Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-01-05

his barn and other out-buildings on Saturday,
inhctng loss of $500.
Hartford fire insurance companies have de-
clared dividends to the amount of 81 16S, 900
during 1870. The highest is % per cent. All
the companies have done as well or better than
last year, except the Putnam, which makes no
dividend
A new Universalist church in Stamford was
dedicated this week. Rev. j. Smith Dodge, the
pastor, preached the sermon. The new edifce
is OF stone, and cost $4,000. At the close of the
dedication service, there was 1000 remaining
unpaid, but the amount was raised by the close
the evening service.
John McGOo6in, Edwin Crosby and Norman
Smith, as trustees, have bought the lot adjoining
the entrance TO Spring Grove cemetery, Hart
ford lately used for a nursery, for $4,000, and
a Methodist chapel will be erected there, to be
followed by church by and by. The north
end now has, in the works, places of worship for
EpscOpalians, MethodiSts, Congregatonalists
and Baptists.
The Norwich horse railroad company have
made lease of all their road, stables and
equipment, TO A, G. Hall for the term of two
years from April |, 1871, with he privilege of
renewal for period Of three years longer. Mr..
Hall took possession of the road on the LIST in
slant, ana all the responsibility for the the man
agement Of the road will be assumed by him
The terms on the lease are such as to secure the
payment Of the interest on the bonds of the
road and ultimately a return upon the stock
gentleman of decided Teutonic cast of
countcnance, having knocked for long time in
vain at the town clerks door, ut Middletown
anxiousy inquired of a bystander what was the
matter He was politely informed that the
office was closed but if anything imortant was
wanted, the house of the clerk might be found.
on said Ieuton, 'it is nothing; | only want
ed to get married"
A woman, the wife of a respectable workman
at Fair Haven, was seized in the street by three
q lt-ifts
OF the cemetery, and, while one stood over her
with knife threatening instant death if she
made the least resistance, the other TWO SUI
ceeded in outragiug her person. They then fed
and left the woman to get home as best she
could. Richard Donncly, one OF the suspected
parties, has been arrested.
1t is said that the Methodist educational insti-
tuition has in contemplation the idea of erecting
buildings on portion Of the property formerly
belonging to Mr.. Charles Weed, on NOroton
hill, Stamford, of which the present owners have
agreed to contribute twenty-five acres, valued at
$4,000; also an Their contribution has been
rendered OF S25 COO cash, by the residents of the
place, as All inducement for the location of the
institution on the hill.
A patron of the Beamon Brook school, En-.
field, had Il friend from another state whom he
desired to send 10 the dis riot school TO study
the highest English branches and one of the
languages. The teacher, after consultation with
citizens OF the district and others, decided that
the pupil could not be taught those branches as
there would be no Others in the class, and on
the ground that it would be unjust to the rest of
the school, An appear was made TO the board
of school visitors, and they have had one nearly
midnight session without deciding the moment
GUS question, and have adjourned to deliberate
further.
On the 2Sth ult., while several colored men
were scutf1ing in front Of the Mansion house,
Middctown, one of them accidentally fell into n
window and cut his neck in a terrible manner,
causing it TO bleed very fast. When they tried
to give him ether and stop the flow of blood, he
broke away from them, and laboring under the
hallucinatiOn, from the effects of liquor that
they were trying to murder him, rushed into the
barber shop nearly opposite the place of the ac-
cident and called for help. Here, on the ar
rival OF DR.. Greasy, his wound was pinned up,
and the bleeding stopped. His unnatural CON
dition rendered this difficult operation, but
when last heard from, he was getting as well as
could be expected