Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-21
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The wife of Governor CaBn has sewing
class of one hundred and fifty girls in a charity
school in Boston.
William p Emerson, the well known Bos-
ton piano forte manufacturer, died suddenly on
the 18th. -
Harvey d. Barnes of the firm of r. Q. Tufts
& Co., Franklin street, Boston, fell down stairs
on the 18th, at the st. James hotel, receiving
probably fatal injuries.
1t is expected that the ceremony of laying the
cornerstone of the new Odd Fellows hall in Bos-
ton, June 18th, will be participated in by all
the local fraternity, and by lodges and encamp
ments from different parts of New England.
The military challenge in Boston has awak-
ened considerable interest. The following letter.
signed by G, s. Brown, captain commanding
City Guard, company d, first battalion, has been
received by the Montgomery Guard, and evil
IDENTIFY means business: "The refusal Of your
command TO accept the challenge of company
ID, first battalion, without stakes of $500 side,
leaves me but one course to pursue. now, in
behalf of the Boston City Guard, company d,
first battalion Nj. V. NJ, demand that the color
or flag, known as the state champion, shall be
given up to the challenging company as your
command has forfeited all rights and claims to
possession OF the flag. Shall wait your orders
as to time and place of delivery OF the ABOVE
said flag"
A meeting of the fish commissioners of the
New England states was held in Boston Jew
days ago. All the states except Rhode Isiano
were represented. The special oDJect oI tnls
meeting was to discuss a plan proposed oy
Charles G. Atkins of Maine, to procure salmon
ova during the coming season, by operations
upon the Penobscot river The plan contem-
plates the buying of a number OF salmon, two
or three hundred, alive, as taken from the
pounds or weirs, and keeping them in suitable
place until the spawning season, when the eggs
will be taken in race prepared for this pur-
pose. Ii is supposed that the ova will thus be
obtained at much less price than the Canadian
government now demands. The project was
considered feasible, and the states represented
will all be interested in its success. The whole
undertaking will be under the charge OF Chas.
G. Atkins, commissioner of Maine.
The grand division of the Sons of Temper
ance of Massachusetts held its quarterly session
at Boston, on the 18th. There were about 300
delegates in attendance and forty were initiated.
The 6. W. p, Frederick &. Pettigrove, and the
G. S., Benz. r. Jewell, read their quarterly re-
ports and various items of routine business were
transacted. From the grand scribe's report it
appears that there are 1903 subordinate divisions
in the state, with a total membership of 1863,
and 4097 lady visitors. During the quarter
eighty-fve public temperance meetings were
held and 2421 tracts and documents were circu-
lated. The subordinate divisions have SIS, 36S.76
on hand and invested. Their receipts for initia-
ton fees and dues were Sc, 1882. The grand
worthy patriarch's address, beginning with
reference 10 the fact that the number of men,
DerS mad increased Ill6 quarter, Wnllp the
number of divisions bad slightly decreased, con-
tanned number of practical suggestions con-
corning the workings of the order
BRISTOL COUNTY.
One of the New Bedford clergymen, in a SER
mon on Sunday last, abiding to Darwinsm,
pithily said at is better to rise from an ape
than to descend from an angel" He evidently
sympathizes with the rural Snowman, who re-
marked: ave will now pass on to behold the
wisdom of Providence as displayed in the ring
tailed monkey"
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
A fire which II. W. Munson of Huntington
set in his lot near the depot Tuesday, soon got
beyond his control, and in spite of the united
efforts of the citizens burned 300 400 cords of
wood.
MAINE.
Ex-Cov. Chamberlin is expected to deliver
the Grafton on Decoration day at Portland.
East Harrington will dedicate soldiers mon
ument on the Atm of July next.
A farmer in the vicinity of Lewiston thinks
drinks are rather expensive in that city. He
found some friends in Lewiston who treated
him. The result was that his friends found him
and his team piled up in the ditch, by the road
side, some miles from town. When he recovered
he missed $50 in cash, a valuable watch and
sundry other articles.
