Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-13

NEW HAMPSHIRE.
! The barn, twenty tons of hay and thirty cattle
of Leonard Elms, in Lisbon were burned on
| Thursday.
The Merrimac valley poultry society will hold
| its exhibition at Nashua, on the 21st, ODD and
| 23d insts.
The house of Mrs. G. Pamenter, NIillvile,
was burned last week. Mrs Parmentcr was Sc
verely burned while attempting to remove her
furniture from the house.
A third attempt to set fire to the block on the
corner of Market and Daniels street. Ports
mouth, was made last week. Tarred rope and
other combustible materials were found in the
morning, slightly scorchcd
The mother of Bishop Niles, of New Hamp-
shire, died in Canada on Monday, the 9th at
the advanced age of eighty.four By dint of
travelling night and day, the bshep was able to
be with her for two days before her DEATH
A white pine tree measuring seventeen feet in
circumference, was recently cut on the "Kim-
ball place" in Dover. 1t was drawn to the um-
Der mill but was too large to be sawed and was
split with powder, but the halves arc still too
large to be made available.
Hugh O'Donnell was drowned at Wells River
few nights since while attempting, with team
to go over portion of road which had been
| 0verfiowed by reason OF an ice Jam in the river.
The man is thought TO have been intoxicated,
for he did not avail himself of the means that
| were used for his rescue.
Mrs. Simonds widow of the late Franklin
| SimondS, of Warner, who died recently has be-
| qucathed to the Simonds high school in Warner,
established by property left for the purpose by
her husband, the sum of $4,000; a parsonage
and $1,000 to the Baptist society in Warner. 10
the New London society and the American Ban
tlst nome missionary society, $1,000 each; to the
New Hampshire Baptist convention, the Ameri-
can missionary union and the American Baptist
publication society, $1,000 each.
The Unitarian society OF Manchester have
sold their church at the corner of Chestnut and
Merrlmac streets to one of the Freewill Baptist
| societies for $4,000 and have made arrange
mcnts to build Immediately beautiful church
at the corner of Concord and Birch streets. The
new edifice is to be of the Gothic stvte and is 10
cost at least $4,000 This society is now in a
| very prosperous condition. The money for
their new enterprise has nearly all been sub
scribed.
The Enquirer says Mr.. Richard Waldron, of
Dover, has IN his possession a venerable and
valuable heirloom-a brown stone jug-which
| was brought from England upwards of two
hundred years ago by Major Richard Waldron.
| lnere mas been Richard in every family of the
regular descendants since his day, and the
richards have always had possession of the ing.
II holds about two gallons, is cone shaped, has
| a representation of a crowned head upon it, and
| is really a curiosity.
A council of Methodist ministers has beenIin
| session for several days at Loudon to consider
certain charges made against Rev. Warren APP
| pleOee, wherein he was accused OF conduct I'M
| becoming gentleman and mem Der of the Cos
| pei. The number of witnesses examined on
their atfidavits was about twenty-five The case
was submitted little before midnight Wednes-
| day, and al two O'Clock Tuesday morning tbe
committee, through their chairman, Rev, Elisha
Adams of Concord, pronounced their unani-
nous verdict TO be that the accused was inpo-
cent OF every charge brought against him.
| A correspondent at Meredith Village furnishes
| the facts concerning the irregularities in the
town treasurer's accounts, by which it appears
that the charge made in the democratic papcrs
that the deficit happened "pror to the town
coming into the hands of the democrats" is all
moonshine. The democrats have managed the
towns affairs for three years; the books were
IN their possession, or should have been when
| stolen, and from the circumstances connected
with their disappearance there can be but little
| doubt where the responsibility rests. The fact
that the present treasurer is under heavy bonds
for the faithful performance of his duty is suffi-
Gent proof that had the irregularities occurred
| in any other administration than his own he
| would have taken measures to protect himself
| from a forfeit.
| VERMONT.
Uncle Sam delivered TO the people of Yer.
| gennes one thousand valentines.
Among the appropriations in the river and
| harbor bill is one for the survey of Otter creek
Sheep-killing dogs reduced the flock of Mrs S.
| Z. Strong in Vergennes of some half a dozen
good sheep last week.
The three daughters of Amos B. Carpenter, of
| ST. Johnsbury were recently all married at their
| fathers house upon the same day.
Last week, Frederick Bouttant, a Frenchman.
at work on the Addison county railroad in
Shoreham, was instantly killed by the falling of
some frozen earth.
| Kew MT. HICKS OF Bennington, who tasted
thirty-four days, as described few days ago,
did not get cured by that method, as he died on
FRIDAY and was buried on Monday.
copenhagen parties are quite the rage in the
northern part OF the state for raising money for
charitable purposes, A small admission fee is
charged.
truman fsrsons and wife Of Sunderland cele-
| orated lhe nlteth anniversary of their wedding
on wednesday OF last week, at the same farm
| Mhere they nave lived since their marriage
Ihelr ten children are all living but were not all
| present
Our exchanges are giving, among their Yer.
mont items, the sad details of the recent death
| Dy freezng, oil Mrs. Deborah Bragg, of Berlin.
| The death occurred, but the Berlin alluded 10
is in New York. east of Troy, and not in Yer
mont
| WIN. ii. Barnum, the great iron man of Con-
necqcut mas purchased $4,000 acres of wood
| lana IN Reads0oro, Searsburg, and adjacent To-
| calities; and golfers are constantly drawing
| charcoal, burnt thereon, to North Adams, where
| it is shipped by rail to his furnaces in Connect
| cut.
Publicity is given to noble resolutions on tbc
part of the authority of two of the towns in Rem.
| nington county, viz: That no Intoxicating bev
| craze shall be sold within the borders n a.
town of Pownal, and that no person in tbo
town of Remington shall deposit a ballot at an
election in regard to which he has bongbt ar
sold a vote.
Recently a suit was brought in \ WASHINGTON
| CITY court against James r TanGdon and &C.
| &. Shepard of Montpelier, TO comneI the nav.
| ment of their subscriptions to the canitaI stock
of the Montpelier and Wells River railroad Tho
subscription of tbe former is S10OO0 and rho
latter $4,000, Mr.. Langdon being the weaithiest
man in Vermont.
There is a great temperance revival in the town
of Peacham A meeting on Monday ni@ht If
last week was a success in point Of nnmbers
and enthusiasm The report of those annointe5
to circulate the pledge was very grafifying II
is probable thar nineteen-twenfietbs nf Tho old
| zens have signed or will SION The rIedoe Tho
| friends of the cause have every reason IN taPc
| courage. The oldest inbabitsnts Stato t tbat
the town never was So free from rlae
| as TO-DAY Woo % nv 'ion" i"VeinP er"uce
HmmhoIdt Kansas narer sors +to. o;4,- H..
the chamnion naior in t Si1 ,ne a. oltS nas
Of Albert Minor tba eiI Wiz, III Ile person
Josenb Miner ~ Ea;,soId y " t''GTl nu sou OF
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