Fall River Daily Evening News from Fall River, Massachusetts • 5

FALL RIVER EVENING NEWS SATURDAY FEBRUARY 4 1893 5 I THE MOTHER'S PRAYER THE CHARITY BALL AN HONORED NAME Rev A 8 Orne Dismissed Rev A Orne who bas been acting as IN DISTRICT COURT Wbat a Home Must It Be district was about twenty acres and the number of people living within its limits was about 1300 and 225 families were rendered homeless Being tbe center of business operations the calamity was the nifire signal in fact not a store was left except some six or eight principally groceries in the extreme outskirts ol the village Soon after the fire tbe board of fire wards appointed a committee to estimate tbo losses on t-uildiugs and other propeity and to ascertain the amount of insurance In their report the committee estimated the loss on buildings at S264 470 on other property 3202015 a tool of S52R485 The whole amount of insurance was $175-485 but as 857970 of this insurance was in the Cobannet Mutual Insurance Co of Taunton whose failure was caused by the tire tbe amr-uutof insurance recovered was only 8117515 making the loss in excess of the insurance 8408980 Nearly fifty years have passed since the tire and at this time it is almost impossible for us to comprehend what the desttuctton of 8400000 worth Of property meant to the villagers To-day the burning of but one of our great mills would entail a greater pecuniary loss than that caused by the fire of 1843 To give some idea of the size of the village at that time recognized as one of the important cotton manufacturing centers of New England in comparison with the size of oar city in 1893 it is an interesting fart that the numl er of spiudles running tu the Mechanics mill of to-day is one-third larger than the entire number of spindles running in the town at that time In the same building witti the post office and custom house were the rooms' of tbe Fall River Athenaeum the building was a wooden structure and stood on a portion of the ground now occupied by tha City Hall In the desperate struggle to save the property of individuals the athenaeum was either entirely forgotten or disregarded All its records and the entire library except a few books in the possession of borrowers were destroyed In the Athenaeum was a cabinet of specimens of art and nature Some Surprising Statements by the Bearer A Weil-Known Man Whose Son is a Bril liant College Says Just the Kight Thins and at Just tha RlKht lime A name honored wherever spoken Buch is the high reputation of the Hon Walter Love joy of Tapleyville Mass who has lately been brought so prominently before our people Mr Lovejoy Is of an illustrious family Indeed tbe brilliant and scholarly Prof Lovejoy of Macon (Ga) University is no other than bis son The professor in passing through town spoke feelingly ot his laincr recent sertens illness ana became enthusiastic concerning bis restoration to health He stated that It was perfectly wonderful to see the change in his father's health sinoe be took the well known medi cine Dr Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy And tbe Hon Mr Lovejoy himself was found overflowing with gratitude toward this greit remedy I was very low Indeed" he said I Buffered from vertigo and heart disease I had frequent attacks of falntness and failure of heart action These attacks were simetimts so bad tbat It was with great dif ficulty tno heart could be restored to its natural action I was totally incapacitated from either Hon Walter Lovejoy mental or physical labor I have been a sufferer from these complaints more than twenty five years and I have used many medicines bnt have never fonnd a medi cine from which I have derived so much substantial benefit as I bave from Dr Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy if this should meet the eye of any one wbo is a sufferer from these or acy other nervous diseases I earnestly recommend a trial of this wonderful remedy" We emphatically Indorse Mr Loveloy advice The sick and suffering should by all meant use Dr Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy for if tbe disease is curable this truly remarkable medicine will certainly cure It is indeed tbe great health and strength giver All druggists keep It for 81 A discovery so great among purely vege table medicines and prepared by the eminent specialist in nervous and chronic diseases Dr Greene ot 34 Temple Place Bos ton Mass carries the indorsement and rec ommendation of physicians which Is in itself a guarantee of lis marvellous curative powers The doctor too can be consulted by anyone free of charge personally or by letter JRBEMIAH SHAY Successor to La vol St Shay CARRIAGE MANUFACTURER NO 264 SOUTH MAIN STREET Wagons and carriages of all kinds made to order New and second hand wagons and carriages for sale Carriage repairing neatly and promptly executed Telephone -103-5 denim WM TANNER Agent an agent for the Parental Home Association in which capacity be recently lectured in this city bas been dismissed by the directors of the association who charge that Mr Orne entertains ideas not in sympathy with their views in regard to tbe home and tbat he has been doing the work according to bis own ideas Mr Orne has been ostensibly acting as agent for the home at Haverhill