Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-09-01

Charles Pollinger, twelve years old, son of
Rohert Pollinger, was drowned at Winooski, on
the 2Sth,
1t is currently reported that many of the West
Rutland marble quarries are giving out, and
| that little or no marble worth quarTying will be
| found there year hence.
The Winooski river is higher than il has been
| since the snow went off. The water is over the
! intervals and flats near its banks, and the lum-
| bermen have lost some logs carried down stream.
The price for the best butter at St. Adams, on
| Tuesday, was about thirty to thirty-one cents
per pound. The Messenger remarks: "Six re-
irigerator cars are loading with butter for Bos-
ton this morning at the freight depot, They
will carry full fifty tons of the surface gold of
acres of richest pasture lands away from our
county to-day--for which there will be found in
thepockets of our farmers good $4,000.
The ST. Adams Messenger says: 1.-The news
paper story that Gov, Stewart left the stand at
the recent Bennington celebration when Jim
Fisk arose to speak is not true. We have inter
viewed his eXcellency upon the subject, ana
learned that owing TO the excessive heat, both he
and Gen. w. T. Smith left the stand as the lat
ter ceased speaking, while the band was playing,
and when they supposed, by information re-
ceived from the president of the ceremonies, that
the exercises were through. As soon as the
music ceased the president announced that the
exercises were over, hut loud calls were made
for Fisk, who stepped forward and the president
said Here is Mr.. Fisk, who can speak for him
minutes before this, Gov. Stewart had ridden Off
with a friend to the shade, so that he neither
heard Col Fisk nor exhibited the bad taste
(sinCe both were invited gues;s) to publicly in
suit him. Those who have the honor of the
governors personal acquaintance need not he
told he has no respect for such man as Fisk,
and not only abhors his views, but would feel
unpleasant in his society: but our hOnorcd chief
magistrate is gentleman altogether too we'll
bred to mar the pleasure of any of his friends,
of them may have shown bad taste themselves.
CONNECTICUT.
The new school building in Windsor, not
quite finished, was burned on Wednesday morn
ing; supposed TO be incendiary. Loss about
$4,000.
Mrs. McCarty of Hartford, who cut her
throat with case knife the other day, died on
Tuesday.
A little son of John p HARRISON of Hartford
was drowned while bathing in South Cairo, n
Y, Tuesday.
James Thomas, a clerk in Killen's grocery
store in Hartford, has been found to have stolen
S120 from his employer at various times, and
has been arrested.
The moulding and turning shops of the Tay-
Tor manufacturing company in New Britain,
with two small adjoining buildings, were burned
on Wednesday morning.
The Hartford city government Monday
night, voted to offer the state a site upon West
park, for the new capitol, free of expense; also
to appropriate the sum of $500 900 to be used
for building the new state house.
G. W. Tildessey, state agent of the Cont
mental life insurance company of New York,
has suddenly left Hartford, where he was sta
toned, because of financial embarrasSments.
His accounts with the Continental are, however,
all right.
Chas. Kerber, Hartford cigar manufacturer,
hung himself by a handkerchief to a hook on
the wall of his bedroom, Wednesday morning.
He had been drinking heavily of late and be-
came Respondent. He leaves wife and five
small children.
1t is thought that Chas H. Barker who was
found dead near house of i'll fame in Windsor,
Saturday, committed suicide by taking poison.
He had spent about 500 at the house. and then
becoming Respondent, had threatened to put an
end 10 his life.
The other day George Heath of New Canaan
had occasion TO go down in his well, for the pur-
pose of removing some Objectionable matter
While at the bottom of the WE'LL the bucket,
which was near the top, fell, and striking Mr..
Heath on the head, inflicted a terrible scalp
wound.
Over 800 acres are devoted TO tobacco in East
and South Windsor, this year, greater in extent
than all other cultivated crops except grass. 1t
is the testimony of experienced cultivators, who
have been in the business all their lives that the
growing crop Is greater in extent, and
the yield will be greater per acre than ever be-
fore.
The Catholic state temperance union met in
convention at Hartford Tuesday. About sixty
delegates were in attendance. C. T. Driscoll of
New Haven was elected president The county
committee for New London county is Timothy
Kelley OF GreenYille. The customary temper
ance resolutions were adopted, and a public
meeting held in the evening, when several stirr-
ing speeches were made.