Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-01-11

rested and requested to answer for illicitIv dis
filling spirituoUs liquors.
The champion apple tree of New Hampshire
yielded thlrty-two hels of good apples last
year, and 1t was not apple yearin New England.
Henry Z. Chamberlain, who has been city
treasurer Of Manchester without intermisson
snee 1851, was unanimously re elected Monday
evening by the city council.
On Sunday little daughter of Hugh Conway,
Spruce street, Manchester, was ireadfully
burned by the upsettng of a kerosene lamp.
She fingered in much pain until Monday after
noon, when she died.
\ youth in Portsmouth won the stakes of a
bet by eating two pounds Of raw beetsteak. He
thought he could eat five pounds if he had Il
day to prepare himself.
At the republican convention for district No.
l, in Portsmouth, on Wednesday, Warren Brown
of Hampton Falls, was nominated as candidate
for state senator.
A. NJ. Peck of Portsmouth, a liquor dealer
who was recently arrested on charge of steal
inc large quantity OF liquors, is now held in
| 500 bonds TO answer 70 charge Of perjury.
man named Piper, of Tultonboro, was
| found ad on Sunday morning near Ossipee
| Corner 1t is not certain whether he was frozen
| to death, or died OF heart disease His horse and
| sleigh were found at some distance from the
| body.
The following gentlemen have been Amounted
water commissioners in Concord John. NJ. Hill
and Benjamin A. Klmba for three wears; the
Hon. joseph Minot and David A. Warde for two
yeas; Edward C. Kuowlton and DR.. S. L.
Warren for one year.
Some grouty fellow put the following Gin
scrlptlon" on package, recently re ciyed AT the
express office in Keene:-"0nly ch,-bang
II through-toss it around-drop il twice at
least. Merely watch, simply watch; knock
II about. Second attempt TO get watch over
the road whole" The irony was appreciated,
and the watch went through all right
Sally Tilton Of New Hampton, eighty-six
| years OF age, ranks among the smart old ladies'.
One day, recently, she walked about fifteen rods
to neighbor's house, put spinning wheel TO-
| gether, spun and reeled a skein of yarn, and re-
| turned home again, all within an hour and ten
| minutes.
the store of L. d. Pcasee, in Kingston, was
| entered Monday night, LIST inst, by burglars,
| who stole from SIS TO 500 in money, lmosty
| scrip and from $50 to S75 worth Of dry goods,
| and also took the letters which had been mailed
| for the mornings mail, some of which con-
| tanned money No other letters were disturbed.
| Three doors were broken open before admission
| TO the store was gained. A reward of $500 is
| offered for the detection and conviction of the
| burglars
AT full meeting of the directors of the Man
| chester aud Clarpmont railroad corporation, held
| in Manchester Tuesday, it was voted expedent
| to complete the road from Henniker to North
| Weare, and the president was authorized TO pro-
| cure the necessary surveys and locate the route
which Will probably be the old road bed. 1t is
expected that Hillsboro and Henniker will take
an active part in the movement, and that the
stock to complete the road can be obtaiacd
The seventh annual reunion OF the Veterans
| Union Of New Hampshire, will be held in
| Symth,s hall, Manchester, on Tuesday, the 10Th
The veterans will be Hospitality and f eely enter
| tanned by the citizens of Manchester who have
| appointed large committee of arran gementS
| by such men as eX-Gov. Smvth Hon. E. A.
Straw, Maj Z. p. Cheney and E. W Harrington
Inc arrangements include banquet which will
| be served in Smyth's hall at one P. NJ, and a
| grand levee in the evening at the same place
Inc occasion will undoubtedly be one of unusual
brlllancy and pleasure.
According TO the census report, New Hamp-
snle, with a total population of S1S 300 had
1885 persons over the axe of seventeen five
per cent OF the whole number OF this aggre-
eat, more than seven thousand were between
the ages OF 70 and rs; nearly five thousand were
| over 20 and under 50; seven hundred were octo-
| gena1ans, and three hundred were between 90
and 30. Ten were 80 years old, two were 80, and
SIX had passed the age OF a century 1t is doubt
| full whether any other state of three hundred
Thousand inhabitants can show so large pro-
| portion Of persons of extreme age.
| VERMONT.
| Mrs. Catherine DriscolI was found dead in her
| house, at st. Albans on Tuesday
| The butter shipment from st. Adams last wear
amounted to 3,27O,1S2 pounds, and cheese to
| 435,000 pounds
Frank Moss of Wnooski young man twenty
years OF age, died suddenly, of congestion of
| the brain, on the 9th inst
ST. AIbans built houses enough to constitute
large village last year, aud prdes itself on the
| fact.
The barn of Mr.. Jacob Clapper. in New
| port Centre, was burned a few evenings since,
There was an insurance of $3.50 on the hay,
An extra freight train on the Rutland railroad
ran OF the track at Cavendsh, Monday after
noon, owing to rail being out, and nine cars
and the engine were badly damaged
The state teachers association will meet at
Middlebuly on the 25th and Goth Talented
| sions
The town of Woodbury. has twenty-five nat
| ural ponds, varying in size from Il lew acres to
| several hundred, and there is not stream of
| wafer running into the town.
| The case OF John A. Ring, the Bristol muir
| derer, VINO was convicted at Middleburv. last
week, OF manSlaughter has been carried to the
supreme court on exceptions, sentence being
| suspended e
>, The trial of John A. Ring for the murder of
Iompson, at Bristol, resulted in verdict of
manslaughter. Ar acquittal was expected. as
the Jud &c charged the jury strongly in favor of
| the prisoner.
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