Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-10-05

TIE fault is with the deputy sheriff and Man
chester police who were so absorbed in the ar
oument on the motion for a new trial i'm DR..
Woods case that they forgot their duty.
The trial conviction, and sentence to twelve
wears in the state prison, of Dr. Chas. p. Wood
of Manchester for causing the death of Elvira
Woodward by procuring abortion, has been the
topic of general conversation in Nashua, and
much surprise is expressed at the result. Judge
Smith was evidently conscious Of the public
| feeling on motion for new trial. that, chow
| ever public feeling might regard it, he was not
| dissatisfied with the verdict, and therefore,
| deemed 1t his duty to pronounce sentence, for
| he did not believe the prisoner would ever be
| tried if sentence was not pronounced to-day"
| The prisoner was greatly agitated, and upon
| being removed from the court room to the ante
! room was faint and sick.
| VERMONT.
| Vefmonter, aged 100, Suspccting that the
climate of that state didn't agree with him,
| emigrated to Detroit, recently.
The house of Mr. Martin Duggett of Grafton,
was burned on Saturday. There was a small
insurance. Caused by the upsettng of a kero-
| sene lamp.
An interesting suit, brought by HerVey Tav-
| lor of Cavendish against Jeptha Page of Read
ing, for damages for giving his family the small
poX, has just been terminated by the death of
Page.
Charles Barton was convicted of attempting
TO rob the Watertown bank al Montpelier He
attempted to commit suicide on Saturday eve
IL.
Ii is thought by the physicians that he NAV be
temporarily insane, as he is in quite poor health
and the labor and anxiety OF his trial have been
severe strain upon the nervous system.
correspondent at Derby Line writes to the
Boston Advertiser as follows concerning the
recent trouble with the United States customs
at that place: "Ihe facts of the case are simply
these: Two men stopping at the Derby Line
hotel visited the Canada side of As degrees and
purchased about $500 worth of silks and told
the clerk fhpV afraid bpv bo
watched, and requested him to bring the silk
over to their rooms, which he did, after dark
to accommodates; was shown to the room, when
one OF them, taking the silk, stated his friend
was out, bot would be in soon, and requested
him to be seated. A few minutes elapsed, when
the clerk found himself pinioned by the friend,
who had stealthily entered the room from a
closet back Of the place where the clerk was sit
ting, when the other claSped handouts on him,
The two then rummaged his pockets taking A
pen-kniie, pair of scissors, and recepted bill
ofthe silk. After a time they reluctantly al
lowed the clerk to go down stairs following
very closely One of the two then went for the
| United States commissioner, and by II O'Clock
| had him bound over in $500 bonds As soon rs
released the clerk got out a warrant for the ar
rest OF the detectives for obtaining goods under
false pretenceS. They having no acduaintances
here were taken to Newport in the morning
where they obtained bail. The time between
the release Of the clerk and their departure was
TO speeches not very pleasant from fifteen or
twenty tonly) of the boys"
CONNECTICUT.
Mrs. Ely Barnum Of Danbury hung herself TO
a bed-post, Friday morning.
The walnut crop throughout the state will be
very large this season.
Joseph +, Sheffield of New Haven founder OF
the scientific school Of Yale college is still dam
gerouSly ILL.,
EReyJ j. A, Wainwright, rector of the Episcopal
church a Salisbury mo-
president of 4 college in Palmyra, Mo.
The woman with whom George Jones OF New
Haven has been living was claimed, a short time
ago, by Mr. Church of East Haven, who de-
elaTed her TO be his wife. Since when Jones and
Mrs. Church have suddenly disappeared, leaving
| several unpaid bills.
| DR.. A. j. Jacques has brought suit for S25.-
| 600 damages against the Bridgeport street rail
| way company for injuries received by being
| thrown from his carnage through the wheels
| coming in contact with the rails.
Jennie Stevens Of Hartford, while assisting her
| sister with her washing, a few DAYS since no.
tcing while lifting the boiler that the handle
was coming off, dropped it aud jumped away,
put slipped and fell, the whole contents of the
boiler going over her body, her face and head
alone escaping. She is still in a very critical
CONDITION.
The New Haven republicans did well at their
| city election on Monday, carrying the first
/ second, fourth, sixth and seventh wards and
4.
I ne QoHITi OF aldermen will stand ten republi-
/ cans I'd b3ur democrats, and the council board
( eighteen republicans To- Ten democrats, repub-
Lean majority Of fourteen on joint ballot.
Il The liquor inlerss1 won victory in Vernon
Il on AL0n1ly, ind On 3 resolution ID excuse the
1 temperance committee from further services
I puLed Isl YES ballots, against go noes At
the same time citizens ticket, made up entirely
( N the liquor interest, was elected over the re.
| publican ticket with but 4 single execution the
| republican candidate for third
the only auti-iquor man elected.
John Brehm, soldier in the late war four
years member of the LIST Connecticut artillery
now citizen of Hartford, but a member of Co,
| ID OF New Britain of the state militia, was
kicked by horse and disabled during the cleo
ton parade last May. He was told that the leo
lslature would very likely grant him compensa-
ton for his injuries if ne should bring peti-
| uon therefor lie applied TO Mr.. Eaton, repre-
| sentative nom Hartford, aud was by him re-
ferred to Mr. Hathaway, of the firm of Eaton
hathaway, to have petition drawn. Mr.
hathaway drew the petition; it was referred to
the military committee, and upon Brehms sim
pie statement an appropriation of $500 was
voted. Mr.. Hathaway then procured Brehm's
| endorsement of the treasury order, drew the
| 500, and paid over to the latter 500, telling
MN at the same time, as Brehm says that he
| did not get the money on account of his being
hurt, but simply through his (Hathaway's) DO
| Hucal influence. Atterward, upon Brehm's pro-
test, he paid him S25 additional, retaining SIS
| out OF the $500.
RHODE ISLAND.
A hungry youth at South Kingstown the
| other day, ate tao quarts and two plates of raw
! oysters at one sitting. He takes the belt if he
! can get il round him.
Edmund Coffee, an Indian teamster fell nm
| der his wagon loaded with stone at Providence
! Monday afternoon, and was fatally injured
At a recent meeting OF the Brown university
boat club the following officers were elected for
Ihe ensuing year: Captain, L. H. Luther, 1873:
| Lieutenant, g. N. Brown, 1875 Purser, A. Gal
| lup, 1874; Clerk, J. L. Lincoln Jr, 1914; Pru-
| Dental Committee, L. II. Luther, 1873; W. L.
| CALDWELL 1872; II. COrnelt 1874.
A Providence gentleman in settling accounts
| with resident Of New Bedford, some three years
| ago, received check for 1850 which he placed
| IN his wallet and never thought of afterward
until he found it a few days since while arrauo-
| ing some Old documents 1t had kept good,
curious case is about to come before the
| Rhode Island courts. 1t seems that lady re-
| siding in Providence, where her husband
! had died, leaving her in not very good circum-
| stances, afterward became very well off by the
| Tlse OF some property. Being affluent, and de-
slrous Of doing honor to the memory OF her de-
| parted husband, she had the remains removed
| from the cemetery in which they were first de-
/ posted, and erected a handsome monument over
them. But she has a daughter with whom she
| Is not on good terms, and the daughter, or her
husband IN her behalf, has brought an action
| 10 compel the restoration Of the remains to their