Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-07-13
G0Iurttsttr Daily spn.
New Enrlnna New. summnr,.

Gen. A. Ii. Underwood Isl Ill at NSNtOus us
wound. received ST Lookout Mountain, has late
" re-opcned. and his condition is critical
SIS 600 Are ocs51fed in East Boston Friday
morning The buildings burned were owned by
Mr. w W. Bennett and occupied as a planning
mill and carpenters shops.
MrS. sarah F. Murch, female physician on
Harrison avenue, Boston, is under arrest and
S20OO0 bail charged with procuring abortion
on Young woman whose life is in danger.
Edward d. Barlow was sentenced to the house
of industry in Boston, Thursday, for being
drunk, but was so much weakened by the effects
of The liquor which he had drank that he
dropped dead on the wharf as he landed at Deer
Island. He was thlrty-hve years of age.
George WEIGH, teamster for Mr.. Libby OF
Boston, fell dead in front of the house OF Ter
ence Givin in East Cambridge, Friday morning.
He was probably taken with heaN disease.
woman named Sally Murray attempted to
commit suicide Thursday forenoon by drown
ing in small creek in the rear of Eaton'S black
smith shop, Boston. She was discovered by
some citizens aud prevented from accomplishing
her purpose. The story that she tells is
that she had been drinking and fell into the
water.
Mr. John Gorham, painter at work in Fan
euil hail, was engaged Friday in vanishing the
face of the staircase near the topmost landing,
and was standing upon a ladder, the feet OF
which rested on the balustrade of the next lower
landing. He had been at work in that position
but a short time when the foot of the ladder
slipped and caused him to fall to the lever flight
of stairs, a distance of about fifty feet, from
whence he rolled to the bottom. 1t was found
that his right leg below the knee was smashed
into fragments. Amputation will be necessary.
His right leg was also somewhat injured, and
he received internal injuries, to what extent
cannot now be ascertained. He is a young
man.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
John NJ Flynn of Graniteville, Thomas Gal
lagher of WesIlord Michael Connolly of Forge
Hiopp and Potter Me AuanqV Of Aver
before the police court in Lowell on Friday
morning, charged with making disturbance
and asSaultng the passengers on the Groton
train from Lowell on the evening of the 4th of
July. Each paid $40 and costs, and were dis
charged.
The city council of Lowell on Thursday eve
ming made an appropriation of $4,000 for cele
bratiHg the introduction of water into that
CITY, 1t is expected to take place at the time o.
the New England fair, to be held there in Sep
TENDER.
ESSEX COUNTY.
On Wednesday afternoon Il box sixteen years
old, named Frank Knights, of Reading, was on
a load OF hay, when he accidentally lost his
balance and fell upon the tines of pitclAork
with such force that they were driven complete
ly through his chest, passing between the ribs
and through the lungs. He was conveyed home
and physician called, but it is thought he
cannot recover
The venerable Thomas Appleton died at BEAD
ing on Thursday at the age of eighty-SiX years.
He was an organ builder of note half century
ago, most OF the instruments in Boston churches
at that time being OF his construction.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Mary Ann Moran, a Taunton girl Of IA, was
completely scalped, Tuesday, by her hair being
caught in a shaft. Her recovery is thought to
be impossible.
building in New Bedford, owned hy Benia-
min Rodman and occupied by Trip & Bacon,
carriage makers was burned on Thursday. The
latter was insured for $500.
Edward Corr, young man, had both hands
crushed on Thursday by being drawn into some
machinery by the Presbrey stove lining WORKS
in Taunton.
bloody row among a party of U. S. Sailors
en- route from Newport to Boston, took place on
Thursday previous TO their arrival at Taunton.
Ii was quelled by the courage and personal
strength of IL. b. Danforth and w. F. Wood
ward of Taunton, VINO entered the car at the
risk of their lives and oYerpOwered the chief
rioters The ringleader was landed at Taunton
and put in the police station.
