Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-06-17
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The expanding influence Of the sun on Bunker
Hill monument incliues it toward the west in
the morning, the north at midday, and the east
in the afternoon.
on Friday with SO 900 gallons of molasses from
Matanzas. The last round voyage she made
from Matanzas and back she accomplished in
fwenty-nine days.
MiDDLEsEx COUNTY.
In the house owned by the family of the late
Rev. Caleb Stetsou, of Lexington, is bullet
hole made in the battle April 10, IT'S. Though
nearly hundred years ago, all the clapboards
around the hole are in good state of preserva-
ton.
The G. A. r. held a strawberry festival in
Groton Centre last evening. Music was sup
piled by the Harvard choral union. Miss Mary
J. Bancroft, manager of the Western Union
telegraph office, received the highest number
of votes and copy of Whittier's poems.
ESSEX COUNTY.
A young countryman shopping in Lawrence
on Saturday, stole ride on the sprinkler of q
water-cart, evidently not knowing how the old
thing worked. The driver pulled the valve lever
and the countryman rose about three feet into
the air, coming down wetter but wiser.
A merchant of Newburyport sent telegram
to London of considerable length at II O'Clock
Thursday morning, receiving an answer at
he sent an inquiry in regard to his business 70
Calcutta by telegraph, and received an answer
at O'Clock in the afternoon.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Robert Adams of Fall River has given to the
Fall River orphan asylum fine lot of three
acres for the erection of buildings, upon condi-
tion that II shall be forever used for the benefit
of orphans and such unfortunate little ones as
NAV properly come before its auspices, regard
less of sect creed, nation, sex or color. The
trustees will take measures to erect the buildings
at once.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Henry NJ. Davis, young man well known in
Springfield, had a narrow escape from murder
Thursday night, about a quarter past ten, as
briefly noted by telegraph. local paper gives
the details as follows: Mr.. Davis met two men,
one of whom stepped behind the other, as if to
give him an opportunity to pass. But just as
he met the second man the latter drew pistol,
and without word fired at his head The ball
partially stunned him, and the same man then
beat him violently on the head with cane or
bludgeon. The work was not as deadly as it
was meant to be, however, and Mr.. Davis, lean
ing against the fence to save himself from fall
ing, screamed murder as loud as possible. His
assailants thereupon ran away, and his cries
quickly brought assistance. The pistol ball
passed oblQuely over the right eye, making
flesh wound two inches long, and grazing, but
not fracturing the skull. On the back part of
the head was larger and frightful wound,
made by the clubbing, but neither this nor the
other will result in any permanent injury. 1t
was q Close escape lTOUl ublIu, however, as L0ele
can be no doubt murder was intended. No pos
sbe motive for the crime is known, as Mr..
Davis has probably not an enemy in the world,
and the only tenable theory is that he was mis-
taken for some one else.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Prof. Ford of the Ann Arbor medical college
has made an offer for the medical and anatomi-
cal preparations which belonged to the Berk-
chire medical college, Pitts6eld, and which are
removed to athen@um building, some of which
are in good order, while many Of them are al
most worthless.
MAINE.
The citizens of Hallowell propose building
new almshouse for the poor of that city.
The Lewiston Journal says several cases of sum
stroke were reported in that city, but they all
smelt of rum.
The Lewiston Journal says the crop of blue
berries and wild strawberries will be unusually
large this summer.
Shepherd Fletcher, of Parkman, has had six
blooded sheep torn in pieces in his pasture re-
Gently; supposed TO have been killed by bears.
The intermarriage of two families in Maine is
remarkable. One consisting of four sons and
one daughter has married all of a neighbours
children, four daughters and a son.
The grasshoppers are on hand early this sea.
son. A gentleman informs the Lewiston Jour-
nal that of $500 cabbage plants set this season,
hhe has but five hundred left, the grasshoppers
having devoured the larger part
S. S. Boardman, of the Maine Farmer. was re-
Gently kicked by horse in the stable while
passing the stall. Mr.. Boardman caught hold
of the beams above and drew himself out of the
way of the horse, who kept up the kicking. Mr.
