Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-07-25
Gbe aaig Spy: aalurcest Guesoap Murnng gup IS 1884,


| are filling orders for their scythe snaths from
California and South America.
Gov. Stewart will deliver the annual address
| at the next fair of the Franklin county agrl-
| cultural and mechanical society.
The annual meeting of the stockholders OF
| the Connecticut and Passumpsic river railroad
will be held at the Memphremagog house, New
port, July 26th.
The trustees of Green Mountain Perkins acad-
| envy at South Woodstock, have engaged as
principal Walter NJ. Wright, of the yarmouth
| class of II.
A practical exemplar of "woman's rights
exists in the person Of Mrs. Bliss Smith of Lon
donderry, who follows the manly trade of shoe
making, as she has done for the past forty years.
| The grounds selected for the county fair, AT
Essex junction, are about fourth of mile
from the junction house, on the Burlington
road, and will include thirty acres.
There were sent from West Burke station in
the quarter ending July 1, 252 full cars OF
freight, consisting chiefly OF lumber, potatoes'
| wood, hops, etc.
A salmon has been caught in the village pond
| at Londonderry; it is thought to be one of the
| lot hatch last summer and placed in the river
| at Weston by the fish commissioner, Dr. Ed
| monds.
The trustees of the Windham provideut insti-
| tuition for savings at Brattleboro have just de-
clared their forty-ninth dividend, amounting to
| $4,000. The total amount held in trust by the
bank July 5, was 1858, 1887.
The twentieth ANIMAL fair OF the Orange
/ county agricultural society will be held at
Bradford, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
| September &c. q and 49, 1871 The list Of
| premiums, ETC., is published.
Several flockS of sheep about South Royaton
| have recently been molested by animals, sup
| posed TO be dogs One man has lost eight nice
| lambs together with several old sheep-all bit
| ten through the throat.
| In view of the fact that twenty-five per cent
of the internal revenue collections in this state
are required to pay for assessing and collecting
| the same, Commissioner PleasantOn will recon-
mend to the president the consolidation of three
collection districts into one.
The Rutland Herald says: capt, T.. S. Per-
ham, formerly of Below Falls, went last year
to Olena, CAL, about forty miles from San
| Francisco, where he now has a rancho, with a
| partner, and a dairy of 1874 COWS. After the
first of October he will run the rancho alone,
having rented the same for four years. Their
butter for the month of May was all sold in adj
| vance for thirty-fiye cents in gold, equal TO
nearly forty cents in currency"
This week is commencement at the university
| of Vermont, at Burlington, President Angel de-
| liyering the baccalaureate on Sunday, and Prof.
Weber of Mddlebury college the address before
the society for religious inquiry, on the evening
of that day. Monday was devoted to the exam
ination of candidates, Tuesday is alumni day,
and on Wednesday come the commencement ex-
ercises proper, with the Inauguration of Prof.
NJ. IL. Buckham, the new president
A citizens meeting was held at Burlington
Thursday evening, to take measures toward Sc
curing the speedy commencement of the Caugh-
nawaga canal Several speeches were made, all
to the effect that the future prosperity of the city
depended upon the construction of the canal,
which, it was claimed, would increase its popu-
lation to 10000 in ten years, and committee
was appointed to solicit subscriptions toward the
$780, 900 which Burlington is asked to give.
The charter requires a subscription of 100000
70 ba ,tol, -off nax-f
May.
On the 10Th, an express train from Montreal
to Boston, on the northern division of the Yer
mont Central railroad, ran into freight train
going north, at St. Alexandra, about eight
miles south of st. Johnsbury. The Burlington
Free Press gives the following account: "The
freight train was on a side track at the station,
waiting for the express train to pass. When
the express was within few rods of the switch,
the switchman, through a bunder, misplaced it
so as to throw the train on the same track as
the freight. The passenger train, running at
full speed, came with terrific force into the
freight train, wrecking both engines, demolish-
ing the baggage car and disabling the two pas
senger cars and the Boston drawing room car.
