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such a course been taken, probably the whole
job would have been knocked to pieces. There
fore the matter was kept quiet, and no move
ments of the parties were lost sight of.
While these silent operations and vigilant
watching was going on by officers here, parties
in Grafton were working on another track,
which however, they have now abandoned as
the wrong one.
About six weeks ago Detective A. P. Squires,
of Claremont, New Hampshire, who began to
work up the job on the 25th of last January,
came to see City Marshal brennan in relation
to certain indications that came to his (Squires')
notice while following up clue N. York par.
ties for robbing banks in N. Hampshire also, and
it was found that the facts in possession Of
| Squires exactly tailed with what City Marshal
| brennan had gathered here; thus the key to
the whole matter was placed in their
hands, and they Immediately set to work to-
gether, Reuben Perris, well known here as a
| fish pedder, was arrested with his wife and two
| daughters-the women being charged as aces
| sories before the act by harboring the gang
while the job was in progress. Jim Welsh was also
| arrested at the same time. This was several
days ago. Charles Gleason was captured in
| New York and brought on here by Squires and
| a Worcester officer sent on to help him.
The last man caught, and the most important
rascal in the gang, was young Perris, "Worces.
ter Sam" as he is familiarity known. He was
taken from house in Hoboken yesterday
morning, by detectives who watched all night
for him, and was brought to this city in the
afternoon. He claims to be speculator in the
huckster line of business, and, like all the
others, pleads innocence. He is under indict
| ment for bank rohberies in Maine, New Hamp
shire and Vermont, besides counterfeiting, and
| has been followed all over the country-and
even to England-by detectives, Guiding them
at every turn by his sharp practice. When
surprised in bed at daybreak, he swore that he
would not be taken alive, and was SO desperate
that considerable force had to be used with him
| His wife and child were in the house. He is
known as one of the boldest and most success
full burglars in the country.
jim Welsh has for number of years kept O
drinking saloon on Temple street, and at one
time Sam Perris tended bar for him. They seem
| to have been a part of New York gang thai
mas operated extensively all through the New
England Estates, making Worcester frequent Wis
| its, and doing much more of their planning
here than people have any idea of.
For few days past all sorts of rumors havt
been passed around on the street, but nothing
| approaching the real facts has been made known
before; which circumstance has undoubtedly
aided in the success of the job. The newspa
pers here withheld the matter-incomplete a
best until yesterday-in order that the ends o
| justice might in no way be interfered with
More details will shortly be made public, show
| ing the difficulties that have been met with il
working up the case.
The parties will be taken before the CRANE
jury in day or two, that bill of indictmen
may be found.
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MORTALITY IN MAssACHUsETTs.-T num-
Der of deaths in eighteen cities and large towns
of this state during the week ending May 9th,
was 235, of which 40 were of consumption, 20 of
pneumonia, and of small pox, five of the lat
ter being in Lowell, and one each in Boston and
Holyoke. There were during the week 1O7
deaths in Boston, in Worcester 20, Lowell IS,
Charlestown II, Salem 70, Fall River 10, Law
renee s, Lynn 8, Newburyport 6, Fitchburg 5,
Milford 4, Somerville 4, Gloucester 4, Haverhin
4, Holyoke A. Springfeld3 8, Taunton3, Chelsea 8.
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Weather Record.

