Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-30

United States, and the latter representative for
the past year of the grand encampment of Maine
to the grand encampment of the United States,
will attend the meetings of the grand lodge
of the United States at Chicago Sept IS. Mr..
| N. H. Cotton of Bangor is also representative
of the grand lodge of Maine to the grand lodge
Of the United States
| The shoe business at Auburn still continues to
be vel : active and promises TO be more so for
the next few weeks, The total shipment of
| shoes and boots for the past week have been
1859 eases TO l9l cases for the week preceding
| The total receipts of leather have been 94,3S0
pounds larger than we have ever before reported
| for any week, indicating that a corresponding
| increase in production may be looked for The
| total shipments thus far this month have been
34OO cases, while in July there were 211O cases
shipped.
An interesting case in bankruptcy has Just
been decided by Judge Fox, as referee. 1t is
that of John Il. Swanton, assignee in bank
| ruptcy of John Han ward VS.. the Sagadahoo
bank of Bath. On the Doth of September,
1870, Harvard conveyed to the bank fourth
| part of the ship Emma, and soon aiterward b 10
came bankl apt. The bank maintained that
this assignment was a valid lien, aud claimed to
hold the property under it. The assignee re-
sist this claim on the ground that It was
given in fraud of the bankrupt act alleging
that Harvard was in failing circumstances
when il was S.yen and that the bank well knew
it. The matter was referred to Judge Fox, and
he has decided that the assignment was made
in fraud of the bankrupt act, and therefore
does not constitute valid lien. The amount in
voly d was about $4,000.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The tornado on Sunday evening did much
damage to buildings and orchards at Tacoma
and vicinity.
Messrs. Abbott, Downing & Co.'S carriage
factory at Concord closed on Saturday for n
fortnight or so, TO admit the putting in of a new
| ninety-horse power ene,ne.
The one hundredth anniversary of the organ
| zation ofthe Union church in West Claramont,
IS soon TO be celebrated. The parish was or
ganiz d by Rev. Samuel Pet rs in 1871.
The railroad survey ing party under Henry W.
| Goodrich, from Lancaster, have got V thin two
and half miles of Northumberland, and it is
| expected that the Montreal road viii be opened
| to the Grand Trunk line by July next.
The matter Of giving city aid TO the Ports
| mouth and Dover railroad is exciting much dis.
| cuSSiOn now at the former city. Ii is thought
that the influence of the Boston and Maine road
may prevent Dover aiding the project.
AT the Gimantou iron works, a few DAYS
since, Isaac Robinson wagered that if John L.
Piper would eat six quarts of boiled custard, he
| would SWIM two miles in )ugee pond. Piper
| are the cuStard and Robinson propelled himself
| through the water the stipulated two miles
The new and beautiful house of worship
| erected by the Baptist society," at Lake Village,
was defeated by appropriate service on the af-
| tei loon of the 23d. The house is an elegant
| one, and was built at a cost Of about SIC 900
| exclusive OF the lot. The audience room will
seat about 500 persons, and there are three com
modiouS chapel rooms in the basement
VERMONT.
Rev. c. c. Torrey will be installed on the 18th
| of next month as pastor of the Congregational
| church in Charlotte.
A terrible accident recently occurred in Sis
| by'S mill, in West Burke. As Wright Clifford
of Newark, was putting belt upon wheel,
his leg was caught and torn nearly from his
body, tearing open his towels and man9ling
him dreadluly. He was alive at last accounts,
but cannot recover.
The following are the state delegates TO the
national Congregational council, which is to
meet at Oberin, Ohio, November 10, 1871: Rev.
| II. ID. Ktchell, d. D.; Rev. Z. f. Ferrin, Hon.
Julius Converse, Rev. &. T. Wright, Rev.
Aldace Walker, d. d.; Joel NJ. Haven, ESQ,
and Rev. A. W. Wild.
