Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-07-19

somewhat on wet lands, but on the whole farm
ers have little to complain of in this direction
II. H. Barbour, Jr., the Temperance lecturer,
has become local editor of the New Haven Press
Hon. Alfred Hall of Middletown was stricken
with paralysis Thursday evening, and now lies
very i'll.
! A Mr.. Sellew of Glastonbury was badly in
| jured at Hartford, Saturday, by being kicked in
| the head by horse.
DR.. Miller, who was stricken down in the
house last week, is recovering, and will proba.
bly, be able to resume his seat this week.
Theodore Smith, while in boat off Five Mills
river below Norwalk, on Saturday was struck
by lightning and instantly killed.
A four year old son of Hugh Craig of New
York city, visiting Meriden, fell from window
recently, about Is feet, and was seriously in
jured.
The barn of Uriah Foster, in Meriden, was
struck by lightning, Saturday afternoon, and
entirely destroyed, together with tobacco shed
and large stack of hay which had just been
stored.
Balthazer Waiggenunezzarein was find for
breaking the Sunday law in New Haven, the
other day. The fine imposed was large one,
in the hope Ofkeeping Mr.. Waiggenunezzarein's
name out of the court records hereafter.
William S. Smith, of Hartford, offers to
, match his stallion Thomas Jefferson" against
any stallion of any age in the world for three
fac-simile heats, three in five, two mile heats,
duu tuItc ulllt HcdLS 0arneSS, IOT &lUUU ehcU
race, half forfeit, over Narragansett or Fleet
wood tracks; the races to be one week apart
and to come off in October.
The hay crop in some towns in New London
county is even less than predicted Some fields
will not yield one-third, Others not one-half,
and except in such natural grass sections as
Lebanon there will be a great lack for even the
small amount of stock that was kept over.
Many farmers are sowing corn.
Early rose potatoes in the state have done re-
markably well. The yield so far as persons
have dug them is good. They are of large size
very fair, and excellent when cooked. As to
the later varieties, it is questionable whether
the crop will be even an average. The vines do
not look promising, and the drought must have
a serious effect.
RHODE ISLAND.
Fielding SchOfeld, the famous Providence
penman, has just won prize for penwork over
all competitors in the west.
There were 574 deaths in Providence during
the first six months of the present year, twenty.
eight less than in the same period last year. and
seven less than in the first six months of 1859
The Providence Press says: 1.-THE enterpris-
ing people of Massachusetts are netting the state
with railroads. The track of new one, twenty
eight miles long, from Worcester through the
important towns of Holland, Princeton and
Hubbardston to Gardner, has been laid and will
be open to travel in few weeks. 1t opens an
avenue to the whole northwestern section of the
state and region beyond. When is the north
western section of Rhode Island to be opened by
road connecting with Providence2 Such an
avenue will tell immensely on the business Of
the state.
Bishop Mcfarland and priest named Fitz.
gerald discoursed on papal infallibility, last
Sunday, in the Catholic cathedral at Providence.
The former said that the pope is infallible in
matters Of faith and morals, but he has no au-
thority to dictate as to what rulers shall do fol-
the DOYernmento of their suhiectg. hut for the in
falibility which he exercises in spiritual matters
he has divine authority, and he is supported il
his prerogatives by the writings of the fathers
OF the church. Father Fitzgerald said that, fol
the dogma of papal iIlfalibility, he considered
there to be in support of it the strongest scrip
| tnral evidence, and cited the passage where oul
Lord addressed st. Peter, saying to him: "Thor
art Peter; upon this rock ! will build ny
church, and the gates of hell shall not prev al
against it," The Catholic doctrines, he de
| clared, were greatly misrepresented by thu
| Protestant journals and Protestant preachers
In consideration of the statement in Bishop
| Clark'S 4th of July GRAFTON, at Providence, tina
"a large proportion of those who are best com
| petent to exercise the right OF suffrage nevel
| vote in public elections" somebody proposes, il
the Providence Journal, the following law: "B'
| it enacted by the general assembly, that at al
public elections which may be held in this state
after the list day OF January, 1872, every person
| who is legally authorized to vote, unless absen
| from the state on the day of election, shall
under a penalty of twenty dollars, deposit O.
cause to be deposited in the polls, his vote upoI
every question Of which public notice shall hav
been previously given. Sec. 2. Any voter wh'
may be prevented by sickness, or other cause
| from attending the polls in person, shall hav
the right to send his vote in a sealed envelope
| signed with his own hand; and such votes shall
be duly registered by the clerk of said meeting
| and counted as legal votes"