but bis methods are objectionable to tbe directors and tbey want him no longer Death of Mrs Uric Mrs Johanna Brio died this morning at her home on North Main street aged 82 years She came here from Ireland in June 1880 at the solicitation ot her son the late Rev Wm Brlc and was cillad upon to mourn bis untimely death only two months later Sbe leaves one son Thomas Brie and four daughters two ot whom reside in this oity one in Chicago and tbe other in the family home in County Kerry Ire Probate Court Courtesies Clifford Sherman Is circulating among New Bedford members of the bar a petition addressed to Judge Fuller asking that at ail sessions of the probate court the business of lawyers residing out of the place where the session is held be taken up first to en able thee gentlemen to catch trains for borne at a seasonable hour PROBATE COURT Session in New Bedford Yesterday The following matters teceived attention by Judge Wm Fuller at a session of the probate court in New Bedford yesterday Wills Ot Rebecca At wood of Freetown Mary Ann Winslow executrix Administration To G'orge Gooding on estate of Miry Read of Digbton to Darnel Mitchell on (8 to of Mary A Mitchell of Taunton to Francis Babbitt on estate of Abby Babbitt of Taunton to William Files on estate of Alfred Files of Fall River to John Boyle on etta'e of Mary Fahey of Fall River to Timothy Leary on estate of Den nis Lieary ot ran Kiver to George Bandy with the will annexed on estate ef Hannah Handy ot Westport to Horatio BrowneH on estate of Oeorge Brow-nell of Westport to Pliny Mosher de bonis non on estate of Robert Mosher of Westport to Samuel A 8issonon estate of Nancy Sisson of Westport to Wm Barker Jr on estate of Caroline Thompson of Westport to Charles A Morton on estate of Mary A Morton of Freetown Guardians Flora 15 Borden of Bernice Borden of Fall River minor Accounts 12thof trustee under will of Uonry Goff of Seekonk second of guardian of Henry Ortnnell of Westport: first ot guardian of Earl Anthony of Fall River insane first of executrix will of Jonathan Pierce of Westport Accounts allowed-First and final of executor will of Catherine Motris of Fall River Licensed ti sell real Guardian of Thomas Staples of Berkley to sell the whole for maintenance Elmer Wood and Holder Dnrfee ot Fall River were appointed commissioners to examine claims against the Insolvent estate of Abble Tripp of Fall River deceased Tbegoardlan of Julia Pige widow of Fall River Insane was authorized to sell at private sale her dower consisting of an undivided ninth of buildings and lot of land on tbe west side of Seventh street New Bedford to Elizabeth Williams for $83 and invest tbe prroeeds for the ward The report of tbe commissioners to set off the dower was accepted George Needham 76 years old who bas lost his rigbt arm and the sigbt of his left eye is held for the murder of Fisher Ayres Sunday He denies tbe charge MONEY AND STOCK MARKET Raw Touk Feb Money on call easy at 2 per cent Prime mercantile paper somewhat easier at 4Vi6 Exchange is quiet and steady actual rates 485 for 60 days 487V for demand posted rates 4H6H aiS I Commercial bills A85 5 7 Government bonds bave been dull and steady: 4e registered 113 do coupon lKf'i 2s 100 bid Railroad bonds active and firm Pacific 6s 105 bid Bar silver 83 Tbe stock market opened generally slightly higher but while a firm temper marked the dealings in most stocks fluctuations were without special interest and were confined to nar row limits except in sugar rsew ungiana ana Edison Electric Sugar opened down bnt quickly advanced over 2 per cent There was eood buying in New England which advanced HA to MM iu a short time Edison Electric rose from 127 to 13 1 on light business the Richmond Sc West stock were stl'l prominent but tbe rest of tbe market was feature less during tbe first hour at the end of which tbe market was rather quiet at Insignificant changes from opening prices Alter 11 o'clock tbe market was quiet in the main but industrials ifeauing sew ungiauu ami ot Paul were active at advancing prices Sugar was tbe only marked feature and on large transactions It was lurtber advanced to 133 Distillers at 42 showed a net gain of 2 per oent The bank statement with Its loss of surplus reserve chilled the bullish temper in the market and the late dealings were marked by concessions in prices in au ont tne specialties which received support Tbe market closed active and Irregular with most stocks at near the opening prices PROVISION aUlER Njtwt York Feb Flour Sales 3050 packages dull and steaoy wheat Sales 175000 bushels very dull VsC as up: steady Sales 110000 bushels firmer and very anil Oars Sales none: dull and steady Reef ouiet and firm Pork oulet and steadv Lard quiet Butter firm and moderate demand Cheese fair demand and firm Sugar (raw) dull and steadv Petroleuta quiet Turpentine dull Molasses fair demand Rice active Freights quiet Kosm scarce ana nrm Tallow dull nrm NEW XOBK COTTON MARKET Nxw York Feb Cotton easy Uplands 0 Orleans 9 81cb 216 bales Futures closed steady sales 128000 bales: Feb 909 March 919 April 928: May 9M: June vsl juty wo Aug uo aepi vze uci ttiu ptov vv DIED In tbls clty'4th Miss Mary Craig Residence 14 1 North Main street Funeral on Tuesday Feb 7 at 2 o'clock tu from the residence of Mrs Robert Gamble 141 North Main street Relatives and friends are invited to attend CAKxeos-In this city 3d LIIUs wife of John Cameron aged 64 years 4 months 26 days Funeral services at her late resldenc? 