'Clock Friday evening Jd lH u Mu sbed
seventy years of age, was found hOiia,,ad the
rear of a house in Boston. Il h 10 disease '"'
the mans death resulted froE near uiSe',se
George Pike, carpenter az WeIh on lep' ~,
in the Parker house, sSro,,ob the we'll room n
H. ,n siu soor disance of seventy feet An
!" ~ ~ Vai' 1T?taI states circuit court at Boston
Saturday, Sawael A: Way appeared ana paia
IA eovernrneut $4,000, that being the unpaid
taIes Of s100, 900 assessed on tobacco irregu-
iarIv imported Mr.. Way has yet TO pay the
cosfs to the amount of about $500,
while other suits, based upon information
chained from his books, are being pressed
against him. One is for 100000, which he is
endeayoring to compromise with the govern
ment.
ESSEN COUNTY.
A female bigamist has just been arrested in
Lynn. who is a woman about thiry-siX years OF
was Phoebe Roberts. In October, 1851, she
married Samuel n. Mess, Jr., an employe of
the Eastern railroad corporation, nox residing
in Salem. Soon after her marriage with Mess,
and after having had one child by him, she left
for parts unknown, and only turned up al
Lynn in April last, in the character of bride
TO one Thomas Hitler, of Boston, but who was
totally unconscious of the fact that the woman
whom he had welded had a husband still living.
She waived an examination, but was held in
far ri al sr.t . s-
BRISTOL COUNTY
A live sturgeon, ten feet in length, caught at
Sconticut Neck in a trap, is on exhibition in a
dock at New Bedford. He was out of the water
over an hour, and was thought TO be dead until
placed in tie dock at the market.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
A design has been accepted for the monument
to Capt. Miles StandiSh on Captains Hip in
Duxbury. 1t contemplates a granite tower 100
feet high, 80 feet in circumference at the base,
and built Of blocks of granite TO height of 80
feet A column of rough broken granite, 20
feet high, will Surmount this, on the top of which
will be placed a statue of Standsh, about IA
feet high. Inside the shaft will be circular
staircase leading to the top. 1t is proposed
to expend $4,000, exclusive OF the cost of the
statue
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
The wife of Oliver Kelley, Jr, of Harwich,
committed suicide on the 18th inst, by drowning
herself in Flax pond, She had been insane for
some time.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY
well dressed young man who called himself
Howard, newcomer at the boarding house of
Mrs. Z. 5. Woodward at Northampton, event
through his fellow bOarders, Wednesday night,
robbng 0rrin Searle of $500 in notes, S25 in
cash and $3.50 gold watch, and another boarder
OF silver watch and So in cash Howard
left on the carly train, and Mr.. Searle at once
started IN pursuit and himself arrested him on
Friday at Pittsfield, recovered his watch and
money, and escorted the thief back TO North
ampton
MAINE.
At Belfast the work of building large shoe
factory, 200 by 80 feet, has begun glue and
bone grinding factory is in course OF construc-
ton, and soap factory has been started.
An unsuccessful attempt was made by pris-
oners on Sunday evening, 18th, 10 escape from
Wiscasset jail. They seized the turnkey during
his evening round, but the noise drew assistance
TO the spot, aud the men were easily secured.
Charles Bonney, of Buck6eld. had his hand
badly crushed, having had fourteen river driy-
ers boot corks driven through it. He was
caught in a Jam of logs in New Hampshire
which he was assisting TO start, and was rescued
by the foreman of the drive, who unayoidabl,
stepped on his hand, but saved his life. Their
were 100000 of logs in the river.
On Saturday morning, the 18TH the west enc
OF the bridge crossing the river at Carbon be
gan to settle, and soon after one entire spaI
t0ne-third OF the bridge) 100 feet long fell into
the water and drifted down stream. This bridge
was built two years ago by the town of Lyndon
with the aid of the state, and cost $1,000. The
loss to the town at this early date is a serious
one, as it will cost $1,000 to replace the part de-
stToyed to say nothing OF the loss of trade to the
merchants of the village from the other side of
the river.
