Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-12-09

sufficient cars nor sufficient storage accommoda-
tions Not only are the New York boats dis
charging their freight at Saybrook, out most
If sailing vessels are unloading coal, lumber,
iron. ETC. there Cars now run alongside OF the
boats and take of the freight direct.
The supreme court OF errors has decided the
case Of the First Ecclesiastical society against
the town of Hartford the suit being to recover
back taxes paid on the two stores under the
Centre street church lecture room, Inc court
finds that the south store was bought of Nathan
lei Terry in 1881 for $4,000, out of an ancient
fund that was exempt from taxation, and Is eN'
empt; while the north store, purchased OF Dan
iel Wadsworth for $780, is not, because non-eX-
emptcd funds were used in payment.
large surprise party at Bridgeport, the
other night, carried with them an unlimited
quantity OF provisions, expecting to have nhe
snnper but the lady surprised supposed the al
fair TO be sort of donation visit, and very
cody deposited the good things in the pantry
The party waited until the pan@s OF hunger
drove them incontinently away
RHODE ISLAND.
Newport is almost shut of the small pox at
last.
During the absence, few days ago, at a re-
! Iigious meeting, OF Mr. and Mrs. Lodowick
/ Church of Exeter, their dwelling, with IFS con-
| tents vas consumed by fire.
| Recently distractions have been repeatedly
| placed upon the srnck of the Old Colony and
! Newport railroad, al point few miles beyond
! Newport
InC Hos'o" IN, r,ro,,ll thot ono ,voild
peg iypoi' ~ l,'h5 W, 49, fr hot citv
',,ss IL, d5n,orgTrtS Speculation
A lady. pho is visiting Il family on Foster
Slieeti W., i " 80 ,,,l,Is,,t con
,4i nv, obo,t bor Loa9 She mn her hand hack
800, 49, ~, ~ I'LL 49,, ,,hi,i, hol been
induStrfoaslv engaged in gnawing her hair
The WoOHsuesOt Patriot says that reverend
o,G,, No. trrinr n, 1,rnrce the idea thot the
oots' ~ 10 i;tj ones ,sore sinrn and needed
roylisting IN occoTjonce with the timc-bonored
cTsto,, tstirg Ills watch and holdino if
mn he Said "To,p here is NV watch: suppose
IL ,doDjt Eeep ,roosi fifne,-.now goes too fast
NM ,,,vy tno sIov-,yhaf sI,an / do with il ?"
"SeU il - sbo,ifed a vouugster,
broonu the most wealthy Of Rhode Islands
,velItby 6pn}s is tbe housc of Brown & Ives Trey
tounded n VILLAGE AT Tonstalc and erected four
mjlls running abCrt GO0OO spindles. They
are buildino a new min IN IOnsdale. They own
from Lonsdale to Ashton, about three miles.
Al ASHTON they own a mill OF 700 looms and
40 GOO snindIes which is A perfect model of
symmetry and beauty. 1t is said that there is
no. more beautiIul uiH anywhere Surround
ing the mill is a village mainly supported by
Brown & Ives, OF 1000 inhabitants. They en-.
plov probably 5000 persons at Lonsdalc and
Ashton Thcy have mill at MantoD, ono at
Hope and the Blackstone manufacturing COM
paws mills in Blackstone, Mass, and have in
dustries at other places Their possessions are i'm
mense, their villages are the neat and beautiful
liofpes of cOuteutgd people, and they, too, are n
pillar Of strength = the fabric Of Rhode Island.
Messrs. A. & w. Sprague own or control the
following industries; Baltic cotton mill, Wind
ham, Ct, cotton mill at Quidnick, r. l.; one at
Naticll: the Arctic mill in Rhode Island; the
Johnston mill, the large mill al Central Falls;
anofbpr ON the Kennebec river at Augusta. Me-:
Kerircbec land and lumber company at Angus
ia: United States fax manufacturing company;
large print tyorls at Cranston; Perkins sheet
iro9 mills, Spraguc moving machine company
ComstocE foundry company; American horse
nail cnnnafiy: Rhode Island horseshoe com
many: Nicholson tiIe company: and all the horse
railroads in Providence, besides the Providence
ma New York steamship company. They have
: Great interest in many other concerns, among
stber ire Columbia water power company at
Gninmbia 5. G. Z ledge at Oneco, Ct, where they
OCT stone for their buildings; Wheaton bread