Butler said at Springfeld: Go anywhere,
| everywhere, and find good soldier who served
under me and ask him about me, and Twill
abide that answer, whatever it may be-" TO
which the Burlington Free Press responds:
Vermont sent troops to the war who were
under Ben. Buffers command. We think they
know him. He is a fraud personally and po-
| litically. If colonization was cardinal princi-
pie Of the republican party, as it is of the dem
| ocratic, the seventh Vermont REQ iment would be
| likely 10 take an excursion to Worcester Sent
would not ask Tor half fare rates either. If the
| republican party of Massachusetts wants to
| live and have respectable reputation, the
sooner it eliminates Ben. Butler the better"
CoNNECTICUT.
| The second regiment has adopted Il gray uni
form.
The Litchfeld county agricultural society will
hold It's annual fair at Litchfeld on the 4th and
9TH of October.
The New Haven Press says City Auditor Smith
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services, which has been left at his office. There
| is great curiosity to see it.
Capt. Zenas Atkins, of Chatham. Mass was
addressing Sunday school in Meriden, Sunday
when he suddenly fell back and died in less than
five minutes. Heart disease.
Stephen Peck, a brakeman on the Hartford,
| Providence and Fishkil road, was struck by
bridge at TerTyville, Saturday, and seriously in
jured. A fellow brakeman caught him as he
was about to TALL from the car.
Thos. j. Tilney, who took the DeForest medal
in the class of 10 at Yale, has been offered and
I has accepted professorShip in English litera.
ture at Cornell university, Tracy Peck, of Yale
81, has been appointed professor Of Latin at
Coilell.
The work of filling all the bridges on the Ston-
ington and Providence railroad has been under
taken, and before the close of the year will be
one of the easiest and Smoothest in the coun-
try.
man named Chapel, who had been work
|
campgrOund, while on his way home on Mon
day evening, jumped out of wagon, and burst
Ing blood vessel, Immediately bled to death
Mrs Mccarthy of Hartford attempted suicide
Monday MOI 1ing by cutting her throat The
wound is quite sci ious, and there is little reeoy-
cry. She has been delirious since last week
from the effect of too much drink.
1t is understood that Postmaster Whitaker of
Hartford is to be suspended from September l.
and that an agent of the post office department
/ n RhaT6r Of fhn off Co., .
port its condition.
A man named Charles II. Barker was found
dead about mile west of Windsor Locks Sat
urday, under circumstances that indicate foul
play His parents reside in Michigan and he
has been in the employ of Throwl Brothers of
| Poquonnock until short time since
A man named O'Donnell, living in Norwalk
| got drunk the other day and beat his wife fear
fully, then pointed pistol at her, telling her to
Jump from the window, some sixteen feet, or
he would shoot her. She Jumped and fell to
the ground, receiving injuries from which she
IS still confined to her bed, and her recovery is
doubtful. The brute left for parts unknown,
but returned on Wednesday and drove the
nurse from the house, He has not been ar
rested.
About year ago street railway in Hartford
obtained permission from the legislature to in
crease the fare from six TO seven cents A reg
qlar patron of the road, indignant at what he
deemed extortion, vowed he would henceforth
business
about one milc-aud back, and deposit the fare
he would have paid in little box at home. Ac-
cordingly, he has since put seven cents in the
box before starting out, aud seven more on re-
turning. His year was up the other day, and
he opened the box. He found in it S109 20
which he deposited in the savings bank, and be-
gan on second yer in like manner.
Dr. Mayer of Hartford aud L. D. Clapp of the
Courant have just returned from pedestrian
Voua 70 1he White mountains. They walked for
| ina I IN
mounts Lafayette, Willard and Washington
ana camped out every night. They carried
their tents and blankets on their back. and
= cooked their own food during this time. The
doctor says that when they had pitched their
tents near some large hotel and built a rousino
fire, the ladies would flock out to visit them ma
give them saluialy advice about the COOKING
On leaving Bethlehem, they were accompanied
road, which, as Mr.. Clapp remarked. or tool
; them an hour and half to walk" The ex.
! pense Of the trip in the mountains from Iittie.
ton TO North Conway, everything included was
less than ten dollars TO each They tbinII AZ: