Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-06-08


plored He is leading Free Mason, was for
merly a sheriff, then postmaster, and wasIre-
Gently appointed United States deputy mar
shall. His labors in taking the late census prob
ably aided in developing his Illness. Should his
illness continue and the Office Of mayor thus be
vacated, the city council have power to elect
another mayor.
Loren Ayers, the would-be Manchester suicide,
has been removed to jail, and ii is still thought
| he may recover He is somewhat older than his
wife, and has been married before, his former
wife dying about twelve years since. His parents
| formerly resided in Hatley c. E. and were peo-
pie of some property On the death of his faith
er, his mother removed to St. Johnsbury. lie
| has been of a somewhat rowing character, nav
ing been absent from his wife nearly five years years
| several of which were spent in the army. ine9
have boarded at different places in Manchester
| and have parted and come together again sever
al times. He appeared very devoed 10 h He,
troubles real or imaginary eXcite ~. nun I'm ,S
much. and he sometimes expressed tue lear tha'
| he might commit suicide
VERMONT.
G.. ,,ors,ns n few nights since, destroyed
| .be horse sheds attached to the different
churches az Darlington centre.
A. 81 Albans on Tuesday, good butter sold
at % to 2S cents; gilt-edged at 25. Shipments,
| about 900 tnOs'
ouiet. Prices ranged from is to % cents
pound. Cheese is coming forward of better
quality, and selling from to 10 cents a pound,
as to quality. New sage cheese sold at IL cents
a pound.
James Hope, of Rutland, is to paint two
pictures, one a large canvas five by six feet
representing one OF the grandest views in the
country "The Watkins Glen," near Seneca
Lake, New York, for ten thousand dollars; also
one of smaller dimensions, for three thousand
dollars. These prices are from Mr.. II. D. Rolf,
a liberal patron of art in New York
A correspondent writes to the BOSTON AdVer-
tiser, from Georgia, under date of the 9th inst,
giving the particulars of the drowning of the
two sons Of John Reynolds, in that town, on
Sunday night. 1t appears that the two boys,
Swift and George, the elder nineteen years of
age the younger sixteen, went into the Lamoille
river to battle. Swift, the elder boy, could
swim, but the younger could not, and got be-
yond his depth The elder brother went to his
rescue, when he was grasped by him and drawn
under the water Both boys were drowned.
About IL O'Clock on Sunday night, fire was
discovered in the steam saw mill of John p and
William b. Hoskinson, at Healdville. The
flames were so far advanced that nothing could
be saved. The Messrs. HoskinSons lose nearly
900 feet of sawed lumber, and about 200 cords
of Slabs and quantity of timber and logs.
The fire is supposed to be the work of an incen-
diary, as there had been no fire in the mill since
week ago last Friday. Loss $500; insurance
$1,000.
James Z. Sawyer of Whiting Station has been
in the habit for several years past of borrowing
considerable money of the First national bank of
Brandon, offering notes purporting to be signed
by two or three parties in each case well known
TO the directors of the bank, and these notes
were invariably discounted for him. The notes
when due were paid in full or in part or re-
neWed when they came due, and everything
went smoothly for the forger until last WedneS-
day, May Slsf, when the cashier, thinking Mr..
Sawyer was using considerable money, made
some inquiries of Mr.. A. +. Ellsworth, one of
the parties whose name was frequently signed
on notes, about the responsibility of Sawyer.
Mr. Ellsworth replied he knew nothing about it.
This brought the matter to a focus suddenly.
Sawyer was arrested and held in bonds of $4,000
for trial, in default of which he was committed
to the jail at Rutland. The losses, so far as dis
covered, are as follows: First national bank of
Brandon, $1,000; Brandon national bank S2100:
First national bank of Orwell, $1,000; National
bank of Middebury, $500; Vergennes national
bank, $500. Forged notes to the amount of
S5OOOO were found in his possession. Sawyer
is wheelwright and blacksmith by trade, keeps
hotel at Whiting Station, has a wife and five
children, with little or no means. He does not
give any satisfactory account of what he has
| done with most of the money he has received.
