Worcester daily spy., 1872-05-03
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John Crapeau, a Frenchmau, was bound owe
under 5000 by the Bostoupolic court, Wednes
dav, for attempting rape on little girl only iiY
years old.
A monster eel, twenty-seven inches long anC
nine in girth, taken from West End water
pipe in Boston, and turtle weighing twenty
five pounds, captured in sudbury river, were
exhibited at city hail yesterday.
The Franconia iron company's works at
Wareham, were destroyed by fire Yesterday.
loss 100000: insurance $4,000. One hun
dred and fifty persons are thrown out ot en-
ploymenf who were turning out 100 tons OF
manufactured iron per week.
F0rty-eight Thousand persons cross Charles
river and Warren bridges every week dav, on
foot in horse cars, Omnibuses and other vehicles.
SIX Il ouSand vehicles also cross daily. Eighty
six hundred and twenty-eght vessels passed up
tbe draw OF Charles river bridge in 1871.
Wednesday forenoon little girl only three
wears DID, named Elizabeth Leary, was left alone
bv her mother at their residence, in Boston
The mother was gone but an hour, but during
that time the daughter got 10 playing with
matches and set her clothes on fire, burning her
body so badly as TO cause her death at half-past
four in the afternoon.
The ship Agra Capt. Miller, reported by cable
as wrecked on a reef in the China sea. was
owned by Mr.. Nathaniel II. Emmons and 9TH
ers of Boston. She left Hong Kong on the 18th
of March, with valuable cargo for New York
She was built at Medford in 1862, and registered
s52 tons.
A member of the freshman class of Harvard
college, registered on the college books as Mil
lard Fillmore Weber, has been missing since
last week, and an investigation shows that be
owes various parties over $500; that the names
that he gave the faculty on his bond were
forged, and that he played the same trick upon
Trinity college in Hartford, CT. He gave the
impression that he was OF i wealthy family, fur
nished his rooms and dressed elegantly, paying
a high price for board, and cut figure general
". His debts are 10 ailOrS, the private family
where he boarded, the college and to fellow stu
dents Of whom he borrowed money.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
male infant was found dead near the fair
grounds in Lowell on Wednesday afternoon.
Coroner Pressey deemed an inquest unnecessary.
The executive officers of the New England
agricultural society have decided TO hold the
the next annual fair in Lowell, on the Sd, 4th,
5th and 9Th of September.
At Tyngsboro Ferry, near the depot Wednes-
day evening, a Mr.. hutchins, who resides in
Tvngsboro, was with horse and buggy, enter
inc the ferry at that place as the train was pass
inc. The horse ran through the boat into the
river and it was with difficulty that Mr.. Hutch
fnes was saved. The horse was drowned.
Manasseh Bailey, theyenerable Lowell Mason,
died at his home in Belyidere, Thursday morn
ing at the advanced age of ninety years. He
was probably the oldest Mason in the country,
having connected himself with the order six y
nine years ago, or at the time of attaining his
majority He was member of Pentueket lodge
OF lowell for a number of years, in which he
was a very prominent member He was ma
tive of Sterling, Mass.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The body OF Manuel Magill, who was drowned
last January. was found near Ashley 4 Terry 5
wharf, in New Bedford, by Antoine King, We'd
nesday.
Wednesday morning a fire occurred in the
mule room OF the Fall River mandatory, caus-
ing damage 10 the machinery and stock by
VfnfN1 saf.a aFaganF CIV nF n
thousand dollars. The FIRE will cause the stop.
page of the mill fol a short time.
Only two candidates presented themselves for
examination for the West Point cadetship in the
glt Of Congressman Butiinton, at New Bedford,
on Wednesday. They were Moses s. Tucker of
Dartmouth and Henry F. Clark of Hyanns.
Each sustained himself we'll The decision of
the committee is not made public.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
Boston parties have purchased Hog island, al
the mouth of West Falmouth harbor. The ISL
and contains fifty acres, and is 10 be laid outin
lots, and covered with summer residences.
HAMPDEN CoUETY.
The Republican is not done with Count Nit
kewez yet, it has got hold of his wedding Ger
tifcate which reads thus: Eugene Mitkiewcz
of Russia, aged 25 years, by occupation gen
tleman. He was born in ST. Petersburg, anG
was the son of John and Antoinette Mitkewicz
This will be his first marriage; and Caroline
Maiher Lester, OF Rochester, N Y, aged .;
years She was born in Rochester, N. Y , an(
the daughter of Ralph and Rhoda Lester
This will be her first marriage" The whole o
his alleged title is Count Eugene 0skar Emi
Constantine MitkiewicZ, son of Count Iva
ivanoviteh Mitkewicz eX-counselor Of state c
the Russian empire" On the very day of hi
marriage letter was received by Postmaste
Skinner, charging Mitkiewicz with obtaining q
gentleman at Omaha the cash for a draft TO
f240 on London bank, which draft turns ou
TO be forgery.
MAINE.
John Griffin, another Of the young men who's
boat swamped at Argyle boom, Wednesday, die
Thursday.
As freight train was leaving Vancebor
Thursday evening, brakeman named Davi
Bean was IknOcked from the roof of car |
the st. Cr0ix bridge, and instantly killed.
James OBrennan, a venerable son of Erin
now a resident Of Portland claims TO be de
cendaut OF "Nia the Great" who conquered til
Roman empire and broke the Roman wall ant
chased them to the "Alps" in 401. He claim
10 be the only IrSbman in Portland who ha.
worn the shamrock since st. Patrcks day
Blood tells.
A storm on Lake Winnebago recently drove
vast mass OF ice, twenty-five miles long, twelve
mites wide and three feet thick, ashore witt
such force that trees two feet thick were uproot
ed and large rocks carried rods from the lake
The ice was piled up forty feet high in many
places.
fire at Lisbon Falls, Wednesday night, de
stfOyed the AndIOscOggin house and tenemeni
connected herewith. The house was owned by
Wm. Small, Jr., and occupied by Stephen Small
Part OF the furniture was removed in damaged
condition. The loss is about $4,000, which il
partially covered by insurance The cause o
the fire is unknown, but it is supposed 10 hay
been from detective iues
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Moses +. Colby, Esq, Il veteran of the war 0
1912, died in Warner, Wednesday, aged eight,
wears, of cancer in the face
The Boston Traveller SAYS the New HamI
shire politicians who have gone TO Cincinnati
care no better representatives of public senr
ment Of that state than a Rye-beach pebbl
would be OF the Granite hills"
Some person who has a grudge against th
police justice in Newmarket, VIM A. SHACK
ford, vented his spite by clipping the tail OF Nj
SIS horse recently. The same horse had bot
name and tail clipped the night of the las
Fourth of July.
A good deal Of excitement exists at Walpole
occasioned by the finding of the body of
Frenchman, named Louis Dubois, who disap
peared early i'll March, and whose body wa
found ON Monday in a snow bank. There ar
evidences of foul play.
The store Of Wm. W. Weed of Sandwich wa.
destroyed by fire Wednesday night Most o
the goods were saved. A steam mill owned b,
MIR. Weed and occupied as a hoe, rake and fori
handle factory, was also burned. Loss $4,000
no insurance.
Edward Arett, a lad eight years old call ed a
the mills Of the Jackson manufacturing com
pany in Nashua, Thursday forenoon, to see hi
mother, and while looking down the elevate
was hit in the back of the head by the descend
ing platform and instantly killed His friend
are Canadians and have been in this cOuntr
but a few weeks.