Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-01-13
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The Boston Journal says: president Dickin-
son of the common council was fortunate IN the
appointment of his committees, and made the
bos- of the material at hand" Rather ambigu-
ousi
Inc Golden Age asserts that the Rev. DIR. Gil
bert Haven of Boston mot only seeks to abolish
distinctions of color and sex, but wants to see
black woman president of thu United States,
and married to white maup Ii argues thence
that he can never be a Methodist bishop.
BosIon's trade in chemicals almost doubled
last year. The receipts were 1850 casks soda
ash, 794l casks bleaching powders, 1857 drums
caus,ic soda, 4347 casks sal soda, ,430 kegs
bi-carboDate soda. They are distributed prin-
cipally among the factories OF New England.
Rev. G. T. PentacOst has positively declined
the call from the Warren avenue church in BOs-
ton. He has in Brooklyn large, united and
liberal people. He has a salary of 5000 year,
and hrs going ont now would, IT Is believed,
have damaging effect on his present charge.
The Boston committee tried to induce MIR. PEN
taeost TO hold the matter under aivisemenI ior
thirty days; but he declined TO do so, and The
call was formally withdrawn.
On February 9th Boston is TO have another
monster fair, in Music hall. This Is TO DE uhder
the auspices of the benevolent people connected
with the North End mission. The work OF the
mission is increasing in extent and Importance,
and the coming fair is expected TO ADD 10 Inc
funds of the ASSOCIATION. The generous beneVo-
lence of The people Of the whole state is to have
an expression at this fair, and it is expected
that the arrangements now being made by the
people OF Worcester will result in the tountitu
furnishing ofone Of the principal tables.
A Boston paper SAYS THE people are begin
ming TO see that the horse railroads here are day
by day gaining influence, and as they are all of
them gigantic swindleS as regards accommo-
dating the public, the more influence they get
the more impudent the officers of the companies
become. AT last, means are being adopted TO
break up the ring at the state house, who al
ways refuse to grant charters TO roads, if the
Old ones oppose it, when they are absolutely eS-
senual to the well being Of our citizens. A
meellng OF our most substantial citizens was
held at the Highlands, when it was voted to ask
OF the legislature such action as would enable
them to reach theiI places of business in rea-
sonable time, and that they might be entitled TO
seat portion of the time at least. The Cam
bridge people are also alive TO the fact that they
are as badly off if not worse than their neigh
bors, and three petitions have already been made
TO the legislature which if they are passed will
greatly benefit all but the monopoly called the
Union railroad company, who assert that they
alone are entitled to lay tracks and run cars in
Cambridge"
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
Thursday evening, as the nine o'clock train
for South Braintree was going out, the engine
was suddenly reversed, and the passengers,
upon running back, found that solid sleeper
was firmly placed across the inward track. The
next inward train would have been the steam
boat before light next morning. and had not
this obstruction been seen by the careful and
faithful engineer, very serious disaster might
have occurred.
The assessors of Stow and Sudbury, in the
year 1870, returned as the joint extent of their
taxable acres 2S,942. The new town of May
nard was created by taking a portion of each
OF the FIRST two named towns, and the assessors
of the three towns now return as the taxable
acres of Sudbury, Stow and Maynard, 2S423
acres. 1t is therefore very evident that $40
acres have suddenly disappeared Has there
been an earthquake IN that portion oil MiddleseX
county?
ESSEX COUNTY.
The Gloucester fishermen, on the 10th, had a
meeting, at which resolution was adopted ask
Tug congress to grant tonnage bounty, or some
other relief, to their business, and committee
was appointed 10 present their views TO our ma
tlonal legislators.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
little daughter OF Silas johnson, of South
Amherst fell into tub Of hot water last week,
and was so severely scalded that she died.
Rev Charles A. Humphreys, for several wears
pastor Of the Unitarian church in Springfield,
has resigned.
A woman at West6ed contributed TO the
growth Of the town, this week, by giving birth
TO two sons and two daughters.
