Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-07-25

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] has just been patronizing the Berkshire glass
. work 20 the extent of six hundred paneS, to re-
| pair his broken windows Some of the houses
| in the vicinity are described as looking as if
| they had been pounded with sledge.
I. c. Bardcn, OF Pittsfeld, bought the Berk-
shire pleasure park at auction on Saturday for
| $4,000.
Mrs. H. C. Wingan, of Lee, while returning
| from church on Sunday, was thrown from the
carriage, run over and sustained serious inter-
| nal injuries.
May & Rogers lower paper mill at Lee was
burned at about three O'Clock on Sunday morn
ing; loss, $4,000, partially insured in the First
National, of Worcester; Albany City, Roger
Williams, Of Providence, X. l., and National,
of Bangor, Me. Two thousand dollars worth
OF paper was destroyed and forty hands are
thrown ont Of employment. The origin OF the
| fire is unknown. The mill win be at once re-
built.
MAINE.
Portland has just had marriage, the result
| of a twenty-seYen years cOurtShip.
The hay crop of New Hampshire will be short
but corn potatoes, grain, &C., are ttourishing
George, a three years old son of Albert +.
Titus of Columbia, was run over and Killed by
wagon last week,
In order to move a house at Lewiston, the
| other day, they had to cut all the telegraph
/ wires that came INTO the city.
| The depot at North BoScawen, on the North
ern railroad was broken into on Saturday night
and robbed Of tickets and of the Salisbury
mail.
The horse disease has made its appearance in
| Portland, and two of the most valuable horses
at the city farm were attacked yesterday, and
| will probably die.
venerable woman in Oxford county, eighty
two years old, who worked for twenty-five cents
| day and saved the money, has just given three
hundred dollars, her wages for four years, to-
wards building a Universalist church.
lady residing near Portland deemed herself
and family grossly insulted the other day when
told by a physician whom she had summoned
to the bedside of her sick husband that his dis
ease was cancer in the stomach. The medical
gentleman stood not on the order OF his exit
from that house.
An important meeting of those interested in
the stock breeding interests of Maine was held
at Portland, on the Goth, and the Presumscot
park association was organized. A grand show
will be held in September. Dr. s. H. Tewkes-
bury was chosen president, Hon. Charles P.
Kimbal and Hon. Thomas S. Lang, vice presi-
dents; Enoch Knight, secretary, and George
Warehouse, treasurer.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Mrs. Harriet Bcecher Stowe is stopping at
Hampton beach.
The capital stock of the Lttleton national
bank, 100000, has all been subscribed.
The New Hampshire general association of
Congregational ministers will be held in Roch-
ester, August %, % and "a.
child was born in the Portsmouth station
house, Friday night The mother, Kate Hurley,
had been locked up for drunkenness.
A few days since Charles Hodgdon of Roch-
ester bruised the head of black snake, which
measured six feet four in its natural stockings.
As Rev. p S. Adams of Newport was moving
in his field few days SINCE an imported grey
hound belonging to his sOn-in-law. jumped upon
his scythe and was almost cut in two.
The hay crop must be pretty bad failure in
/ fpra faru in
"grasshoppers have got lame in trying to jump
from one blade of grass to another"
Luther Russell, Albert Kmball and Daniel
Beede escaped from the Lancaster Jail one night
last week. By some means they were furnished
with a wrench by which they unscrewed the
lock and effected their escape.
Among the visitors near the Profile house. the
other day, was ful-grown bear, who surprised
a party on their return from the Flume by
bounding across the road toward Profile lake.
There is said TO be tree in Greenland, near
the station of the Concord and Portsmouth rail-
road, which measures twenty-seyen feet in cir
conference at a goodly distance from the
ground, and which casts a shadow greater than
any tree this side of the California region.
The dwelling house and barns of Austin w.
Gee of NARROW, were destroyed by fire few
days since. The barn was a large new one, and
all the buildings had recently been put in thor
ough repair.
Hon. George c. Peavey of STAFFORD had 500
ilched from his pocket in Concord on the day
of the adjournment of the legislature. If any
member is mysteriOusly in possession of the
same he is requested to make immediate restitu-
ton.
