Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-10-26

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| NEW HAMPSHIRE.
| The recent firemen's muster at Portsmouth
has cost the city about $4,000.
Inc animal meeting of the New Hampshire
| state teachers association win be held in the
city hall, Dover, on Thursday and Friday of this
| week.
Two prisoners who were charged with break
ing into stores escaped from the county jail in
Manchester on Monday evening, by breaking
| through window in an clubhouse while on
| thelr way from the workshop to their cells. One
| Of them was John Rich from Nashua. The
| other was John Wcch of Manchester,
A prisoner named Prescott escaped from Ha-
| vcrhill jail on the 18th MS the Tailor was chang
| ing the men about to different cells, and that
| night a horse and wagon were stolen at New
bury, Vermont, and with them Prescott has de-
| parted for foreign parts.
! Mr.. Zebulon Black of Lancaster, in digging
| ditch TO drain a piece of land, after passing
| through about eighteen inches of top soil, came
| to bed of perfectly defined leaves and twigs,
| which crumhcd upon being touched. As the
| ground above it was covered with masses of
| rock il is to he presumed that they had been
| there for number of years.
Three or four days ago a rumor was started to
the effect that some of the savings banks in
Manchester had become involved to so large an
extent on account of the Chicago fire, as TO en-
dancer their safety. The rumor is wholly with
out foundation, MS the savings banks are man
aged with the greatest prudence, and were never
in more prosperous condition than at the pres
cnt time.
-Four men in Lancaster got full of fighting
Whlskey one day last week, knocked down and
beat two or three mcn,and did a smashing busi-
ness generally, were arrested and confined in
jan through the night, next morning were sorry
and paid fines and costs amounting to S127 70,
recognized in 500 for good behavior, made com
plant against the clerk Of the American house
for selling liquor, who came in, pleaded guilty,
and OalI 10 fine and and
plants against w. l.. shannon, for liquor sell
inc, who came in and said he was not guilty.
and was hound over to the November term of
court in the sum Of $500 on each complaint,
making rather costly drunk all around.
The Manchester Mirror says: GLOW nervous
our people are getting on account of the lack of
water! Well they might be. II the fires set
Saturday night had all got headway, there
would have been a general CONFEDERATION. Even
the reservoir on Lowell street, near the fire,
close TO brook, gave out, and the tiremen
were Obliged 10 dam up the brook and draw
from that. Most ofthe reservoirs can be drained
in Il few minutes. If there had been a wind ms
fierce as some nights last week blowing from
the east it would have been hard work stopping
the fire. We understand that the water COM
miSsioncrS have determined upon putting down
pipe from the AmoSkeag cumpanv's reservoir
and run it down Pine street. Why not do it
now! 1t IS one OF those cases where delays are
dangerous"
Ut uNtlltibuS llttS htt al NldUCIlbSlcT, patNI-
urday night, have alarmed The citizens exceed
iugly. No one retired the next night without
fears that the torch of the tire-bug would make
his home desUlatc before morning. Half dozen
fires were set in single night. Malice did not
prompt them, for they were in different ocali
tics, and to affect men of dissimar occupations
aud beliefs. What then? Plumber, or general
row; the former, probably. If the former, the
first fire was decOy 10 attract attention that
way, while pundcIing went on elsewhere. A
general row is what some people like. OCca-
sionally one sets fires from a pure love of the
excitement. 1t was SO with the fire bug of New
buryport, and with Brown, who sent consterna
ton through Carroll, and part OF Belknap coun-
ties. The feeling of the community is such now,
that mob would string up an incendiary, if
caught, without Judge or Jury.
VERMONT.
A destructive fire was discovered on the noun
tains about Ludlow, on Sunday noon, and at
last accounts had burned over a large tract of
land, including great quantities of wood. The
origin Is unknown, and at the present writing is
still marching onward in its destructive course.
n. I. IaboTS barn, in East Montpelier, was
burned on Saturday, with quantity of hay and
grain and pair of horses; loss $1,000; small
insurance. L. 5. DwnePs trotting horse Happy
John, valued at $1,000, was burned to DEATH as
was $500 mare owned by c. S. Pare of Norris
vile. The fire was ncendiary.
