Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-11-16

! ING finely grading having been completed to
| Conway, and rails laid to within three miles of
| the spot selected for depot. BY the opening of
| December the calculation is TO have the work
completed when regular trains will at once be
| put on.
Mr.. w. p. Buell., who represented one of the
! Nashua wards in the last legislature, and for the
past eighteen years has been employed in the
| Nashua corporation, fourteen of them as over
| seer OF the spinningdepartme in mills Nos.
! and ,, has accepted similar position on the
| Everett corporation, Lawrence
| A contract for building the Boston, Nashua
| and Acton railroad was made, on the Sth inst
with K ?. Woods, of Grotou, Mass, for less
| than a half million Of dollars The road is to be
completed from Acton TO the state line, dis
| tance of nineteen miles, by the hrSt OF Septem-
| her next 1t is to be first class in its construc-
ton in all respects, and all the bridges are either
| to be granite arches or built of iron.
The accident of the freight train on Friday
| night came near being very serious. The freight
| train on the Portland Saco and Portsmouth rail.
| road being heavy one on up grade, parted in
the centre by the breakage of Il coupling, and
as soon as the fact was discovered by the en-
| gineer James d. Alderman, he reversed his en-
CINE and ran back to that portion Of the train
| left behind. The night being dark and the air
| filled with flying snow-hakts, he failed to dis
Germ the signals, and ran against two cars load
| ed with brick with such force MS TO throw him
| down between the engine and tender, iniuring
| his hip severely He was able to be conveyed
] TO his home in Portland on Saturday morning,
| however. A brakeman named John Ayers, Of
| Portsmouth, was also quite badly hurt by being
| thrown from the car on which he was standing,
! but he is doing well.
Within a mile of the city of Concord, on the
| free bridge road leading to the dark plains, is
| a newly built miniature house, the dimensions
| Of which are only about ten feet long, eight feet
| high and seven feet high. 1t has two windows
| aud a door on the front side and Il Stovepipe
| through the root is substituted for a chimney.
| In this diminutive dwelling reside man and
| wife, with four children from six months 10 SIX
| years of age all Of decent appearance and OF at
| least ordinary intelligence. Probably there Is
not another instance OF such compact house
keeping among Americans, particularly out of
large cities. The house is situated near public
waterng-troIgh, at a turn in the road. The
eldest of the children mentioned, a bright little
boy, seems to make a business of standing on
| the top of the trough and uncheeking the horses
| that come up, thus often receiving reward OF Il
| few cents. An observer can hardly fail to think
| of the possibilities under the institutions of the
republic, and to fancy the little guard of the
water trough" may yet have senatorial or
| presidential career like the mill Boy of the
| Virginia Slashes," the "OhiO Wagon Boy" the
"Kindcrhook Cabbage Planter" or the "lllinois
| Rail Splitter" all of whom rose from similar
| humble origins.
| An irreverent butcher in st. Adams calls his
| shop Westinghouse.
Governor Stewart has issued his proclamation
designating Thursday, November 30th, as a day
of thanksgiving in this state.
The West Rutland marble company have re-
ceCently made an extensive addition to their
works. 1t will now contain twcnty-four gangs.
Edward Bryant of St. Johnsbury was buried
at the bottom of well forty feet deep, on We'd
nesday, and when found his skull was crushed,
indicating that he was killed instantly. He
leaves wife and two children.
The Lamoille Valley railroad directors expect
| to run an engine to South Hardwick on the
| goth inst, and will soon have the cars running
| TO that point, which is about twenty.siX miles
! from St. Johnsbury.
Ira Potter Of Belvidere, in jumping from a
| wagon recently, alighted on the end of broom
| handle, which entered his body near the groin,
and passed upward till it struck a rib, which it
| broke. His injuries are serious, but not fatal.
James Burns, an unmarried man, about fifty
| years of age, committed suicide bv hanging, at
| West Rutland, on Sunday morning. He was
| worth about $4,000, and it is supposed that he
| was insane.
