Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-06-04

| tltchburg Railroad, soon after a nephew was
drowned, five years ago her husband took his
own life, and now the wife and mother, by a
violent death, is sent to meet her kindred in
eternity.
VERMONT.
The Brattleboro Phoenix thus describes a
new statuette called the "Green Mountain
Girl, " from the chisel of Mr.. Mead, OF that
place 1t is a statuette, in marble, of girl
tripping her way to school, with a satchel of
books IN one hand, while the forefinger of her
other hand is placed beside her mouth Her
rlnglets struggle from beneath a worsted skat-
ing cap, her garments hang in light and grace.
tul drapery, and in her attitude, figure, and
tace, there Is an expression of mingled modes.
", occurrences, intelligence, and coquetrv.
tnat places this statue on a level with some OF
Grecian art. 1t is executed for Mr.. Buckner
MIR. Mead's taste is decidedly classical: and
though young, he appears to be in the full VIC.
or OF his artistic talent"
RHODE ISLAND.
The phenomenon of bell ringing without
visible agency still continues at intervals.
thursday, the bell rang sixteen times. and
called the little girl who attends to its ringing
that number of times to the door. to find that
no one was there, and that the same cause or
agency was still at work. The same dav.
whlIe the family were at the table, distinct and
successive raps were heard on the walls of the
room where they were assembled. Sunday
was the only day there has not been ringing
-PToUideace Journal, June 9.
CONNECTICUT.
The Connecticut legislature have passed a
stringent act in regard to the cattle disease.
Inc bill provides that the governor may ap.
point three commissioners who shall have
power TO isolate diseased cattle at a safe dis.
lance from other cattle; prohibits the importa-
uon OF cattle from other states provides that
the commissioners may fix limits from which
1t shall be unlawful to remove cattle; gives
power TO cause the appraisal of damages which
tne owners may suffer in consequence of reg
ulatlons liked by the commissioners requires
the commissioners to report to the governor
each month, and also annually to the legisla.
ture; prescribes the pay of the commissioners
at 50 per day each requires persons having
animals suspected to be sick with pulmonary
murraln to report the same to the seectmen
uhder heavy penalties; requires the seectmen
10 report such cases to the commissioners i'm
meulately-and imposes a fine of not more
thah SZO0 and six months Imprisonment for
refusal to obey the orders of the commission.
ers or selectmen. The bill was passed by
vote of 172 to %.
Inc Hartford Press says that Mr.. Lincoln
inscribed ms name in the visitors book at the
historical Library in that city March 6, 1860,
as follows: abraham Lincoln
). Arthur Bent of New Haven. and VIM. e.
Sims OF Mississippi, have been chosen to the
offices of president and vice president of the
Llnonia society of Yale College, and Frary
Feck, Dr., of Connecticut and JOS S Shipley
OF New Hampshire, fill these offices in the
Brothers of Unity.
The boat race between the Una and Atalan.
Ia, Tor the champion flag of Hartford, will oc-
cur on Friday, the 10th.
he boat race between the ThuIia, ATLANTA,
and Nereld, for the champion flag of the Yale
navy, resulted i'll the victory OF the Thua in
~ inln 10 sec; distance one and one half
m m GE ana return. The ENJOYS plenipotentiary
of Harvard college, bringing intelligence that
thelr picked crew had consented to enter into
the great college regatta, were present on the
occasion.
we understand that the Trinity Club, com
posed OF officers and students of Trinity Col.
iege, hartford, are having a new race boat
quilt by Mckay of New York, and designed
to be used in the college regatta on Lake
QuinsIgamond, Worcester, in July next. This
club now use an eight cared barge, the Mime.
haha.
Inc semi annual meeting of the Association
OF Congregational Ministers, in Windham
county, is to be held in Danielsonville, on
Tuesday next.
AT meeting in Thompson, on the 26th ult.,
1t was voted to build an iron bridge-sinale
track-l4 feet wide, across French river, be.
tween Masonvile and Baskerville. The bridge
will cost $500.
HE German republicans of New Haven,
ratlled the Chicago nominations on Friday
evening. They were eloquently addressed bv
MIR. W. Staenge af Bridgeport, who attended
the Chicago convention.
Municipal elections occur in the cities of
New Haven and Norwich, to-day (Monday)
John Austin, an old hand in the business
OF morse stealing has been arrested in Hart
1ord, Tor stealing horse and buggy from H.
~ heed, OF Warren, Mass, about one year
since.
PERSONAL.
Herman Melville of Pittstield left home last
week, for voyage around the world, in purr
SUIT OF relaxation, renewed vigor and material
Tor another volume on sea life. He sailed
from Boston in the clipper ship Meteor, which
is commanded by his brother Thomas Mel
vile.
Rev. VIM. r. Alger of Boston will deliver
the Grafton before the Mathertician literary
society of Tufts College, on commencement
day, July IL. Mortimer Thompson (Doe
stlcksl OF New York, is the poet
MISCELLANEOUS.
'iie hildutipllid SUBSCRIPTIONS to the pro-
posed Arctic expedition have been so liberal
the past week, that at the last accounts the
total amount needed by DR.. Hayes had been
secured, except about $1,000.
The programme of the movement of the
Japanese is as follows Leave Washington
on the 9th for Baltimore; leave Baltimore 9th
for Philadelphia leave Philadelphia 11th, ar.
i've at Niagara 18th, Albany 18th, Boston
10Th, and leave 18th, remaining in New York
from the 10th to the Both. At Buffalo they
will make trip on Lake Erie
George Bancroft is to deliver the Grafton
when the corner stone of Perry's monument
is laid in Cleveland, Ohio on the 10th of Sen
TENDER next.
The court of chancery of New Jersey has
divorced two unhappy parties, who at a pic
NC IN halfway year SINCE played marriage
and found themselves caught Both were I'M
der age.
beautiful limestone cave, embracing a
number of fine chambers, glittering with
stalaclites, has been discovered near the town
OF Place, Ell Dorado country, California One
chamber is 100 feet long by 30 wide. AT one
end there is a magnificent pulpit in the Gothic
style. 1t is completed with the most beautiful
drapery OF alabaster sterites of all colors, va
rylng white to pinkred, all overhanging the
beholder. Immediately under the pulpit there
is beautiful lake of water. Another cham.
Der, still more splendid, measures 200 by 100
feet
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