Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-05-23

it. She blushed sweetly, but thought she
wouldn't. But the gentlemanly proprietor
insisted, and the unfortunate maiden had to go
to a jewelers. and get her watch and pawn 1t
in order to raise the needful to pay for the
coveted album.
William II. Wells, formerly principal of the
Westield normal school, has been unani-
mously reelected superintendent of public
schools in Chicago, with salary OF $2500.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Mr.. Pynchon has found small quantities of
an ore on his farm in Great Darlington which
he thinks is gold
The glass works at LenoX furnace have
been running for six months, but have now
blown out for three months repairs. The
iron works are in successful operation. Evan
Cossaboom of LenoX, who for nearly e7 years
has been engaged in making glass, is giving
up the business in consequence of ill health,
and has purchased the George Eddy farm near
LenOX furnace.
A little son of George Pinneo of Great Bar
rington, was drowned Saturday the 10th, in
the pond on the premises Of David Leavitt.
Mr.. Pinneo is a member of the 37th regiment.
On Monday the 18th, Newton Robbins Of
Great Darlington put four kegs of powder in
single blast and dislUdged 100 tons of stone
which will be used for bridges on the Housa-
tonic railroad.
Nathan Benjamin of South Egremont, for
mery state senator, and man well known
and highly esteemed, died at his home on Fri
day the 18th He fell from scatiold in his
barn breaking his neck.
As Mrs. Nichols and her two daughters of
/ East Lee, were returningtrOm adrive to North
| Lee, on Tuesday the 18th, their horse become
unmanageable and ran furiously down the
steep hill near East Lee the wagon striking a
ostin The park fence, all three being thrown out
and Mrs. Nichols injured SO severely that she
died in two hours.
MAINE.
Mr.. b. C. Dnsmore, of Belfast employs
three deaf and dumb workmen in his shoe
mandatory. They never chatter over their
work.
The last words of dying shipmaSter, re-
Gently deceased in Brunswick, were "Steer
the ship easy-steer the ship easy" Felicit-
Gus words expressive of calm confidence
that he was gliding into. the final haven of
rest.
The taking of aewives at DamariS cotton
mills, near Bath, has commenced, which will
make business very lively there for a few
weeks. There issone of the best water privil-
eyes in the state at that place, which, if i'm
proved to its extent would give constant en-
plovment to hundreds, many of whom depend
mainly upon what fish they take during the
month OF May, doing but little the rest OF the
| year.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
A woman stole $50 from her employer in
| Nashua, put back one dollar and plead guilty
to stealing $40, but the court ordered a trial,
found her guilty and sentenced her to state
prison for two years. Another woman stole
from the pockets OF her employer $26, claim
/ 1 L., al, ty,e
ing $40, and the court ordered her TO be i'm
prisoned in the county Jail Tor nine months.
A mad dog at Weare has bitten thirty of
I his species, and every dog in the town is to
be chained or slaughtered.
The birthplace" of Daniel Webster, in
! Franklin, has passed out OF the Webster
name. 1t was owned by the widow of the
late Col. Fletcher Webster by whom it has
recently been sold to Mr.. l.. ID. Colby of
| Franklin.
CONNECTICUT.
! A bill is proposed in the legislature to fur
| nish state aid to soldiers families, hereafter,
at the rate of Sc month for wives, and 81
month each Tor children under IA; also Sc
month to mothers with only ons in the army.
The income of the state prison for the year
ending March 81, was Sl3,026, expenses SIP
065; excess of earnings S96l. The number
edGnnygts March 34o, 1867, was $780, GeeeGeiyE,
suicide l. In confinement March 81, 1868,
l59, viz: from Hartford county 80, Fairfield
county 40, New Haven county 80, New Lon
don county ii, Windham county 4, Litchteld
county u, Mddesex county Z, Tolland
county Z. Of the l59 prisoners, there are 1l6
white males and 10 females, q colored males
and females; half breed Indian l, Ameri-
cans Ill, foreigners 40; II prisoners are SEN
fenced Tor life, 6 are insane; II are under 20
/ years OF age; 10 are over so years old.
Building Is going ahead at a surprising rate
this season in Meriden. More than a hun
dred buildings, dwellings, stores, &c. are I'M
/ der way, In contract, or contemplation
| Messrs o. B. North & Co., whose estab-
! lishment was burned in New Britain. a few
weeks ago, have concluded to move their
business to New Haven. They will thus gain
considerable saving in freights, carting, &C.
The ''old academy" at Danbury, is to be Ia
ken down to make way for Improvement.
Gen. o. S. Ferry commenced his academic
studies there, 22 years ago.
New London has voted city tax of four
mills on the dollar, and authorized the issue
of bonds to the amount of twenty-five thou
sand dollars.
In Danielsonvlle, Sunday, the 18th, par
ty filling several carriages, after attending the
solemnities OF atuneral, stopped in front of
| one OF the rum saloons in the village which is
| permitted to perform its work on the Sabbath,
and the ladies with apparent patience waited
while their liege lords entered the '.house of,
death" and pouredliquid fire into their mouths
and StomachS.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the New York and New Haven railroad COM
pany was held at New Haven on the 2lst.
The result of the years business is as follows
Earnings, Sl,036,427 II; expenses, $685.
81 5S profits, $454, O96 10, The company
lost by the Canal road 500, 449 81 coupons
payable, Sl20 l20 00-makng total of
$l49, 400 "a, thus leaving applicable to divi-
dends S304, 626 80. The present bond ac-
count of the company now stands at $780,
100000. viz: Seven per cent bonds due De-
cember |, 1866, 1913, 900; six per cent mort
gage bonds, due October l, 1875, LOSS, O00
FOREIGN ITEMS.
Six innkeepers were recently arrested at
Bologna, Italy, who, it was discovered, had
not only been connected with thieves, but d-
rectiy concerned in various robberies which
have been committed duriug the past and pre-
sent year in the neighborhood Of Bologna.
A letter from Rome says it is well under
stood in that city that the king of Naples has
lately got possession Of funds given to the
papal government, for masses in aid of the
souls of his own ancestors and Appropriated
the money to uphold brigandage The letter
adds, that if Francis IL. really believes that
these masses can help a soul in purgatory,
TINS roO6ng OF the dead is the meanest thing