Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-01-27

ter's shop. As the floor was burned almost
through 1t was a narrow escape nom most
disastrous fire. Reed hall contains the valuable
and extensive library of the college, and the hall
collection Of minerals, in addition to two society
| libraries and costly apparatus
On the 18th inst, in Pennington, Curtis
block, new three story French roof building,
was partially destroyed by fire. j. b. Berry &
Co.. grocers, lost $4,000, and have full insurance.
Staples tailor, lost $500; fully insured Full
| Ter, provision dealer lost 5000; no insurance,
| The building was damaged $500 worth. The
Masons saved their properly from their hall and
| lost nothing. About two hundred ladies and
| gentlemen were in the G. A. X. hall, but es-
capped over the burning stairs. The fire was in-
| cendiary.
VERMONT.
The execution of Henry Welcome was the
| ninth that has taken place in that state.
Hugh McWillams of Burlington was walking
in the street the other evening with lighted
pipe in his mouth, when he ran against tree,
forcing the pipe stem into his throat, badly
lacerating the tonsils and lining of the throat,
and causing his death the next day.
The central Vermont musical association pro-
pose to hold their annual festival at Montpelier,
commencing February 7th, and continuing four
days. The prospect is good for the attendance
of several good Vermont singers Col. Hopkins
of Montpelier is to conduct, and Mr.. Eddy of
Montpelier is engaged for the accompaniments.
The music books decided upon for use are "The
Greeting" for glees; the Jubilee Chorus
Book" for oratorio choruses.
CONNECTICUT.
There is much religious interest in both the
Baptist and Methodist societies in Bristol.
Ellen Murphy was found dead in her bed in
Waterbury, on the 2Sd, after protracted de-
bauch.
Hon, Henry N. Sanford, late United States
minister to Belgium, has returned to his home
in Derby.
1t is said that the New York east conference
will bold its next session in April in the MethO-
dist church at Stamford
The Norwich Bulletin, which is one of our
most welcome and wide-awake Connecticut eX-
changes, has been changed from morning TO
an evening paper.
The Hartford board of health officially re-
| solves that neither the flesh or milk of cows that
have been afflicted with cattle disease should be
used Tor human food, for period Of at least
| thirty days of convsie essence.
Two men on Saturday evening had prize
| fight in Fairhaven under a gas lamp. They
| fought half an hour, when one of them, named
Hanafn, was declared the victor, both men
being badly bruised About two hundred per-
| sons witnessed the fight.
A newly-arrived contraband from South Caro-
lima, who asked for lodgings at the New Haven
| station house the other night wore no less than
six coats, and in the pocket of one bottle con-
| tanning taste of Jersey lightning" was found.
| When it was produced, the mendicant, with an
| air of indignation, exclaimed, "Who put dat ar
| bottle in my pocketP De man dat did dat ar am
| no fren of mine"
| The Hartford Times says: "a young lady in
this city died last week, and on the day appoint
| ed for her funeral, instead of laying her out in
| coffin, the body was laid upon sofa, robed in
white, and looking as peacefully as if in a nat
ural sleep. Rare flowers were plentiiully
strewn around, but all the usual death-like EN-.
| blems were carefully put aside. The burial was
at the convenience OF the family, and took place
| ten days after the funeral services.
The free evening school established in Hart
| ford in December 1869, has been attended with
gratifying success. The expenses of the first
| year amounted to 1915, S1S5 less than the sum
appropriated. The average attendance, male
students only being accommodated, was IS, 40
per cent. Of the registered number. The second
year the school was opened for both males and
females and the average attendance has been
1885, thelnumber on the rolls being 800.
