Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-05-25

S4S 100000, or tifty-two per cent.
The production of wheat in Vermont for the
ten years past has increased five per cent in
corn over fifteen per cent
The cultivation of tobacco in Vermont of
which the production is merely nominal, shows
a large increase.
The wild or forest lands in Vermont brought
under cultivation in the last ten years is over
three hundred thousand acres, or over eleven
per cent.
In ten years mich cows in Vermont have in
creased ten per cent. The butter produce has
increased 100000, and cheese has declined
100000 pounds.
The figures of the census of Vermont would
show that the increased area of very much
higher-priced farm lands actually produces
less OF all the essential elements of agricultural
wealth.
The fiscal wear of the state terminates on the
last day of July, TO which time the report OF
each officer who is by law required to make
report shall show the condition OF their respect
i've departments.
from 1860 to 1870 shows large decrease. The
production of potatoes, hops and oats for the
last ten years, have been about the same as the
len years previous Buckwheat and barley has
largely increased in production for the last ten
years. Rye has decreased. The production of
wool shows a nominal increase, although the
number of sheep has decreased ten per cent.
Horses have decreased ten per cent; swine six
per cent; working oxen nearly twenty per cent;
all other cattle forty per cent.
Bennington has recently subscribed for &c.,
900 worth of stock in the Waloomse railroad
A son of L. c. Dow, of Albany, nine years of
age, got some gunpowder without the knowl-
edge of his parents. He put it into an old cof
fee pot, lit a match and threw it into it. As the
powder did not burn as soon as he expected, he
went to loook in, when it exploded, burning his
face and eyes badly, but it is hope that he will
mt hiE Nv
Dow had a child burned so that she died in
eighteen hours afterwards
shocking and fatal accident occurred on
Friday last to girl six years of age, the daugh-
ter of Judson Goodell Of Dover. She was spend
ing the day with a neighbor, Mrs. Atwood, an
aged lady, who gave her a lighted candle and
asked her to bring some potatoes from the eel
lar. Hearing the little girl scream, Mrs. At
wood FASTENED to the cellar and found her
clothes on fire. She attempted to obtain water
to put out the fire, but to no effect. Her clothes
were wholly consumed before any of them could
be removed, and so severely was the child
burned that she died in IA few hours.
CONNECTICUT.
Five of the party who caused the murder of
Nicholas Sanger of East Bridgeport, Saturday
night, have been arrested.
The steam road roller which the city of New
Haven purchased some time since in England,
has been put in operation, and works satisfac-
torily.
Officer Kelly of the New Haven police force,
who, some months ago, was arraigned for
brutally beating Yale student with his club,
has settled the difficulty by payment of fifty
dollars.
There is a man in Stamford who sits on
stone fence near the depot, and watches every
train that passes by. He has been there, upon
the arrival or departure of train, for the past
fifteen years. in rain or shine.
A Hartford firm has just made a contract to
w fIaI r,s1t
sand butcher knives. 1t is thought the noble
sayages will find these a great improvement
upon their old-fashioned, homemade scalping
knives.
The establishment of a public library in New
Haven is agitated anew. The college libraries
are practically closed to the public, and the
only one accessible is that of the young mems
institute, which fails to meet the public de-
mand.
At Norwich, on Wednesday, fire in the store
building of the Falls company, used as picker
and lapper room, was eXtinguished, after several
hours hard struggle, without damage to the ad-
joining mill. The picker mill was completely
cleaned out. Loss not ascertained. Fully in
sured.
The New Haven Palladium, after some twenty
years occupation of rooms in the Adephi
building, has removed to what was lately the
Home insurance building, in Orange street,
where II mas put IN new double cylinder press,
steam power, and all the modern facilities
1t is pleasant to note this evidence of pros
perity.
David Pulford, an old resident of Southbury,
was robbed few days since, while on the way
west 10 seek new home. The rogue pretended
to be destitute, and begged for a small sum to
relieve his wants, which the generous old man
was about to give him, when he seized his
pocket-book, containing the savings of fifty
years, and escaped. Mr.. Pulford has returned
to his old home, to begin life over again.
n II ion 80 la
ported in the Bolton woods last week, another
broke out west of the "Notch," Friday, burning
over 800 or 600 acres of woodland and several
hundred cords of wood ready for market This
makes 1900 to 1000 acres in ALL and all that
stays its progress is the want of fuel to feed it.
The soil in many places has been burned several
lncnes deep, and sometimes the fire will smoul-
der several days in the sod, then suddenly burst
forth and consume acres of wood.
Storker, Bentley & Co., shoddy manufacturers
at warehouse Point, have failed, with liabilities
OF Sl5O,OOO. They proposed to pay twenty-five
cents on the dollar, but have been put into
bankruptcy, and their assets will probably be
shown to be $4,000 or $4,000. The firm com
menced business about year ago on an extern
slVe scale, but it now appears conducted it on
the credit system principally. Two hundred
employees are thrown out of employment by the
failure. MIR. Bentley was for many years con-
nected with the celebrated Harris mills of Rhode
Island.
The Norwich Bulletin has the following
Death recently split up Fairfield county couple
by removing the wife. The reputation of the
mah LOT cioseness IN money matters was wide
spread. After her death, it was proposed by her
| friends TO remove the body to a neighborne
town. He feigned sickness at the removal in
order to save car fare to the funeral, but when
the body was being put in wagon preparatory
to going to the distant depot, and it was found
necessary to take rope to secure the coffin. he
mustered CfrpnTfh n faf 70 . ,a 4
that they return the rope, as "it was handy to
tie up the calf"
AT Hartford, some time last fall. man named
Alexander Brooks was arrested on charge of
committing incest with his daughter From
evidence at that time it was believed that the
crime was committed in Taunton, Mass, to
which place he was sent for trial. The girl was
afterwards sent to the same place to testify
against him, but through some oversight was
not taken care of by any one, and went on to
Boston, and the case at Taunton was never
brought TO trial, Brooks returning to this CITY
From Boston the daughter returned to Hart
lord, and was sent TO the state industrial school
Tor girls at Middletown. From that place she
was lately sent back TO Hartford, far advanced
IN pregnancy, and she accuses her father of the
crime. The father was arrested and brought be-
fore the police court. He pleaded not guilty TO
the charge, and his examination was continued
until Saturday next bonds being fixed at $500,
which he was unable to give, and was sent to
jail.
RHODE ISLAND
June meeting "a Newport this year will begin
on the 11th.
Some OF the Providence coal dealers have re-
duced their prices one dollar per ton.
The statement which has been going the
rounds TO the effect that Nanagansett Park is
short of mile, is completely disposed of by the
fact that the engineer and assistant engineer
who have made surveys, have sworn that the
track measures seven-eighths of an inch more
than a mile.
Gov. Paddleford's reception, on his return
from Newport, one week from next Saturday,
Will doubtless result in grand demonstration
The Light infantry will take the lead in the es
corf, and they have invited as their guests del
esation of the New York military, and also the
onlcers OF the prominent companies in the state.
AT Providence, on Tuesday night the dry
goods store of Annable & Allen at 50 Westmin
ster street. was robbed of five or six thousand
dollars worth of new silks, The burglars en-
tered the store by means of prying off one of
me steps to the back stairs, which allowed them
10 crawl into the wash room near the sin de-
partweRt. they operated unmolested, and car
wed away their plumber
Abont hafpast five o'clock. "Wednesday
morning, lire broke out in the square at Pheniy
and there being fresh breeze the flames snread
rapidly Among the places burned were thc fol
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