Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-03
New England Dispatches.
Fatal Accident at RanaOr Little Girl
DrOwned-The Strike of Railroad EN-
PlOyes IA Connecticut, etc.
MASSACHUSETTS.


PROVIDENCE, March "A house and barn
owned by Dudley Reach, aud occupied by Will
liam Reach, in bellingham, Mass. two miles
from Wuonsocket, were burned last night. Loss
$4,000 to $4,000; insurance, $500 on the build.
lngS at the Narragansett office, Providence $500
on the furniture in the Security, New York,
Boston, March 2.-The Evening Traveller
says the directors OF the Webster bank have pre-
scented their late embezzling cashier, Z. c. Dan.
iell, with $500, to detray his expenses, until he
can get established in business.
SPRINGFIELD. March 9. - Three hundred
workmen on the Holyoke and Westfeld railroad
struck to-day for an increase OF pay, IRON 81 80
to S1,75,
MAINE.
BANGOR, March IA young man, named
Rollins, twelve years old, was Instantly killed in
Abbot, "Wednesday, by being run over by load
ed Sled
In the city council, this evening, Lysapder
Strickland was elected city director of the
Name Central railroad company,
PORTLAND, March "A little girl eleven
years old, named Marietta Rich, fell into the
river at Saccarappa, to-day, and was drowned.
The body was recovered,
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
CONCORD, March 2.-The house and barn of
Perley Putnam, at Laconia, were burned last
night. The fire was discovered in the barn
about II o'clock The furniture was nearly all
saved, though in a damaged condition. Loss
$1,000; insured for $4,000.
PoRTsMoUTH, March 2.-Tobey & Littlefeld,
at their ship-yard in this city, have raised the
frame OF schooner for Dover parties. Harding
q Doane, OF this port, have fishing schooner
building at kennebpnk, Hon. James III. Butler.
OF Nottingham, has purchased onc-fourth of the
new harque, building by Atkinson & Fillemorc,
at Newburypoit, which is nearly ready for
launching.
The new association here is called the young
peoples union, and is for both sexes, and half
the directors are ladies, All the leading clergy
men in the city joined in the dedication service
The total of the White Rover fund amounts
to about S2100, of which the Boston yacht club
very generously sent S715, and the Newbnrv-
port humane society so. The Boston press and
people have responded nobly for this charity
and Mr., Bartlett will acknowledge the subscrip.
tons in detail
CONNECTICUT.
HARTFORD, March 2,--The Connecticut VAL
ley railroad contractors refusee to-day to accada
to the demands Of the striking laboreTs. abont
400, for higher pay. About fifty resumed work.
but were driven of by the strikers, New men
will be engaged,
George Woodwork, an incorporate man or
Meildeni under arrest for assaulting his wife,
hung himself In the station house in that Mace
Wednesday. fN'
Royal Briggs, aged twenty-four, committed
suicide in Sherman, Saturday by HANGING 10
was insane. His father drowned biInself last
September, and this makes the sixth case of
suicide IN TINS tranch Of the Briggs family.
The barn OF Grant II Sweet, in Lakeyille.
was burned Wednesday night, with two horses
Loss $500; insured for 5000.
The motion for new trial of James Wilson,
the murderer of Warden Willard of the state
prison, was argued in the supreme court of err
titon is the selection of two Jurors who had
formed an opinion previous to the trial, and the
ruling out OF evidence to show proyocation. De-
cision not rendered,