WASHINGTON, May 10-7:30 P. M.
SYNoPsIs.-The weather remains unchanged
with high barometer and brisk westerly winds
on the Pacific coast. The barometer remains
stationary over the eastern states and the lower
lakes. The temperature has risen on the lakes
and in the northwest. Fresh and light winds
from the northeast and northwest have prevail
ed on the lakes and the Atlantic coast. Brisk
northerly winds have been reported in the lower
Mississippi valley and gulf The rain Of Tues.
day night, after extending along the Atlantic to
the Delaware, is now abated and is confined 10
a few points in Tennessee and the gulf states.
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By patient and steady working, the persons
who broke into and robbed the First National
bank of Grafton, on the 25th of October last
have been secured, and are now in custody. nm.
der bonds for appearance next Saturday, to
which time their examination was continued.
The bonds ofthe men were fixed at $4,000 each,
and of the women $4,000 each.
The leaders are well known here, and have had
the eyes of officers upon them since the bank
was broken open, the city marshal considering
for various reasons, that he had good ground to
suspect Jim Welsh and Sam Perris. The latter
went to New York at about that time, and has
lived there ever since. Welsh made several
visits there and SO also did the older Ferris; yet
the facts did not warrant their arrest; and had
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From Washington.
WASHINGTON. D. c., May 10.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 10.
THE NEW TERRITORY.
The territorial legislature of Columbia will
meet for the first time next Monday. 1t is said
that Fred. Douglass, who has been nominated
and confirmed as member of the upper branch
is not eligible, as he is citizen of New York
and did not register or vote here.
TREATY SIGNED.
The president this morning signed the treaty
of friendship, commerce, &C., just negotiated
between the United States and Salvador
THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS.
After the adjournment of the senate, to-day
the committee on foreign relations held a meet
ing, continuing two hours. They will have
another meeting tomorrow.
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PHILADELPHIA, May 10.--In the contest. this
morning, for prizes offered by the proprietor Of
the Printers Circular, for fastest type-settine
George Arensburg set 1877 ems, and Richard
Mclean 1927 ems, in one hour. The competition
United States and Canada, and takes place 10.
day. The principal prize is silver six-lnch
composing stick.
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Criminal Record.


An OUTLAW , TANUs
WILMINGTON, N. c.. May 10.-Lawry and hi:
gang of outlaws, last night, went into Lumber.
ton, in Robson county, broke open the jail, re-
leased several of his followers and retired, with
out molestaton, though a company of United
States soldiers was quartered in the town.
SUSPECTED CRIMINALS.
CHICAGO, May 10.-The city attorney an6
city marshal of Jacksonville, ILL.,, passed through
Peoria this morning with two prisoners, JOIN
Lemons, alias Beldon, and Steve McSettee, sup
posed to have been concerned in the murder O
Tyndale at Springfield The evidence is said Il
be strong against them.
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COUNTY NEWS.

Frederick Stone of Providence, brakeman
on the morning freight train on the Providence
and Worcester road, was badly injured yester
day morning while uncoupling cars at Mill
bury. He was taken to Providence, and con
yeyed to the Rhode Island hospital
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AT HAMILTON, o.-Loss $40. 900.
HAMILTON, o., May 10.-A fire broke out in
Becket,s block about noon, and soon commune
Gated with the roof, destroying the third story
and injuring more or less of the second and first
stories. Loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
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PORT AU BASQUE, Newfoundland, May TO-
The ship City of Quebec, from London to Que
bee, was wrecked at Dead island on the night of
the sth. She is a total loss, and all her crew
were drowned
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CINCINNATI, May 10.-In the state home
opathic medical society, an amendment to the
constitution, which provides for the expulsion of
members who send prescriptions to allopathic
druggists to be compounded, ELECTED lively
discussion. Ii was laid over till the next meet
ing
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SAN Francisco, May 1O.-The widow o
Horace Haws contests his will, on the grount
that he was of unsound mind for sometime be
fore drawing the deed for the foundation of tn
Mount Eagle university.
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V.,,o., from, the V1;uor..

PHILADELPHIA, May 1O.-A Pottsville dis
patch, this afternoon, says arbitration is decided
on, and resumption will take place immedi-
ately.
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Caught at Last |!

seven Persons Arrested for the Grafton
Bank Robbery, Including HIM Welsh.
and Renbcn Perris. of this eItv. snm
Perris, and Charles Gleason, or New
York, two of the worst men i'm the comm
try,
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Our New York Dispatches.