L. 5. Frisbie, late principal of the Northamp-
Aou hl-n oNuOois HIS ItCGlNtu u call 10 take
charge of the free academy of Binghamlon,
n. Y, at a salary Of $1,000; and Miss Haskell,
head assistant of the former school, has receiv-
cd call TO Vassar college, at a salary of 81 900.
MAINE.
j, H. Kimball Of Bath has been elected presi-
dent of the Androscoggin railroad, TO succeed
Oliver Marsh, resigned
Mr.. William ?. Harrington of Newcastle eel
ebrated his golden wedding few evenings
since.
The receipts of The orphans home at Bath,
from all sources the past year have been
S1646.S0, and the expenditure $500.
Al late meeting of the trustees of Belfast
academy, il was voted to grant the state forever
the free use of the academy and grounds, if il be
used for normal school. The ground com
prises about half an acre, situated in the most
pleasant portion of the city.
The grand inry found no bill against Miss
Rebecca Staples Of Eliot, who was recently com
mitted total TO await trial on charge of setting
IRE to the store Of MeSsrs. Ireland & Sweat in
kittery.
An Augusta woman, after replenishing the
fire in coal s!oye, the other evening, forgot 10
ING. On returning from her deYOtOns she
found the house filled with gas, and her chm
dren, VINO had retired, nearly sufocated
Rev. Anterior Clark died in South Dover,
January 4th, aged eghty-seven years. Mr..
Clark was one Of the pioneer Baptist preachers
in York county, preaching the gospel without
pay, and earning his living and supporting his
family by the labor of his own hands He was
the father of the late Hon. w. G. Clark of San
eervilie, and his remains were carried to that
place for nterment.
Henry F. Foster and Charles Young, while AT
work near Tayloi's Branch, on Columbia river
aroused three bears and drove them to their
den one day recently. They tried in vain to DIS
lodge the animals. Mr.. Foster determined la
Putnam TO enter the cave. with musket in
10 Er.I ,,,l II
reloaded, re-entered, fired and killed another
AGAIN he retreated, and waiting for the smoke
10 clear he entered again and shot the third and
last living bear!
On the 9Th, freight train, Portland bound
was descending steep grade four miles above
South Paris, when the train ran off the track
Just IN the rear OF the freight train was a special
freight, aud fia9man was hurried back to warn
the approaching train, but that train was al
ready laundering rapidly down the grade in
90 near proximity that the alarm was too late
Tue special plunged into the rear of the freight
tfain with fearful violence, telescoDing and de-
lnolishing several cars, throwing the locomotive
end for end and practically running it, For
tunately the engineer and fireman iumped
lives. ''NA
On the 10th, as the freight train fran BANGOR
was coming around the curve just north of A.
Cusbman's shoe factory in Auburn, twO-horse
team, loadtd with lumber, rot stuck on the
track. The driver saw the train and had Just
time TO unhitch the horses from the load when
the tram struck it aud dashed the sled to pieces,
scattering its load IN every direction. The en-
elneer did not see the team in time to stop the
engine, but reversed steam and leaped back up.
on the cars The fireman leaped off the loco
motive. The locomotive was somewhat dam
aged, bn proceeded with the train. Fortunate
~ no person was hurt
At Portland, on the 9th, a witness unon the
stand had been examined by the county attor-
hey as 10 the reputation OF the prisoner for
truth and yeracity, and the prisoners counsel.
one Of the ablest members Of the Cumberland
Oar, proceeded TO cross-examine The first
question was request to name one OF the ner
sons who had pronounced the prisoners renuta.
ton TO be bad. When the witness replieJ
Ihat ii he was not mistaken, he had heard thS
counsel himself make such a statement" lnis
unexpected response set the bench. bar aud
spectators in roar Of laughter; and althouah
The counsel earnestly denied the statement If
had had its due effect upon the spectators and
could not easily be changed or eradicated. II
was considered by all as an excellent turning of
the tables, and the counsel joined as heartily as
any one 10 the mirth which the wholly unlocked
Tor answer bad occasOned.
The Bangor Commercial tells the following
good story: Everybody rccoects Uncle Van
Meter, the colored philosopher of BarkersyiIle
who died some months since. Van was char.
aeier. lie was summoned on one occasion as a
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