Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-10-04


cord fell from chestnut tree to the ground, q
distance of some thirty feet, iracturing one lee
in two places.
naan. Edward Broclllebanks had his right arm
$ crushed between the dead wood of two cars he
was coupling.
The Nashua Daily Telegraph, sheet whose
many excellent points we have heretofore allud.
ed to- appears in an enlarged form this week
This is an evidence that ii is meeting with the
success that it so well merits.
The selecmen of Rochester have issued to the
treasurer of the Portland and Rochester railroad
eight town notes of $4,000 each, making the
$4,000 voted by the Town for stock in that road.
Rev. Charles Wcthcrbcc, of West Winchester,
Conn.,, has accepted the call TO the Pearl street
Congregational society Of Nashua, and will be
installed about the list of November
| Whiteheld turns out close upon twenty million
feet of lumber in year, and on some days the
ireightiug Of it amounts to $1,000. Eight man
ufacturers and dealers devote themselves to the
| business.
Union Episcopal church of West Clarcmont,
! founded in I'LL, celebrated its centennial ami
versary on the 27th ult. Among the clergymen
| present were the Rt. Rev. W. w. Niles, bishop
| of New Hampshire, Rev. Drs Hubbard of Clare
mont and Eames OF Concord, Rev. Messrs. Smith
| of Carcmont and Chase of Charestown, and
| Rev. Mr.. Batcheldcr Of Vermont. Divine SER
| vice OF an appropriate character was held in the
church, and historical sermon delivered by
/ H. Ilutbulus NV IlGHtN p olllllly phSlOI,
also made a short address, collation. was
! served in a grove after the exercises, and the
| bishop and Others made fitting remarks,
| Dartmouth Notes The room in Reed hall,
| formerly occupied by the hall cabinet now re-
| moved to Culver hail. has been fitted up for
| rhetorical recitation room. The workings of
| the new telescope recently mounted in the or
| servatory are eminenily satisfactory. 1t was
manufactured by Alvan Clark & Sons of Cam
bridgeport, Mass, at cost of $1,000 Its focal
length is twelve feet; aperture, nine and four
tenths inches. IL is Of superior power hOwey-
er, being equal to most of those Of thirteen inch
aperture. Prof. Young has recently completed
n list OF 1903 bright lines in the spectrum of
cromOSphere, only thirty Of which were previ-
Ously known. The chemical laboratory in Cu!-
yer hall is being fitted up with every conven-
fence Tor learning practical chemistry. Sixteen
hundred dollars worth of apparatus will be add
ed soon, and the entire room furnished in the
most approved and practical manner.
VERMONT.
Willis Wheeler of Nottingham, twenty-three
years of age, committed suicide by hanging,
Sunday, the oath ult, He leaves a wife.
CONNECTICUT.
The woman suffrage association holds its an
nua meeting in Hartford to-day.
The Bridgeport cartridge company has shipped
over 100000 cartridges to the Russian govern
ment
Miss Jennie Stevens of Hartford was fearfully
scalded few days ago by the upsettng of IL
boiler filed with hot water.
Walsten Wheelock of Westlord, while aiding
Erastus Eastman in loading load of wood,
dropped down cad instantly from heart disease.
He was filty-nine years Of age.
Norwich is beSuring itself to get ready accom-
modations for those who intend attending the
teachers institute, to be held at that place on
the 18th.
Benjamin Moves was fined in the New Haven
police court, on Saturday s. and costs for as
saulting peach vender, and SIS and costs for
resisting an officer, but took an appeal
Thomas Bennington, an operative in the
Florence mill, Rockville, committed suicide Fri
day morning by cutting his throat. About six
months ago he met with an accident ut the
mill, and it is supposed his brain was affected at
that time and he has since shown symptoms of
mental alteration.
The inaugural address of the Rev. Samuel
Harris, ID. D., dwight professor of systematic
theology at Yale college, will be delivered in the
Centre church, Tuesday, October 10th, at 80
P. NJ. The alumni and friends Of the theological
department and of the college are invited to at
tend.
An old gentleman in Hartford, coming sud
denly out Of Il store, Saturday, ran between two
men who were shaking hands, and the thumb Of
one Of them entered the strangers eye. The eye
ball was burst and tue aqueous humor of the
eve escaped, of course, entailing the loss ofSght
in the injured optic.
The Concord Monitor mentions the following
publican nominee for governor of MaSSachu-
sets, and Joseph B. Walker Of this city, were
classmates and roOm-mateS at Yale college,
graduating in the class Of 1874. The eldest
sons Of these gentlemen are now classmates and
room-mateS al the same college"
An elephant attached 10 menagerie exhibit
ing in DanielsoDville, last week, becoming tired
of the show business, pulled up the tree to which
he was fastened as though it were twig, and
started off upon rampage across loLs, tipping
over sheds, luXuriating on corn fodder and
chasing horse and carriage for some distance.
AitersX hours of such fun he was secured and
returned to camp.
Hebron voted to guarantee her proportion of
Air Line bonds, by twenty-siX majority. Port
land cast but iity-eight votes, of which thirty
| seven were against the guarantee and twenty
| one IN favor A large number of voters were at
| tending the 1liddletown county fair, who went
home to vote, but found the polls closed an hour
earlier than usual. Another town meeting will
be held, when Portland will undoubtedly vote
eyes"
In the case of DIR. Jewett, of New Haven,
against the city Of New Haven, which was ar
gued before the supreme court year ago, the
court has Just rendered its decision, holding the
city not liable DIR. Jewetts carriage was run
into aud broken by hose cart driven with great
speed through one OF the city streets at the time
OF a fire. The court below found that the driver
of the hose cart was guilty of want of ordinary
care. The case turned upon thequestiOn whether
clty III such case can ne liaole, and this
question, upon the point whether the fire depart
l1eht ana us servants were properly the en-
ployes Oh the cry, ana on discharge OF duty
10 tne clty' or (li6e the ponce OF city, IN the
service OF the pu5hc and IN the discharge OF
pubic duty. 1t the latter, the city would not be
liable for injuries caused by their carelessneSs.
The case lay directly upon the dividing line, and
the court held 1t long time under consideration,
and the judges are now not entirely agreed
upon the decision
Saturday m )rning at two O'Clock the store of
Comstock & Co., South Norwak, was broken
into by man who, in the early part of the
night, had secreted himself in a large dry goods
box at the rear of the store. In this Lox he
had lain until the small hours. when, as he
| thought, everything would be still, and his