Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-04
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Now FngIaud News summary.
RosroN AID VICINITY.

New England News summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.
Members OF the state police from Suffolk |
comfy made Major Jones a present yesterday |
in the shape of an elegant gold watch and |
chain.
Charles 5. shepard, clerk for Carpenter,
Woodward S Morton Of Boston, was held in
$4,000 for trial, Yesterday, charged with stealing
money from his employers.
The stable connected with Greenlaw & Gibbs
coal vard, Jamaica Plain, was burned yesterday
morning, with ten horses.
The largest ritied gun ever fired on this sure
and tirm-set earth is now mounted at Nut isl
and in Boston harbor, where its inventor, Mr.,
Norman Wizard, is preparing to amuse himself
with few experiments on gigantic scale, be-
fore Christmas
MIpD1EsEX COUNTY.
g. Y. Page. a prominent stove dealer in
Lowell, died suddenly Wednesday evening,
while sitting in his chair in his store on Merri-
mack street. At few minutes prior to his
death be was in unusually good spirits His
disease is thought TO have been apopleXv. He
was about So years OF age, and leaves widow
and two children.
The Mernmack River Baptist association met,
Oct. >, in the First Baptist church in Lowell.
The annual sermon was by Rev. J. Rounds of
Holden, from Daniel ill.,, 1925. Rev. G. W
Bosworth, d. D., Of Haverhill, was chosen mod
orator, and Rev. J. B. q. Pidge clerk, when
prayer was offered by Rev. Ii. A. Cook of Dos
ton. The letters from the churches were of
cheerful nature, 152 having been added by bap
tiSm during the past year, and the whole session
was one Of social and spiritual profit.
ESSEX COUNTY.
While attempting to arrest Maurice II. Dear
born, and Franklin kimball of Lawrence and
John Ames OF Reading, at Methuen yesterday
morning, officers +. g. Knights aud John W
Cooper were both shot in the arm by Dearborn,
who fired five shots at them. The parties were
arrested after much difficulty, the officers being
obliged TO use their billies freely.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Young man, about twenty years old, was
found in the road leading from Westfied 10 East
mountain, Saturday night, apparently drunk.
Ii was soon discovered that the man was not
intoxicated, and physician was called TO eX-
anime the case. The youth had apparently but
partly recovered from q severe fit Of sickness,
and by taking cold had become insane. He is
unable to give any clue his to history, but some
times states that he came from Baltimore, and
again from Norfolk and New York. The suit OF
clothes which he wore were fashionably made
and of good material, and tile name of James
Mckabe, 10 which he answers, is stamped on
his pants, which were OF a small checked pat
tern. He is apparently well educated and IN
used TO manual Labor.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
house in Northampton, owned by Mrs.
Thomas Rogers, was destroyed by fire on Tues
day night Loss $500; insurance $1,000
MAINE.
There are about % 900 600 feet of lumber in
the Bangor docks now
A well dressed young woman, revoltingly
drunk and reellng in the streets, was specta-
Gle offered the citizens of Bangor, the other
day.
Benjamin W Hewes, Bowdoin sophomore,
fell from the roof OF the Maine hall at Bruins
wick 10 the floor distance of 40 feet, Tuesday,
and was not killed, nor were any bones broken,
though it is feared he sustained severe internal
injuries.
A three-master schooner Of 316 tons burhen
was launched yesterday, at Bath, by MessrS.
Goss & Sawyer, named Thomas W Ravens. She
was bullt entirely OF oak, and is owned by Mar
Gus B. Brown, O. Il Bishop and Others of ORR
ent, Long Island, and Capt 5. II. Racket who
will command her.
A Newfoundland dog belonging to A. B. New
man. assistant lightkeeper at Mount Desert saw
Mr.. NewmM's little child carried off into the
waves by the undertow the other day, and not
only brayely rescued him, but tried to resusc-
tate him after bringing him to shore. The child
was kept alive until help arrived by the animals
noble efforts.
Quite sensation was created in certain cir
Giles at Portland Wednesday evening by the
report that q young man belonging 10 a very
respectable family had committed suicide by
taking poison. There was a rush for his rea
tives and quick call for physicians. Emetics
and sharp lecture was followed by the young
man being carried home in coach, apparently
free from any poison except poor rum il indeed
he had taken anything OF a violent nature into
his stomach, as he said he had. 1t was a repeti-
ton OF the old story, last living, corrupt women,
discovery, hash money, and all that sort OF
thing. The last act was supposed to be put
up job to eXtort money from reluctant parent.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Anna Dickinson made the ascent of Mt.Wash-
ington on foot the other day.
The nineteenth annual meeting of the New
Hampshire state teachers association will be
held at Plymouth, on Thursday and Friday, Oct.
"a and %
Rev. Benjamin R. Hoyt, the oldest ordained
minister OF the Methodist Episcopal church in
New England, died yesterday at his residence in
Salem.
The clothing store of j. Frank Seavy of Dover
was entered Wednesday night by four thieves,
and between eight hundred and thousand dol.
lars worth of goods taken. A policeman dis
covered and gave chase TO the roaues, capturing
one and lodging him in the station house He
gave his name as George Wilson of Salem and
says Two Of the Others belong in Salem and one
in Lawrence.
VERMONT.
John A. Braey, young man Of 20, was killed
while Stacking cars at Montpelier junction,
Tuesday ngbf.
On Thursday last, John Wright and Lelan
Thompson, ofPownal killed large black bear
which weighed 403 pounds, which makes the
third bear captured by them this season.
CONNECTICUT.
The republican boys in blue while parading
in New Haven last night, were attacked by a
crowd Of Greeley sympatbizers, and one man
was seriously injured
New Haven policemen are bothered by visitors
to that city, who ask questions of the officers
concerning localities, points Of interest, &c.
Very likely something will be done about it. for
the matter has been presented to the public
through the newspapers.
Mi. John Durand, formerly Of the Hartford
and New Haven railroad, and for many years
superintendent of leading western roads, has
lust mace an engagement to take charge of the
lex as Central road, the main railroad line Of
that state.
Charles erritt, brakeman on the night
freight from New DIRK to New Haven, got hif
LOOT caught 10 switch at Fairfield, some time
between midnight and TWO o'clock Thursday
morning, aud being unable TO extricate himself
was struck and killed by the locomotive.
~ mas been suggested that the $1,000 which
M'99ie e hqnor dealers have paid for licenses
snall pe set asi9e as separate fund to be APP
plisu " ny Ie.lel Oh la!llles VINO receive IN
as. or u ~, oaasss l5sutIS rom inc drunken
ness 81 nose upon Whom they are dependent for
~ - 4 PoIleu tuat MessIs' buIf are TO retire
IiGlf ine mem OF tne Hartford Times,
NJ On agCount oI lne III health OF the senior