Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-30

Patrick Burns of New Haven has been ar
rested and released on $1,000 bail, as the perpe.
traitor of the outrage upon the person of a SER
want girl in Hillhouse avenue, few days ago.
If convicted, confinement in the state prison for
life is the penalty.
A lodge of the independent Order Free Sons
OF israel has been organized in Hartford Its
object is to give TO each member free medical at
tendance and weekly allowance during sick
ness, and one thousand dollars to his widow in
case of death.
The Beecher-Stowes are breaking up their
family home at Hartford, and probably will
never resume itagain. The winters are too cold,
and the summers are too hot for Mrs. Stoves
health. Prof. Stowe and his wife spend the
spring and early summer in New York and in
Stockbridge, after which the family will locate
at the seaside for the rest of the season.
The Providence Methodist annual conference,
which has been in session the week past at Nor
witch, closed Sunday evening. The following
are the appointments for the societies in some
of the towns: Thompsonville, j. Howson;
Hazardville, j. Mather; Somers, o. +. Thayer;
Stafford Springs, Wv. Morrison; Staffordyille,
G. II. Winchester; Willimantic, George Z. Reed;
Rockville, L. II. Hatfield; Warehouse Point, A.
L. bearing.
In the old church books of the First Baptist
church in Stamford, is the following antique
record: October 8, 1897. Died, at Norwalk,
Sybill Whitehead aged 116 years-a member of
this church, baptized October 5, 1880, in the
goth year of her age. She livel at Norwalk,
where she kept school, and for years frequently
came, on horseback TO Stamford "a distance Of
thirteen miles from her home,) TO attend public
worship-coming on Saturdays and returning
on Mondays. The last time she came to Siam
ford was in May, 1889, at which time she vas
100 years old. She then walked nine miles, and
also returning on foot. She was never married"
The Norwich Bulletin says: GA correspondent
of the Advertiser denies statement which APP
peared in this paper few days ago to the effect
that the democratic selectmen of Saleal rejected
| the applications of two colored men TO be made
| electors on the ground that they were not of
| good moral character one of them being
charged with swearing and the other with
drinking. The facts were precisely as stated in
our article, but as the republicans of Salem did
not sit down quietly under the outrage, but
threatened to proceed against the seectmen
under the provisions of the United States
naturalization laws, the board became alarmed
and suddenly began to declare that they had
not concluded the cases. They then took up
the two applications, and admitted the men.
We are glad to chronicle the fact that for once
the democratic tricksters in Salem were fright
ened into doing their duty, though at the
eleventh hour"
RHODE ISLAND.
| The Providence Press, of the 2Sth, says: Zone
man subscribed ten thousand dollars yesterday
toward the erection of a new opera house, and
Others have placed their names against smaller
sums. 1t is thought that the money will all be
raised this week, and that the building will be
under way inside of a MONTH"
One day last week some workmen at Nara
gansett pier found the body of colored man in
an open field, which bore evident marks of vio-
lence, though it was in such a state of decompo.
sition that their extent could not be ascertained
The coroner's jury decided that the man "came
to his death at the hands of some person or per-
sons to them unknown"
| The two-story house, barn and carriage house
of Mr. Wright Pierce, two miles from Little
| Compton common, on the road to Adamsville,
were burned last Friday, with most of the furni-
ture and clothing, three tons of hay, farming
tools, and a number of hens The fire was Sc.
by Mr.. Plerce's son, four years old playing with
matches around some hay slowed against the
underpinning of the house to protect the cellar
| from frost.