Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-05-15
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COUNTY NEWS.

Rev. j. G. Halliday was dismissed from his
pastorate at Oakham, April 9th, and heartily
commended to the churches.
Mr.. Willard H. Child is the new depot-master
at the central station Of the Boston, Hartford
and Erie in Webster.
Edward Howe, superintendent of the Beaman
mills, West Boylston, died on Saturday, after a
weeks illness.
Rev. D. NJ. Bean rendered his resignation last
Sabbath as pastor Of the Congregational church
in Webster This action was made necessary
by his continued i'll health.
The Winchendon Journal is a new weekly pa
per, the first number of which was published in
Winchendon last Friday morning. 1t is the
same size as the Fitchburg papers.
Two quite aged people have recently died in
Sterling: Mrs. Dolly Stuart, aged a. and Mrs
Josiah Hadley who died at the town farm, at
the venerable age of SO years.
Mr.. Caswell, of West Fitchburg, says the
Fitchburg Sentinel, killed white headed eagle
one day last week, by throwing stones at it
while flying near the ground. 1t measured six
feet from tip to tip.
Douglas hen is slandered by the accusation
of laying three eggs a day, each as large as a
tea-cup. Whoever started the story ought to be
fined for cruelty to animals.
The Germans of Webster had peace festival
last Friday evening, for which arrangements
have been in progress several weeks. 1t was
the most extensive performance ever gotten up
by the Webster Germans.
Miss Keziah Holbrook, lady about sixty
years of age, living at head OF Manchaug pond,
Sutton, was drowned near Aldrich's mills on
Saturday of last week. She was returning from
a neighbours about nine o'clock, and in the ex-
IRENE darkness fell from the dam.
j. B. Root, of Northboro, grinds up bones at
the rate of one hundred tons per year, at $45 to
$40 per ton, making specially of bone for case
hardening. He manufactures crushed and
ground bone and superphosphate for fertiizing
purposes.
A lad in Cordaville fell down one day last
week while running with an open knife in his
hand, and struck the blade into his chest its en-
tire length. The injury received was serious,
but not fatal, it is thought.
A chancel window, costing S1700, and given
to st. Mary's church in Milford, by Rev. P.
Cuddihy and VIM. Sheehan, was uncovered and
dedicated on the 9th inst. 1t has upon it the
figures of Christ, the Virgin Mary, St. Joseph,
st. Patrick and St. Francis d'Assissi.
The Delabarre wooden company, of Black
stone, have twenty-four sets Of machinery, en-
ploy 975 hands, consume 10000 pounds wool,
and turn out about 100000 yards of fancy cassi-
meres per year. L. Delabarre is agent and SUI
perintendent of the mills.
Charles Dawley, a blacksmith in the employ
of Merriam, Holden & Co., of Westminster,
was severely injured recently by the explosion
of an emery Wheel which he was using, part
of which struck him blow in the face, dis
figuring it considerably. The wheel was turn
ing with great velocity
The firm of S. Packard & Son are engaged at
Northboro in manufacturing patent edge and
heel shaves for boot and shoe manufacturers, as
well as machine pegging avis. He has an ex-
perience of thirty years in this line of business.
About one hundred dozen shaves and twenty
five thousand avis are made per month.
A seven-yearS old son Of Frederick Walton of
Webster fell into the river at that place a few
days ago, and was taken out for dead but after
wards rcsusctated. The Webster Times says
that Herman Magister leaped into the stream
and seized the boy, but soon was compelled to
call for help, as he himself was sinking. He
was followed by August Heine, but they all
might have been drowned had it not been for
Christopher Farrell, who succeeded in pulling
them out.
SUICIDE IN FIToHBURG.-A young man NAM
ed Frank Smith, aged about IS years, commit
ted suicide in Fitchburg Friday evening. He