Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-25

insurance
The musical convention at Keene, last week,
was grand success financially and unsteady.
| This association is On the best footing of any in
| the country Except possibly the Boston Handel
| and Haydn society, or the Worcester Choral I'm
ionl, having nearly $1,000 in the treasury, and
over Sl2O0 of property in the shape of music,
books aud grand piano.
VERMONT,
The parish of st. Michae'S, Episcopal, at
Bratteboro, are building Il new parsonage on
| Tyler street.
Mrs. Arvilla Washbun, wife of Leonard F.
| Washbum of Woodstock, died suddenly of heart
disase or apopeXy on Tuesday. She was sixty
| two years old.
fine new twenty-seyen ton engine for the
| Lamoille Valley railroad, styled the "LamOille,
was sent from Portland Monday evening.
AT last the Vermont Central railroad COM
| pany has begun the erection of Il station al
| Chester, to he built Of brick and have a slated
| roof. Size, sixty by twenty-four feet
There were about two hundred visitors at
| Alburgh springs last week, of which the Springs
house has 100, the Mansion house so, and the
/ remainder are boarding at private houses,
Charles Hammond, youth of 16 years, was
buried by the cavng in of bank of earth un-
| der which he was standing Mt work at RchfoTd
on Tuesday, and so badly injured that he died
| in short time after being released.
CONNECTICUT.
The Pianville camp meeting is being held
this week
The president has appointed Chas P. Black
mar postmaster at West Killingly.
little son of A. Dich of Middletown was
drowned while bathing on Tuesday.
The corner stone of Christ church. Methodist
at Hazardville, was laid on Monday
The revenue receipts in the Hartford district
Tor the month of July were S67 ,23S.93, nearly
$4,000 being for tobacco aud beer stamps.
David Clark of Hartford has sued Rev. DIR.
Scudder of that place for 81 800, for the use of
his famous cottage at Martha's Vineyard
Z. j. DAMS shoe store IN Norwalk, was
robbed Monday night aud afterwards set on fire.
II was totally destroyed, with contents. Insured
for $1,000.
On Saturday night, large and valuable barn,
hlied with hay, belonging TO the Rev. Charles
Sellick, Vincent avenue, Norwalz, was DESTROYED
by fire. Insurance $780,
" Five fatal cases of genuine cholera in New
Haven is going the rounds. But the New
Haven papers deny it, aud aver that cholera
morbus instead of cholera is the disease.
Work on the new lighthouse on Bridgeport
harbor is progressing satisfactorily and the
structure will soon be finished. The Farmer
says 1.-THE lighthouse is TO be entirely of iron
except the top"
gentleman, while walking near Moheoan
on Saturday morning, kicked out of the dirt in
the road an Indian tomakawk, made of stone,
and of very ancient pattern.
n. q. Scranton, in Madison, has what he
calls white oak sapling' on his farm that
base, and he challenges the state to match it
The gold medals for the best shooting at the
herman Schutzenlest at Hartford, Monday and
Tuesday, were won by John Pheissen of Merden
and L. Saur of New Britain.
Mrs. Daniel Leahy of New Britain died, on
Monday, in consequence of injuries received by
blows on the head and body from her husband
two weeks ago, and he has been or will b e ar
rested for murder
Mrs Daniel Leahy of New Britain, who was
alvr5 .Va1l- 1
door a few weeks since, died Sunday The mat
ter is TO be further investigated.
Wilson, the murderer, had, at last accounts,
written 100 pages of foolscap, giving an account
of his life, but that brought him up only to his
nineteenth year. At that rate, to reach his
present age, upwards of fifty, he will have so
for it,"
Mrs. Nancy Wells, wife of Capt. B. Rowley of
Bloomfield, who died Sunday at the ace of sixty
eight chad for the last twenty-five years of her
life, partaken of no nourishment save small
quantities Of water from hour TO hour. She was
the last of a family OF nine
A handsome granite shaft has been erected on
the corner of the Howe property on Main street,
New London. 1t is surInounted by a bomb
smell thrown into the house during tho engage
ment in 1914, and is intended as memorial of
the late Geo. Howe Fellows, who participated in
the battle of StOnington
The entire capital stock OF the Wilimantic
trust company new corporation chartered
by the last leeislature-S100,0 900, was sub
Scribed Monday, and the books closed before
five o'clock
gentleman in Hartford took by mistake
swallow of strychnine in solution, thinking il
was whskey and water. He Immediately
rushed to drug store and saved his life by tax.
