Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-03
Gdrurttster Daily gpp.
New England News Summary.

marble tablet TO the memory OF Dr. Samuel
Gregory has been placed in the hall of the New
England Female Medical college in Boston, by
order Of the trustees.
VIM. Jones, a colored man, "a years of age,
sentenced to the state prison in 1869 for break
ing and entering in Boston, died in the prison
hospital Sunday night, of consumption.
Mr.. John H. Foster for many years OF tue
firm Of VIM. II. Foster & Co., died in Boston on
Saturday night, at the age Of IS. Mr.. Foster at
the time of his death was president Of the Atlas
bank, and has long enjoyed the respect OF the
community.
Hugh Ross went into Boston lager beer sa-
loon yesterday, as well and healthy as ever be
was in his life, and came out with his head all
bruises aud covered with blood. man named
John Crow worked away diligently with club
while Hugh was in there, most of the time upon
the latter's Uranium.
The German corvettes Vineta and Gaelic,
now at anchor off Long wharf, Boston, are on
practice cruise and will remain several DAYS.
Each carries 20 guns and 400 men. Each has
nine boats, including steam launch. There is
a band on the Vineta.
Last October q prominent insurance man
from an adjoining state was garroted in Devon
shire street, Boston, and lost valuable watch,
and the thief received twelve years imprison-
ment. Yesterday, through the medium of
Catholic priest and confessional, the watch was
restored TO its owner.
AT the meeting of the New England Historic
Genealogical society in Boston, tomorrow, Rev.
George d. johnson of Newburyport will read
paper upon "Dr. Samuel johnson Of Connect
cut, in which many new facts concerning the
early history of epscopacy in New England will
be brought out. DR.. Johnson was alterward
president Of Kings college, New York, now Co
lumbia college.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Mrs. Henry Waldron, widow of the engineer
who was killed by the accident on the Fairhaven
railroad few weeks ago, has instituted suit
n r H..
corporation, damages being laid at $4,000, on
account OF the loss of her husband. Her counsel
are Benjamin F. Butler and Z. L. Barney.
A pair OF valuable chestnut horses, owned by
Or. ). T. Hubbard of Taunton, and pastured in
Berkeley, were stolen on Wednesday night, and
run OFF to parts unknown DR.. H. went 10 see
his horses, and discovered his loss for the first
time. The horses were seen in Assonet village
on Thursday, in charge Of stranger, and all
trace OF them is lost from that point.
VA large excursion train, with the st. Lawrence
Roman Catholic Sunday school on board, came
IN collision with the up freight train on the New
Bedford and Taunton railroad, Saturday at 80
P. M, at Howland's Station. The freight train
was standing still, and the excursion train was
going at reduced speed. By good luck there
was no loss Of life, and no personal injury
hardly worth mentioning Both engines were
considerably damaged, and the tender Of the
passenger train was thrown off the track. The
TWO trains came squareiy together, and it is a
wonder that there was not fearful catastro-
phe. The collision, it is said, resulted from
Misunderstanding among the employees of the
road.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
Fifteen gunncrS to one bird is the proportion
OF sportSmen to the feathered bipeds on the
Provincetown meadows.
As the afternoon train from Woods Hole on
the Old Colony railroad was passing through
Quincy on Friday, the step of one of the cars
struck an intoxicated man lying beside the
track, killing him instantly. His name is not
known, but by his clothes he was recognized as
an inmate OF the sailors home.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
A little Springfield boy, six years old came
INTO ms mother paror, short time since, and
finding visitor there, began telling her about
his school. "Now," said he, would YOU be-
lieye it? there are boys that 20 to school who
actually steal apples. Now ! would not steal
for good deal, but I'd steal for S100, wouldn't
you"
A Springfield policeman found well dressed
but badly intoxicated man on the street Sunday
night, and took him TO the station house. He
said his name was G. L. Prentss and that he
came from Orange, where he was member of
the Baptist church. He went into an eating
house somewhere in the city, and drank several
glasses Of ale, and, as some Of his money was
missing, thought he must have been drugged
and robbed.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
MIS-. refer Chanon, who recently died at
Ware, had been married twenty-six years and
was the mother of twenty-five children.
ware mas a young lady Of twenty years. who
stands SIX feet and two inches in her bare feet
and another Of twenty-ionr, who weighs 400
pounds.