CONNECTICUT.
Camp meeting at Willimantic will begin on
| the 2Sth of August and continue five DAYS,
New LondOn's only night Waterman has re-
signed.
Miss Kellogg, by invitation of the citizens of
Norwich, will give concert there on the 10th.
young lady in New London recently had
twenty-one letters addressed to her name arrive
in one mail, at the post office
A tax of 100000 is to be assessed on New
Haven county for the erection of new court
| house.
A Mrs. Graham was thrown from carriage
in Bridgeport, Sunday, by runaway horse, and
was fatally injured.
Six hundred and thirty children were con-
hrmed in Hartford, Sunday, by Bishop McFar-
land, of the Catholic church.
Major H. P. Barton, of Hartford, having re-
signed command of the governors guards
Major W. II. Dodd has been appointed in his
place.
The town of Hebron has confirmed its pre-
vious vote exchanging Air Line bonds for stock
by vote of one hundred and fifteen to sixty.
one.
In the house of representatives on Tuesday.
the death of Ransom o. Smith, member for
Easton, was announced, and appropriate resolu-
tions passed.
Nelson Warner, who was severely injured in
Springfield on Saturday, by being thrown from
carriage, is member of the house from e.
lington.
Mrs. Cutler, widow of the late Dr. BENJAMIN
| Cutler of Woburn, Mass, died suddenly in
! Hartford Tuesday morning, of heart disease.
| She was visiting friends there.
| The city election in Meriden Tuesday resulted
straight republican. Mayor J. c. Lewis, who
was on both tickets, received all but nine of the
1,166 votes cast.
The Yale art gallery is in danger of losing the
valuable Jarves collection of paintings, the
period for which they were deposited. three
years, having expired. Mr.. Jarves is urged to
remove them to the Metropolitan museum, New
York.
The expenses of the Hartford fire department
for the past year was s36,6O7, considerable in
crease over the previous year. The alarm has
been used thirty-three times, twice for false
alarms, and the entire loss of fires in the CITY
has been $4,000.
The examination of VIII. Macomber, charged
with brutally kicking a colored man to death
on the ears, few days ago, was held on Mon
day, and resulted in holding the prisoner in
$4,000 bail, in default of which he was re-
manded TO jail to await trial.
The Wallingiord community are preparing to
build large dam upon the Quinnipac, making
II a source OF prosperity to the people. The
privilege thus obtained will be not less than ana
horse power, which will be used in running a
silk mill. The beautiful meadows north of the
village will be flooded, forming large lake.
A rad was made upon several houses of ILL.,
repute in New Haven Friday and Saturday eve
nlngs, and number of inmates arrested who
were sentenced by the city court Monday to Sc
we're fines and Imprisonment. o. NJ. Ferguson.
who it is alleged has the direct charge of ten of
ihese houses, was sentenced to one year impris-
onment and fine of 5000; whereat the better
class of citizens rejoice greatly.
The following is the prize candy law re-
Gently passed by the Connecticut senate: 6Tf
any person or persons shall sell or offer for sale
to any person under the age of twenty.one
years any box, bundle, or package of goods
wares or merchandise, the consideration of sucb
sale being in the whole or in part any distribn.
ton or chance at drawing or obtaining money
IN such box, bundle or package such person or
persons SO offending shall be punished by a fine
not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by i'm
prisonment in common Jail for term not ex. |
ceeding six months. or by such fine and impris- |
onmeRt both" pug
Oren and Polly Emerson, East Thompson, eel
ebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding
on Saturday. About sixty guests were present.
including six of the seven children of tbe |
worthy couple, seventeen grandchildren, and |
two great grandchildren. One of the sons Iiv-
ing in Denver, Cal, was absent, but remembered |
the occasion by sending some Colorado GOLD
The generous guests carried goodly number Of
CUTS, which were presented, with short speech
by l.. L. Mason, brother of Mrs. Emerson. and
a poem was read by Mrs. Mary Munroe. Mrs
Emerson's niece. About forty of the 5ioi.1