Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-07-07

| his right leg broken twice and some of the
bones in the left foot fractured, Saturday, while
assisting in raising his new house.
Shooting accidents abound in Hartford Just
now. A boy named Picket was shot in the
thigh about one O'Clock Tuesday, in1icting a
| serious wound.
The price of milk in Danielsonville is down
to five cents per quart, owing to competition.
| II would be very pleasant to have enough COM
/ petition TO make the price as low as that here.
| The late seizure by the United States marshal
of about $1,000 worth of liquor in the store Of
| A. Is. lsham of Hartford, has been followed up
| by another raid on the entire stock valued at
| $4,000.
Mary, aged seventeen, daughter of Daniels
| Warner of Vernon, drowned herself in Broad
| brook, Ellington, Friday morning, after leav
| ing note for the relative whom she was visit
ing. stating that she was tired of life, etc.
Mrs. Simon keppler, living opposite John
| Fees saloon, Norwich, was shot through the
cheek during u shooting affray in the saloon
| about one O'Clock Tuesday morning. She was
sitting with her babe when the shot came
through the window, entered her cheek and
| passed into the mouth, taking out several
| teeth. The proprietor of the saloon and several
| Others were arrested.
| An amusing episode occurred in the Second
/ church of Norwich, Sunday The pastor an
nounced that collection would be taken for the
| purpose ofrepairing the Mount Pleasant chapel,
| the need ofrenovatng which he expatiated on at
some length pensive smile ran through the
congregation, and one of the deacons rose and
| informed him that the chapel had been burned
| the previous evening.
number Of females employed in making
snspenders for the Russell manufacturing COM
| panv, in Portland, struck Friday, and refused
to take any more work from them unless their
bills in future were paid in full. 1t is the prac-
tice of the company to deduct five per cent from
all bills for work which are paid in cash.
Capt Ezra Bent, ship carpenter, employed
ON fIp cnsIa a rtx I,,tn o;,aN ortcn
was accidentally caught between the drum and
| rope Monday afternoon, drawn upon the former,
revolving at a rapid rate, and thrown over into
the engine The engine was stopped as soon as
possible, and Capt, Bent taken out wounded in
horrible manner.
The body of an unknown man about forty
years old was found off Point-no-POint, near
Bridgeport Sunday afternoon, with three cuts
on the right side and three in the abdomen,
and cord around the neck, evidently for the
purpose Of fastening a heavy weight to the
body. The face and body had been badly mutt
lated by fishes. There is no doubt the man
was murdered, but when and by whom is q
mystery.
The Fourth was celebrated in ThOmpsOnville
in good style, by about 200 Good Templars, who
had picnic in Kings fine grove, in Sutleld.
| The members RECALLED them selves with food and
temperate drinks, and enjoyed the Scotch
games etc., to their hearts content. People
begin to think that Connecticut will, in time,
deserve the name Of the Land of steady
habits"
well known druggist of Hartford has a
horse which eXcelS in a new role for horse, in
being an expert rat catcher. The barn in which
the horse is stationed is infested with rats,
which take tribute from the horses daily ra-
tons of prOvender or oats, when put in the
Manager. The horse permits the rats to get well
engaged in feeding, and then braces back for
jump, seizes Mr.. rat with his teeth, shaking him
like a terrier until satisfied he is dead, and then
throws the body out of his bin.
Accidents at New Haven Tuesday: man
touched lighted match to the stock of toy
balloon man, and the result was four men
burned, two of them seyeTely.-An atfray be-
tween Nicholas COnan and one Faulkner, in
which the latter was seriously stabbed and the
former had an arm broken. Faulkner viii
probably recover.-James Ward was also stabbed
IN bar room fight at Lighthouse Point.-Alfred
Roberts fell while attempting to enter a morse
car, and Che wheels passed over his left ana,
breaking II twieer-A little boy named Gabriel
was slightly Noyfndeo by pistol shot.
Yale college commencement exercises will be
jnaugurated in the cOlIege chapel Sunday after
noon with the baccalaureate sermon by Presi-
dent WoOlsey On Monday evening, the ami
versary of the Sheffield scientific school will be
celebrated On Tuesday forenoon The presen-
tation exercises, including the class Grafton, will
be observed in the chapel, followed ny tne
sofjhtpsore prize decamationS in the evening.