Two or three freight cars next the engine hap
pening to be empty, telescoped into each other,
thus reducing materially the force OF the shock,
and undoubtedly saving many lives. The casu-
allies, considering the circumstances, were but
few. No one was killed, and but one person Sc
riously injnred-a passenger from Montreal
named Owler, and well known printer of that
city, who received severe injuries in the head,
and had his shoulder dislocated. The baggage
master was injured in the foot and hand. The
fireman on the freight engine had his head bad
ly cut. The engineer jumped off and was I'M
hurt"
CONNECTICUT.
Connecticut has 112 Masonic lodges and A.
| 900 master Masons.
| Ground was broken for a new Episcopal
| church in Saybrook, Wednesday.
Bishop Mcfarland of Providence has pur-
| chased a residence in Hartford, and will proba-
bly, make that city his home.
Rev. Mr.. Wooley, of the Meriden Congrega-
tional church, has accepted a call to the pastor
ate of a church in Pawtucket, Il. |.
The second regiment c. " are to take an ex-
tensive excursion through Virginia, starting
August 10Th and returning on the 2Sth. They
will go as far south as Fort Fisher
The rails are now all laid upon the Valley
| railroad except three miles between MddletOwn
and Cromwell center, the rolling stock is ready,
and experienced engineers, conductors and
other officials, including all but one or two Of
| the station agents. have been appointed.
A narrow escape from a serious accident was
effected in New Haven, Thursday. A gentleman
driving pair of spirited horses approached the
railroad crossing on Chapel street where the
gate was closed. The horses dashed on, broke
down the gate, and although the train about to
pass was checked, one wheel of the carriage was
| broken.
The New Haven Palladium says: DIT is with
| great pleasure that we announce that contracts
for completing the Air Line railroad have been
closed in New York, with responsible parties,
who will also furnish rolling stock. A large
force of laborers will be set on the road at once
and the iron horse will invade Portland, Chat
ham, Colchester Hebron, Lebanon and Wilt
mantle before another winter.
n sav~s rla n rho4
field & Co., of New Haven, have in
press and will shortly issue the last two
sermons delivered by President WoOsey before
his retirement from the presidency of Yale-the
one his farewell discourse delivered July 2, said
to be the best he ever delivered and the other his
last haccaaureate."
On Friday, George Coeller, of Wallingford,
while attempting to pass between two cars of a
freight train at Meriden, fell upon the track and
had one leg badly crushed. He was removed to
the City hotel, where the limb was amputated,
| and hopes are entertained of his recovery.
| Coeller was seen on the street in a drunken con-
ditiOn short time before the accident.
Merden matters: Scion Wilder, of Boston,
conductor Of the Meriden musical convention,
will spend week of his vacation, this season,
in Meriden, the guest of Deacon Il. G. Allen
rattlesnake, three and half feet long and
having nine rattles, was killed on Friday, BY B.
K. Hall, near his residence in the western part
of the town.
A New Haven 10y carrying too much con-
crete Fourth of July in his pockets, found him
self suddenly enyeloped in flames, while passing
up Chapel street, the other evening. The boy
was equal to the occasion, however, for he
promptly pulled off the pants, slapped them
against wall until the fire was extinguished,
when he put them on again and went on his
way as il nothing unusual had happened.
There is fair prospect of another airing of
the morals Of the Hartford police officials, as
the suspended chief, Chamberlain, is about to
bring charges against Mr.. Mott the acting chief,
as the Courant says, in order to get the whole of
the board of police commissioners together, so
that with quorum, the democratic members,
with the aid of the mayor, may restore him.
According to the Times, however, these charges
against Mr.. Mott care said to involve grossly
immoral conduct, surprising anything which
has been alleged against the chief"
A tract of 145 acres to be known as the Char
ter Oak park, has been purchased within the
limits of West Hartford, and adjoining the
track Of the Hartford and New Haven railroad
for the Connecticut stock breeders association.
The park proper, situated two and one-half
miles from Hartford, will contain about seventy
acres, and it is proposed TO hold upon it next
year grand state fair, and perhaps also the
New England fair and also the poultry shows.
The associations capital stock will be S75, 200.
of which one-half has been already subscribed.
| The Yale facutV have furnad thair