Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-01-23

back, Mr.. Phillips reminded his companion tina
they must be on the lookout, but it appears tina
they were nearer town than they supposed, an,
no sooner were the words uttered than boil
plunged in. Mr.. Phillips saved himself witt
great difficulty, after being nearly fatally chilled
MIR. keency could not swim. Both were salooI
keepers.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
A well-dressed unknown man, apparentl,
about sixty years of age, was found dead 81
Saturday morning, at South Quincy, under Tia
Old Colony and Newport railroad bridge. IL i
barely possible that the late train from BostoI
may have knocked him from the bridge, but al
severe wounds were found on the head, and thu
fact of his being so well dressed, and no valua
bleS found upon his person, it makes the circum
stances look rather suspicious.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
New Bedford people are talking about es
tablishng a hospital for invalid women and
children.
The cotton storehousc of d. r. Greene, in New
Bedford gave away in the upper story while
storing some cotton last week, when timberS
floor boards, cotton and several men were pre-
cipitated to the floor below. Portions of the
walls were forced outward and windows were
broken. No one was injured.
| Mr.. George Brightman, a native of Dart
mouth, while rigging out the iibboom on board
the ship loani, at Honolulu, on the 18th ult.,
was accidentally killed. He was twenty-four
years of age, and leaves mother in his native
| town to mourn the loss of her only son.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
large number of cattle in Hadley are
stricken with epizootc aphtha, and the select
| men of Amherst have prohibited the driving of
cattle between the two towns, under penalty
| of $500 fine.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
MERIT Hall: formerly of North Adams and
Iatierly OF Phladelphia, where he married an
| EnShsh woman possessing some property, and
| who has supported HIM in idIeness ever since
| until up to recent period, has receutlv been
guilty of abducting his own child, about three
years OF age, for the purpose of eXtorting from
his wife portion of her income. Five weeks
ago he abducted the child while it was out walk
| ing with the nurse. 1t was learned that Halls
| mother, in North Adams, knew of the where
aboutS of the child, and thither the mother went
| IN pursuit. Three or four of the best men of
| North Adams resolved themselves into detec-
| tive committee, determined to end the child and
restore ii to its mother. The child was traced
TO .toston, and finally discovered at an obscure
place in Cambridge. BY the aid of tn &C telegraph
the mother was permitted to reach her child,
while the impecuuious father is toiled IL a little
game in which lie expected his own child would
prove the winning card
MAINE.
A Lewiston paper says that q tall clergyman
occupying low pulpit in that place few days
ago, found it necessary to place the loose leaves
of his sermon on a pile of hymns books, and,
by luckless gesture, sent the whole Flying to
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widely-scattered leaves, then turned to the SON
gregatien and said; 81 trust my friends, shls
NAV be an emblem that the good seed may nE'
sown as these sheets have been sown, and not
troubling the manuscript further, continued his
sermon extemporaneOusly, to general accept
ance.
The board of education closed It's session at
Augusta on the goth. Its labOrs were directed
toward the perfection of the common school sys-
TEN. The chief resolution adopted aff1rnls that
a complete educational policy involves these fun~
damental principles: First authority primarily
in the state, secondarily in the town; second,
school revenue based on the equable taxation of
property; third, instruction involving complete
training of teachers; fourth, inspection, embrac-
ing state, county, and town supervision; fifth,
compulsory attendance Of all children between
seven and fourteen years of age at public or pri-
waite schools three months annually A school
fax, state aid to towns, establishing free high
schools, abolition Of the district system, and
modification of the present teacher law, were
recommended. This has been the most practical
educational meeting held in the state for years
The legislative committee hearing in the West
brook division case is closed on the part of the
petitioners. 1t was confined wholly to the eX-
animation of witnesses. The DRIFT Of their tes-
| timony was that the town was so large in size
Numbering seven thousand inhabitants) and in
valuation, and from the diversity of Its inter
estS that it was expedient and consistent with
the interests and prosperity of both sections of
the town to have it divided. On the other hand,
it is GAINED that if the town is divided, the
western section would be made too small for leg
iSlatiVe representation. Fhe hearing eXcltes
more interest than it did lass year, when the
scheme was defeated. Both sides are represent
ed in force, and are making desperate nght
| The mayor and aldermen of Portland, with able
| counsel, are on hand, to take advantage IN TINS
| contest, which is triangular one by carrying
| out portion of the territory, numbering about
one-third of the legal voters, and anneXlng 1t 10
| the natural seaport. This last movement is re-
| garded by the divisonists as a back fire OF their
opponents.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
| A prisoner named Hill, in attempting to kick
| piece of wood out of his way in the cabinet
shop at the state prison, last week, struck his
| foot against a circular saw, which cut it badly.
