Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-10
COUNTY NEWS.

town clock will soon be put on the tower OF
the church of the Unity in Winchendon.
There was family gathering in Webster, re-
Gently, consisting of 1904 pounds of Robinson.
The Milford paper speaks well of a concert
recently given in that town by the Misses Childs,
of Worcester.
Gen. Salem Towne, of Charlton, completed
his ninety-frst year on Sunday, 26th ult.; he is
hale and hearty.
The G. A. Il. encampment of Gardner, re-
Gently earned $3.50 by giving three dramatic en-
tertainments
There will be a Universaist conference in
Westminster, beginning on Tuesday evening,
April II, to continue through the 18th and
18th. Speakers of note are expected to attend.
Mrs. James Burditt, of Leominster, died very
suddenly on the list inst; she was getting
breakfast as usual, and in her ordinary health,
when she was taken i'll and almost immediately
expired.
g. JcnnisOn and NJ. F. Otis, of Westboro,
have been granted patent for window blind
operator; S. Holmes of North Brookfeld and J.
F. Sargent OF Merose have also had patent
granted, on a machine for forming heel rants
On Saturday, the list inst, Mr.. Henry Hast
ings died of heart disease at the residence of his
son-in-law, in South Berlin. He was at work
saving wood, and w9s seen to fall by one of the
neighborS, who went TO him and found him
dead.
AT the union temperance meeting, held in one
of the churches in Clinton on Fast day, in place
of the usual religious worship, speeches were
made by several of the Clinton clergymen, and
general expression as to the modes and pros
poet of a reform in the cause of temperance was
made by prominent citizens of the town. At the
close of the meeting the pledge was circulated
throughout the audience and largely signed.
committee of two from each religious society
has been appointed to canvass the town.
Bolton correspondent Ofthe Clinton Courant
writes to that paper that "Andrew Wheeler an
inmate of our poor farm, a simple minded, good
natured fellow, but an excellent care-taker, was
found on the floor of the barn, fatally injured,
supposed to have fallen from the scatfolding. He
has been known to the people of this town forty
nine years; irregularly introduced into the
world, he has irregulary gone out of it; but
poor Andrew, with all his simple ways, had
those who esteemed him and faithfully cared for
him for all that"
The Gardner News knows how it is, and tells
its readers in this way 1--WE understand that
there has been five hundred applications, only,
for the position of conductor on the Boston,
Barre and Gardner railroad, and but five of
these are from our modest town of Gardner.
We hope the directors viii see the policy of re-
quring each applicant to make one trip, at least,
over the road when it is completed, because it
would give the financial part of the project such
stimulus. A few more applications (say eight
or ten thousandl, will be considered if made
promptly-probably."
The Boston Commercial Bulletin saws -
"With the strawberry season fast approaching,
boxes and baskets to hold this fruit, manufac-
turers OF these articles are turning their atten-
ton to their production. About the last of the
month this business will be in full progress, and
it is stated that 800 gross will be made for this
market alone. Winchendon is the banner town
in this line of business, making more boxes
than any other in the state. The baskets used
for this purpose are made principally in Con-
necticut, and we learn some new STYLES will be
put on the market this season, expressly de-
signed for the preservation of the fruit by Civ
ing free circulation of air and rendering the
ira importation to long distances less liable TO
produce rot and jamming. About 10000 of
these VIII be put on the market this season,
and there will be no lack of boxes and baskets
to contain all the fruit that is raised"