88 Pine street Monday at 1 o'clock Friends are In -1 ted to attend (Remains to be taken to Manchester tor Interment) In this city 4th William son of Rutb and Lewi Cooper aged 16 days funeral at Mr Cooper's residence No 7 Baylies avenue Monday st 1 o'clock ni Relatives asd friends are invited to attend) Cook this city at City Hospital 4th Alonso Cook aged 64 years Notloe THE ANNUAL MEETING of tbe Fall River Manufacturers' Mutual Insnr-ance Company will be held at the Office of tbe Company in Fall River Mam on MONOAT Feo 6tb 1893 at 11 o'cleck a ru to bear the reports of tbe officers: to choose Directors for tbe ensuing year and to transact snch other business as may properly cosse before the tne oeir ine tunes are oi tniu orasa oaar upon hollow reeds and were fastened together by pieces of sinew This belt was so placed as to protect tbe lower parts of the body below the breastplate The arrows are of brass thin flit and triangular in shape with a round hole cut through near the base Tbe shaft was secured to the head by inserting the latter in tbe opening in the wocd and then tying with the sinew through the round a mode of construction never practiced by the Indians not even with their arrows of thin shell parts of the shaft still remain on some of them When first discovered the arrows were in a quiver of bark which fell to pieces when exposed to the air The skull is much decayed but the teeth are sound and apparently of a young man The pelvis is much decayed and tbe smaller bones of the lower extremities are gone The integuments of tbe right knee for four or five inches above and below are in good preservation apparently the shape and size of life although quite black Considerable fleih is still preserved on the hands and arms but none on the shoulders and el- bows On the back under tbe belt and for two inches above and below the skiu and flesh are in good preservation and have the appearance of having been tanned The chest is much compressed but the upper visceraare probably entire The arms are bent up not crossed so tbat the bands 1 twined iuwards touch the shoulders The i stature is about five and one-half feet I Much of the exterior covering was decayed and the inner one appeared to be preserved only where it had been iu contact with the brass Tbe preservation of this body may be the result of some embalming process aud this hypothesis Is strengthened by the fact that the skin and flesh have been preserved only where tbey have been in contact with or quite near the brass or we may account for the preservation of the whole by supposing the presence of saltpetre in the soil at tbe time of the deposit In either way the preservation of the re mains is fully accounted for and upon known chemical ptinciples That tbe body was not one of the Indians we think needs no argument We bave seen some of the drawings taken from the sculptures found at Palenque and in those tie figures are represented with breastplates although smaller than tbe pla'e found at Fall River On tbe figures found at Palenque tbe bracelets and anklets appear to be of a manufacture precisely similar to the belt of tubes just described If the body found at Fall River be one of tbe Asiatic race wbo transiently settled in Central America and afterwards went to Mexico and founded those cities in exploring the ruins of which such astonishing discoveries bave recently been made then we may well suppose also tbat it is one of the race whose exploits with tbe spear tipped with brass bave although without a date and almost without a certain name been immortalized by the father of poetry Of the great race who founded cities and empires in their eastward march and were finally lost in Sooth America tbe Romans seemed to bave a glimmering tradition in tbe story of Evandcr But we rather incline to the belief that tbe remains found at Fall River belonged to one of the ctew of a Phoenician vessel The spot where they were found is on the sea coast and in the immediate neighborhood of Dighton Rock famed for its hieroglyphic inscription of which no sufficient explanation has yet been given and near which rock brazen vessels bave been found If this latter hypothesis be adopted a part of it is that these mariners tbe unwilling and unfortunate discoverers of a new world lived some time after they landed and having written their names perhaps their epitaphs npon tbe rock at Bighton died and were buried by tie natives" Such are tbe descriptions and conclusions of Dr Leland and Mr Stark regarding the finding and otigin of these celebrated remains Dr Leland's account was written in October 1843 after the skeleton had been destroyed by fire bat be bad probably given much time and attention to this matter during the eleven years that tbe skeleton bad been the most prominent object in the cabinets ofthe Fall River AtberdBam receiving a large share of attention of many of the leading antiquarian societies of tbe world and being immortalized by Longfellow in his poem The Skeleton in Armor" Tbe account of Mr John