Boardman was soon relieved from his position
by his family He received but one blow from
the horses hoof. No bones were broken.
A few days ago, two men stopped at the hotel
in Passadumkeag with horse which they had
driven from SwanVille in wagon since break
fast time, with the additional weight of a trot-
ting sulky which was fastened to the back ofthe
wagon. A few minutes after driving into the
yard the horse fell dead.
boarding shanty on the railroad, about two
miles above Mattawamkeag, occupied by Swedes
was burned to the ground a few DAYS ago, TO,
gether with the stable adjoining. Neither of
them was valuable. Loss not heavy, as the
horses and harnesses were saved.
The republican state convention is called TO
meet at Portland, on the Goth. The call includes:
"Tbe republicans of Maine and all others who
support the present national and state admins
tratiOns."
Lewiston is hard pushed to get Fourth of
July orator. Rev Mr.. Murray declined because
he was going into the Wilderness" and now
the journal says answers have been received
from Gov. Bullock, Gen. Banks, Gen, Butler.
Wendell Phillips and Senator Patterson, declin
ing to deliver the 4th of July Grafton on account
of pressing engagements
NEW HAMPSHIRE
The following is the important resolution Of
fered in the house on the 18TH of which our
dispatches furnished but an imperfect abstract ;
Resolved, That the committee Jon judiciary
be instructed to inquire into the expedency of
providing by law that any widow whose hus-
band died seized of any real estate in this state
shall have her dover assigned to her according
to the value of the whole real estate, whether
wild or cultivated lands, or annexed TO the
homestead of said deceased or otherwise aud
also whether those entitled TO homestead ex-
emption should not be entitled to hold and ac-
qnire the same upon the foundation of a similar
rule, and that the same committee INQUIRE into
the expedency of providing by law for more
liberal exemption Of personal property from at
tachment on execution"
VERMONT.
Governor Thomas Chittenden, first chief mag
istrate of Vermont, had two sons His first
son, bright, smart boy, who kept at work on
the farm; the second, not so healthy nor so
willing to work, was sent to college. The next
spring the old governor was perplexed with a
feeble calf that could not be made to take the
food nature had provided for il. The old farmer
lost his patience, and exclaimed: "Plaone
take the foolish calf, what can we do with it?''
On said Truman, who had never seen the
justice of the decision that compelled him To re-
main at home while his brother was the gentle
man student, just send him to college along
with Martini"
CONNECTICUT.
Henry Parker, carpenter of New Haven
lcl HOm scdHolu on Jne 10Th, a distance of
thirty feet, and was seriously injured.
VIM. A. Wright, a son of the recent cxecu-
tive secretary, now publishes the New Haven
Daily News, which has been under the control
of Capt. Riggs of the Meriden Recorder.
The trial of Theodore Horton and Georoc
b. Griffith, for the murder of Nicholas SANGER
OF Bridgeport, began before the Fairfield county
superior court on the 14th
The bill Incorporating the Stamford Methodist
seminary Of the New York east conference has
passed The amount of property which the
seminary may hold was limited to $500 600
The legislative committee on humane institu-
tons and invited guests, to the number N ono
hundred, visited the American reform school OF
Meriden on the 18th. Governor Je,yeIl SneoI az
Bugbee and Mrs Isabella Beecher Hooker ~era
among the speakers. Mr.. Sanborne nj tho
Massachusetts state board of charities was
present was
The New York and New Haven railroad is mot
satisfied with flour trials of the Coleman case
and especially with the verdict given in Mr.
Coleman's favor at the first trial in Boston. and
has moved for fifth trial, on the ground that
the damages awarded were excessive.
Meriden has a novelty in street music. in the
shape OF hand organ on wheels, arranged with
carriage top in the rear, under which sat a two
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