Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-31
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New England News summary.

HUSTON AND VICINITY.
Ram yesterday afternoon prevented the base
ball game of the Bostons and Mutuals, and the
match was postponed until to-day.
decoration daY was more generally observed
IN Boston and vicinity than ever before. The
several organizations Of the G. A. Il. paraded
with full ranks. Some of them, escorted by the
volunteer military and laden with flowers, Wis
lted the different cemeteries, where, with appro-
p late religious exercises, they laid their floral
offering upon the graves of the fallen. In most
llac. brief memorial address was delivered
IN addition TO PRAYER and appropriate singing.
The day opened pleasantly, but in the afternoon
an easterly rain set in.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Five outward bound whalers were in the lower
harbor at New Bedford Tuesday.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
John Wilson, a pickpocket, was sentenced to
five years in the state prison by the superior
court at Springfield on Tuesday
On Monday, at Springfield, George R. Cole
grove was sentenced 10 the state prison for two
years for poygamy, in marrying Mary +.
Hurlbnrt in Connecticut, Stella s. Salisbury at
Brattleboro, and Maria IL. Warte at Chester.
Westfeld girl can be as spunky as the next
one when she sets out. Two fellows belonging
IN that town recently hired teams and treated
their ladies to drive TO the rival village of
SoathWlek. While stopping at the hotel there,
one OF the girls became angry at real or fan
cied insult from her cavalier, and with one blow
knocked him down stairs. The two girls then
went TO the proprietor, told him they wanted
one of those teams, and, on his bringing it
around, jumped in and drove back to Westfeld,
leaving the fellows to keep each other company
as best they might.
The Springfield Daily Union, owned by Lewis
H. Taylor & Son, has been sold to Clark w
BRYAN, VIM. Pomeroy and j. +. Tapley of the
Springfield Republican, and on the LIST Of June
will come into their possession. Mr. Bryan is
the business manager OF the Republican, and
Mr.. Pomeroy is the managing editor, while Mr..
lapley has charge OF the bindery. There IS TO
be division OF interest in the Republican office,
and those going out will take the job printing
and book biudery business with them, while Mr.
Bowles Will retain the newspaper interest. The
Republican will announce the change on Satur-
day The price paid for the Union is $50 900.
II is not yet decided whether the Union will be
continued as an evening paper or converted into
a morning paper, but it will be straight-out
Grant paper, and great pressure is being brought
10 bear upon the new proprietorS TO make it a
morning paper, as the republicans of the western
part of the state are without daily organ.
MAINE.
DIR. ]. D. lockwood, who recently disposed of
his property in Brewer and started for Kansas
with his family, had his pocket picked in New
York city, before he had purchased his tickets
for the west, and thus lost all the money he had
including the proceeds of his property, except
about 81.
The Portland Press tells of the ceremony of
Strengthening an animal for food in accordance
with the ancient Jewish dispenSaton, performed
IN that city for the first time last week A |
priest came from New York for that purpose, |
and going 10 the slaughter house, clad in his |
robes, the living animal was hoisted up by his |
legs, while the priest, with the accustomed cere-
MONIES, drew long knife across the creatures |
throat. He then skinned the beast cut a hole |
~ lis side, thrust in his arm to ascertain that
the entTails, liver, ETC., were healthy, and then
proclaimed the meat fit for Jews to eat.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Within q week 400 Canadian laborers have |
been put to work on the Wolfboro railroad ex-
tension.
There was a grand baby show at Lake Village
wednesday afternoon. Thirty babies, from six |
mouths to year old, assembled at the residence
Of A. Haynes, editor of the Lake Village
Times, to visit the one he owns
Tie governor and council, after a lengthy
nearing on petition for the pardon Of Benjamin
Brown of MoneSonboro, in the state prison for
arson, voted unanimously not TO grant the same. |
Similar action was had in the case of Miss |
Neoher, sent TO state prison from Cheshire |
county for shooting man.
Ihe portsmouth Chronicle relates that some |
Time ago prOdigal son of the discreet ACE of |
Two years, having been very sharply repToyed |
oy ms father for putting the matchbox and its |
contents into the coffee-pot, took into his head |
notion 10 leave his boarding-place, and did so. |
Aiter long search along the docks and around
the railroad stations, the lost heir was found at
/
and ANONYMOUSLY lugged home. Pater anil |
ias, strap IN hand, sternly demanded, "Well. sir.
what was your object in running away from
homef Memories of snubbings at home and |
lhlnee PIE at his aunts at once prompted the an
sWer; Cause wanted to go somewhere where |
ne DETER treated and better ieeded than am |
here" He got off that time
The annual meeting of the Northern railroad |
was neid at Concord, Thursday. The report of |
me directors was accepted and resolution was |
passed lnstructing the directors to investigate |
Inc SUBJECT OF constructing or leasing the pro. |
posed concord and Rochester railroad and civ |
ing them full power to take such action as the
interests of the Northern road require A bal
lot for directors resulted in the choice of the
present board, consisting of Onslow Stearns,
Sohh A. burnham, George w. Nesmith Uriei
Crocker, Josiah Minot, Joseph W. Clark and
Charles I. Choate; the auditing committee, CON
SIS ting OF Osmyn Brewster, John R. Brewer and
Wyman Pattee, was reappointed and the meet
inc then adjourned
Warren Cough, single man, 30 years of
age, committed suicide Wednesday, in Akin
son, by shooting himself through the body with
a gun loaded heavily with buckshot He re-
sided with John L. Little. The deed was com
mitted about ten rods back of the barn, and the
gun was discharged by driving a nail in a rail |
OF the fence, to which the trigger was attached
and the gun fired. He left note behind CON
tanning a statement of his Intentions Intern
perate habits and depression of mind doubtless
caused the deed.
CONNECTICUT.
stone bearing the following inscription
stands by the roadside in Simshurv. iTb;s