Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-07-03
COUNTY NEWS.

| Hall. Rev. DR.. Parker of Exeter, N. H., has
accepted a call to the rcctorShip.
Rev. w. A. Houghton, of Berlin, has resigned
the charge of his parish, over which he has Ia
bored for the past eighteen years, on account of
poor eyesight
Mr.. Oliver Hill of Leominster hung himself in
the barn at the aims house, on Saturday, oath ult
making the fifth member of his family who has
| committed suicide.
The Eagle base ball club of Millbury defeated
the Clippers Of Farnumsville on the grounds of
the former, Saturday afternoon, by score OF
| 1903 to 3.
Richard Tucker of Fitchburg has been COM
missioned quartermaster of the tenth rcgi.
ment NJ. V. NJ, vice j. Hosmer, resigned. The
| officers have an elementary drill at Sterling on
Friday.
On the 23d ult., Mr.. Charles Reekie of Gin
ton met with painful accident while engaged
at his work in the weaving department of the
| carpet mill. A shuttle struck him in the eye,
| injuring it so severely that the sight of it is
despaired of.
Charles o. 1aft's store in MilIvile BLACK
stOnel was burned Thursday morning. His
loss is about S3OOO The store was kept by Mr..
Johnson, whose loss on goods is $500. The
fire is supposed to have been the work of an in
cendiary.
The paper mills in Wachusett Village, West
minister, which, for lack of water, stood idle
much of the time through last fall and winter,
are now being run to their full capacity. The
owners have made arrangements for building a
large stock house this summer.
Winchendon, on the 26th ut., appointed a
special committee of three gentlemen authorized
to expend an amount not exceeding $1,000, for
experimental surveys, rams, weirs, or any pur-
pose in connection with building reservoir or
reservoirs for the purpose of supplying the
town with water.
In Oxford the voting on the sale of beer was
of no account, as it stood 1903 eyes" aud 1903
mo" at the closing of the polls. Conse-
quently the sale of beer in that town will not be
legal. In West Brooktield the vote stood %
Eyes" and 90 mo-" in Webster 1874 Eyes," 14O
"no;" in Millbury, II Eyes," 1O3 "no."
The Lancaster mills pay the highest divi-
dends of any cotton mill incorporated in New
England, except the Chicopee mills, which pay
aOA phS JSti SLNlihS buIg IOtlJ VIC tllOIuiUuS
dividend of forty per cent. besides au extra one
of 80 per cent. The Lancaster mills keep their
usual standard, twenty per cent.
Inventors in the county have recently been
granted patents as follows: Alexander Fisher
of Whitinsville, for ring driver; Alfred Ruze of
Gallon, France, assignor to Simon II. Sibley of
Warren, for process of manufacturing cloth;
Alfred Ruze of Gallon, France, assgnor to ST.
mon II. Sibley of Warren, for woven cloth; John
Rycroft and Lucius A. White of Milbury, for
shuttle guard for looms.
The game of croquet has become so popular
in Shrewsbury that prolonged games are played
by moonlight. Last Saturday evening, when
the moon was obscured by clouds, alarge party,
consisting of well known justice of the peace,
with other prominent citizens and their fami-
lies, were seen enjoying the game till nearly
midnight, by the light of lamps and lanterns,
the scene being varied by game of ten-pins on
the same lawn.
The exercises of the close of the eighty
seventh year of Leicester academy were held on
Thursday evening, and were attended by a very
large audience Of the friends of the pupils and
the institution. The exercises included sau-
tatory Grafton, in Latin, by Daniel Kent of
Leicester; oratons by Fred. B. Williams of New
York, VIM. F. Barstow of Plainfield, Conn,
Frank Mann Of Leicester, and Daniel Kent of
Leicester; essays by Misses Fannie Clapp, Ruth
E. Hatch, and Anna r. Woodcock of Leicester;
declamations by Henry P. Barbour of Leicester
w. L. Cunningham of Fitchburg, and Charles
E. Gates OF Worcester; a recitation by Miss Ma
rietta Crook of Cherry Valley and valcdiciory
GRAFTON by George H. Holden of Ellsworth,
Conn.
The Douglas Herald frequently brings us ac-
counts of the bursting of grindstones at the axe
mandatory in that towu. This is the last one:
A grindstone weighing over 5000 pounds at
the new grind shop in the rear of the axe com
pany's Office burst on the oath ult., about noon,
doing considerable damage, but fortunately in.
juring no one, although quite number were in
the vicinity at the time. The stone was very
large one, but little used. About one half of it
fell through into the basement and lodged upon
the water log;" another piece was projected
with tremendous force against the side of the
building, diSplacing a door casing, while third
and larger piece struck the shaftng overhead,
and fell back on the frame work demOlisbiug
that as well as the plank floor, pulleys, caps and
shalting. Victor Duprey, who was employed
upon the stone, had just returned from dinner,
and had put on his apron preparatory to re-
Stunning work. He stood within two feet of the
stone, and had started to mount the Saddle"
when the accident occurred. Had he been a
moment sooner, he would have been crushed
beneath the big rock which fell upon his seat.
Delay was less dangerous than haste that time.