NJ. il. Cochran, Esq. of Compton, C. E.,Ythe
celebrated breeder of neat stock, shipped by the
steamer Nestorian-last Saturday, from Portland,
two fine animals from his herd, destined for
Norfolk county, England. One was a bull,
eight months old, which girted about five and
half feet, and the other two years old heifer,
which girted six and half feet. The price re-
ceived for the bull was $4,000, and Tor the heifer
$250O. These cattle were of the famous Bates
short-hon breed, of which Mr.. Cochran is the
only owner on this continent, and the prices
brought were probably never before realized in
America for neat animals of their ages.
The Kennebec Journal learns that Conductor |
BODICE of the Maine Central recently had a mar
row escape from death. He was quite unwell |
on arriving at Skowhegan one night, sent for a |
physician, took the medicine prescribed, went to |
his home in the Brewster hotel and retired. The
house is lighted with gasoline, and when BODICE
went to bed he left the jet in his room burning,
and fell asleep, forgetting to turn it off. Of
course when the other burners in the house
were turned of, the gas rushed through the only
outlet it had, in his room, with sufficient force
to extnguish the light, and filled the room with
gas. The terrible odor produced awoke the
sleeping invalid, who had just strength enough
lett to crawl from his bed. In his forgettulneSs
he struck match, and in an instant the entire
room was enveloped in flames, appearing, as
BODICE says, as though waves and pillows of fire
were chasing each other about the room
Bodge's hair was scorched and eyebrows singed.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Auburn's debt is $4,000, Fremont's 9,179,
Kingston's ST. ,169-a decrease in the latter
town of S1,717 for last year.
One hundred and seTentv-fve persons have
united with the NJ Z. church in Bristol during
the two years pastorate of Rev. A. E. Drew.
The latest excitement in Dover is the new city
hearse, costing 81 600, which is the subject of
special dispatch to Boston paper.
Sandwich claims to be the sweetest place in
the state. An inventory of the yield of maple
sugar amounts to seventy tons, which, at the
average price of twelve cents per pound, would
net upwards of $4,000.
On the 10th, J. f. Smith of Keene was found
dead in hole into which he had fallen in fit
There were several inches of water in the exca-
walton. and it is supposed that he was drowned
while helpless.
In one school district in West Campton II 500 |
pounds Of maple sugar have been made this |
season. OF this amount J. NJ Smith made 300 |
pounds, w. p. Garland 1850, d. F. Smith 2150, |
VIM. Berry 400, w. Cook 1130, H. Berry and |
J. Hill 100 each.
The Keene farmers club had their annual
supper at the Cheshire house ON the 18th. About
eighty ladies and gentlemen sat down and had
a pleasant time and a good supper Hora-
ito Colony presided. Speeches were made by
various members after supper.
AT Concord, on the 18th, young man
eighteen years old, named Flanders, employed
as an assistant in the wood shop at the state
prison, reprimanded one of the cOnyicts named
Stewart, about his work, when the latter turned
upon him with bed post which be was taking
out of a lathe, and struck heavy blow on the
back part of Flanders head, over the left ear.
The blow Frustrated him, and he laid senseless
for three or four hours. The skull was not
broken and he may recover. The convict Stew
art is said to be a "lttle below par" in intellect.
CONNECTICUT.
Meriden is to have a S11 $50 bridge
Rev. c. H. B. Tremane has accepted the call
to become rector of the new parish of St.
Thomas, Hartford
Simon Moneys grocery store in Bridgeport
was burned Tuesday morning Insured for
$500.
Peter Rouke, OF Cromwell, while intoxicated
fell from the window Of his residence, Monday
night, and was killed.
The salary Of Rev. DIR. Phelps, pastor of the
Wooster square Baptist church, New Haven has
been raised TO $4,000.
The Bridgeport iron works were unable to run
their engine on TUESDAY, owing to the accumu-
lation of cells in the water pipe.
The family of tue late Rev. George Richards,
of Bridgeport, intend making Litchfeld their
permanent home.
The church of the Holy Trinity, at Middle
town. voted 10 increase the salaries of their pas
tors, the Reys. Messrs Gordon and Mitchell 5000
paph