Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-07-31

able matter at the bottom of the pond All
over the pond bubbles of the escaping gas may
be seen.
Mrs. Lucy Sawyer, the oldest inhabitant in
Bolton, and living a few rods west of the Hud-
son town line, died Thursday morning last at
the great age of 9S years. Until recently she
has always been remarkably active. The inn
mediate cause of her death was a paralytic
shock. She has lived in the same house thirty
four years. and has never rode in the cars.
The school committee of Milford have pro.
yided for the establishment of Il training school,
to open August 81 Three primary schools will
be connected with it. Miss Ella J. H Knight,
graduate of the training school in this city, and
for two years an assistant teacher in it, has been
engaged as principal. Boston has had train
ing school for a number of years; Worcester for
three years; Fall River for nearly three years;
Lawrence, Springfield, Cambridge, Lowell, for
one or two years. In every case, committees and
superintendents testify of success and useful
ness.
NJ. Henri Cernuschi, an Italian banker, who
has served the liberal cause in France for the
past few years nobly, and who was compelled by
the imperial government TO leave the country,
but returned after Sedan, and has since edited
the Paris Steele, is now visiting New England,
and paid visit to Amasa Walker at North
Brookfield last week. His ideas on credit are
the same as those of Hon. Mr.. Walker, NJ.
Cernuschi will visit Boston and all the seaboard
cities before going west to San Francisco and
round the world home.
Thomas I Hilton 81 VOnnu man % wears of
age, who acquired considerable notOriety about
year and half ago for his connection in Sc
ries of burglaries in Holden, Sutton and North
bridge, in company with companion named
David G. Hammond, died at the state prison, in
Charlestown, last Saturday. At the May term
of the superior court in 1870, he pleaded guilty
to four indictments for burglary and was sem
fenced to the state prison for six years. and his
companion was sentenced for three years. 1t is
stated that he refused food for some weeks and
consequently starved to death.
The bell on the Fitchburg wooden mill, which
is used for calling the hands to work, was
rung very mysteriously last Tuesday night
at about twelve o'clock, causing consid-
cradle excitement among the jewellers in
Factory square and its immediate neighbor-
hood. The Sentinel explains how the building
was fastened so that no one could get at the
bell-rope, and after treating its readers to a
quarter of a column of mystery, knocks the SUI
pernatural ont of it by saying that very prob
able solution of the mystery is, that the bell
was "set" when previously rung, and then
blown over in the night by gust of wind, aided
by the rain. In that case it would strike about
four times and then cease.
A quarterly meeting of the Good Templars of
the Worcester south district was held on We'd
nesday last, at the Universalist church in Mil
ford. The meeting in the morning was devoted
to business of the Order while those of the after
noon and evening were public. The district
deputy, G. W. Hobbs, Esq, presided; delegates
from nearly allI the lodges in the districtiap-
peared; from Upton, Blackstone, Millyille,
North Oxford, Uxbridge, East Blackstone, Men
don, Worcester, Grafton, Southbridge, as well
as from Milford. The reports were interesting
-and generally hopeful. In the afternoon resolu-
tons were discussed by Rev. G. F. Clark of
Mendon, Mr.. A. NJ. White of Uxbridge, Rev.
Mr. Merrill of RockpOrt, Rev. Messrs. Stacy and
Demarest of Milford, DIR. j. G. Metcalf of Men
don Dr. NJ. D. Southwick of Blackstone, and
Rev. L. E. Charpiot of Boston. In the evening
Rev. Messrs Charpiot and Merrill made ad
dresses.