Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-07-01
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BOSTON AID VICINITY.


Mr.. Ira Cheney, formerly of the firm of Hunt
4 Cheney, wholesale dealer in boots and Shoes |
died last week at his residence, in Durham, n |
n. Mr. Cheney was seyenty-three years of age.
He aud his partner were the first wholesale boot
and shoe firm established in Boston.
On the night of the S1st of October last, Mr. |
John W. Smith, a merchant OF Stamford ar
rived in Boston, and while passing along Devon
Shire street, on bis way to the American house. |
he was knocked down and robbed of a gold
watch and chain, valued at $500. In a day or
two after, Thomas Watson, alias Charles Gil
man, was arrested for the offense, and suisse
queutly convicted in the superior criminal court
Exceptions were taken TO the supreme court
but were recently overrued, and Saturday
morning, Judge Bacon sentenced Watson to
imprisonment for twelve years in the state
prison.
The model horse car conductor has been dis
covered at last, and the Union railway, Boston,
has him on the Someryille branch of the road
This phenomenon among conductors answers
with the same seemingly inexhaustible urbani-
~, the thousand and one sensible and the ten
thousand and one foolish questions that are put
TO him daily. He does not get angry when pas
sensers attempt to engineer the bell and make
mess of it. He is gentemanly to all; polite to
the Young ladies'; but old ladies and superannu-
ated members of the other sex he takes under
ms special care assisting them on and off the
ears with as much respectful attention as though
they were members of the European royal fam.
lilies, instead of belonging to the great family of
American soyereigns. To any person who has
been subjected 10 the amenities of the average
tare'taker, it is a new experience to ride with
him.
In the presence of few spectators, at Mystic
park, about noon Saturday, the valuable horse
owned by Robert Bonner of New York and
named Joe Elliot, made the fastest time ever
given the public as that occupied in trotting a
full mile. For this feat Elliot was sent on, and
everything was done for him that could be by
those who had him in charge TO carry back TO
Sfq Iha fronl cla H.
est time upon il. The driver was J. j. Bowen
and over the planned course Elliot was sent to
the best advantage. he one-quarter pole he
passed and was noted there in 344, and by the
half in :074. With grand show he came down
the homcstretch and under .he wire in 2a5l.
The judges were c. Chase, Albert Worcester,
Lon Morris, w. W. Gomez, b. S. Wright The
time given and recorded is the slowest made by
any one time keeper.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
VIM. H. Nicholas LANDLORD of an Acton
boarding house, who had been robbed of S7S on
Tuesday, accosted Jack Lynch in Nashua, N H.,
wednesday morning, requesting an interview.
While he was hitching his horse Jack ran for
the river, plunged in, and, amid a shower of
brick-bats that Nicholas hurled after him. swan
to the opposite bank, where an officer took him
in hand. None of the money was found on
him.
The dwelling house of Seth Hall, in Dracut,
just beyond the limits of Centralville, in Lowell
was struck by lightning, Friday afternoon, and
damaged 10 the extent of several hundred dol
lars. The electric shaft struck it on one side
within foot OF where lightning rod assembled
TO the top of the building, setting fire TO the
front stairway leading to the second story and
partially burning it. A dozen pals of water
were put upon it before 1t was extinguished. 1t
stripped several square feet OF clapboards from
the building where it entered, and passed
through to the rear between the clapboards and
the ceiling, tearing both off at several places
II passed out through the kitchen partition,
throwing the plastering over Rody Farrell,
hired girl who was sitting near by and knock
ing her senseless. On its way out it reached the
conductor in the house and passed into a well
near by, breaking the pump in its downward
progress.
ESSEX COUNTY.
During thunder storm at Newburyport on
\ Friday, the stores Of Jenness Brown, j. b. Crea-
Nsey and Peter Romily, all in the same block, and
The house of Moses b. Jackson, were struck by
lightning, but no serious DAMAGE was done
Florence Reed Capt. Blake of
rriyed from fishing trip, bringing
the Shipwrecked fishing schooner
Martin, of Marblehead The Bows
upon Sable Island, May 20, and the
ken off that island, June 10, by the
rrHenSv need.
