Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-06-27

badly injured, is doing finely.
A "Young Peoples Union" in some respects
similar TO the Worcester Peoples club, has been
organized in Peterborough, the object being 10
secure mental and moral improvement in con
| nection with social enjoyment. The meetings
are held at the vestry of the Unitarian church
but persons of any age or denomination MAY
| become members.
| A series of thefts were committed in Lee and
| Nottingham, on Thursday night last A horse
| belonging to DR.. Chase of Dedham, Mass. was
stolen from pasture in Nottingham, harness
| from John Simpson and a wagon from Albert
Fernald; also wagon from the Hale farm in
| Lee, and part of a harness from N. ID. Me-
serve. reward of 5000 has been offered for
the recovery Of the property and the detection
| of the thief.
Austin Morse of Canaan, while chopping in
| the woods, on Friday was struck by project
/ ing knot on a falling limb, which penetrated
| near the neck 10 the depth OF three inches Ii
| Just grazed the external jugular in its way,
| which was narrow escape from certain death.
| He was some three miles from home, and had to
walk nearly mile to get to the carriage. The
| Reporter says: On the same lot, a few years
| since, Mr.. Currier was killed by being struck by
a limb while chOpping.
The Manchester Mirror, with evident pride,
says: 1.-THE poultry thieves of Nashua, who
were arrested, put in the lookup in Nashua and
escaped, have never been here to our county jail
We copied the item on this subject from the
NASHUA lCiCSAhpLy anu SoIllb SUPPOSED as the
word Jail was used this was the one referred to.
During the six years Mr.. A. G. Fairbanks has
been lailor not single convict has escaped"
Burnley Woodward, Henry W. Patterson and
Franklin Hood fell distance of twenty-five
feet from the roof of the church in South Mer-
rimack on Monday, and were seriously injured,
Mr. Hood received a broken leg and several bad
cuts upon the head. Ii is believed that the
Others have escaped without breaking their
limbs, although they are bruised and wounded
and all suffering great pain. The accident was
caused by the giving away of the staging upon
which they were at work.
VERMONT.
Senator Morrill, will deliver the annual adj
dress at the Washington county fair, to be held
at Montpelier, September q and 2S.
Burlington has freighted an average of thirty
four cars day during the past year.
A Cayendish correspondent writes: "The past
winter has been hard one for Windsor county;
the land is used to having good coat Of snow
to protect it from the FROST but although much
larger amount of snow fell here than many peO-
pie imagine, yet the frequent showers and warm
sun melted it so quickly that the ground froze
hard and deep. Last fall resolved to measure
every fall of snow that we had through the win
ter, and l did so, taking care to select places
least affected by the wind, and after an accurate
measurement l find that it fell eighty and one
eighth inches, or six feet eight and One-eighth
inches; yet of all this bulk of light snow there
was not over eighteen inches on level at any
one time"
CONNECTICUT.
The Yale sophomore shell crew will row with
the Atlantic boat club of New York in July.
Several Chinese are employed as farm laborers
in Sprague.
A hundred dollars has been raised in STAN.
ford TO erect stones over the graves of buried
soldiers.
The New Haven common council has been
empowered to issue bonds to help the Derby
road
Twelve widows had a party in Fair Haven
the other night, their combined ages being 79S |
years.
The Branford fruit company shipped over
$1,000 quarts of strawberries to New York and |
Boston last week.
Miss Clara Louise KeIl0gg's receipts at her |
concert in Norwich, last week, were $1,000. She |
will sing m New London on the 2Sth.
Last week, a ten year old daughter of John |
Watson was caught in shaft at ArFawana |
mills, Saddle Hill, and is probably fatally in
jured.
Over six thousand persons visited the Connec- |
ticut general hospital for the insane last year.
Regular reception days-Mondays, Wednesdays |
and Fridays.
The Norwich Bulletin says that a Bridgeport |
topper was recently taken suddenly i'll and was
speedily relieved by ejecting a fresh water eel,
seven inches long, from his stomach.
family in Kensington have been poisoned
contiguous to potato patches, on which Paris
green had been sown for bugs.
The Yale freshmen have appeared in the old
mortar-board caps. They cost about three dol |
lars each, and the wearers become disguised in |
about two days and throw them away |
The Baptist society in New Britain has |
hoisted new bell in its church tower, which |
weighs 4,210 lbs.-the largest bell in the state. |
The natives of New Britain will be apt to hear |
the sound Of that church-going bell"
Rev. DIR. Thomas S. Childs, formerly pastor |
of the Presbyterian church in Hartford, who |
has resided in Norwak for some time, will re-
turn to Hartford to assume the duties of a pro- |
iessorship in the Theological seminary
Hon. James Gallagher is rising temperance
advocate. He lectures wherever invited, and |
pays his own expenses. An exchange saws |
that eff a few other democratic politicians |
would follow his example, that party might be |
somewhat improved"
This afternoon, several prominent woman |
suifragists are TO appear before the legislative |
committee on constitutional amendments, in |
advocacy of their cause. Mrs. Middebrook and |
the Rev. Olympia Brown will be among the |
speakers.
A young man of New Britain lost pocket
book some time ago. Il remained lost some
weeks, and until the Roman confessional dis
closed it in the possession of a woman who |
was persuaded by the priest to restore the same.
The man recovered every cent of the long lost
money.
The New York and New Haven railroad com.
pany sold 10 900 shares Of new stock Thursday
500 shares brought S1.2It and the remainder
sl.2l. The company have declared their annual
dividend of tive per cent. payable in New York
at their office July LIST.
Mrs. Benedict Bristol, of Meridian, one even
ing last week, while on her way to q church
prayer meeting, called at a neighbors and fell
dead soon after entering the house. The de-
ceased thus suddenly called away was an earn
est Christian women, and very much respected
and beloved. She was about forty years of age.
A few days ago, couple of horse jockeys
met accidentally in Meriden, and traded their
nags, each claiming that his horse was worth
at least hundred dollars. After the trade,
both horses were purchased by third party
for twenty dollars, and he declares be was
cheated at least ten dollars. Both were bauIk-
ers, both blind and both spawned.
The legislative committee on the state prison
have decided against the motion made BIZ
States Attorney Robinson, and therefore VII
son and his counsel will be allowed full oppOr-
tunity 10 show why the sentence Of death
should not be carried into execution. The
hearing will come off to-day, and will probably
continue for several days, as a large amount Of
testimony will be offered on the part Of the
petitioner
On Friday, William Fitzgerald Of Green's
farms, Southport, having become heated from
some unusual exercise, very foOlishly thought
to cool himself by taking a salt water bath.
liz oAOf OA III tuS NdtSt 1tl sDilc Llult, On
coming out, felt giddiness and swimming of
the head, which prevented him from going on
with his work. He died within few hours Of
the occurrence.
A man, whose name is supposed 10 be s.
Smith, was found lying upon the roadside in
Mortified, Wednesday, and, supposed 70 be
intoxicated, was not disturbed. Late at night
he was noticed TO be in a suffering condition.
and, on being removed to barn, expired the
next morning. A physician was summoned in
his last moments, and pronounced the man to
have been poisoned. No action was taken,
however, to affirm the suppositon, and the
corpse was inferred a few hours after.
Last week, upon the application of George W.
Goodsell, Judge Wiley of the court of common
pleas granted temporary injunction against
the Derby railroad company, enjoining them
from laying their track across Custom House
square in New Haven. The men were at work
preparing the ground for the track until noon of
the day when the injunction was served, when
work stopped.
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