Stark was written sometime during tbe year 1 835 He came to Fall River expressly to make a thorough examination of the skeleton and the locality where it was found with tbe view of writing the article which subsequently appeared in 1636 in the American Magazine Dr Leland's account 1b brief and pointed and bis only conclusion is tbat the remains are ot Indian origin Mr Stark wbi'e giving a more detailed description of tbe remains wanders away into tbe limitleBS realms of speculation At this age it is becoming more ana more tbe requirement tbat history should be subjected totbe same scientific treatment as is applied to other branches of study that it should be stripped ot every particle of myth and romance and investigated by exact methods Let us now look critically at some of tbey more prominent points in the foregoing scription Mr Stark represents tbe brass plate and belt of tabes as bavlog been cast Within a few months I have seen and examined a tnbe similar to those described in this artiole and recently found in this immediate vicinity The tnbe was rolled not cast and was probably of Indian make Dr Leland says There was no evidence whatever that tbe tubes were cast they were rolled up and tbe edges brought together and tbat very neatly but not joined by cement nor was one of tbe tubes a continuous circle Mr Stark unintentionally no doubt has represented the preservation of more flesh than was actually found In other respects tbe description is tolerably correct" Mr Stark's theory that tbe inscription on tbe Digbton Rock may bave been the names and epitaphs of a party of Phoenician mariners is of interest Inasmuch as it is in direct opposition to tbe theories of Rafu Schoolcraft and other distinguished antiquarians and historians It is now very generally conceded tbat the Inscription on Digbton Rock is an Indian pictograph Higginson in bis History ot the United States in the obapter on tbe coining ot tbe Northmen tells us tbat a skeleton in a brass breastplate had been dug up at Fall River and it was tbongbt tbat this might be tbe remains of a Norse viking or rover Tbe skeleton Was unfortonately destroyed so that we do not know mnch about it but it is now known that tbe Norsemen did not use brass armor while the American Indians sometimes need for breastplates pieces ot brass kettles which they got from the English colonists' Jnstin Wiusor In his narrative and cHtl-ca history of America says In 1831 theie was exhumed in Fall Kiver a skeleton which had with it what seemed to be an ornamental belt made of metal tubes farmed by rolling fragments of flat brass and an oolong plate of tbe same not of bronze as is usually said with some arrow beads cnt evidently from the same material Tbe other concomitants of tbe burial Indicate an Indian of tbe days since the English contact Dr Webb sent snch an account ot it to tbe Basal Society of Northern Antiquaries tbat ft was looked noon as another end distinct proof ot the Identification of Vinland Later antiquaries have dismissed all beliefs of that nature" Longfellow In an introductory note to his poem "The Skeleton in Armor" says: Tbe ballad was snggested to ne while riding on the seashore at Newport A year or two p-evious a skeleton had been dug np at Fall River olad io broken and corroded armor and tbe idea occurred to me of connecting it with the Round Tower at Newport generally known hitherto as the Old Wind Mill tin ugh now claimed by the Danes as a work of their early ancestors I will not enter Into a discussion of the point It Is soffioientlv well established tor the purpose of a ballad though doubtless many an honest citizen of Newport wbo has passed his days within sight ot tbe Round Tower will be ready to exclaim with Sancbo Ood bles me I did I not warn you to have a care of wbat yon were doing lor tbat It was nothing but a wind mill and nobody could mistake It but one wbo bad tbe like in his bead' Starting forth on life's rough way Father guide them Oh we know Bot what of barm May betide them: '-Neath the shadow of Thy wing Father hide thern Waking sleeping Lord we pray (io beside them When in prayer they cry to Thee Do thou hear them From tbe stains of sin and shame Do Thou clear tbenr 'Mid the nulckftanda and the rocks Do Thou steer I hem In temptatjon trial giiot Be Tbon near them Unto Thee we give them up Lord receive them In the world we know must be iuch to grieve Many striving wft and strong To deceive them Trustful in Thy hands of love We must leave tnem -WUilaM CiUlm Bryant Mrs Wellman No 2 Linn street fancsville Wis under date of June 16 writes the following: Kenyon Thomas Sirs: I was confined to my bed four months with inflammation of the right ovary bad a good physician and tried almost everything but got very little help until I tried your Dr Hale's Household Ointment about four months jtgo It bas done wonders for me I can do quite a good day's work I have every reason to believe tbstlt will entirely cure me 1 am also nsmg your Dr Bale's Household Tea with good results Sincerely yours Mas Wellhah This great medicine Is for sale at CBradv's drug store No 1 Oranlte Block cor Pocasset Special Notice HERETOFORE only those wbo purchased tickets from our agents were entitled to get a RALE II ASS MOUNT tbe Mounts