Ard Selick the man who stabbed Geo. Searles
| OF Long Ridge, some months ago, was arrested at
| Cos Cob on Wednesday, by Sheriff Newman.
| Sellick was tried before Justice Waterbury,
| Thursday afternoon, and bound over in the sum
| Of $500 to answer at the superior court.
| As David Booth, of White Hills, was moving
a log with a lever, which was cut sharp on the
| end towards him, the log came back against
it with such force as to drive il against his bow
| els, inticting a serious wound. His father, Or
vile Booth, was leading his horse from the stable
the same day, when the horse taking advantage
| OF the length of the halter, kicked him, breaking
| his arm.
Miss Alice E. Roden OF Avon was chased into
| her fathers yard by fox, recently, where the
| animal was attacked by dog. gentleman
went to the assistance of the dog, carrying his
| revolver, but being afraid to shoot for fear of
wounding the dog he gave the pistol to the girl
| who discharged it accidentally. The ball entered
| her leg above the knee and came out below,
causing very painful wound.
Kings pond, 10 the eastern part of Thompson,
| has been the center of great rush of fishermen
from all parts, for some little time. 1t was full
OF pickerel at the opening of the sport, but the
| supply is now running low. As many as a hun
dred anxious fishers have been on the ice at one
time and parties have taken two hundred pounds
| on some occasions, many Of the specimens of the
most bouncing description.
| The Norwich Bulletin is responsible for the
| following gush: "Albert Woomanse is a Block
Island product. He was in town yesterday,
drunk to melancholy degree. While thus
| afflicted he evinced so general a tendency
TO claw things that one was forced to adj
mire the truthfulness of the poets words, Hell
| hath no fury like A Woomanse corned.'"
On Saturday evening, as few gentlemen, res
idents of Stamford, were returning from par
| ty one OF them exhibited a pistol which he had
| purchased. While ii was being examined, ii
was accidentally discharged, the ball entering
| the back of Capt Alonzo B. Gray and passing
around to his right breast, where it lodged. The
wounded man was conveyed home, and on Sun
| day morning the ball was extracted. The cap
| tain is recovering
AT a recent meeting of the Rockville water
| power company, surveys were ordered for a new
| reservoir at the head OF the Snpsic. A dam
twenty-five feet high viii be built at a deep and
narrow gorge, and it will food a space of three
hundred acres. The Journal says: The source
OF water supply for Rockville, after this addition
| shall be made, will be equivalent to one thou
sand acres, with mean depth of nearly twenty
| feet-or enough to run all the mills ten months
| without drop of rain.
The StOniD0tOn Mirror hos the foIIOUino
Last Sunday two gentlemen were standing on
the drug store corner, engaged in conversation,
when one of them remarked to the other, Chow
plain one can hear the ringing of the church
bells in Mystic this morning. did you notice it"
Yes" was the reply, 81 have noticed of late
that the sound of the bells could be heard more
distinctly since the opening of the new road
you see that it has shortened the distance be-
tween the two villages" That's so; | didn't
think ofthat till you spoke" was the reply, and
they both walked on, mutually pleased with
having solved the difficult question.
RHODE ISLAND.
Edward ThurSton, a well known carpenter of
Newport, while at work on a house on Webster
street, few days ago, was suddenly taken in a
lit, resulting in death. He was fifty years of
age, and leaves family.
The anhua meeting of the Rhole Island state
institute of instruction will be held in Provi
dence on the 10Th, 9th, and 2Sth OF the present
month"; The address of welcome is to be given
by Mayor Doyle, and lectures are expected
from President Caswell and Prof. Chase, of
Brown university, Prof Brown, of Tufts col
lege, and many others.
A post office has been established at Watch
Hill, and w. Fl. Chapman appointed postmaster.
The Providence Herald says: "a year or two
ago, when Sim p Leton, once notorious man
about town, made wager Of dollar with one
of our practical iokers that he could saw and
split four cords of wood inside of a week, and
won the wager, the general verdict vas that Sim
performed the job too cheap, and some of the
spectators insinuated that he was a fool. We
think the same verdict and possibly the same
insinuation is applicable to the young man who
proposes to walk from Taunton to this city in
side of four hours for wager of S25."