Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-14

wear ending March 1, 1871, in Lewiston and An
burn. Aggregate losses about $4,000; about
| four-ffths insured. The chief fire was the de
struction, June 18th, of Central block; insured
for $4,000.
The Bangor Wing says the maple sugar
makers IN that section of the state saw that this
has not been good season for them, and the
hlgh price Of sugar and syrup seems to corrobo-
rate their statements.
On the 18th the Maine Central railroad com. |
pany paid, in gold, bonds issued prior to 1862 |
and held by Hon John Ware of Athens. to the |
amount of $4,000. The company refused to |
pay these in gold when due, and the same were |
placed in the hands of law firm.
The grand lodge of Good Templars of Maine
were in session at Portland on theH12th. There
were present at the opening 1876 members and
100 candidates for initiation. Vacancies in the
list OF grand officers were filed by the appoint |
ment of Rev. G. NJ. Cousens as G. W. chaplain, |
and G. I. Marshall as G. o. G. The examina- |
hon,of candidates occupied some time. In the |
evening there assembled large audience at city |
hall to listen to spirited speeches by prominent
members of the order.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The funeral of Hon. George Mcdaniel of Bar |
rington was attended on Sunday by over 1000 |
persons.
The Rev. Elmer Hewitt, of Dover, has accent.
ed a call from the Universalist church at Bel
lows Falls, Vermont.
AT Hill, on the 18th, Mr.. Alvin Gerry.
worthy farmer, fell dead of heart complaint
A damage of 500 to a carriage belonging to q
man at Milton is the result of an introduction
of the devils fiddle" in that town.
Franklin Rand, of Exeter, was drowned in the
Squamscott river, at Greenland, on Tuesday
night He was with his son, who was unable to
rescue him.
In 1911, in Bedford there were eleven young
men who voted that year for the first time. Sew
en- are alive, age over eghty-one years -Four
died at advanced ages.
ole q
health of the members of the legislature. If
two or three members of either party should be
sick the first Wednesday of June, the other par
ty may elect the governor. 1t is incumbent
upon the members elected to rise early, live
temporarily, and keep themselves in good con-
| dition till after the first Wednesday in June
| next.
There was a deacon in New Hampshire by the
name of Day, by trade a cooper. One Sunday
he heard number of boys playing in front Of
his house, and went to stop their Sabbath
breaking. Assuming grave countenance he
| said to them: "Boys, do you know what day is
this| eyes, sir" Immediately replied one of
the boys, deacon Day, the cooper"
A dispatch from Claremont, yesterday, an
nounced the death at his residence in that place
of James P. Thrasher, whose election as state
| senator from the 10th district by seventeen
majority has recently been settled He was the
| candidate of the democrats and labor reformers,
| and his election gave them one majority in the
senate. BY his death the senate now stands
| five democrats to five republicans, with two va
cancies to be filled by the legislature. The
| vacancy in Mr.. Thrasher's district must be filled
| from the next two highest candidates voted for.
These were Albina Hall, of Croydon, the regu-
lar republican nominee, and Alvah Smith, of
Lempster. Mr.. Smith was formerly an "Inde
pendent democrat"
VERMONT.
The old factory at Stevens's village, Barnet,
was burned on Sunday morning; loss $1,000.
Bradford appears to have finally reduced its
local politics down to what it calls "the mud
hole issue"
Rev. Benjamin Labaree, formerly president of
Middlebury college, is temporarily occupying
the professorship of mental and moral science
in Dartmouth college.
small barn owned by Mrs. Sarah Fuller, of
Brattleboro, was burned Saturday night, and
the house adjoining was damaged $500 or $780,
The latter was fully insured; the barn not at ALL
William and Henry Thorndike, two brothers.
2 aged fifteen and eleven years, were drowned in
the Winooski river, at Waterbury, on the 18th,
, while taking sail. Their boat leaked, and fill
ing with water, sank.
The farmers committee, of Westminster, are
likely to definitely settle the question of the
profit of tobacco raising. Two of them think
yes, two think no, and two think that perhaps it
is and perhaps it isn't.