ing three grains of morphine, pint of wliiskey
and some vinegar
Lewis W. Beebe and wife attempted to cross
| from Orient to Saybrook last week in small
| boat, but when within TWO miles of the Conncc-
ticut shore the boat capsized. Mr. Beebe sue
ceeded in righting her, and the two chung to the
sides OF the boat till they were rescued in a
| sta te OF extreme exhaustion.
A loaded team belonging to j. Bright struck a
carriage at Windsor Locks, on the odd over
turning the vehicle, and throwing the occupant
Miss Doyle, to the sidewalk, iniuring her severe
ly. The horse ran with the carriage and COM
pletey demolished it.
A carriage, in which were riding Rev Mr.
Buck and Mr.. Mills, assistant superintendent of
the knitting company, was completely demol-
lshed by tram, which suddenly backed upon
them at a crossing in New Britain on the 21st
by great eXertionS the occupants escaped with
their lives.
Hartford and Erie's fellow sufferer. the Air
Lane railroad, is again gasping, two New York
contractors named Leary having been found
who are willing TO advance money toward its
completion.
A turtle was recently found on the farm of
Eli Bradley, in New Haven, which had been
marked by him. b., 1921, 1886, 1855, 1861. II
received 1871, and started on its centennial
travels,
Fannie Scranton OF Middletown wandered
away from her home on Saturday morning. and
a description of her was read in the churches
Sunday morning. She was brought home tenn
porarily insane, having been captured at Hig-
ganum.
As Henry Merriman, of w aterbury, was riding
TO Waterman EpiIaV hn
by Z. Is. Russell, proprietor of the Halfway
house, who fired at him repeatedly, but with
out effect. Russell was arrested Saturday, but
subsequently escaped.
The pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church,
IN birmingham, perpetrated the following piece
OF pleasantly last Sunday morning: "The Rev
Brother A is TO preach for us this afternoon
Tie Rev. A., being a very modest man, re-
quested me not TO announce the fact, therefore
shall respect his wishes"
The commissioner of pensions transmitted to
Secretary Boutwell, tuesday S120 which he had
received from an anonymous correspondent in
New Haven, the amount of a pension and seven
per cent. interest drawn for disability from
wounds received in battle. Though probably
legally entitled to this pension the Iecipient
chose to return it,
Capt Carter, of the Boston schooner T. W.
Allen, was shot at on Saturday in New Haven
harbor by son of the captain of the schooner
JOhn Brooks, who thought the Allen was trying
~ i"u MS NSsscl uONI. Inc young man
escaped, but the captain of the Brooks was ar
rested. He takes sides strongly with his SON
and says that if he had had a gun he should
have shot Capt. Carriers heart out.
Hartford reports on Saturday. Sunday and
Monday, especially on the latter day, an extra
ordinary flight of large an splendid butterflies,
some OF which were nearly four inches in leDyth,
and Of rich cinnamon color. There seemed 10
DC millions of them, flying at all heights, from
three to five hundred feet, most of them Keeping
uniform southwesterly course.
The Norwich Bulletin says: "a boy about
sixteen years of age, who represents himself to
be Dewitt Squires of Tolland, was found in a
destitute condition by +. A. Parsons, a beneyo.
lent citizen of Bridgeport, recently, and kindly
provided for. On Sunday he dccainped with va.
rious articles stolen from his benefactor, and Is
now supposed to be in New York. The police
are looking him up. For ways that are dark
| we fear lolland boys can beat Bridgeport"
Affairs in New Haven family are badly
mixed. Some time ago a couple living happily
admitted friend to their home, who was SO
very friendly that he enticed the affections of
Tue wite. Her husband finally obtained di-
Vorce, and the two were married. They lived
together some time, when suddenly woman
appears, claiming the newly married man as
her husband. The fellow saw fine DANCER Of he