Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-05-18

principles"
The island and township of Isle La Notice is
about six and half miles long, one and a hall
wide, and contains 400 acres of fertile land
worthy of its ancient name, Vineyard. A mine
OF wealth lies beneath its SOIL in its stone omar
RES. me population of the island is about 500
Oh Whom 20 are catholics. They have a Meth.
odist church, high school, and Catholic
church in process of construction. As an in
uucemeht TO either sex TO visit this quiet retreat
II may De mentioned that there are on the island
| no less than eighteen widowers and TWENTY-FIVE
| WIDOWS, whose ages range from twenty-five to
uinnsety-elgnt.
~, nn1nMitpeller mention: The stockholders of the
ne" Mohtpeher savings bank and trust compa-
u ny met On saturday, and elected g. w. Scott,
n moiler h@Saton, ". w. Brock, A. Johonnett and
| Niahlau 1aplln trustees, but forgot TO elect
treasurer as their constitution provides, which
nlaAes Ine eiectlon oil the trustees VOID, ana the
1TSt s,I VIII nave 70 DC zone tnrongh again,
,aor T uIi,S Vi isVeh nas oeei
I W. me worK on tne Methodlst church and
neiilIut Metnouist oonie ere seminary Duild-
~, Miiioi, slolPeu iaS' lall' a9out 10 oe re-
| dy,aII;nos ,onon,oat L,,,.o' - @ g P. avo
aweInGs, aeHenens houses ana manufacturing
4; III pr1eeSs Oh erectlon, and
'i0 0"Pi'"i 10 uo0Iue 'u Ioohlug up
rhoro have ,,oor t,,o jod,ta ~
" from small no. N'o'''"' =" Ne"VO"H iecent-
y d. 5iU'1 VI S,,i'iI II PUA.
Conr,eca,ionoi oSupnI' PASTOR Vi 'he Nosneh
Tho vetnroDe nc tbo - -ori,.,a...
nn;on q, UiII;ra.; ot M, Hou Ie
a oi =. =; Iosn nla5 Ioth Inc regiment
An Insane 80, nu nv saI,ant sertice;
self With ;ani i;n ~ T, Ian s'aUgeu nii'
and Is NOT eHnectod 70 H., 1iiH"y' al "est'ie'
s SO ~ ~, H.t ~ my: ,-,,.c
dr;n,r ,b-o oO1In A,.ui Vi Na,ngIord, WINE
at "a 49, s.leain receitJ' got lhto ueeP
Meb;table pi,ohor I ioJ' =. S,,aao,, ,o.,.
a. ~ lst ueu al oueld on tne Iotn,
est nersoo in ,ho 80, tVT guy m,is rle oiu-
Hnpt;nUto MY tne to"n anu loiieIV L'eo Ill
NJ Thoriio US a. Nah, ~.
sonboronra o Se n" Iasaee, ineiloer oI tue
~, elass az NesIeyan university, uleu
0't Tia 'onua5, "seu tWentyytItee Years
b;hi.;oS, Vi tue tae %oouelrs poon e&
t S - suSsestou ~ tne suaPe U! "il aiia-
~, va llAilliO representation III 4h"sIc man, III
1rtn,.e eii ~ weeh. ,
I hJnn1 rltCI slAth ANNUAL puoiIS sale Vi
lnh psooueu stoch, mostly AyIshHes ahn oeIse!S
WIN take place Ut NC" Lohoon heAt l"esuay'
May 25th' ..., ,,oz.
FTanels Otz was Dadly i,;luIeu Oh tile h.' l.
tonic oocN aI eTluSePOit, IhoIla5' W INC u La. an
starting whae ne was Deneath Ihe cars, olll1IS
them.
A 1re, whlch mas Seeh iasi'lS IN tle woods at
Bolton for several Gays mas uesItogea sesefal
hundred acres Oh WoouIIDu, pesi W le9 eores OI
WOOD DelonSliS W 'le a'li''u' Al0Niue"'e anu
Fishklll railroad.
young man OF new Drliaili' mho mas leeeut-
ly become engaged is IN great ulslliay because
It has occurred 10 MN mat cohu"cts Maue vi
Sunday are not binding.
Judge Foster OF the supreme couft saied LOT
Europe on SATURDAY, 10 JOIN ms Wne, Wnom ne
left there few months ago, while ne returned
to attend to judicial business.
In the case of Rev. Father Shenrey VS.. d.
FarnSworth, for alleged assault, at Norwich, the
latter has been fined so and costs; Appealed,
and been placed under $500.
The relaying of the HouSatonlc track IS pro-
| crossing finely. The grade is being altered and
| the roadway generally repaired Inc repairs
| have extended thus far from Bridgeport 10
| North Bridgeport.
George NJ. Pullman, the palace car man, has
| contracted with the Middlesex quarry company
for $4,000 worth of Portland brown stone
| for residence he is about to build IN Cmcago
A painful accident occurred one day last week
| in Plainvllle, as Mr.. Slater was at WORK cart
| ing sand After loading and starting the team
he heard a cry, and looking back, saw his little
| boy, who had been playing about, lying crushed
| and mangled, the wheel having gone over ms
head, killing him instantly.
| Quite fire occurred in Westchester last
week, while a picnic was held in piece of
woods owned by Capt. A. Il. Emmory. The
pleasure-seekers built fire to heat water, ETC.,
and 1t caught the grass on tre winch spread SO
fast it could not be eXtinguished. 1t burnt over
seventy or eighty acres OF ground, besides Durn-
ing up over $500 worth of fences.
The Hartford police commissioners have
finally listened to the charges against Chief
| Chamberlain, and Monday was set down Tor q
hearing; counsel for the compliments were on
hand, and the witnesses, including the lady
| from Norwich to whom he wrote the base let
tiers, were present, hut the commissioners ac-
cepted motion to adjourn for week, which
looks as if they dreaded to meet the case.
All Waterbury is laughing at the greenness of
two policemen, who supposed that the antiquat-
ed Peter Jenkins, that has tumbled into the
ring at every circus performance for the last
hundred years, was genuine drunken country
man. They made noble attempt TO arrest him
for disturbing the show, but were finally made
to see the joke.
The recent decision giving Connecticut juris-
dicton of the small islands off her coast does
not apply 10 Mystic Island, which, although
within dozen rods of the shore, is still New
York soil. This is in consequence of an agree
ment between the two colonies of Connecticut
and New York, 200 years ago. whereby all the
islands between which and the main land a ship
could pass were given to New York. Probably
steps will be taken by the legislature to secure
jurisdiction over the Mystic and Fishers islands
A disturbance was created at st. Augustine's
church, Bridgeport, Sunday, by the attempt to
collect a fee from pew owner before allowing
| him IN enter his new High words enslled fol-