Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-12
From the State House.

BosToN, Tuesday, April II, 1871.
The senate held the longest session Of the season,
most of the time being taken up with discussion
on the question of incorporating the Mount Tom
and Easthampton railroad company, and bill to
incorporate the said company was substituted for a
report of the committee railways leave to with
draw on the same subject by vote of IL to5.
The bills to authorize the Worcester manufactur-
ers mutual insurance company to issue policies
upon property out of the commonwealth to annex
a part of the town of Natick to the town of Franz
ingham, to incorporate the Deerfeld Valley agricul-
tural society in relation to the rights of widow in
the estate of her deceased husband to define the
boundary line between the towns of Norfolk and
Wrentham, were severally ordered to be engrossed
In the house discussion was confined mainly to
two topics, viz asylums for the inebriate and the
protection of travellers at railroad crossings. The
former came up on the report of the committee on
public charitable institutions, inexpedient to epis-
late, on an order relative to establishing county
i1eSrlate asyinnEs., motion BY Mr. Vibbert of
earnest speech resulting in the acceptance Of the
substitute bill in place OF the report. The bill for
the better protection of travellers at railroad cross
ings was discussed at considerable length and was
finally recommitted to the committee on railways
The Worcester normal school bill was recon.
mitted to the committee education, at the in
stance Of the chairman of that committee The
reason of this was that some Fitchburg petitions
have just been sent in, asking for normal school
camOrous for hearing before action on the report
already agreed upon The hearing will take place
on Wednesday of next week
The committee on harbors made q report in rein.
ton to the travel certain bridges over Charles
river and Fort Point channel. The special com.
mttee the order relative to business before the
committees, reported an order directing that all
committees be directed to report upon all matters
referred to them on or before April 18th. The
authorize school committees To- establish the Office
Of supeTntendens of schools, instead of city coun.
Gus me ne commute on the treasury reported that
hospital at Worcester to sell land ought To mass
The committee on towns reported that the biII 10
annex annex portion OF inc town of Sheffield to New
Marlborough, recommltted, ought TO pass; and also
bill to authorize the Middlesex north Agricultural
society to take lands.
The committee on state police held long session
this forenoon and the testimony given was attended
with considerable interest. Mr.. Usher the pronrie.
tor of the Nation, testified in relation to the
amounts paid for advertising seizures in his paper
and that he gave the constables who brought the
advertisements commission of a dollar in the
same manner as he gave other persons com
missions who brought him advertisements The
Eoa. George Marston, who appeared to- day for the
first time as counsel for members of the force IN
New bedford, then cross-examined several Of the
Witnesses who testified on Wednesday last and
whose evidence bore heavily against certain mem
bers OF the force james Donahoe alias John BnlI
q well known gambler in Boston, then testified that
one gambling establishment with which he was con.
eseted was informed on three several Occasions
when raids were to be made, and they Changed the
enips &c. so that much Smaller amonnt ~ nror
80 seized and only three or four persons wefe
Rof srS. 70 make u appear as though they were
entnsad ~ SEIZURE was to be made When he
sstsG u me business he went 70 Major Homes ana
and ofered tbe me, a. other gambling places were,
could not take anything and 1us W. major said he
vent 70 ssRi member q his force. The witness
" the major said g ~ him 800; and subsequent.
you, John, am much Obliged to you.s Il was i ths
Saa'om ne shd for gambling estsblishments. W ~
] them. He paid the officer On the ue ha on
where bis house was situated e95 and ba p hsd