Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-12-04

AT Rockland the six saloon keepers on whose
premises search and seizure was made on lhurs'
day, were arraigned before the police court Fri
day morning, charged with keeping intoxicating
LIQUORS with intent 10 sell in violation of law,
and severay pleaded mot guilty" They were
all convicted and fined $50 and costs. Three OF
them paid their fine and costs and the other
three appealed Jackson Small, one of the APP
pel,ants, was again aTagncd, on q similar
charge and sentenced to three months in the
county jail. He was also arraigned the Same
morning for single sale of intoxicating liquors,
the sale provcd, and fine of $50 and costs ina
posed. lie appealed in both cases.
Last WRITER tho legislature appropriated for
the present year the sam of 100000 for the
benefit of disabled soldiers and scamen who
served in the war of 1861 on the quota OF Maine,
and for their dependents, or $4,000 less than
the appropriation Of $50, when the amount al
lOwed on applications wade that year was SD,
SSS.75. covering a period of ten months and
seven days, or following February 20d, which
was the commencement Of the pension year, and
after 712 applications were received ana 600 al
lowed. The total amount allowed the present
year. commencing WIFE JaruaFV Isl, WlIl not eA-
. coed $4,000 and the Wh@is NUMBER OF appllca-
tiops viii be about 1860. Upto November 25lI
the whole number OF applications received was
999; number allowed 70S; amount al
| lowed on applications S2l,69l. The places
lurnishing fGc largest number OF pension
ers are Augusta. Bangor, Calais, Gardiner,
q i1alIOWtls IGNlHloiiy VI anu Ciaa.hNs
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Augustus King was taken to the state prison
Mt Concord dys Friday from keene, under a
iour years scntcnte Tor housebreaking.
The secretary of the treasury has confirmed
tlle appointment of John v Rogers and K. d..
Nichols as clerks, and john II. Chcever as in
spector of the custom house At Portsmouth,
N. II.
After patiently listening to the case of Henry
Saltmarsh and wase VS.. the town OF Gambia, N.
H., for a period o. eight days, at the United
States court in Portsmouth,, the jury returned
verdict for the plaintiffs for 1856. The action
was broGssht for damages alleged 10 have hap
pcncd from a defective highway IN Gambia
There is considerable Of n sensation in The
Ferry street Irish SeighbOrhood in concord.
Last week RoIcrt LaIasnn, a shoemaker, who
was considered a very heshhy and strong man,
died after three hours' sickness. He was an
Orangeman, aad not one OF tts Roman iathO-
he Hcighbors would render any assistance,
ana il was twelve hours after his death before
he was Taid out for burial. There are suspicious
of foul play. Ehe Irish Catholics Of Concord
arc noted ior getting up large funerals when
their people die, but at LamSon'S burial the
only mourners or attendants were the SeEtt'n
and the wife and child of the deceased on fool
There is q report that Lamson'S death was
catfsrNi ~ dfugged liquor.
The 5ynsoRtls high school building at Warner
was dedicated Friday afternoon, Mr. Samuel
Davis presided slId Rev. H. S. huntington
offered PRAYER Addresses were made by Hon
j. w. Symonds of FraTklin, arc superintend'
ent of public instruction; Prof j. d, BARLEY,
of the Concord high school; Col. Ma
son W. Tappan of Bradford, Geo +. jerks and
Geo. A. Pillsbury OF Concord; L. &. Cole, prin-
cipal of the school, and II. Hartman, S. &. Pat
tee and a. p, Davis of Warner. The building
and its furnishing cost over $4,000, and Is one
of the best educational structures in the state.
Mr.. Greeley had a narrow escape the other
,1oy M Nashua and If Hammered This
He booked his name at the indian Head, and
after making q call upon some friends, returned
for dinner. On calling for his bill, he was in
ntcd to "register" Surprising that the clerk
was unfamiliar with his ehirography, he replied
that he had done so. TIE clerk insisted that
he had not; II. G. insisted that he had. Whether
the matter underany circumstances would have
reached the dangerous stage of you lie, you
villain, you lie, we cannot say, but luckily the
philosopher inquired the name Of the hotel.
When inform cd that he had dined at The Merrl-
mac house, he paid his bill, registered and eX-
planned his mistake to mine host, who felt quite
rlated that he had handsomely entertained SO
distinguished a guest unawareS.
To keep up the sensation recently caused by
the newspapers respecting the population of
South Seabrook. q little town sixteen miles
from Portsmouth, would seem to require no
higher color than stating the facts. For in
stance: On Thanksgiving day there were forty
four men vsibly drunk in South SeabroOk, and
one Of them was frozen 10 death in consequence.
Three pocket pistols or rum bottles were found
ut the church after the service, and two or three
fellows of the baser sort were caught tipping
in the vestry OF the house. The name of
She deceased man is David q. Dow,
famiiarly called "Crockett' Dow, who
went to Seabrook from Pittsfied about
fifteen years ago. where he left wife and three
children He had of late been living with one
Elijah Knox, whose son was recently pushed or
fell from boat at Hampton, while drunk, and
was drowned; and knOX himself and Dow,
drinking too much of the liquor that Knox
sold, they quarreled and separated and Dow
went again to live, or stay, in his hOve, near
SeabrOok station, on the Eastern railroad. Here
he crept in Thursday evening, very drunk, and
was found alone next morning with his arms,
! legs and face frozen, and after lingering Il few
| hours he died. This is the seventh similar
| death direct from rum IN that little town within
| five years.
CONNECTICUT.
New London is to have Il new large hotel
Hartford is having new fire alarm boxes put up.
A sneak rhief was found operating in Nor
| witch house day or two since.
Sixty thousand pounds of poultry were sold
4 by North Stoungton farmers last week.
| The Springfield Free MasOns will visit Hart
| ford to day.
| Mr.. M w. Sherman has recovered $3.50 from
| Hartford for injuries received by falling into Il
| hole.
inc cosy quarters fitted up in the halls of re-
| cord
Mrs Stiles, the South Windsor prisoner will
be tried in Hartford at the next term of the su-
| peror court.
John Valentine has recovered one hundred
dollars for injuries received by falling on the
| sidewalk in Hartford
Rev. Daniel Merriman Of the Broadway church
| IN Norwich, returned from Europe in time to
| take part in Thanksgiving exercises.
Charles L. Palmer of Norwich, who disap-
| peared some three months SINCE has turned up
| again He gives no account of himself.
Somewhere near West Norfolk the people are
| in great excitement ABOUT mine of some kind
which lucky person has found and is said to
be working secretly. People are out with shov-
| els and pickaXes looking after it, and the ex-
element is something like that Of the Califor-
mia gold times. IL is said that certain wealthy
men have been called on 10 furnish money to
run it by the man, who refuses to disclose its
| whereabouts till the money is promised.
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