Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-06-17
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BOSTON AND VICINITY,


BOSTON AND VICINITY.
Base ball at Boston Saturday: Bosious "A,
Mansfelds OF Connecticut 3.
Thomas Comfy was fined $685. at Chelsea
few DAYS ago for mutilahng and killing dog.
The International telegraph company, whose
wires extend from Boston to Bangor, have sold
out to the Western Union company
During the past twenty-tour DAYS 6il1 per-
sons have visited the cupOla of the state house.
The number is about the same as last year.
Monday will be great holiday in Boston.
The banks, custom house. public schools, aad
great many Of the stores viii be closed and bust
ness generally will be suspended.
A Boston dealer advertiseS every description
of garment for geutiemen's wear, made of paper,
anu imported from Japan. After expatatiug al
great length, he says: 1.-THE time is coming
when paper vests and paper coats viii be as
commonly worn as paper cuffs and paper col
lars, and We hope by another season to be able
TO offer an entire suit for fifty cents"
The Prussian band arrived at Boston Sunday
morning. The public reception will take place
this Monday morning, when the English band
is expected. The coliseum is completed and
ready for the grand opening OF the International
festival to morrow. Hotels, boarding houses
aud private quarters are rapidly filling with
visitors.
Arrangements have been perfected for a grand
public reception of the Prussian, English aud
Washington marine bands at eight O'Clock
Monday morning. The executive committee OF
the jubilee, various German, British aud Scot
tlsh societies, with several military companies
will form the procession, which will I've reviewed
by the mayor at city hall. A collation. will bC
furnished the bands at the Parker house.
ESSEN COUNTY.
Newburyport now employs 800 ship carpen
tiers; fifteen years ago it had 1900.
The vote of Bradford Saturday on annexation
was lS3 yeas to 123 nays. When the vote was
announced three rouSing cheers We're given ior
the union OF Haverhill aud Bradford. The ac-
ton of this city is yet TO come. The strong
affirmative vote of Bradford will tend 10 in-
crease the vote of the city for the union
DUKES COUNTY.
The whaling fleet of Edgartown is reduced to
three vessels.
Jerusha Higgins, poor woman at Wellfleet,
whose husband died lately, leaving her with ten
children to support, has been made possesSor Of
the homestead where she lives by the generosity
OF Walter Atkins of Franklin, N. H., who made
her free gilt of 4 mortgage for S610 which he
held against it. But for this kind decd she
would have been left homeless.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
A reunion of the 10th Mass. Vols. will be
held at Westfield, Friday, June u Arrange
meniS have been made with the Boston and
ALBANY railroad for free return tickets.
The Springfield Daily Union made its appear
ance Thursday afternoon enlarged, made up in
an improved style, printed on new type through
out, and with new heading. The new pre-
prietors start out with excellent prospects, and
thoroughly understand both the newspaper bust
ness and their field of operations.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
AT the recent election in the class Of 1878 for
class day officers for the ensuing year at Am
heTSt, VIM. V. W. Davis, Coldwater, Mich, was
chosen orator; Jos. b. Thrall, Galesburg, H.,
poet; Franklin S. Hatch, Amherst, Mass. grove
orator; Andrew j. Hirchl, Davenport, Iowa.
prophet; Arthur NJ. Bridgman, Amherst, Mass
odist; Leverett Bradley, Jr., Methaen, Mass,
marshal; Henry c. Haven, New London, toast
master. At the social union prize speaking of
the freshman class, the prizes glven for the
three best written aud delivered pieces were
awarded TO Moses Gay, StoughtOn, Mass, first
prize; l. ii. d. Headley, Charlcstown, Mass,
second; Daniel Kent, Leicester, Mass, third.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Williams college will be represented in the
great college regatta at Springfield Mass, on
the 231 of July, at which the seven leading col
leges OF the country will contend. After a
thorough trial, the crew has been selected and
authorized by the club, as follows: INV. Saun-
ders, 1878; IL. I. Scholl, 1878; j. +. Morden,
1873; F. Townsend, Jr., 1873; j. Gunster, 1874;
and +. Johnston, 1878.
MAINE.
A little boy of Mr.. George Newbegin, seven
years old, was drowned Saturday afternoon in
pond near his residence in Portland.
The Watervilie college boys have about given
over the practice of hazing. The president gave
them good talking to Saturday, and threatened
them with the penalty OF the law if they should
AGAIN attempt 10 repeat the offense recently
committed.
The house of Edward Z. Preble of Portland,
was badly damaged by fire Sunday morning;
insurance, $1,000 on the house and $1,000 on the
furniture. Two servant girls were compelled to
leap from window thirty feet from the ground,
and sustained painful although not fatal iu-
jures.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
The hOuSp of pau1 L
was destroyed by fire on THURSDAY Loss Gov
cred by insurance
CONNECTICUT.
Bret Harte is the guest of Mark Twain at
Hartford, Conn.
DIR. Edward T. Perkins, of Norwich, who died
recently in that sity, had very remarkable
career as an explorer of the Pacific, Society and
Georgian islands. He was profoundly yersed in
the island languages and dialects.
F. A. Hunt, who left the New York train at
New Haven, FRIDAY evening, gave signs of beiHg
unwell, and on being helped towards the station
house by two policemen, sank down, gave
gasp aud died.
A special town meeting in Hartford Saturday
refused unanimously 70 entertain proposition
coming fIom gentlemen interested in
the New York and Montreal railroad, to pur-
chase the stock Of the town $3.50 000) in the
Connecticut Western railroad.
The man who died in Durham the other day
from the effects of exposure, proves to have
been Mr. Moses, OF Hartford. The young man
was OF unsound mind and left his home May
oath. His friends advertised for him, but moth
ing was heard OF his whereabouts ull his death
was mentioned in the papers,
The Journal aud Courier say that resident
OF New Haven "has little turtle the size of Il
walnut, which he asseverates dropped from the
skies in front of his house when the rain was
pouring in torrents Friday afternoon" must
have come from the skies. We raise no walnut
shaped turtles here below
RHODE ISLAND.
corpse was set up against a tree in the
Catholic cemetery, in Providence, one day last
week, and photographed.