Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-13
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N,v EnsIaud News SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

Boston. and will trouble the citizens of that IN
fortunate town for two months at least.
Senator Sumner is expected in Boston ines
day morning. lie has not yet accepted any OF
the numerous invitations to participate in the
campaign.
Samuel G. Bowdear, senior member Of the
old -four firm of s. G. BOwdlear CO., died last
SATURDAY. of inflammation of the bladder, after
an Illness of six days. He was q native of Bos-
ton and was in his SiXticth year.
The last statement of Nelson johnson, hard
character who recently died at the Chicago hos
pital duplicates a negro barber who used to he
intimate with one Tom Ainsley, painter in
Boston. as the murderer of the Joyce children
in Bussey woods.
The Boston Traveller says the sensational
Chicago story about the Bussey woods murder
is not to be believed. 1t further says that in
the present condition of affairs publication of
what has been and is being done in regard TO
this murder would defeat the ends of justice
and overthrow the work which has occupied the
officers for long time. Suffice it to say, then,
that the officers have been quietly weaving
network of evidence around one man, whose
every motion is watched aud who, ere long, Will
certainly be placed on trial for this murder,
Whether be can be legally found guilty or not,
depends. Ii is au almost moral certainty, how
ever. il one may be convinced by circumstantal
evidence that he and he alone committed this
most dreadful OF all the crimes of modern date.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
The town Of Franklin has voted $4,000 to-
wards the proposed railroad connecting that
town with Bellingham, and $4,000 more
has been pledged by individuals.
James White of Foxboro, who, for some weeks
past, has been partially insane, and for whom a
general search has been made, was found dead,
Friday afternoon, some twenty rods back of the
house where he was residing. He had probably
been dead four or five days. Indications were
that he fell in a fit and was unable to cali for
assistance. Softening of the BRAN was the
cause of insanity.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
The houses OF Louis Fletcher and o. W. Allen,
in Marlboro, were struck by lightning on Sun
day last. The occupants were unframed.
The Japanese embassy, who visited the shoe
factory of Boyd s. Co., in Marlboro, last week
witnessed each operation performed in the man-
tacture of three pairs of shoes, the first pair
being manufactured in thirty-three minutes, the
seconds, and the third pair in thirty-three
minutes and eleven seconds. Fifty-one hands
worked on each shoe, so that 1913 persons were
employed in the production of three pairs,
which were placed in the hands of Justice T..
KIDD, and received by him and his colleagues
with evident pleasure, as Il souvenir OF their
visit. The visitors seemed greatly pleased and
interested in what they saw. but, more es.
pecialy in the machines for attaching the soles
TO the uppers with cable screw wire, and for
quilting them with malleable iron wire, and also
with those for simultaneously cutting the pegs
aud driving them into the sOleS, and for instan-
taneously fixing the heel in its place. The last
named machine was regarded by them with the
greatest interest.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Benz. F. Butler heads the Gloucester deega-
ion to the republican state convention.
Rev. Thomas Tracy of Newburyport died on
SUNDAY, aged ninety-One years.
Tho Crppiay forces nadn | a livalv Co
urday, the occasion being the hanging out OF
four campaign flags. j. K. TarbOx of course
spoke, and alluded TO Greeley as "the glorious
old woodchopper of Chappaqua."
Fifty of the leading shOemakers of Lynn
representing seven-eighths of the capital, have
signed paper agreeing not TO employ mem
Der of the CTispin order in any work or part Of
the work connected with the manufacture Of
shoes. The Crispins, on their part, have voted
10 withdraw from the Lynn savings bank all
the money standing to their credit, amounting
IN the aggregate TO about 81 100000, which
sum, the CrSpIns claim, is largely controlled by
manufacturers in real estate and other business
transactions.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The new freight depot of the Taunton Branch
railroad, in Taunton, to obtain site for which
the company paid over $4,000 for land and
buildings will he 200 feet long and 80 feet deep,
and located about go feet from Washington
Fall River now has in operation thirty mills,
containing 100000 spindles, representing some
S25,O0O,00O capital, and employing some ,00O
operatives. The success of the mills there has
been almost unprecedented. In addition to the
mills already built, twelve or fifteen more are id
progress and projected. The fact that it ha:
direct water communication with New York
and that it is at the terminus of great steam
boat line, is Of much advantage in furnishing
ample facilities for shipment. Fall River is no
only the largest cotton manufacturing town in
New England, but in America, and its future
bids fair 10 exceed its present as much as its
present exceeds its past Its recent rapiG
growth would indicate that it may, at no dis
tant day, eclipse Manchester itsef-the greatest
cotton manufacturing center on the globe"
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The valuation of Palmer is 81 ,379 900, an in
crease of $4,000 since 1S71 rate of taxation
81 81 per 500.