Assistant Paymaster VIM. W. Barry, U. S. NJ
OF New Bedford, has been ordered to Key West,
Fla, on special duty connected with the North
Atlantic feet, which is now at that port On
the completion of the above duty he will return
to the Brooklyn navy yard, and will probably
be absent about three weeks
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
The officers OF the bingham savings bank and
OF the bingham insurance company, whose safe
came so near being robbed by burglars few
nights ago, have presented a handsome silver
pitcher, goblets and salyer to Mr. John Siders
as TESTING Mai OF their appreciation of his eff
fort in frightening the robbers away.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
wednesday night, 10th inst, Mr.. John Bat
telle, who lives in the westerly part of Dover,
woke up, and seeing bright light shine on the
Lot his house, looked!toward his barn to see it
IN flames. The barn, moving machine, express
wagon, harnesses, haying tools, valuable COW
aud cali, and about three and half tons of hay
NNar IN has lla l.vL ,.I
his horse and covered carriage out There was
heavy shower and sharp lightning about two
hours before, but no appearance of shower at
the time, nor do the people who know Mr.. Bat
telle believe him to have enemies that would ire
it out of spite to him.
DUKES COUNTY.
Portuguese labOrer was thrown from load
OF hay at Edgartown last Saturday, and his neck
was broker.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Springfield cemetery is to have a tomb worth
$4,000
The Republican says, the Agricultural crew
show their propensities, when they are not on
the water, by hoeing tobacco for the Agawam
farmers. They like the exercise and, after their
splendid victory last year, who shall say it isn't
the thingi
Rev. Henry c. Haskell for 10 years past
missionary of the American board in Turkey
has returned TO this country for the sake of his
health, and is stopping, with his family, with
friends in Springfield.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY
Mrs Abby b. Mills, the mother-in law of
Fernando Wood who was killed by falling from
window at Washington on the 4th, was buried
at Wllliamsown, her native place, on Monday.
The funeral was Of very expensive character
the coffin costing $1,000. Owing 10 family diff
cuties it is supposed she left bequest for Will
liams college.
MAINE.
Smali-pox has appeared in BROOKLYN.
Elisha Wadleigh of Parsonfeld, who died
July 9th, was in the 104th year of his age.
The announcement that the telegraph Off &c
- AT Dexter, was burned recently is untrue.
fe are the children OF the devil" was the
text OF a Maine divine in the morning and in
The afternoon he said, "Children obey your
parents"
While police officer was caring for an in
sane man at the American house in Lewiston,
Tuesday, the crazy fellow plunged out OF the
window, minus his clothing, and was only cap
tured after lively sklrmish
Fred Clifford of Fairfield started toward night
Monday, from the haying field for home with A
WOOD mower, with which he had been at work
all day. de was soon aterward found in the
road, dead, lying partly upon the machine with
ms clothes badly torn and body bruised IL is
supposed that he got caught in the gearing and
was drawn IN front of the machine and killed
NEW HAMPSHIRE
little son Of George F. Shedd of Nashua
was painfully injured in the abdomen last Sat.
urday night, by the bursting of a rocket
In Pittsfeld a small child of Mr. Webster was
frightened to death on the fourth by the dis
charge Of cannon.
Mary, wife Of Mr.. John Smaller of Columbia.
died on the 3D., at the age of twenty, from a sun,
stroke.
The house and barn of Reuben Wiley. at
Seabrook, were destroyed by fire on the 9th
inst.
While the Greeley guns were being dred in
Nashua, one of the eunners had hand blown
OF, which affair was damper on the enthusias
tic crowd, and stopped the firing.
At LATHE Bears Head, on the 9th, a MIRAGE
was seen, the houses at the shoals being dupIi
Gated each above itself and seeming TO come
close at hand. The mirage appeared and dis.
appeared at short intervals of from a few sec.
onds 10 two minutes.
very severe thunder showed occurred at
Portsmouth Friday afternoon, with a tornado of
wind aud very heavy rain and hail The Cutts
house, on State street, and the Clark house ON
vaughan street, were struck and slightly dam.
aged Many limbs were blown from tree. and
the roads badly quilted.
VERMONT.
The farmers complain Of TOO frequent sho,v
ers which interfere with their having.
Reading IS making extensive preparations ia
celebrate its centennial anniversary on the 2stb
Of August -''"
Mr.. Gabriel Patterson of Barton was thrown