Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-01-27
CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY.

AT the recent annual meeting of the Connec-
ticut River Railroad Company, the votes
passed at the annual meeting in 1858, requir-
ing the duties of President and Superintendent
to be discharged by one person, and all the of
fees of the road to be held in Northampton,
were repealed. Thus the Springfield interest
triumphed with very little opposition.
| A female child was found, nicely wrapped
and placed in a basket, on the door-mat at the
| Warner House, Northampton, about O'Clock
| last Saturday evening. The little unfortunate
was taken in, and the Chairman of the Board
| of Selectmen sent for, who removed it to the
| Poor House. Where it came from, by whom
it was brought, &C., are yet unfathomed mys-
| teries.
There were 48 deaths, % marriages. and 62
births in Belchertown, last year. The steam
mill in that place is now in operation.
A valuable horse belonging to Major Phelps
of Ware got loose in the barn, on Tuesday
night, and was so badly kicked flat it was con-
sidered humane to kill him.
SOUTH AMHERsT.-Orrin johnson has two
turkies of the Michigan wild breed, seven
months old, which weigh forty-three pounds
The venerable DR.. Hitchcock, ex-President of
Amherst College, has been very dangerously
sick, and still lies very low Last Monday
evening he was more comfortable, and a strong
hope was entertained that he would recover
AS Peter Pease of CRANKY was telling a tree
on Saturday, the 18th, he was caught by it, and
severely injured; his shoulder was crushed
and other injuries were sustained. tits hoped
that he will recover.
A Mr.. Graves of Deerfeld lost two-year old
bison from his pasture in Goshen, last Fall, and,
although diligent search was made for the ami
ms Mt bn tiron IN no Inf
last week it was discovered in piece of woods
in the West part of Conway, and captured by
G. w. Bradford and Henry Nye, with the as
sistance of a large dog. Mr.. Bison was very
wild and ferocious, but, the snow being deep,
he was easily captured, and by means of team
was taken to Deerfield. Appearances indica-
ted that he had not moved more than five rods
from where he was first seen, since snow came.
1t seems rather strange how he had lived so
long in his situation, being far from any water,
and the twigs Of the trees being his only sub
sistance.
There were % births, Is marriages, and q
deaths, in Coeraine, last year and in New
Salem, % births, 8 marriages, and Y deaths
and in Deerfeld, SO births, Is marriages, and
Al deaths.
Sanford Ives of the Warmer House, Spring
field, has been fined $40 for roughly handling
one of drunken party who had kept him busy
nearly all night bringing them liquors. He
appealed
HoLYoKE.-The entire property of the Had
ley Falls Company at Holyoke, including the
machine shop, water power, land, &C., is ad-
vertised to be sold at auction, at the company's
office, on the 10th day of February. The COM
pany is already formed which will, it is sup
posed, become the owners of the property.
The clothing of Julia Smith, an employee
in the Parsons paper mill, at Holyoke, caught
upon revolving shaft, Saturday, 10Th, and
before she could be liberated the flesh was
worn from the calf of one Of her legs to the
bone. No bones were broken
A sleghing party of IS persons, in a sleigh
drawn by single horse, rode by the Spring
field Republican office on Tuesday.
Justin Chaplin, of Bernardston, while turning
a corner in Greenfield, on Monday, was struck
by the shaft Of sleigh furiousy driven by
party Of rowdies, and knocked or thrown for
ward several feet, receiving injuries from
which his recovery was considered doubtful