The Keene Sentinel says G. n. Garfield of
| Troy has lately returned home from the AdirOn-
| dack region, bringing home, as fruits of his
| hunting, sixteen deer and one kitten, as he
calls it, which weighs 10 pounds, measures
seven feet from tip to tip, and is as ugly look
ing panther as one would wish to meet.
| The Nashua Telegraph says: "The kleptoma-
mia disease is prevalent in Nashua just now, con-
| sequently those who 90 to a ball should wear
| hat that can be shut up and put in the pocket,
| else one may be obliged to 20 home with q
| pocket-handkerchief tied about his head"
| The steam hosiery mill at Lake Village, which
| has been unused for some time past was totally
| S. NJ. Tuck & Co., whose loss is about $500;
insured for $4,000. The fire is thought to be the
| work Of au incendary.
The Portsmouth, Saeo and Portland railroads
contract with the Boston and Maine and East
ern roads ceased on the 10th, and the road is
now in the entire possession of the Portland,
Saco and Portsmouth owners. There is no change
in trains, equipment or attaches.
A survey has been held on the English iron
steamer "Cotilde," which went ashore at Wells
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demned, Her cargo, an iron ferry boat, has
been removed, and is on the shore and been taken
| charge of by the underwriters. Ii is in pieces,
some of whichare fifty feet long and very heavy.
| The Clotlde will probably be sold at auction.
| She has been afioat once, and can probably be
| got off next summer.
The second annual meeting of the New Hamp-
shire woman suffrage association will be held in
Concord on Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 25
and 26, at Eagle hail. Eminent speakers from
at home and abroad, among Others Lucy Stone,
Julia Ward Howe, Elizabeth X. Churchill, II. B.
Blackwell, Revs. VIM. t. Savage, and j. F. Low
erng L. r. Sanborn, S. S. Foster, Fanny W.
Roberts, and others.
About thirteen hundred sinners are daily sent
through Concord, from Lake Village to Lowell
to furnish the anglers of that vicinity with bait
This enterprise has been in progress for about a
month. The sinners are worth about $3.50 pei
| thousand.
The Portsmouth Chronicle states that very
large watery tumor, said to weigh nearly hun.
dred pounds, was taken from Mrs. j. c. Lang
ley of that city, by Drs. Kimball of Lowell and
! Parsons and Dearborn of Portsmouth, on Wed
nesday. The lady was under the influence o.
/, chlorotorm for three hours, and now lies in
very critical condition.
VERMONT.
The dealers in keTo enc in a Vermont tow
have agreed not to draw any oil after sunset.
Geo. Snay pleaded guilty in the municipa
court at Burlington to the charge of sendiD!
threatening letters, signed "Quantrell" TO sew
eral lumbermen in that city, and was sentences
on Thursday 10 state prison for nine months.
Welcome, the Vermont boy-murderer, whel
standing under the gallows, on Friday, wa
asked il he had anything to say He spoke
few words, after waiting some moments to gail
command of his voice, and said "Words vii
not express my feelings. | only hope my situa
! ton will be warning TO all young men who be
! hold me here to be obedient to their parents
and not, as l have done, come TO this dreadful
end. Keep out of bad company and away froI
low places. This is what brought me here, an
t | hope God will have mercy on me for Jesu