One of the boarders at the Florence hotel at
tempted suicide on Friday evening by cutting a
deep cash across the veins of his left arm with
razor. The man was discovered by a fellow
Doacder, who happened to enter the room occu-
pied by the unfortunate individual, and found
MN lying upon his bed, nearly insensible from
loss oil blood, and but for the timely assistance
OF his visitor he would doubtless have soon bled
10 death. No time was lost in securing surgi-
cal aid, and the flow of blood was arrested so
that the man will recover. Whiskey is be-
ieved to have prompted the act
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
A Grant and Wilson club was formed at Pitts
held on thursday, with Edward Learned, ESQ.,.
as president, and long list Of vice-presidens
among the latter are one German, two cOlored
men, member of congress, brigadier-gener-
al, hall dozen millionaireS and one eX-liberal
republican.
MAINE
Several families in Portland have organized a
cooperative boarding house.
The body of Timothy Lynes, drowned at Pa
shaw, Sunday, was recovered yesterday
Mr. Frank Patterson of Ellsworth, in an af-
ieehonate transport, flung a billet of wood at
jail.
The commissioners for building the new cap
ltol at Albany, N. T., have made contract with
the Hallowell granite company at 81 80 per
foot
A few days since Evan S. Kilgore of Newry,
lad about dozen years of age, was chased
rom the field, within Il few rods of his fathers
house, by bear.
Miss Florence Sargent of Boston, about seven
Teen years OF age, was thrown from a wagon in
Eliot, on Friday last, and so badly injured that
she died on Saturday: Miss Sargent was visit
ing some friends in Eliot, and while taking a
short ride with her uncle the horse took fright
and ran away, resulting as above stated.
The navigation OF Royals river has recently
neen greatly improved, under the direction Of
Gen. Thorn, United States engineer. A chan
mel has been dredged for a width of over 100
feet, and to a depth of five feet at ean6ow
wafer, enabling vessels TO 20 up TO the wharyes
Of Yarmouth drawing 148 feet at high water
A little boy, son of Geo. f. Huckins, living
IN me eastern part OF the town of Presque Isle,
Was fatally injured few days since MIR.
hucklnS lett his OK team at the door for a few
minutes, IN charge of little ten-year.old bow
when little sx-year-od Charlie ran out and be-
gan 10 climb into the cart. The oxen started
suddenly, throwing him down, and the wheel
PASSED directly over his head
A certain firm in Farmingdale have deyeloped
quite business in the sturgeon fishery. They
eaten them with nets in the night, and tie them
with ropes round their tails TO gundalo an.
ehored in the river, till "boat day," when they
dress them and send them TO Boston and New
York In the height of the season they get two
tons week, which they sell for about 500
ton.
A sailor named Martin N. Welch, belonging
70 Inc schooner Diana, Of Belfast, has been an
Invalid Tor several days past upon his vessel but
at iehgth, becoming insane, was removed to a
mousse 70 await conyalescence and removal 10 his
nome at belfast, where his mother, sisters and
Drothers reside. Daring one of his paroxysms,
SUNDAY afternoon, be found his way TO a third
Story window, from which he jumped and was
instantly Killed The body was placed in charge
oi an undertaken, and will be sent home.
Inc IRON bridge across the Androscogein AT
brunswick Is completed, and Is a very fine
structure. The ultimate strength of iron in
tension IS guaranteed 10 60 900 pounds 10 the
square inch Of sectional area and is all tested at
ZO,0OO pounds TO the square inch. The most
weight that can by any possibility be cot upon
the DIldge at any one time will NOT exceed 10000
pounds TO the square inch, and the average
weight will be considerably less. Ii was inst
iorty days from the time that the order was
given for the iron to the time Of its completion.
ready for use
One Of the boldest robberies that ever occurred
in Bangor took place at the corner of York and
Ilne streets, one OF the most public places in
the city, Sunday The victim was Mr.. James
shea, New Brunswicker and engineer in Pal
lner q JOhnsOn's steam mill at Brewer He
was walking down the street when he was ac.
cOsted by three men, who asked him for some
tobacco. While he was fpplfuO in HE ,,n.Jo.