being so popular and our agents being unable to reach everybody From tbls date every person having a dozen Photographs will GET A GALE GLASS MOUNT whether tbey have a ticket or not The only Studio In Fall Blver wbere these Mounts can be had waUH Photographer t'bs-at South Main street Prepare for A 1893 A FULL LINE OB" BLANK BOOKS Diaries Calendars 4c AT GEORGE BAMFORU'S 7 Granite Block 24 LINDEN STREET 84 SLADE Has the finest line of Wall Papers ever shown In tbls city Bight Thousand Hotti just received Remember these goods can be shown by no other dealer In this city Full ine ot IJIROK'S celebrated goods in new colorings Prices moderate Painting Whitening and Ktltominlng done by Srst-olasa workmen Satisfaction guaranteed 24 LTNDElT STREET 24 TELEPHONE 8-5 1898 Secure one new ready for the new year Old Farmer's Almanac CALENDARS NSW YEAR CARDS Peloubet's and Hurl hut's NOTES ON THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON at aMH8'8 BOOKSTORE CO to i 0) No 91 North lain Street Henry Miller Pianos PREFERRED BT CONCERT PLATERS ABOVE ALL OTHERS XV Be lure and call (or prices 6 IVTUItfROE 22 and 23 Borden Block Academy Entrance up stain A beautiful (rown for tlie Charity Ball Of lustrous silk gauze tiimuiings and fleecy Ah soft and light an a fairy's footstPiw tall tiuch exquisite fabric a fairy might grace 'Tis lovely what a treasure you oie Ma-thilde And rnv lady turned to the dress maker mild Her scarlet bps parted and her eyes joy-filled Hut the pile seamstress stared and not eveu smiled Then slowly she faltered-" Dear Madam-lhe bilj- Could yov pay me a would help ine I am quite out of and is ill It is cold you will not refuse tue 1 Know" Mvladv her fine head impatiently Really now for the bill again you must I've no time to I'm so aiusb engrossed For to-night you know is the Charity Ball So gay were the wavelets of music that night Ano light the feet that kept time to the measure Roso wreathed and merry were the hours in their flight And no gloomy slndow marred their sweet pleasure Adown a narrow street in an attic old O'er her dying babe a fond mother bent low The cheerless apartment was bleak and no cold And the face of tha babe was as frozen snow The ball was all its splendor and glare Its glow and its warmth its perfume and flowers Had all paed and faded on the midnight air Together with its sweet musical showers The netted receipts was a handsome sum-Was extended to sweet-faced Charity then Ah" she said deep from the heart it has not come For ye have done this thing to be seen of men It was your own pleasure you sought and not mine And you my good name but in vanity call You onlv mock me with your glitter and shine With the empty souod'of a Chaiity Ball EARLY LOCAL HISTORY Mr Geore Kankiu'e Paper Before the Central Church Literary Society Mr George Rankin Assistant librarian ol the public library reid the following paper before the Central Church Literary Society' last evening Tbe matter which Mr Rankin presented is familiar to many of oar oldest citizens but is quite new in a large measure to the young people of the city who will find it interesting The paper took about half an hour in reading At tbe conclusion of the reading of the body of the production Mrs Dr George Eddy read Longfellow's The Skeleton in Armor" of the finding of which skeleton the essayist had spoken at length Mr Rankin concluded bis part in tbe occasion by reading some notes in relation to tbe poem read by Mrs Eddy Tbe subjectof the paper which I venture to present this evening was suggested to me partly by the great interest the recent Columbian celebration has awakened in American antiquities and partly by my own personal interest in our local history which I have sometimes felt has been too often neglected I propose after giving a brief account of the gieat fire of July 2 1843 which destroyed a large part of tne Tillage of Fall River to present a few facts concerning the famous skeleton found here in 1832 I have made use of Fowler's History of Fall River in preparing my story of tbe great fire bat I am more largely indebted to a few of oar older citizens wbo have from time to time given me many very interesting reminiscences of that day The great fire of 1848 broke out on July 2d at about half-past 3 o'clock in the afternoon Although tbe day was Sunday it was too near the 4th of Jnly for tbe enthusiasm and ardor of Young America to be fully restrained and some small boys wbo were playing with a oanaon in a yard adjoining a carpenter shop on Borden street near tbe corner of Main were tbe innocent cause of a terrible disaster A discharge of the cannon set fire to a pile of shavings and almost instantly tbe surrounding buildings were in flames Tbe day was very bot the mercury stood at and tbe season had been so dry that everything of a combustible nature burned like tinder Tbe fire department of tbe village consisted of bnt two engines tbe Hydranlion Company and tbe Rapid Company The Hydranlion was a doable-decker the Rapid was a smaller machine but tbey were almost useless in that emergency The flames spread rapidly until the reached a three story building on the corner of Borden and Main streets and a strong southwest wind quickly carried tbe fire to the heart of the village All