American WOman's Suffrage Association
Meeting-The Universal Peace Society,"
Railroad Ahairs-Suicide of Naval
Carpenter-GOv. Ito Leaves for Home,
etc.
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guards, who have been at the canal break since
the riot, returned to the city this evening. The
break is repnired.
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,.o,,;.;,, ,;.I III, oo,,,rolos IN ro.,o,, .,,,,,,t
ho had si,vavs bner With tbenl in SHIRT poace
and nrosner;}r no soid had dravpp vol o'or
tho dS, sco,6s Of Ave- 70 ION ,oars arr j., tha
.nH f VI nv " 'o yV'i9 n.y. IN so
would never he efFored from tbe ncnor;cs o1
those who fought, No wreatbs on traitors,
graves would soidiers Law Tho, you'll ~ 60
get their dead +. their memoriss we've socred
After enumeratine the great occosions npdcr the
different headers tho reneroI fearful az Iansino
into bis ola lecture sbnmor,onsI,, oonol"5ed 2
sneech tbot o,,o;tod rorch a,,rta,,sSo
'p TN . ,,'"' i''N 'ii''" "pPi"u'0'
lne navy.
Responded for by the band, and the festivities
were concluded, at eleven O'Clock, by the COM
rades joining hands and singing "Auld Lang
Syne.
...-.. -, .c,
r IL eHe mater ., tne noslou' nartIotu anu
LIle r9IlLoa9' INC MassacnusettS supreme court
hate uvSiueu tnat hoses Nluloall, InoIlas lal
wv uuu avery runner are the legitlihaUe sue
al VI tIe oIisinai trusiees unugr tne DeI
ueIi Iilortgage; ana, upon thelr complying WIN
ceItaiil spechlso c0hulllons, inc receivers are 20
Pt sai III tLelI nauuS tne property anu lducnise
Vi Inc company;
Tue pre- URN Oh me Boston hlgh scnooi pat
!ailoi', numbering thiee hundred ana MY boys,
III lhe DostoI Theatre, to-uaT, attIIcteu sollc
I E I tnIusa3 pa, SPECTATORS Inc Judges were
SeL. Gosiluu OnaliVstlalll OF MAINE alH uenS'
TT,uliullisllt'll ana oher"ln Oh hassacnusetts.
INC pilAeS, tmo nays ior company urn auu lhe
SILVER uieual lor inc pest uillleu private, Were
awaIueSl' inc 4rst 10 companies TWO ana SIX ana
tng I'm Lneo p 10 MASTER ulover; -,
Tue boston nlne arrived at 0 p M; lafge
crowd was at the depot, TO welcome them. All
are IN gooa condlIon, except George wright,
whose INJURIES VIII prevent MN from playing
Ior TWO WeeksI ihey were inc reclplentS Oh
supper at the Farker mouse IN the evening"
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LATEST NEWS.
BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE WORCESTER DAILY gPY
New England Dispatches.

Meeting of the National Encampmcnt of
the Grand Army of the RepubIic-Ad-
dress of GEN. LOSan-Other Important
Matters.
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Repairs in Peace.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, May 1o.-The national
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MUNICIPAL CoURT.-The following cases
were disposed of by Judge Williams yesterday
Michael F. Moran, Joseph D. johnson, Daniel
Healey, Chas. Robinson, and Chas. St. Clare, for
drunkenness, were each fined So and costs;
Daniel Healey and Henry Leonard, for disturb
ing the peace, were each fined $40 and costs;
Leonard was also fined SIS and costs for drunk
enness; Michael Barrett, for being present at
dancing on the Lords day, was fined $40 and
costs; Elbridge G. Wheelock, Geo. H. Blake,
Samuel Stratton, Geo. D. Hall, and Myron j.
KEENAN, were each fined $40 and costs for liquor
selling.
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EPISCOPAL CoNvENTIoN.-The eighty-6rst
annual convention OF Episcopal clergymen and
lay delegates Of the diocese of Massachusetts,
began yesterday in Springfield Bishop East
burn presiding. Preliminary thereto mission
airy meeting was held Tuesday evening, when
addresses were made by Rev. Drs. Packard OF
Lawrence and Miles of Taunton, on the impor-
lance and necessity of home missionary work.
Yesterday forenoon, Rev. Dr. Brooks, of Boston,
preached the annual sermon, and Bishop East
burn delivered his annual address in the after
noon.
The sessions of the convention will continue
to-day.
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Responded for by the band, and the festivities
were concluded, at eleven O'Clock, by the COM
rades joining hands and singing "Auld Lang
Syne."
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DARE CHANCE FOR BUSINESS =
III FOR SALE-THE VINEGAR WORKS, located at
No 81 Washington Square II is undoubtedly the best
arranged Establishment Of the kind in New England and
Is in the centre of large consumers trade The Vinegar
made at this factory has always hal high reputation,
and the good will OF the will be very valuable
the purchaser For particulars inquire OF G. H. WHIT
ING, the premises, Of @. r. WHITING, l02 North
st., Boston deoptf mh25
II AVN MOWERSl
~ The best in the market. Prices from $ll to S25.
apps dn KIENICUTT 4 co.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-16