Mr.. Shillaber's poem before the combined so
cieties at Dartmouth is very highly commended
by those who heard it. The audience was a
critical one, and their applause, most heartily
bestowed, was pleasing testimonial to the sue
cess of the poet.
A., IT,
will be at least onc-third lighter than an average
in that section of the state, and in some por-
| tons of Carroll and Strafford counties not
above half q crop will be obtained Hay dealers
are already offering thirty-fVe dollars ton for
| good hay.
Mr.. Agent Straw of Manchester pronounces
| the Merrimac river lower than it has been be-
| fore for twenty years. The lack of water is
| causing serious apprehensiOns both at Lowell
| and Manchester, and at the former place the
| consumers have been limited in their consump-
| ton.
The Manchester Mirror says: "No arrests
for DRINKS, assaults, thefts, or any similar
| crimes and offences against the peace and dig
nifty ofthe state have been made since circus day.
| A few complaints have been made, which have
been satisfactorily settled without the aid of
| lOck-upS'
In deed of VIM. C. Ford to John McIntire,
now on record in the Coos registry, recorded in
| 1910, there is a proviso that said Ford shall
| erect building of given dimensions on the
| premises, and the said McIntire "shall deliver
to the said Ford sufficient quantity of rum for
| the raising of said Frame"
| There is another sensation at Franklin. On
| Saturday evening Edward Caskins and his wife
| quarreled, after which the latter suddenly left
| the house, but was soon followed by the huS-
| band, who feared she might do something rash.
He discovered her just in season to see her throw
| herself into the Winnipesaukee river from the
| brfd ha mill H.
| past, he threw off his coat, gave an alarm and
plunged into the falls after his desperate wife,
whom he succeeded in getting hold Of and
both were rescued in an exhausted condition.
The Nashua Telegraph says: "Mr. Z. P.
| Brown, the new city marshal, is rusticating at
Rumney, his native place. He is a popular
citizen and clever enough TO be a repubiican
| His age IS about fifty. Mr.. Brown was formerly
| deputy sheriff of Grafton county, and therefore
| had some experience with rogues before coming
| to Nashua. How well his democratic training
may have fitted him for police duties we can
not say, and we are equally at a loss 10 guess
| how a man of his infinite good nature can deal
very vigorously with the breakers of the law.
| We nevertheless wish him success as rogue
catcher"
Definite arrangements have been made for a
| 6remen's muster, in Portsmouth, on the It'll and
Sth of September next Five prizes will be
"sQuirted" for. One of 500 for the best bori-
|
| 100 pounds, for first-elass steamers. One OF
| $3.50 for the best horizontal play
| with steam pressure not exceed
| ing 100 pounds, for second class steamers One
Of 500 for the second best horizontal play with
steam pressure not exceeding 100 pounds, for
| second class steamers. One OF 500 for the
best horizontal play of hand engines without
reference to size of cylinder. One of $50 for
the second best play Of hand engines without
reference to size of cylinder.
The annual fair Of the state and the STAFFORD
county agricultural societies will take place AT
Dover September 90, %, % and 30. The loca-
ton is at Cocheco riding park, at the corner of
Silver and Arch streets, at the southwest end of
| the city, within quarter of a mile of the city
hail. 1t is one of the best sites for fairs in the
state being convenient, spacious and accessible.
| The grounds of the park consist of some TWEEN
| ty-tive acres. Ten acres more are to be added
bringing the fair grounds completely upon the
two streets. The trotting course is half mile.
and has been thoroughly improved, graded and
| placed in first rate order. The new addition
| includes very pleasant grove, known in "ye
| by-gone daies" as Peirce's woods, delightful
| spot. There will be some thirty new box stalls
| erected, making about thirty-six in all. and
also some two hundred pens for cattle, sheen
and swine The amount of premiums TO be
| awarded for the various classes of horses stock.
mechanical implements, industrial and fancy
articles, is about $1,000. The premiums for the
horse trots amount to S1s75. The officers OF