Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-01-30
COUNTY NEWS.


The cattle disease has so far abated in the
northern part of the county that Fitchburg has
removed restrictions on all herds in town ex.
cept that of VIM. Woodbury..
The Clinton Courant urges the erection of
new hall in that town, favoring memorial
hal" on a similar plan to the beautiful one in
Lancaster.
The vital statistics of Westminster for the
year 1870 are Births, 81; marriages, IA; deaths,
"a; bodies brought to town for interment, 8.
The Sterling farmers club is organized as fol-
lows: President, P. N. Rugg; vice president,
Clinton Haywood; secretary, Ezra Sawyer;
treasurer, DR.. W. D. Peck with a list of twelve
trustees.
Goddard & Sawyer, of Petersham, with their
portable steam saw MILL have cut out and de-
livered about 10000 railroad ties for the Wor-
cester and Gardner road.
In Gardner for 1870, the whole number of
births were S9-males "A, females As; American
parentage, 46; foreign parentage, 40. Number
of marriages, 81. Number of deaths, So; males,
%; females, 30.
In Westminster during the year 1870 the
whole number of births were 80; males, IA; fe-
males, II; number of marriages, IA; number of
deaths, 34-males, u; females, 16. The oldest
person who died was Aaron Darby, aged SO
years.
The Sons of Temperance organization of
Leominster voted last week to give up their
charter, and a committee was chosen to close
up their affairs. Whatever funds there are
in the organization will be devoted to the cause
of temperance.
The number of marriages in Lancaster in 1870
were15; births, 16-males II, females s; of for
eign parentage, 6; deaths, 30-maes II, females
10; over 80, two; between 10 and 80, six; so and
70, five; under 5, six; accidental, two.
The number of births in Boylston during the
year 1870 were 1873 males, females. The num-
Der Of marriages, 7. Deaths, 90; under 10 years,
nine; over 70 years, four. The following were
over fifty years of age: Simeon Bennett, Mary
P. Flagg, Solomon BigeIow, James Hastings,
Manasseh S. Ball, Alfred Sawyer, Thos. Nancy,
Irinda Seaver, Cyrus D. VIM.
The Leominster savings bank have elected the
following officers for the ensuing year: Leonard
Burage, president; J. c. Allen, clerk; JAS H.
Carter, John II. Jockey, NJ. D. Haws, Jos. Coz
zens, C. C. Boyden. W. F. Howe, c. H. Merriam,
Samuel S. Croker, Geo. S. Burrage, goldsmith,
directors. At a meeting of the trustees, A. L.
Burditt was appointed treasurer.
In Harvard there were marriages, 81 births,
"A males and II femaes,) and 90 deaths, OF
whom the following were over fifty years of age:
Silas Dudley, Sophia (Walker) Parkhurst, Eliz-
abeth Gates Whitney, Luke Sawyer Rachel
tHoughton) Fairbank, Obadiah Rich, Eli With
ington, Zimri Whitney, Peter Barrett Emerson
c. Hardy, Mary (Reed) Taylor, Winnefred
McGoing.
The number of births in Berlin in 1870 is re.
corded at %, males 10, females Is; number OF
native payentage 20, of Irish s.; marriages 16;
deaths 16, of whom the following were over fifty
years of age: Hannah P. Hastings, Reuben
Babcock, Polly Southwick, Dolly Shattuck,
Leonard Hartwell, Sarah Fish, Judith Harper,
Eli Sawyer, Alvin Ball, Oliver Fosgate
In Sterling, the births in 1876, were twenty
eight, (males SIXTEEN, females twelve,) of whom
twenty-one were of American parents and six Of
Irish. Marriages seventeen; deaths twenty-six
The following being past fifty yeals of age;
Ebenezer Taylor, Hepzibeth Goss, Peter Ross
Moses Sawyer, Eliza VIM, Dolly Kendall, FL
bridge G. Reed, Sally C. Bonney, Giles P.
Wickes, J. r. Goulding, Nancy Chapman, Al
fred Sawyer.
PERILs OF THE RoAD.-Charles w. Hebard
and Charles 7. Kendrick, who drive teams be-
tween North Brookfeld and Worcester, became
so benumbed by the cold in the storm of last
Thursday, that they were unable TO manage
their teams, and would have persisted but for
assistance on the road. Kendrck fell off his
wagon, and was found and cared for at farm
house. His team was taken up and cared for at
Shows stable in Leicester Hebard's horses
turned into the yard of Henry Green in Leicester,
and he was taken off the wagon in helpless
condition. He was well enough, however, to go
on home Friday. Both men stopped at Ryder's
hotel in Cherry Valley shortly before, and were