Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-22

annual meeting. The matter of paying the
forty thousand dollars toward the Portland and
Rochester railroad was found to he attended
with heterogeneous condemnation of unseen
and unparalleled difficulties, which rendered an
adjournment until Saturday, Aug. 70, pre-emi-
nently necessary
Mrs Phebe Hobart is in jail for want of $500
bonds, to answer to a charge of keeping n dis
orderly and l-govemed house at Nashua, and
her three daughters, Lucinda, Sarah and Ella,
have four months in the same institution for in
decent exposure of person, use of obscene Ian
guage and drunkenness.
The Manchester Union gives some particulars
OF the accident al Policy Pond. near Salem, last
week, by which Miss Mahoney lost her life
sail-boat left the landing, overloaded with pas
sengers, for a trip across the lake. When about
in the middle of the pond, and with fresh
breeze blowing, it was discovered that the water
was flowing in at one side rapidly, and the boat
was put about for shore, the passengers mani
testing considerable alarm. The managers had
considerable difficulty in handling the sail and
lacking, and when within a few hundred feet of
the shore, the passengers became more alarmed
than before, and Miss Mahoney tainted away.
The boat was urged forward, but when within
eight or ten rods OF the shore the forward part
went down, and on all on board were precipita-
ted into the water, which was nine or ten feet
deep. Assistance was at hand and all were
soon brought TO the shore in a completely
drenchcd state except Miss MahOney; when the
| boat filled she sank Immediately and the sail
| upon the mast was above her body as it went to
the bottom. In about half an hour the body
was found and efforts were made to resuscitate
it, without effect. Miss Mahoney was % years
of age, woman Of excellent character, and
was engaged to be married in about two weeks
VERMONT.
The Vermont Central road have Just placed
upon their track a new through express and
baggage car, which is considered the best con
veyance of any into Boston.
An old barn with sheds adjacent, belonging to
Martin Martin, on Elliot street, Brattleboro,
was burned Thursday night. Nothing was
saved from the barn. which contained quanti-
ty of hay, two cows and horse. Loss $500; no
insurance. The fire was undoubtedly incendia-
ry.
The march of the Bennington celebration was
long and the day was hot, and Jim Fisk, who
trudgcd on foot with his officers, arrived at the
grove in an utterly exhausted condition. 1t is
said there was some birthstone in his thoughts
because no carriage had been provided for him,
but he declared complacently in his speech that
81 come back to Bennington with pleasure, for
il was here made my first trade of iacknfe"
Some of the papers unkindly notice the fact that
when the crowd called for Fisk, the president of
the day, Gov. Stewart OF Vermont, and other
prominent gentlemen, left the platform and
drove away.
CONNECTICUT.
Judge Lodowick Bill of Lyme, died Thursday,
aged eighty-Seyen.
The tobacco plants in large field near Hart
ford are badly eaten by 9rasshoppers, SO that it
will not pay TO secure the crop. 1t is a sad fact
that the grasshoppers are getting deprayed
The Putnam PhalanX of Hartford will start
on a weeks excursion Sept. 25th, spending two
days in Montreal and visiting Quebec and other
places of interest.
Charlie Cornell of New Haven, ten years old,
who with other boys has been in the habit of
L.. II.
city, fell from one Thursday, and had both feet
run over and badly injured.
With a population of 81 $50 and vote of
$500, Hartford cast but 1895 ballots all told ON
the question of whether the city should appro-
pirate 81 100000 towards building the new state
house ordered by the Connecticut legislature.
A woman living on Grand street, New Haven,
was attacked with what is supposed to have
been sporadic cholera, at halfpast one Thurs
day morning, and died two houls later. DIR.
who attended her, is of the opinion
that it is genuine case of cholera. Several
others are reported to havebeen taken with the
disease during the day.
RHODE ISLAND.
A new Roman Catholic church was dedicated
1t Providence on Sunday.
The Boston & Providence railroad company
are having all their tender frames changed from
wood 10 channel iron.
The light in the custom house at Providence
being insufficient large circular top windows
are being placed in the building, with other i'm
provementS.
United States Senator Buckingham and Rev.
f. Ii. Pratt will be among the speakers at the
mass meeting of the friends OF temperance from
Rhode Island and Connecticut,
at Rocky Point, September 5.
The Rhode Island locomotive works at Provi-
dence are turning out an improved freight car,
from channel iron. This is the
invention of Mr. W. B. Healay, superintendent
Of the works. This company are building 100
,ars for the Great Western railroad 1t thought
hese cars will take the place of wood, as they
Ire lighter and are much stronger