Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-10-23

Messrs. Paul Within & Son Of Northbridge
gave $500 to Chicago.
The Westboro Chronotype office, with its ma
terial and business is offered for sale
The ladies' relief society of Wcstboro for
warded ten barrels of clothing to Michigan on
the 18th.
Mr.. John Chase, of the manufacturing firm
Of John Chase & Sons, of Webster, died on the
18th inst
The Chocksett district school in Sterling, Miss
Emma Gordon teacher, has been closed for the
remainder of the term, owing to the prevalence
of scarlet fever in that district.
Rev. j. L. Hatch has been engaged by the
Unitarian society of Westboro for one year. Mr.
Hatch has been supplying the pulpit of this So
cety for several months.
Two barns in Sterling, about two and half
miles from the village, and belonging to Silas
Jewett and Charles Powers, were destroyed by
fire on the Dist, together with quantity of hay;
origin of fire unknown; slight insurance on
each
The officers and inmates of the Westboro state
reform school contributed StO972 to the Chca-
90 relief fund OF this amount the officers gave
S59.4O, and the boys $50 32-the amount of a
days work apiece, done upon their regular holi-
day.
Somebody in Clinton, who was so destitute of
moral perception as to name his dog hummer
in the face and eyes of fearful examples, reaped
a bitter reward the other day by finding the
canine impaled on picket fence, over which he
tried to leap, as he went cumming around.
The editor of the Clinton Courant has the
conscience and good nature to apologize to the
Marlboro firemen for misspelling the name of
their hand-engine- 0kammakamestcrs TWAS
the name of an Indian who was foreman of a
fire company before this country was discovered,
and the frcmen of Marlboro grieve to see it
misspelled.
A little girl was caught stealing candy in a
Clinton drug store the other day, and when
questioned, said she didn't know her own name,
never knew her fathers, and had even forgot
her mothers; subsequent investigation proved
that she was in error in these matters, and also
as to her place OF residence; she was taken
home by an officer aud committed-to the care
her parents
The Messrs. Harris and others of West Boyls-
ton have petitioned the county commissioners to
alter the road where it now crosses the Still
Water river below Oakdale, so as to carry the
bridge few rods below its present location, so
that they can the better locate one of the new
mills, which they are taking steps to erect, to
replace the ones lately burnt; and it will also
straghten and better the road. The commits
sioners are to meet at 0akdale depot, Nov. 10th,
for hearing on the matter.
Joseph Miles, and friend with him, were
about TO go cunning in Northboro, on the 18th,
but before leaving the house Miles thought they
would take a little whiskcy, so he poured out
from bottle what he supposed was such,
sweetened it, and offered it to his friend, who
declined TO drink until he first drank. Miles
then drank, and Immediately discovered that in
stead of whiskey he had fixed up portion of
bed-bug poison-a solution OF corrosive subj.
mate. His throat and stomach burned, and
what to do he did not know, Finally he started