efforts to stay its progress were in vain as showers of sparks and flaming brands swept on by tbe summer gale rapidly Ignited many buildings long before tbey were reached by the body of tbe fire In a short time the buildings on both sides of Main street beginning at Borden were burning and tbe fire wss working northward with frightful rapidity taking every bnilding on both sides of the street to tbe bouse of tbe late Mrs Mary Young The entire area between Main and Rock and Franklin and Borden streets was a roaring seething fat-Dace entirely beyond human control Fowler says: Man was powerless and could only helplessly and with fear view the terrible scene Awe as well as terror must bave influenced tbe beholder when to tbe crackling flames tbe crash of falling timber and tbe whistling of tbe wind were added the lightning's flash and the thunder's deep roar Tbe fire raged until about half past eleven at night a period of eight hours when a change of wind driving the flames and sparks back over tbe burnt district stayed its progress About ten o'clock a sloop arrived with an engine company from Bristol whose aid to tbe exhausted firemen and citizens was most timely as the fire was soon after under control The number of buildings burned was nearly 200 in eluding three churches the Methodist on Main street opposite itorden tbe umver sallst on the southeast corner of Borden and Second streets and the First Christian on Franklin street Mention may be made of two incidents spoken of at the services of tbe 6Utb anniversary of this society in November last MVben tbe fire broke out the Central Church Society was worshiping in a hall id the Poc asset House wbere tbe Poc asset Block now stands Kev Rrawell Hitchcock afterwards the eminent president of the Union Theological Seminary of New York but at that time not or datned was preaching The water in tbe stream had been drawn off and workmen were engaged in removing obstructions by blasting: As a blast broke the Sabbatb stillness disturbing tbe services tbe min ister was seen to shake bis head In silent protest Shortly and thereafter the alarm of fire was given and the rapid progress of tbe flames compelled a nasty closing of tne services soon after the building was in ruins The society bad contracted with Melrin Borden for the erection of a new church edifice to be located on tbe northwest corner of Bedford and Rock stree Tbe contractor bad prepared a large part of bis ma terial which consisting 01 window irames pews and other inside finishings had been stored in his shop awaiting the rafstng of the building This material wss all destroyed entailing on the contractor a loss I ot upwards of 82000 Tbls loss would bave been a serious embarrassment to Mr Borden bad it not been for the generosity of tbe late Col Richard Borden one of tbe earlier members of tbe society wbo as anmed the entire amount of the loss Tbe Post Office and Custom Houe tbe I Fail River Bank and tbe Savings Instttu tore provision store butoher's shop and ewerv lawyer's office sthd printing estab lishment in tbe town were destroyed The Pooasset Houss and the Manufacturer's Hotel tbe only public bouses in the village Vert both burned Tbe area of the burnt Officers McGlynn and Dowty last evening interrupted a disgraceful drunken fight that had been going on about all day by arresting Patrick Connelly and bis wife Hannah Their home if it may be called a home is on Healy street The man has been drinking pretty steadily lately and bis wife has been drinking hard also Yesterday while tbey were both drunk Connelly drove his wife ont of ihe house when she did not bave a stitcb of clothing on The noighbors remonstrated and he allowed her to return Tbey kept up a fight till night when they were arrested Both pleaded not guilty to charges of disturbing the peace and both were found guilty They have nine children two of them married and three too young to be able to take care of themselves The house the officers reported to be in a filthy condition The overseers of the poor will care for the younger children Connelly was given 90 days in the house of correction and hs wife GO days Both asked for release for tbe sake of their children and the woman was sent over more to straighten her out than for any other purpose Cahlll Lost Bis Wife and Bis Temper Michael Cahill encountered bis sister-it -law Mary A Byron one evening recently and because she could not toll him where his wile was be pushed her so hard that she fell on tbe Curbstone He pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault and battery bat had nothing to say in defense and was fined $1720 A Joyous Disappointment Tommy Joy was disappointing this morning He bad nothing to say about his romantic life It seemed tbat he had not entirely given up bis old friends because he had found new ones He still had hopes in the direction of Mrs Barry who so long stood his friend through his misfortunef If Mrs Barry is inclined to favor Tommy her daughter is not and all the' charges of disturbance against him came froni his calls at tbat bouse This morning the daughter testified tbat Tommy was all right when he was sober and then made no trouble but when he was drunk he came around and bothered them Tbey had been compelled to leave