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


Prattyille has voted to build $4,000 school,
house.
They are talking of building new church in
The jury have not yet agreed in the Stiles
poisoning case
Or; Bullock of Hartford is recovering from the
accident of last Friday.
The state treasurer will call in and cancel
soon SSO0,C00 Of the state bonds.
some OF the Naugatuck manufactures have
commenced running on reduced time
large subscription 10 the new "Parallel''
railroad has already been pledged
Willimantic Woodhullite has run away with
his wlte.s sister, but her biz brother is after him
l II. Bromley, of the Hartford Post. is TO lee
ture before the single mems clubo Scotland, to-
night.
The jury in the Edgecomb trial for arson.
10 new London, failed to agree on Saturday
P. JEWELS Sons are to build an extension.
sseyenty-ive feet long, to their factory baiIding
in Hartford.
The wreck of the steamer City Of New London
was overhauled last week, but nothing Of value
Timothy Dearden broke his leg on Wauwecus
hill, Saturday last, by falling and pulling
boulder on TO his ankle.
New London people complain that the seats in
Lawrence hall are so unclean as to be ruinous TO
good clothes. What trouble will that place have
next?
Rev. A. N Lewis, formerly principal of rho
waterbury high school, is about TO write a his
tory OF Plainville, from statistics furnished by
S. G. Hart, Esq.
Barney McManus, an inmate of Hartford
jan, mas become raving maniac, and is to be
transferred 70 the insane asylum at Middletowp.
The Chicago Post says :-'The Phoenix insur
anne company Of Hartford, has ceased issuing
pocles III thls city, owing to the fre-trap Drin-
ciple OF architecture which prevails here"
C9lca@o certainly has one honest man among
the losers by the fire. The Htna. of Hartford
has received 500 enclosed in a letter s,atinS,
mat It came from policy-holder who had re-
celved slOO more than was his due.
heV' MT. Dunnng pastor of the Conrrepa-
tlonal church at Thompson, is under medical
reathent 10 Philadelphia. His congregation
nave refused TO accept his resignation, and have
voted him leave of absence till next October.
continuing his salary.
Emil bacher, formerly of Detroit, was arrested
al New Haven, Saturday, on a reduisition from
the governor Of Michigan, for alleged embezzle-
Ineht OF FUNDS from an emigrant company at
Detroit, while acting as agent for il. He saws
he is innocent Of the crime.
Mrs. U. ,. Arnold of New Haven let out such
a scream on seeing burglar in her room early
saturday morning that the villain dropped
everything and He'd, pursued by the husband,
who was awakened by the scream.
a correspondent of the Hartford Post suqrests
tnat the owners of property on The hill pay the
expense OF running the railroad under The hill
INSTEAD MS OF crossing Asylum street at a grade.
I lne Improvement in property he thinks will
more IMAM compensate them.
The German Copcordia sorietv of Wotorb,,,.,.
mas consolidated with the 1eiltonic m0enner,
cnor, mus forming an association of over seven
" voices, under the name Of the concordio sin0.
~ soclety, and will give a grand masnuerode
February 10th '' i''I"e'" uo
The prospect is that the Thousand strilory il,
the Portland quarries will not resume ,ynrI ~ -,
nj spring, while those in Cromwell homo 20
make SATISFACTORY arrangements with their ON.
ployers. Some of them began work last weeI
put ceased at the request of their Portland com,
rades. N''n
slater named John Callahan fell from tho
ROOT OF the new building of Smith. Nortbom *
Robinson, on the West Meadows, Monday morn
ing, a distance Of thirtv-fYe feet striking ON the
hard frozen ground. He was considerably
bruised ont 1t is not supposed he was fatally
The trial which attracted so much attention
~ New London last week-tbat of Deacon
James l.. Edgecomb of the Baptist church. for
an alleged attempt TO fire his own store TO gel
tne lnsufancc-reSuted in disagreement OF The
jury, eleven being for acqnitta and ono f,, CON
yichon. Mr. Edgecomb has Away. horne m
excellent reputation, and the sympathes of the
public are with him. " '"'
on TUESDAY evening, January ., the wooden
mill OF A. G G. Rathbun & Co Of Hambnrg
S S b,e and was entirely reduced TO ashes
Inc hire broke out between 10 and II O'clock
and lasted only short time 8. A. Ratbbun lad
rented the mill only about five months ago. and
was was manufacturing on his own resources. Loss
$4,000; insurance $4,000 on building and $1,000
on stock " ~-V'V
hartford has the put-yourmoney.n.th
slyie OF horse cars, and now and then people
: lae bui do not pay. woman tried The game
nsi saturday, and left Ter car without paving,
W ~ lhe car was stopped and an emnoye
per per oack, and made her deposit tie fare in tie