barn or stack. The better plan is as fol-
lows: Instead of waiting until the pota-
toes are dug and most Of the other fan
work done, begin the husking as soon as
the stalks are two-thirds cured. Take
pleasant days for this work, and allow
the shocks to remain in the field when the
ears have been separated over a single
night and through two days, or until
the sun has prepared them to be packed
away III some shed, or to be nut into
large stacks. Thus cured and thus Sc.
cured, the fodder is worth more to make
milk, or even fatten stock, than any sec
ond-quality hay, and is as good as much
that is called tirst-quality, while in the
old way the fodder is barely worth cart
ing from the field to the barn, subscribing
no purpose except to till the animals on
cold winter days with something which.
while being disposed of, keeps them from
fret.lng after other and better food.
When few days difference in the
time ut which a certain kind of work is
done on the farm adds to or diminishes
trom-the value of the crop, as the case
may be, fully fifty per cent. there is no
question which way tends to affluence
and which to poverty.-Hearth and
Home
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-16
Corn Fodder.

The opinion we have always held upon
the question of the valhe, of green corn
fodder for mich, cows has been; that when
raised from broadcast sowing it is nearly
worthless, but when sown in hills, or in
drills, and cultivated, with access of air
and sunlight, it's Of high value During
the present sesiso1sNe have made some
experiments to test the correctness of these
views, Stalks were collected from field
where the seed was sown broadcast. and
also stalks growing in drills upon the same
field, and they were dried in drying
closet to eXpcl the moisture Both spcci
mems were planted at the same time (he
9th of May) and it was found that the
plants from the broadcast sowing contained
80 per cent. of water those from drills
So per cent. Thus it was shown that the
difference of solid matter in the two was
relatively rs s to II per cent The solid
matter was composed of starch, gum,
sugar, and woody fibre. There was almost
an entire absence of sugar and gum in the
stalks from the broadcast sowing, while
the stalks that had grown under the inllu-
cncc of light and air held these nutrient
principles in considerable quantities. The
stalks collected M th. porioa vi
growth lust before the ear begins to form
a period when most farmers begin TO cut
the fodder for their COWS. Our experiments
upon corn fodder have afforded us import
ant information upon other points. We
find that the stalks cut before they reach
certain stage of growth are deficient IN
nutrient matter, and therefore 1t is a
waste to feed them too early. The corn
plant, like all other vegetable structures,
has but one object or aim in its growth,
and that is to produce seed. 1t is engaged
during its whole life in storing up large
quantities of starch, which is to be used
when the pressing occasion arrives, or
the seed vessels mature, to form by some
subtle. mysterious changes, the rich, nu-
trcnt principles which arc found in seeds.
As soon as this struggle is over, the corn
plant, like all animals, dies nathrai
death 1t is not necessary for frost to
strike it it dies from simple exhaustion.
The proper time TO cut and feed corn
stalks is during the first four or hve
weeks which succeed inilorcscence, or, III
other words. they should not be cut until
the flower is fairly developed, and the
ear commences to form (; and any corn
that is so planted that the ear cannot
form and mature is practically worthless
for fodder. Farmers may learn from
these facts that corn designed to be cut
for fodder should be planted at two or
three periods during the season some
fields quite early, others somewhat later,
and still others as late rs is safe. In TINS
way when the hot, dry months OF july
and August are reached, and the pastures
falter, supply of fodder is secured at
nropcr stage of growth to afford the lar
rest amount Of nutriment.-lD Dr. Nichols,
in Journal of Chemistry.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-16
Grafting in Autumn.