The people of Wilmington are rejoicing at the
prospect of having railroad. The only draw
back to their prosperity heretofore they think
has been lack of the "iron link to connect them
with the outside world
The barn and storehouse attached TO the
| Glenwood seminary at West Brattleboro was
| burned fast day night, with its entire contents
| wagons, hogs, one horse, a lot of -four in bar
| rels, and ice. The loss is unknown, as the pro-
pretor, Mr.. Hosford, was absent and has not
| returned.
John Wheeler, of BrattleborO, fell in fit on
| the platform of the railroad station at an early
hour Wednesday morning, and died before
medical aid could be obtained. He was left
| with handsome property a few years ago. but
spent his last night lying in a coal bin at the
| gas house. Rum did it,"
A little son of John Williams, of East Poult-
| ney, VT, while playing near the bank of Poult-
ney river the other day, fell over rocky preci-
| plce, thirty-fve feet to the rocks below rolled
| OFF into the river and was carried by a rapid |
| current 200 feet down stream, where he was |
rescued. He was badly bruised, but is doing |
| well.
Castleton is a beautiful village of about 1000
inhabitants, and is situated at the junction of
| the Rutland and Washington and Rutland and
Whitehall railroads. Its proximity to Lake
| BomoSeen, its position just at the mouth of the
gorge in the Taconie mountains its localities of
charming scenery, its revolutionary history, the
distinguished men who have originated there,
its fine residences, ETC., have long rendered il a
place of considerable resort.
CONNECTICUT.
2 DIR. John Braddock, well known citizen of
Hartford, died at his residence in that city on
Tuesday, aged seventy-sx years.
A copper ha'penny of George ii. Rex Brit
: ania 1749," was recently unearthed at New
Haven.
little daughter of Frank Beauregard. of
Putnam, was burned TO death, few days since,
by careless use of matches
A fire in the woods at Sterling, on the line of
the Hartford and Providence road has burned
over 200 acres, and destroyed a large quantity
| of corded wood.
The Connecticut Western railroad COMPANY
proposes to petition in the next legislature for
permission to extend its line from the general
| depot at Hartford, to location near the river
Rubini, gift-show yentriloquist who didn't
give away horse at Hartford as he promised
to do was arrested, but allowed to leave the
city unpublished.
Two of the four powder mills in HazardyilIe.
| that exploded about three months ago, and were
| all rebuilt in a very short time after, blew up
| again Monday night. No one was injured
gentleman in Tolland county who had al
ways voted the republican ticket, a few weeks
| since lost his cow by disease. Just before the
| election, the democrats offered to give him an
other if he would vote the democratic ticket.
Wei, said he, 81 guess must go without the
COW, and he voted as he always had; the
| straight republican ticket.
Miss Watrous Mather and Miss Smith of
East Haddam, with eighteen other women, ap-
| pled TO be made voters, but they were refused
| Notwithstanding the refusal the two mentioned
tried to vote at the election last week, and their
votes being refused, will appeal to the courts,
| and claim the right under the fifteenth amend.
ment Miss Mather is a republican and Miss
| Smith a democrat
| Speaking of the Inauguration parade, the
| Springfield Republican saws: "Would il not he
| good idea 10 have double-headed procession,
Jewell and English riding side by side, as it
moves through the streets of Hartford, one to
bow TO one side of the street, and one to the
other, and SO save good deal Of disocating
neck serviceH
The editor of the Hartford Post says he has
carefully examined all the facts in regard to the
| alleged mistake in the fourth ward of New Ha-
ven, and he thinks it occurred in counting two
packages Of tickets as containing 100 each.
| WINE they had only fifty each. He says he has
no ,i uopot that it will be found upon investga-
w" lnat tne pox which was carefully sealed
Up, contains one hundred less votes for Mr., En- |
giasL than were returned for him from that
HOW 10 raise the million dollars needed to |
complete the Air Line railroad was anT;onsiU
discussed at meeting of the friends of the rnny
az hlddletown on Saturday. Negotiations have