four different houses because of bis attentions Tuesday night be called while drunk at 11 o'clock and they would not let him in He hang around until nearly 1 o'clock and made so much noise tbat no one in the bouse could sleep He was finally ran oat by an exasperated tenant Tommy insisted that ho oalled Thursday night be had been in bed by 8 o'clock on Tuesday night He also told bis old story tbat be was arrested beoause of spite Tbe story against bim had been cooked up uqder the direction of bis former friend's daughter He was found guilty and fined $1830 Goes to Concord bnt Without the Valise Tbe old case againsi James Walmsley for larceny in a building of a razor tbe property of Albert Orankshaw was nol pressed this morning he having pleaded not guilty In the case of larceny of Josepb Tenons' valise and goods having pleaded guilty he was sentenced to Concord A Fight bnt No One Fined Mrs Willie A Dobney was triumphantly discharged Ihis morning after being tried on a charge of assault and battery on Emma Johnson a colored lady from New Bedford While Mrs Dobney is sometimes called Lillte tbat is not her name Sbe was christened Willie Abbie and as Willie sbe is known to her friends The trouble" occurred in Billy Hayes' club room on Central street not at Willie's residence wbicb is now on Mulberry street Edward Higginson Esq appeared for Willie Mrs Johnson of New Bedford while on the way totbe fish market Tuesday alternc on stopped at Mr Hayes' club room to sea a gemmen tren" Tbe "rren Mr Williams was there and after be bad gone out Mrs Dobney came in caught her by the throat and punched her She received a black eye which was still in a very bid condition- Virginia Lunn light complexlooed and sprightly heard quarrelling and came la just in time to see Willie knock Emma down Willie's dress was torn Mr Billy Hayes came from supper and Thompson came from another room at tbe same time They found the two ladies on the floor pounding each other and dragged them apart Mrs Johnson would not let go and Mrs Dobney 's dress was torn off Mrs Jobnson had bot had enough and tried to get at ber opponent again bat Mr Billy Hayes said he wasn't going to have any fighting there and after Willie's dress had been sewed up both ladies retired Frsnkie Meek was tbe only one wbo saw the whole fight Tbe principals were too much en gaged to see much Willie came in and Emma addressed uncomplimentary remarks to ber Then tbey bad words" and Emma bit Willie After tbat things were very much mixed up but Willie mast have hit back because Emma's eve was very black when Mr Billy Hayes balled time-Willie's dress was torn off and had the two "gemmen" been a little later in getting in both ladies would bave been down to ring costumes Razors did not figure in the affair bat there wis just as much execution as though there had been Willie told a stdry whiob pnt Mrs Johnson even more strongly in tbe light ot aggressor The New Bedford lady bad remarked In a contemptuous tone that she supposed" she Is looking for her man" and Willie took exceptions Willie stepped down and was told tbat she might step ont For tbe 24 hours ending st 8 o'clock this morning tbe police report 9 arrests 38 cases investigated 9 disturbances quelled and 7 lodgers accommodated Five drunks were reported released Morth Attleboro's New Indnltrv North Attlkboko Feb The pro ject oi estauusBing tne maouiactnre ol tine cutlery Is it is said likely to prove successful Mr Cantelo wbo proposes starting the bnslness is tbe owner of seven patents under whiob A Wilkinson Co of Boston are now manufacturing Tney consist of folding handle draw kniv-s and several other articles of cutlery and the output amounts to about 112000 worth of goods per annum The Wilkinson Company's contract with bim would soon expire and he wt-hed to form a stock company with a capital ot about 10000 Probably about 15 workmen would be required at the starting of tbe manufacture but Mr Cantelo wss confident that tbe rapid expansion of tbe bnslness would very non necessitate the employment of additional help A committee is at work wltt a view to organising a company it the In vestlgatlon warrants it Messrs Smith and Hall are Interested Amoag them were many Indian curiosities found in this immediate vicinity others brought from the islands of tbe Pacific and Indian Oceans by friends of the institution A few rare shells and a growing collection of minerals were among its objects of inter est Before the great loss cou'd be fully es timated tbo work of rebuilding tbe village was begun and business activity and enterprise were soon resumed Besides every effort to repair the material losses to which the village bad been subjected effective measures were taken to replace the Athenaeum library wbicb had been a source of unfailing interest and profit to many of the town's people At a regular meeting of the Board of the Fall Kiver Athenaeum held October 30th 1843 a committee consist ing of Phineas Leland George Eddy and Eliab Williams was appointed to procure a suitable book and prepare and insert therein a concise history of tbe Fall River Athenaeum including an account of the destrnction of its records and books by tbe great fire of July 2d 1843 After a detailed history of tbe institution the