Root gr9fting of apple trees in autumn
and winter is pretty extensively prac-
tced by our nurscrymen, but l have often
wondered why this system of propaga-
ton was not more generally extended to
other trees. Small seedlings suitable for
stocks can always be obtained, and there
are many species of trees and shrubs
which are difficult to propagate in the
open air, that might be grated in fall or
winter, and then stored where a union
would take place between stock and cion
before the time for growth in spring
Many of the evergreens can be grated IN
lhls manner, especially the arbor-vltes,
and the list Of decidious trees that may
DC multiplied by grating is quite extern
ave. Even such trees as the hickory
may be quite successfully propagated by
grating if done in autumn and stored III
damp moss or sand during the winter 1
nave made some experiments in the way
ol propagating trees by root grating IN
years past, and have stored some forest
Hee stocks for still further Investigation
IN this direction the coming winter;
whether succeed or fail the pleasure OF
Tying will still remain the same.-l Rurai
New Yorker.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-16
Shall We send our Children away from
Home to be Educated

TIE College Courant. published at New
Haven, says on the above subject: The
notion Is quite prevalent that il is II good
thing for children to 20 away from home
while acquiring their education. so that
they may see the world and learn how
other folks live There is doubtless much
to be learned in seeing the world, and we
would, by no means, depreCatc the en-
largemcnt of mind which comes by travel
but the natural place for children is home,
and their best society that OF their parents
and brothers and sisters. The teacher OF
boarding school has the double Office Of
teacher and parent, and, however well he
may fill the former, il is impossible for
him 10 fill the latter 10 the perfection
which the parent can, and often does
attain. The child almost knows instinct
lively that the love of Il parent is disinter-
cstcd that his advice is without any selfish
motive, and that his command must be
obeyed; he therefore trusts his parent
with II confidence. and obcys him with
good will, which he is not ready to yield
to stranger. II is tie duty, therefore Of
parents to keep their sons and daughters
together ut home till their minds are well
disciplined by study, thcir principles well
established, and their habits formed, and
then they can safely see the world, and
profit by the lessons it teaches. The high
schools enables us thus to do. The young
men and women graduating from our high
schools find the same incentive 10 action
in society that they found in the school
ana 90 IiUI leave brilIu tlIcfn INC IoltNa
which thus far have impellcd them.
There is no such violent change rs must
occur when one graduates from u school eN'
clusiyely devoted To one sex.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-16
Gather Woods Dirt.

When going to work in the fields near
the wood lot, take along shovel and
carry home at noon and at night load
of forest loam,. or else set apart day
and devote it entirely to the purpose of
collecting. Woods dirt is one of the
very best mulches that can be used it
is one Of the ahsorbents for the stable.
and as II loamcr and fertilizer for soil it
cannot be eNcclled. 1t is good upon any
and all kinds OF soil, and as cheap as the
air.
Leaves and loan form an excellent
material for house banking and for coy
ering vegetables buried in the fields or
garden. Nature has designed the fallen
leaves az shield to the tree-roots against
the frost; thin coating being almost
impervious to that element they are,
therefore, exactly fitted for the use
above mentioned No better manure
can be used upon the garden, as it will
make the soil light, airy, and at the same
time give it the primitive qualities Of
tertility.-Exchange. m