Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-01-13

NORWICH AND WORCESTER RAILROAD
The annual meeting of this corporation was
held at Norwich, CT, on the eleventh. A large
numb of stockholders from Worcester were
present. The number of shares represented was
1924, and the following board of directors was
unanimously chosen: A. F. Smith, John F
Slater and Augustus Brewster of Norwich;
Robert Bayard, of New York; VIM. F. Weld, of
Boston; Francis H. Dewey, George w. Gill and
Charles W. Smith of Worcester, and Benjamin
+. Stevens, of Boston, being the old board, with
the exception that Benjamin F. Stevens, presi-
dent of the New England Mutual life insurance
company, was elected in place of J. N. Perkins
of New York. Great changes have taken place
in the ownership of this stock within the last
twoyears. Formerly it was owned mostly in
New York. Now about 1000 shares are held in
Worcester and vicinity, and over 5000 in Boston,
and a small amount ;only in New York and
Connecticut.
SUPERIOR CoURT-CIvIL TERM-DEwEY, J.
Thursday, ian. Pin the case of Geo. P. Row
ell s. Co. VS.. Chas. X. Pevey, the jury were una
bic to agree.
No. 1913, Jerome Marble ct al. VS.. Silas Hamil-
ton ct al, verdict for the defendants. The plain
tifs take exceptions, and the case goes up to the
supreme court. Aldrich and Gaskill for the
plaintiffs, Swan and Parker for the defendants.
No. $40, James H. Bancroft VS.. james W. Jen-
kins. An action for services and expenses in
looking after the interest of the defendant in
$4,000 acres of land in Waterfowl, n. Y, owned
by him Jointly with other parties, in the ap-
pointInent of commissioners for the partition of
the same. The defence is that defendant never
hired the plaintiff to do it, and that the plaintiff
had a joint interest in the property, and with
other parties equally benefited by and response
bic for the services rendered The case was
given TO the jury, hut they had not agreed at
adjournment
On trial, No. 923, Samuel II. Burbunk ct al
VS.. Patrick 0 Rourke, administrator of the es-
tate of Eliza Cunningham. An action to recover
a bill for produce, &c. The defence is that she
was married woman at the time of the sale of
the goods, and that she was not carrying on
business on her own account. Potter for plain
titfs, Swan for defendant.
UNION FOR CHRISTIAN WoRK.-A movement
has been initiated in this city having in view a
new union, unembamassed by any sectarian be-
lief or want of belief the object OF which shall
be chiefly the providing of amusement in some
form, to the large class of young men and wo-
men who have no home privileges. A meeting
to further the object and to comeito some settled
plan which should be broad enough to unite all
classes of our good citizens, was held last eve
ming, at room No. . Mechanics hall. Mr.,
Albert Tolman presided and Mr.. J. S. Rogers
was secretary. The discussion elected great
variety of opinion as to the best way for the
movement to be inaugurated, and the discus
sion was participated in by Rev. Messrs Ship
pen, Hall, Huntington and Tyler, Mrs Fay and
Mrs. Rogers, Messrs. A. Tolman, j. S. Rogers, f.
Barton, W. F. Wheeler, N. Paine, II, L. Shum-
way, j. +. Manning, S. S. Green, and several
others, to a late hour Finally a committee was
appointed TO consider the whole subject, and TO
report to meeting to be held at the same
place next Thursday evening. The committee
consists of Rev. f. II. Hall, Rev. W. R. Hunt
ington, Mrs. Theo. Brown, Nathaniel Paine and
Albert Tyler,