Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-27
COUNTY NEWS.

Mr.. George Z. Smith, formerly resident Of
Leominster, was killed by slipping under the
cars at Wakefield, two weeks ago.
Messrs. Nichols Brothers, of Westminster,
chair manufacturers, have reduced the wages of
their help.
D. K. Olney, Of Southbridge, has been appoint
ed, commissioned, and qualified as justice of
the peace for the county of Worcester.
The following conundrum agitates the public
mind of Gardner as it necessary that the resi-
dents of the West Village sholld be nightly an
noyed by fish horn concert ?"
A 500 COW, belonging to Joseph Williams of
Southbridge, broke away from its fastening in
the barn one night last week, and ate corn,
which resulted in her death next day.
Town meetin-, that annual and honorable
gathering at which so much rusty oratory is
generally let off, is engaging the attention of the
good people of those county towns that elect Off
GERS in March.
Ten thousand five hundred and ninety-two
volumes have been taken from the Grafton town
library during the past year, by seven hundred
and eleven persons. About three hundred dol
lars worth of books have been added.
"citizen" of Gardner wants the following
articles inserted in the town meeting warrant
"To see if the town will choose forty highway
surveyors" "To see if the town will choose
twenty constables."
The Milford poultry club has been organized
by the election of the following officers: PreSi-
dent, H. H. Bowers; Vice Presidents, A. d.
Want, Z. II. Hero; Secretary, w. NJ Hastings;
Treasurer Leonard Hunt; Executive Commit
tee, w. P. Miller, II. c. Fairbanks, f. II. Hero,
J. B. Wheeler, NJ. Washburn, NJ. A. Saunders,
j. L. Walker, A. B. Want
The "steam power project" in Webster means
that company is about to be formed there for
the purpose of putting up large building to
rent, with power; at least, the project is extern
sivey talked up in the Times, and if the COM
pany is not formed, it won't be the fault of that
paper.
The Northboro library course of ten lectures
closed last Monday evening, by a lecture from
Rev. VIM. K. Alger. The net receipts of the
course were about 500. The cost of each lee
ture was SIS, excepting that of Prof Touree,
which was given for the benefit of the library.
skunk recently appeared on the street in
Webster, whereupon a crowd of boys did then
and there pelt him with stones and sundry other
missiles calculated to injure the aforesaid.
Somebody who once chopped down a sandal tree
noticed the fact that it "perfumed the axe that
laid it low" The skunk died, but was not for
gotten.
The harness shop of Henry Piedalue, at Athol
| depot was completely .stroyed by fire Thurs
day night, and the paint shop of VIM. W. Fish
| and the carriage shop of Fish & Nash were con.
siderably damaged. The contents of the build
ings were mostly removed. Mr.. Piedalue loses
5000, and is insured, and the loss of Mr.. Fish,
who owned the harness shop, is covered by $1,000
insurance. Howe & Knights, who recently COM
menced the grocery and hardware business, were
damaged somewhat by water.
The late VIM Craig of Auburn left an estate
valued at S24,S21, and, having no near rela-
tives, disposed of the whole, by will, for benevo-
lent purposes. He gave his real estate, valued
at $4,000, to the Congregational society in Au-
burn, to be converted into fund.- the income
only to be used. He also gave the Sabbath
school 500, to be similarly invested. The town
receives 800 as the foundation for free public
library. The American missionary association
receives $500, and the residue of the estate,
amounting to about S1s, 900, is to be equally di-
vided between the Massachusetts Bible society
and the American tract society of New York.
The Winchendon correspondent of the Gard
ner News writes to that paper in regard to the
small poX in his town:
"About two weeks ago, Mr.. VIM. Woodcock,
one of our estimable and leading men, was taken
sick with what proved to be the continent small
poX. The affair produced great excitement, and
the local officer of the board of health, having
in mind the recent emeute at Hoyoke ordered
the town to be universally vaccinated. 0urphy-
sicians attended to the matter with yigor, the
schools were stopped, and proper precautions
taken to stamp out the disease. Some eight or
ten days later, Mr.. Murphy went home to Fitz-
william, sick, and died in a few days with what
Drs. Bradley and Cummings called putrid small
poX. These are the only cases, so far, of the
real disease; there have been, beside two cases
Of the milder disease, varioloid. There have
been no twenty-five cases at the Monadnock
house, no five hundred cases in the village, no
shutting of stores and closing of workshops, no
grand slledaddle of the affrighted people, the
Boston Herald and Springfield Republican to
the contrary notwithstanding. Mr.. Woodcock
is very much better, and strong hopes are enter
tanned of seeing him once more an active and
useful man among us J"