The Rutland Herald says "Oddly enough,
while they have been holding a national police
convention in st. Louis, the burglars have been
doing the same thing in Vermont. Such, at
least, is the story"
A report was in circulation in Vergennes, last
| week, that two drunken men named Mullis and
Nailor, while crossing the lake from Port Henry
| to this side in boat, got into fight and Null
| lis was killed and his body thrown into the
lake. This rumor lacks confirmation.
| A boy stealing chestnuts in the suburbs of
Danbury, was caught by the irate proprietor.
| "What is your name, you young rascal? he
| asked "Tweed" bubbered the boy. With
nervous gasp the frightened farmer dropped the
delinquent and fed
CONNECTICUT.
| The Germans of SOuthingtOn are building a
| church in that town.
An unhappy New Haven couple have had
| twins twice in eighteen months.
The Palladium discredits the story that thirty
| Cinnamon are about to enter Yale.
Benjamin Moves has purchased the Stillman
place, on Hillhouse avenue, New Haven, for
$50, 900.
Rev. Mr.. Twitchell, Henry j. johnson, and
A. g. Durham, of Hartford, have returned from
Europe.
Margaret Smith was arrested in a house of i'll
| repute in New Haven, Monday, for stealing
bank book from James Lynch
Eli Benedict, Of Reading, fractured his leg
| and received probably fatal injuries while pass
ing through pair of bars recently
Mrs Williams, representing herself as a
woman with sick husband and five small chill
dren in New Jersey, has been yictimizing
Bridgeport.
Adam Lamb, with his daughter Jennie, was
drowned in Quinnipiac river, Sunday evening,
their horse becoming frightened and backing
off Lewis'S bridge. Their bodies were not rccov-
cred
Two brothers named Garlick, sixteen and sew
enteen years of age, went sailing in Bridgeport
harbOr, Saturday afternoon, and have not since
been heard from. As there was heavy sea on
it is feared they were lost.
| A Danbury man being told that his father,
noted fer his meanness, would tell lie for six
and quarter cents, Indignantly denied the allie
CATION, but at the same time admitting that he
might relate sixteen for dollar
AT large town meeting in Hartford, Monday,
votes were passed authorizing the selcctmen to
petition the legislature for power to fund the
floating debt in six per cent twenty or thirty
year bonds, and to take land for an almshouSe.
The project for Strengthening Albany avenue
was defeated.
A building has been secured on the north side
of Crown street for the New Haven dispensary.
The following gentlemen have been elected
managers: Henry Bronson, f. j Belts, W. S.
Charnley, DR.. Sanford, James f. English, Amos
| f. Barnes, o. B. Whittlesey, S neon L. Bald
| win, j. Cudworth, Jr., Edward S. Scranton, DR..
Carmody, Henry Trowhridge r. S. Feowes,
Francis Wayland, DIR. Harwood.
RHODE ISLAND.
The cold Red Tavern" in Cranston, owned
by Mr.. Thomas Grace, was burned on Saturday
last.
Work on the Block Island breakwater is pro-
| crossing rapidly, and before the severity of the
winter begins, it will be so far completed as to
afford considerable shelter to coasting vessels.
The Rhode Island locomotive works have just
turned out powerful locomotive of forty tons,
with six driving wheels, called the Alvah Crock
er, for the Fitchburg railroad.
The fears entertained for the safety of Mrs
Joseph Coggeshall of Mddletown, whose abb
Sence from home seems to have mystihed people
in that place, have been dissipated by the fact
that she is safe with friends in Providence.
The Providence journal dispoSCs of the anti
Grant republicans in the following rather I'M
ceremonions manner: "There is no discussion
about the republican nomination for president,
nor any doubt as to the success of the nominee.
General Grant will be his own successor, so the
| people say"
The Providence Press of Tuesday evening
says: "Henry c. Stanton, arrested some time
ago in Stonington, upon the charge of having
| procured au abortion in this city upon victim
of his seduction, came here yesterday, and Civ
inc himself up, was admitted to bail in the sum
| of $1,000. 1t will be recollCcted that he escaped
| when arrested the first time"
The verdict Ct the coroner's jury, convened
on account of the death Of Patrick McIear,
killed by train Saturday afternoon, near the
| Mill river bridge, as detailed recently, found that
no blame could be attached to any of the rail
way officials.
The Rhode Island cOunterleter, J. p. Couch,
with all his aliases attached of whose arrest last
week sone denials were given, was committed