OF eight men drowned in Ipswich bay in the
storm of June 5, two bodies only have been re.
covered. One has been recognized as the BODY
of Mr.. Hiram Stubbs of Hampden Me-, mate of
the schooner NJ. NJ. Freeman; the other was
about five feet four inches in hight habited in
dark brown matched suit, with brown wooden
shirt and button boots, and is supposed to be the
body of one of the crew of the schooner Jane of
Rosien.
severei rainstorm passed over Lawrence,
Friday, accompanied by thunder and lightning
For about an hour the rain fell in torrents and
the wind blew a gale. The peals of thunder
were terrific. Three houses were struck Inv
lightning and considerably damaged. widow
lady named Hill, whose house was struck, was
rendered lnsensible, and on recovering con-
seriousness was found TO be partially paralyzed
A dog IN the same house was less Fortunate the
fluid killing him. During the shower the Their
mometer fell seventeen degrees.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
MIR. David q. Braman of New Bedford was at
tackled with heart disease and died instantly
Friday night.
Patrick Sullivan, switchman on the railroad
at Fall River, was trying to couple two freight
cars Friday evening, and was caught by the
"dead-woods" and terribly Jammed He was
picked up unconscious and removed to his home.
he was so badly injured that the physicians en-
terrain no hope of his recovery He is a married
man, about 35 years of age, with family.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
The custom house returns show that there are
j52 vessels, having an aggregate measurement
OF $3.50 tons, owned in the district of Barn
stable This IS iorty-four less vessels than last
year, but ii is said that number of vessels sold
out OF the district last year are being replaced
by others of a larger class.
horse dstemper is quite prevalent in SPRING
field just now, although few cases nave as vet
proved fatal.
Sheep killing is common with the dogs in
Ludlow this season. More than 500 worth of |
sheep have been killed already by them.
VIM. ii Cooley, wood carver thirty i've years |
old, was drowned Sunday afternoon, while bath |
ing in the Connecticut. VIM. w. Cummings. |
comrade, while trying to recusctate him. |
'sas sun struck and his recovery is very doubt |
full.
John Coffee, Boston and Albany railroad |
brakeman, was accidentally run over and killed |
bi a train at Mdde6eld, Sunday, his head being |
completely severed from his body
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
The abandoned asbestos mine opened in Pei |
ham last fall and then deserted has been re- |
opened by John Shaw and others, who shin the |
asbestos to New York, selling it readily for |
A nearly fatal accident occurred Saturday |
evening, 2Sd in front of the town hall in North. |
ampon, to the Lester Brothers, tight rome per- |
lOrlhers attached 10 Stalker & Hopkins troupe
Ihey were just closing a trapeze exhibition and |
Were hanging by their feet head downward 10 a |
-7ipflLontai bar suspended from a main rome |
wteh-stretched from The balcony of the town
hal to the upper windows of Rusfs block about
8O or 40 feet from the ground The bar hupo
about Y feet below this rope, which suddenly
gave way, preciptating both performers to the
ground The upper one was holding a rope at
iaehed to second trapeze, on which the other
PeuOflncf hun8. BON were badly bruised, and |
the upper man had his head gashcd and was
rendered senseess by the fall.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Pittsfeld man recently borrowed a neigh
Dors Sunday hat TO wear at his sisters funeral |
and after that melancholy occasion pawned the |
beaver for sundry drinks, and the lender had TO |
pay the shot before he could recover his cha |
peau. No more mourners need apply for that |
hat.
Capitalists have bought into the North Ad- |
ans marble quarry, just north of the Beaver |
mill, and with q capital stock Of 5000 900 this |
large and valuable ledge OF marble is soon to he /
worked. 1t is TO be furnished with large mills
for saving the stone, and all the marble will be
got ont in hugh masses by channeling the
process being run by machinery.
MAINE.
Ten years ago there were only ten families of |
French in Lewiston; now the French population |
is more than 400.
The vote Of Portland ON Saturday on loaDing |
the city credit TO the Portland and Rochester |
rotIr IN a of 4atr