Mrs. Daniel Smart of Sweden was found dead
IN her bed wednesday morning, Sth inst She
received letter from her husband, who was at
WORK in Massachusetts, about twelve O'Clock
Tuesday night, which was brought from the vii
lsge by her son. She read it and went to bed
Soon after this time her daughter got up TO see
TO a small child and tried TO awake her mother
out not succeeding and the child being quiet
went to her room. In the morning she was
found dead with the letter still in her hand and
old.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
W. n. Blair, eX-state senator, and a promi-
heht New Hampshire republican politician, died
Of consumption Saturday at his residence in
Compton.
Troy has a pair Of golden robins who have
hung their nests for sixteen years in the same
tree Certain marks show the birds TO be the
very same.
The assessors returns for Nashua for 1872
gives the valuation of real and personal estate
At S4,95S,296; polls, S26S ,0OO total, SIS 221 1896
Galn on real and personal estate over last year
$4,000 Loss by the reduction on polls, S1S1 !,
oVO. Inc rate Of taxation is fixed at So .45 on
each 500 of valuation.
The body Of Thomas Cullen. who was drowned
IN the Mernmack at Suncook some time ago,
was found at HOoksett, Saturday.
steam saw mill in Deerfeld was DESTROYED
Sy hre on the 18th inst. 1t belonged to Wallace
Ouhlap OF Manchester. Insured in the Andes
company for $1,000.
VERMONT.
The town of Barre, in fulfment of a contrac
win the Vermont Central railroad has voted Il
give SSo,O0O of the money raised by bonding tn,
Town outright for the completion of the Barre
Tallroad, and to turn over the stock 1865 .O0O) Il
the builders Of the road
CONNECTICUT
A man named Thomas Mccormack of Hart
lord died in Manchester, last Monday from IN
effects OF an overdose of hydrate of chloral. II
had been in the habit of taking it for the pul
pose OF relieving his pains, and while his a
PENDANTS were out of the room he found the DO
lie and drank about three ounces of the soil
non. He fingered sixteen hours in state {
Inconsistencies.
house and barn on Grow hill, West Staffor
owned by Dana Cady, was burned Thursda
afternoon, and the flames communicated 10 oh
woods and burned over about 100 acres of WOO
and sprout land. The fire is supposed to hay
Deen set by children, and the loss will foot nj
S5O0O. About l60 cords Of wood belonging Il
the vermont Central railroad were burned, th,
same afternoon, at Jewett's crossing, West Stat
ford. '9''-
The Yale crew as it is now rowing is: Day.
tstroke,) McCook, Flagg, Cook Gum, Adee'
tDow) The dissatisfaction with the action OF
the convention is unabated Both at Harvard
and Yale this year two or three of the best oars
men are not connected with the academcal de-
partment, and by the ruling of the convention
cannot row in the college regatta. But for the
actionof the college convention the crew would
nave been: Davenport, S. S. s., (stroke,) Nc.
Cook, Buck, 5. 5. s., Day, Coggswell, S. S. S.,
Adee, bowl -
The Norwich Bulletin says 'Iuther MAYNARD
VINO llYes IN Ledyard, was visited Thursday by
some friends from New London. A discussion
arose, and Mr.. Maynard introduced a Knock
down argument with hoe The visitors were
convinced and retired. Mr. Maynard, thinking
they might return with party, and fearing his
presence might embarrass the strangers, pru.
nenlly took to the woods. He is now supposed
70 De ~ the vicinity of the summer teahouses
on the banks of the Yanktsekiang.
-. me Hartford Courant gives an account of a
ilIlle iea-table performance at boarding house
10 that city on Thursday evening, which was
atten1ed with results of disagreeable nature.
discussion arose between three of the board
eIs, and was broken off by the flight OF a tea.
CUP whch struck one of the conversationalists
ana ana threw him back in his chair so far that his