Last Saturday the st. AlbanS base bail club
played match game with the Norwich ,univeT-
sity club, resulting in victory for the latter
club by score of ffty-two TO eleven. Two
weeks before the Norwich university club had
defeated the champion club of New HAMPSHIRE
and this second victory makes the cadets the
champions of two states-New Hampshire and
Vermont.
CONNECTICUT.
Waterbury contributed SD 600 to Chicago.
David NJ. Whceler's barn, in Southbury, was
burned Saturday. Insured.
John Nj. Davies. a UrOmippnt husinpsS man nj
New Haven, died Monday.
New Haven has thus far contributed 500
64S.73 to the Chicago relief fund.- and S1796 to
the sufferers by The forest fires.
Mrs. Eliza Potter of Bethlehem, sXtv-siX
years of age, was found dead in her bed Sunday
morning. Cause an apopIectic fit
Woods cotton batting factory, near West
port, was nearly destroyed by FIRE Saturday
morning. Loss $4,000; insured for S9OO0
The Norwich Bulletin says: "Tammany
being short of funds, it looks as if there was
a general raid of New York thieves into Con
neeticnt. Robberies are reported all over the
state"
Robert Gibson was instantly killed in New
Haven, Tuesday, by being drawn between two
huge rollers in the rubber factory of L. Candee
& Co.
A man named Vety was run over by the
Shore Line express train ut Stony Creek, Tues
day afternoon, and killed. He was lying on
the track intoxicated.
a uldl hdlllcu hCNdIllcc was iOuuQ lying IN
sensible ID an open lot in New Haven, Sunday
night with wound in his head. He was
drunk, and said horse stepped on him, but it
is believed he was struck by some one
son Of Gen. Roger A Pryor of Virginia,
now residing in Brooklyn, who stray6d away
from his home white labOring under an aberra-
ton of mind, has been traced to Norwalk but
there all clue TO him is lost.
a: The $1,000 burglary in Hartford Friday night
was committed by two New York thieves, who
had pal in the house in the shape of SER
want girl, and who let the robbers in at nirht
after the family had retired
The town of Aiddlefied voted, on Monday,
against guaranteeing the bonds of the Air Line
railroad. The vote stood seventy-one to sixty
Middledeld was assessed $4,000 of the 100000
required by the company, Chatham has voted
to take its share.
A gentleman having occasion to speak to A
Newton Sunday school on the case of a dead
friend who had passed through much trouble
graphically remarked that "the deceased looked
as il the recording angel had used him for a
blottcr"
The New Haven trust company, organized
Monday, appointed the following officers: Pres
ident, Wells Southworh; secretary, A. McAGs-
ter; trustees, Wells Southworth, Edward A.
Mitchell, Henry c. Kingsley, Gardner Morse, J.
NJ, Gillette, John b. Darlington Minot A. Os.
born, Alexander McAlister.
The Norwich Bulletin remarks "Shouldn't
wonder II the Hartford Times had rot a GOOD
thing on the Post. 1t published, the other day,
What purported to be portrait Of Wilson, the
murderer, and the Post has given that picture
an extraordinary amount of advertising every |
day since. The next we know tie Times will |
he advertising 1t in the rural districts for pa |
tent scare crow, and then the laugh will come" |
The New London Star SAYS there was a
schooner in the harbor Sunday with nearly 100 |
men on board, on their way from New Bedford |
to Florida to engage during the coming winter |
IN choppIng live oak. A number of them came |
ashore, got drunk, and began quarreling and |
lighting among themselves. On the custom |
house wharf tho row assumed quite a serions
aspect. One fellow, crazed with rum. drew n |
knife and announced his intention of emitting |
somebody to pieces. Indeed he charged on the
crowd, that had by this time assembled, and |
although they outnumbered him by ninety. |
nine, made them resort TO their discretion. lie |
was finally arrested with difficulty by two con
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