report which was written by Dr Tie- land gives an extended description of the "Skeleton in Armor" wbicb for eleven years had been one of its valued possessions Dr Leland says: Among the curiosities of peculiar inter est was the entire skeleton of a man about which antiquarians in the old as well as new world bad speculated mnch Few per-sous perhaps of general reading are entire ly nnacquanted witn tbe conjectures of tbe learned in relation to this well preserved skeleton It was found in tbe year 1832 in a sand or gravel bank a little east of the Unitarian meeting house in this village by some persons while digging away and removing a portion ot tne bank 1 1 he unitarian meeting honse was at that time lo cated on tbe southeast corner of Second and Borden streets Tbe spot where tbe skele ton was found as Indicated by Dr Leland was od Hartwell street where tbe gas works now stand The skeleton was found near tbe surface in a sitting posture tbe leg bones doubled upon tbe thigh bouts and tbe thighs brought up parallel with tbe body it was quite perfect ana stood remarkably well the test of the exposure Covering the sternnm was a triangular plate of brass somewhat corroded by time and around tbe body was a broad belt made of small brass tubes about tbe size of a pipe stem placed parallel and close to each other Tbe tubes were some four or five inches long Arrow heads made ot copper or brass were also found In tbe grave with tbe skele ton That this was tbe remains of an Indian seemed to be very generally conceded though the Antiquarian Society of Copenhagen which a sear or two since had the subject under consideration raised the query whether It might not bave been the remains of one of the Northmen who are now very generally supposed to have visited our coast and to have spent a winter here about tbe eighth or ninth century Tbat our coast was visited by the Danes about this period hardly admits of a doubt but that this was tbe skeleton of one of those bold adventurers is by no means probable Tbe configuration of tbe bead the position in which tbe skeleton was found and the additional fact that parts of other skeletons were found at the same place render it nearly certain tbat these were the bones of one wbo Oft pursued The sable bear and slew him in his den And often howled through many a pathless wood And many a tangled wild and poisonous fen That ne'er was trod by other mortal men" Whose frame it was will not likely ever be permitted us to know Whether it belonged to some chief still celebrated in song and story or to an obscure child of the forest whose bones and deeds slept In tbe same undistinguished grave we have no means of knowing Tradition and history are alike silent when interrogated We would fain believe these were the remains of some noble old chief ones master of the rich valley through which tbe dark waters of the Tltequit still roll We would believe so for we love to think humanity once warmed the heart of him whose bones have excited so much our wonder and curiosity Whoever be was peace be to his ashes" Tbe foregoing description by Dr Leland Is without doubt tbe best that bus been published but tbe American Monthly Magazine for January 1886 has a more detailed by Mr John Stark of Galena Illinois wbo saw the skeleton soon after its discovery Mr Stark describes tbe skeleton as the remains of a human body armed with a breast-plate a species o( mail and arrows of brass" wbicb remains he supposes to have belonged either to one of the race wbo inhabited this country for a time anterior to the so-called Aborigines and afterwards settled in Mexico and Guatemala or to one of the crew ot some Pbosoi-cian vessel tbat blown ont of her course thus discovered the Western world long before tbe Christian era These remains were found in the town of Fall River in Bristol county Massachusetts in tbe year 1832 In digging down a httl In the Tillage a large mass of earth slid off leaving in the bank and partially uncovered a human skull which on examination was found to belong to a body buried in a sitting posture the head being about one foot below what had been (or many years tbe surface of tbe ground Tbe surrounding earth was carefully removed and the body fonnd to be enveloped in a covering of coarse bark of a dark color Within tbls envelope were foaod the remains of another coarse cloth made of fine bark and about the texture of a Manilla coffee bag On tbe breast was a plate of brass thirteen inches long six inches broad at Ibe npper end and five at tbe lower Tbls plate apoears to bave been cost and from one-oightb to three thirty-seconds of an Inch ip tMdSrJetSY '-It-Is so much corroded that whether or not anything was engraved upon it has not yet been ascertained Tbe plate Is oval in form tbe edgts being Irregular apparently made so by corrosion Below tne breastplate and entirely encircling the body was a belt composed of brass tnbeseach four and one-half inches In length and three sixteenths of as inch In diameter arranged longitudinally and close together tbe length of tbe tube being the width of IffBLISS Embalmer Funeral Director Having purchased the itook and frxtures of tbe business lately conducted by SttjaM Mob rill I 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