Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-08

Der has taken himself off without informing his
friends where he was going.
At gathering in Bridgeport, few days ago
a request was made that the four front seats be
vacated by ladies over twenty, to make room
for those under that tender age. 1t is unneces-
sary to add that there was no great amount of
moving.
The timber for certain house in Salem was
cut in February, 1893, and was found upon re-
| cent examination to be as perfect and sound as
when built A good many umbermen say that
| timber cut in February will las. three times
| longer than that cut in summer.
Moses Abbee, whose death at Willimantic was
recently announced, was the oldest man in town,
and leaves but one more representative of the
| Abbee family, which was once quite numerous.
| The survivor is George w. Abbee, aged eighty
four, and at his death the family name will be-
! come extinct.
The New Haven Register has got into hot
water by accusing Hon. Benjamin Douglass of
| Mddletown, and other radicals, of abusing
! Gov English in matters connected with the Air
| Line railroad. All Middletown is fired with IN
| dignation at the untrue charge, and both demo-
| Gratis and republicans call for a retraction.
The South Norwalk Independent gives some
interesting facts about the oyster trade in that
| place. Twenty years ago its harbOr had but
| oysters enough to supply one family. There
are now 100 acres of ground in the harbor de-
voted to the cultivation of oysters in beds, and
| the same number of acres which supply the nat
| ural growth, making 2200 acres in all; and this
vast area is located within radius of from one
| TO five miles from the city.
The settlement of the celebrated Hanover d.
vorce case at Willimantic has not put an end to
the entire trouble. In relinquishing the case by
settlement without a trial, Mrs. Hanover was
left with preferred charges on her hands against
feminine parties in this place, who have now
commenced suit for defamation of character,
and put an attachment upon all her property.
Quite an exciting time was had AT the resi-
dence of B. Butler, Middletown, Sunday morn
ing. fire was made in the cookin stove and
the servant girl was cooking breakfast, when
the stove blew up, scattering fire and iron in
every direction. The kitchen windows were
blown ont, the ceiling torn off, the girl knocked
down, the room set on fire, and 4 general wreck
of matter took place. The cause of all the
trouble was the water in the pipes froze up and
the steam generated in the fire back caused the
explosion. The family had to go out for their
breakfast.
The Norwich Bulletin says: "a suburban
lady unaccustomed TO the pleasing device of
fashion called the Grecian bend, and the proper
manner of securing it to the person, dropped
hers in the yard the other evening. Subsequent
lv she saw it lying in the moonlight, and mis-
taking it for MephitiS americana, sent her son
and the family poker out to Stay it. The youth
not being on remarkably good terms with the
old lady, was inclined to be sarcastic when he
discovered her mistake, but she recufed hererror
by putting a Grecian bend on him.
A boy of six years of age was frozen to death
in New Britain, one of the cold days last week.
His inhuman father sent him the d.tance of
| about 4 mile in the evening to procure some
| liquor On his return the father was too much
| intoxicated to open the door and let the boy in.
| He was found at the door in the morning insen-
sble from the cold. A physician was called, but
| he at once pronounced the case hopeless. The
| limbs were frozen and the tongue protruded from
1 the mouth. The boy died in the course of the
/ 70 renCon.
james Wilson, who remains quietly in prison,
| received his portion of the Dorsey dinner and
| supper, and ate the same as though he relished
| it. He takes his food regularly at meal times,
and grows fat thereon, being little fuller in the
| face now than at the time of his trial. He Occu-
pies the cell on the ground tier, north side, near
| est the guard room, the same that he has inhab-
| tied since his Imprisonment for burglary The
| "iron celP (which has been lined with wood,
and is now dry and comfortably is only used
now and then for refractory convicts, and is not
Wilson's abiding-place, nor will it be so long as
| he behaves himself. He is not allowed to see
visitors, but he talks freely with the prison
officials, and expresses himself as conIented
with the situation and disposed to make the best
| of it.
A Connecticut correspondent of the New York
Tribune says: "Of the prospects of republican
success in April our friends out of the state,
who are apt TO be doubtful of what can be ac-
complished here may take a cheerful view. The
| party is practically a unit; there are no diVis-
ions state-wise to embarrass the canvass, and
there can be none anywhere unless iniudciouS
men in some of the towns divide forces run two
candidates, and secure the election TO the legis-
ture of a democrat. We shall be sure of the
house any way, and shall as surely have the SEN
ate if we work for it, in spite of democratic
trades and treacherv. Connecticut is a republic
can state by from 1000 to 5000 majority on full
vote, when there is no personal or extraneous
ssue pending | can see nothing this spring
| but q straight party fight on the merit of each
party. We shall have the colored vote, amount
ing to perhaps 2000, but l do not depend upon
that altogether"
RHODE ISLAND.
The Good Tempars hold convention at Cen
tTal Falls on the 18th inst.
Robert Sherman, of Pawtucket, for several
wears United States marshal, is to be succeeded
by Mr.. James H. Coggeshall.
The menhadcn fishery of Rhode Island last
year, engaged a capital of $4,000, and return
ed 100000 gallons product. The fishery and
production OF Oil is prosecuted along the coast,
and requires capital of more than a million
dollars. Long Island has $500, 900 invested, and
last year produced 100000 gallons of oil.
The February number of the Temple of Hon
or, published at Providence, being the second
number of the second volume is a model tenn
perance paper, filed with entertaining reading,
and of class that cannot but educate the read.
ers Of the paper to an interest in the cause
of which it is the Jealous and fearless advocate.
1t is stated on what is claimed reliable aIl-
thority, that there is a child in Bristol now four
years of age, that is an habitua smoker and
incredible as it may SEEM who has been adj
dicted to the habit for three years aud nine
months. When the little fellow was only three
months old, he held out his little hands and
cried for his fathers pipe. The stem of the
pipe was held to its mouth, when it took few
whitfs of the smoke and was made sick for
few minutes The baby was, as we learn,
afflicted with asthma, which was greatly re-
lieved by the tobacco smoke, and no bad effects
from the child smoking has ever been observed
except in the first trial as mentioned above, and
he has smoked almost daily ever since. He
usually uses pipe filled with common smoking
tobacco, but will puff away at a cigar equal to
any older inveterate smoker. Residents of Bris-
tol who have seen the youthful smoker elbow
ing quiet cloud" vouch for the truth of this
singular story