The aniinaI taee ting of the alumni Will be he'd
in the AluI06 hall Wednesday forenoon, and
the social gathering will take place in the Yale
school of fine arts in the evening, Commence
meat proper is announced for Thursday.
The Yale glee club has engaged fine yacht
for its coming New England cOaSs tour and are
making active preparations for the excursion.
They are to give at least three preliminary con-
certs before they leave; one at Stamford on the
3D., at Monclair, N. j., on the 18th, and at New
Haven on the Monday night of commencement
I,,lxv Tbpv xyiI! DrOhaIglV start
| their trip on the 18th, and visit New London,
| Norwich, Stonington, Westerly, Providence,
| Fall River, Bristol, Newport, New Bedford, I'd
| gartown, Nantucket, Boston and other towns
along the coast. They intend TO be gone ABOUT
| three weeks and will probably have an enJ0yaDle
| and successful tour. The club is said by compe-
tent Judges to be the best of the many fine glee
clubs for which Yale has been so long famous.
Captain Halls steamer, the Polaris, dropped
| anchor in New London harbor on Friday morn
| ing, having left the Brooklyn navy yard on the
| evening previous. The assistant engineer of the
steamer deserted just before the vessel started,
so that a new one will have to be found TO NIL
the vacancy. Captain George Tyson of New
| London joins the expedition at New London,
| and When the place of the missing man is filled,
| the Polaris leaves again on her northern voyage,
| TO be absent from four TO six syears, OF until
| Captain Hall accomplishes the object OF his Voy-
| age The expedition will proceed direct 10 st.
| Johns, Newfoundland, from thence to DISCO
Danish settlement ON the coast OF Labrador,
| whence she will sail TO her wintering ground
| wherever that may be.
RHODE ISLAND.
One day this week, farmer, near Providence,
took to market, in that city, 10000 punches Of
beets.
A lad named Cook was drowned in Benedict
| pond, Providence, on the 3D., by venturing be-
| You'd his depth while bathing.
| Some $500 worth of furniture, IN a store
house near Trinity square, was stolen not long
ago. The owner found out his loss just as he
| was getting ready to begin keeping house."
The fourteen acre basin at Sockonessett hill,
| where Providence is TO have city water is get
| ting to be quite an attraction to those of our
| citizens who ride out for pleasure, and it is
| visited daily by large number of carriages.
| The work has progressed so far that if it was
actually necessary the water might be let into
the reservoir on the first of August.
Every newspaper man who thinks he is a
Joker tries his hand at Rhode Islands small ter
| ritory. Here is one of the latest productions :
| "The Louisville Journal demonstrates with the
| Rochester Union for its late attack upon the
state of Rhode Island, on the ground that a
| newspaper should ScoTn to strike anything so
much below its own Size"
The Providence Herald says: The fourth of
| July, 1871, will be memorable for more things
than fireworks. The Point street bridge draw
was swung Tuesday, and people in carriages
and on foot actually crossed from the east TO
the west side of the city and back. The Point
street bridge has had more fun poked at it than
any other object we can remember; but there is
this much about it: If it is ever made practica-
Bile, it will be one of the greatest benefits TO
Providence that our city ever had. 1t is great
pity that such an advantage should be continu-
ally before us, and yet so far from completion.
Schooner H. S. Summons, Captain Godfrey,
of Cape May, from Danversport, Mass, bound
to Philadelphia, put into Newport the first in
slant, and the captain reports an attempt on
the part of cOlored cook to murder the crew
on the day of sailing, the twelfth ultimo. At
three O'Clock in the afternoon a sudden and un-
provoked attack was made upon a sailor named
Shomberg with a handspike. The cook then
went TO the captains cabin, and, driven from
| there, attacked a sailor named Taylor. All
hands combined succeeded in disarming the
cook, and he retreated to the vessels side, and
to avoid capture, jumped overheard. Efforts
were made to rescue him from death, but the
cook was seen above water but once, and efforts
to find the body were unsuccessful. ShOmberg
was badly injured, and to have him properly
taken care Of the vessel was put into Newport.
Captain Godfrey can account for the assault in
no other way than case of temporary insanity,
as no difficulty had occurred on board the
vessel.