The new and dreaded horse disease, eerebro-
spinal meningities, which has made great havoc
among the equines in New York and some other
cities, has at last made its appearance in Spring
field, horse belonging to Ii. G. Lombard hay.
inc died from il on Saturday.
While firing salute at a Grant flag raising in
Westfeld, on Saturday, Edward Brewster lost
his right hand and Wesley MiXter his left arm
by the premature discharge of the cannon. Both
are Young men, under 80, and married; Mixter
having two children. Both serve hOnOrably in
the army; Brewster in the 9th regiment and
Mixter in the 34th company G. He was for
eight months prisoner at AndersOnville. John
Anderson, who had his hand over the vent-hoe
when the accident happened was severely burned
ON face and hands.
The Bay State excursonists arrived at St.
John Friday night having been iog-bOund for
three days at Mt Desert.
nodgdon was severely injured by a violent hail
eff faat no oI,y
cut up, and in some cases hail-stones were i'm
bedded in the earth TO the depth of foot.
john McCunn, hotel burglar belonging in
Woodstock, was detected and arrested early
Sunday morning, while in the act of steal
ing two gold watches from the sleeping.room OF
Mr. Mclaughlin, in the franklin house, which
he had entered by means of tools which were
found in his possession. He put up at the hote
the day before. On Thursday he stopped at the
the Exchange, from which he stole two silver
watches aud other articles during the night
He was committed to Jail to await the action o.
the grand jury, which sits on Tuesday next
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
As many as 100 bushels Of blueberres are
sent on some days to Boston, on the Suncook
valley road.
John Bennett, Esq, prominent citizen of
Portsmouth, ripe in years and highly respected
by the whole community, died at his residence
in that city, Saturday evening" aged 49,
The body of Abigail Weeks, aged Sc, was found
near Sand hill, Concord, Saturday. It's supposed
she went out to walk, and losing her way per-
ished from exposure.
The barn of John B. Hull, in Dover, was
struck by lightning on Sunday and wholly con-
sumed together with the other outbuildings, be-
sides seriously damaging the dwelling house
All the furniture was safely removed from the
house, but was badly damaged by the rain
winch iell III torrents at the time. The barn
contained about % tens of hay, which, with
some of the farming tools, was DESTROYED.
The loss is estimated at about $4,000. No in
surance.
The largest apple tree in New England has
lately been lelled. II was in Londonderry a
few miles below Manchester, and was supposed
TO Toe nearly two hundred years old il was
broken down by the storm of the fourth of
Jnly, about ten feet from the ground, measur-
Ing twelve feet and a half in circumference at
the point where it broke. 1t was a prolific tree.
yielding one year sixteen barrels; and at The
time OF its destruction was loaded down with
fruit.
On Friday Horace Greeley rode with Colonel
Iappan to Sunapee mountain, visiting the ex-
caYatiOn at the Summit ledge in Newbury on
the Sugar River railroad and also a new hotel in
progress OF erection a mile below the TOP. near
Chandeliers station, which commands a 6ne view
Of Sunapee lake, the Connecticut river valley.
dc. Saturday morning they rode TO the Wins.
low house on Kearsarge mountain, where they
dined, returning to Bralford in the evening, a
drive Of twenty miles. He spent portion of
Saturday IN writing an agricultural address
winch lac is 10 deliver at the Vermont state fair.
lie attends 10 all his correspondence personally,
aud before nine O'Clock A. NJ Saturday, wrote
thlftN letters which were dignatc nv tho