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

ar, 6coy, spsa o. horses attached to Kn,iill
mower, on Wednesday last cutting two and a
half acres of heavy grass and doing it hand
preparing it entirely for loading on the cart, and
this without assistance from any one.
The first commencement of the Massachusetts
agricultural college at Amherst is to take place
on Wednesday next, when twenty-nine young
men who have completed their four years of
study will graduate with the degree of bachelor
of agricultural science. The graduation exer-
cises begin on Monday, July "a, continuing
through Tuesday, with examinations, prize de-
carnations, etc.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The progress at the HooSac tunnel for the
month OF June was as follows East end 1877
feet, west end ia feet, arching 694 feet leaving
1922 feet at the end and 5612 feet at the west
end yet to be tunnelled.
A workman at Hoosac tunnel had his skull
trightully cut open last week from blow from
an empty glycerine can, upon which he with
others had carlessly thrown heavy stick OF
timber.
At one of the Pittsfeld churches last Sunday,
so many of the audience got sleepy that the
minister stopped in the midst of his sermon and
had hymn sung, and then finished his dis
course to more attentive hearers.
Kellogg Williams of Afford, while returning
from Great Darlington last Monday, was thrown
u
and received severe and, il is feared internal in
juries. He was at the time conveying a coffin
for Mrs. Colby of North Egremont, who died
short time since from injuries received by being
thrown from wagon.
A girl, apparently IA years of age, daughter
of Hiram Proper of West Stockbridge, while
picking berries one day last week, was over
taken by two men, who, according TO her story,
compelled her TO accompany them long dis
lance TO place, as is supposed, in Egremont
where she says they kept her with them through
the night; abusing her in shameful manner,
but permitting her to leave in the morning, one
of them, a distant relative, bearing the same
name as her own, whom her father had once
had put in jail for adultery with the girls
mother, saying that he guessed they were about
even now. Officers are in search of the perpe-
traitors Of the crime.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Greenfeld'S hotels are aristocratic. A young
Boston negro and member of the Harvard
school wasn't allowed a seat at table there
with the other guests at the leading one, the
other day, but was told that he could eat in the
kitchen with the servants wait until the others
were through. He went TO the other hotel and
they served him the same way there, and he
naturally hasn't very high opinion of Green
field accommodations in that line.
MAINE.
Fires are devastating the woods near Els
worth.
The prospect for a large freshman class at
BOwdoin college is very fattering, judging from
the large number already entered.
Miss Irish, who has been in the probate office
at Portland, is now spoken of as candidate for
register of probate.
The raw material is so much higher in proper
ton to the value of manufactured wooden cloth,
that the company at Lewiston refuse to sell any
more at present.
Miss Ada Cary, sister of the great vocalist,
and singer of much promise, who has been
receiving careful instruction from her sister this
summer, will sing at the Cary concert, on Fri
day night, at Portland.
Professors Bracket and Goodale of Bowdon
college are going to procure cabinet for illus
trating structural and economic botany, where
will be exhibited the chief commercial products
of the plants used in the arts.
The Eastern marble company at Deer Isle, of
which c. +. Stetson of Boston is president, are
opening ledge of yerd antique marble on a re-
cent purchase at their place, and will forthwith
increase their capital from $4,000 to $3.50, 900.
The Lewiston Journal says the people OF the
state are buying hay now largely at $50 per ton.
One gentleman in that city bought thirty tons
of one farmer few days since, paying 5000
therefor Some people predict hay will yet be
worth $40 ton.
AT Portland, on the 18th, Thomas Doyle, while
| attending to his duties as switchman on the
| Commercial street track of the Grand Trunk
| railway, was run over and seriously hurt, the
rear wheels of one car passing over one of his
| legs, crushing it between the knee and hip, and
nearly severing the foot.
Justice Perry of Sherman, having privately
| obtained certificate of marriage, persuaded a
little girl OF thirteen years TO leave her parents,
and took stage toward Mattawankeag with the
young child, but was overtaken at Mr.. Dona-
von's hotel, four miles away, by the childs
father, and relieved of his charge too soon for
the accomplishment of his DurDOSe.
boy about - years of age, son of the
steward on the dredging machine, now at work
in the Penobscot river below Bangor, was missed
on Thursday forenoon, and it was feared that he
had fallen into the water and was drowned.
These facts were confirmed in the afternoon, for
the huge grapples employed in digging out and
| raising the edgings and other rubbish from the
bottom, lifted the body of the boy.
A large, two-story, double house, known as
the Deering place. near the Robinson school
house in Kennebunkport, was consumed by an
| accidental fire Saturday afternoon. The timely
aid of neighbors saved the adjoining barn. No
insurance upon the half owned and occupied by
John Nj. Smith. Upon the other half small
insurance had recently been taken by Mr.. W. F.
Moody, as administrator of the estate of Ira
| Deering.
The correspondent ofthe Boston Advertiser says
| ofthe Bowdoin commencement dinner: "Any
review OF commencement would be incomplete
/ II II did not mention the dinner. The dinner
proper was as detestable as ever, but the
| speeches were far superior to those ordinarily
| heard. The bland voice and the graceful SEN
| fences of President Woods are always heard
with delight. He took upon himself the delicate
work of speeding the parting and welcoming
| the coming president. 1t would be difficult to
| tell how admirably he performed the task, and
| the only exception anyone could have taken to
what he said was when he went out of his way
to refer to the sword of General Lee as 'un-
bHra 1ichn
| received in respectful silence"
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
A young damsel of Colebrook has amused
herself by cole .ting a thousand specimens of
calico.
The Seventh-day Adventists intend to hold a
camp meeting in Amherst about the last of
August.
Charles Parsons of Colebrook has about TO-,
900 bricks at his kiln, which he recently COM
menced burning.
spark from locomotive at Rindge cost
the Cheshire railroad company 1900 cords of
wood, which is now no more.
The body of Ferdinand Barr, the lighthouse
keeper at Whales Back, who was drowned on
the 18th ult., was recovered on Monday
snow storm was among the luxuries en-
joyed by some thirty members Of the late edi-
torial excursion on their arrival at the summit
OF Mt. Washington on Monday.
Three Concord papers, the Daily Monitor, the
weekly independent Democrat, and the Repub-
lican Statesman, are to be consolidated into one
party organ, which will be published under the
| auspices of a republican committee.
The following named ex-goyernors of New
Hampshire still live: Anthony Colby, Nathaniel
b. Baker, William Halle, lchabod Goodwin,
Nathaniel 5. Berry, Frederic Smith, Walter Har-
| riman and Onslow Stearns.
John A. McGaur, merchant of New York
city, died at Bedford Thursday evening. On
| the 4th inst, he was attacked with paralysis.
| from the effects of which he died. He was a
native of Bedford, but his remains will be buried
| at Mt. Auburn near Boston.
During a severe thunder shower in Ports
| mouth, Sunday night, the lightning passed
| down the chimney into bedroom occupied by
the mother of Mrs. Ira Dixon, split the head
| post of the bed and hurled the casters across
the apartment, but, strange 10 say, the old lady
escaped injury.
| The bank commissioners of New Hampshire
report that there are yet three state banks doing
business in New Hampshire. OF these the
| Pennington bank of Pennington and Mecban-
| les of Concord are transacting no new business.
/ and will close as soon as they can realize on
their outstanding loans. The Salmon Falls
| bank has its original capital Of $4,000 to work
| upon. Of savings banks there are fifty-two
| having n 44Q dpnoSitOrs an innraoco of e66l