Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-23
COUNTY NEWS.


depot in Webster.
There is talk OF Il competitive trial between
the steam fire engines of Athol and Orange for
purse OF 5000.
The Franklin and Worcester county temper
anee union will meet III sthe Congregational
church, Phillpstou, on Thursday, Oct 91st
Hon Benjamin Estabrook Of Athol, formerly
member of the state senate and house of rep
resentatiyes, died on Saturday at the age of GO
years.
Rev. c. c. Grafton, (ot the Evangelist Fathers,
late Of Oxford, England, rector OF the Church
of the Advent, Boston, will preach in Christ
church, Rochdale, this evening.
Mr.. James Peacock of Grafton has just sold,
through Messrs. II. NJ. Rice & Co.. his farm of
2S3 acres, to Mr.. E. A. EastabrooIl of Princeton,
for $4,000.
A fire was discovered in The picker house of
the Miller's River manufacturing company, at
Athol, last Thursday, but it was fortunately ex-
tinguished before it had gained much Roadway.
gravel train run into freight train on the
Providence and Worcester railroad at A1illbury,
yesterday, and six cars loaded with iron and
| coal were thrown from the track.
Chas. B. Sawyer respected citizen of Fitch
burg, was found lying on pile Of lumber in the
freight yard near the passenger station, Sunday
morning, in an unconscious state. After being
aroused he was unable to give any account Of
himself, but is now in a fair way to recover.
Some twenty or more of the personal friends
and old parshioners, residing in Fitchburg, of
Rev. Alfred Emerson, gave him a surprise sup
per and beautiful silver service at the Lancaster
hotel on Friday, Oct 49, the occasion being the
twenty-fith anniversary, of the marriage OF Mr..
and Mrs. Emerson. The service comprised
eleven pieces upon each Of whi,h was neatly
engraved monogram. The presentation was
made by Hon. Amasa Norcross Of FitchDurg.
CONGREGATIONAL CoNFERENCE.-The semi
annual meeting of the Worcester north confer
ence began in the Congregational church at
Atho, yesterday. In the morning Rev Temple
Cutler delivered an essay upon the Importance
OF personal conservation 10 Christ" which was
followed by a discussion. The afternoon ses-
SION was devoted to foreign missions, educational
society and Bible society, and in the evening
prayer and conference meeting was held. To-day
the exercises will be opened with prayer meet
ing, followed by an essay by Rev. J. NJ. Stowe,
upon The Objects to be attained in our Sab
bath school instruction." and a discussion as 10
the best methods of conducting the different
departments Of a Sunday school, In the after
noon addresses will be delivered by members oil
the conference, upon "Ihe necessity of revival
followed by half an hour Of prayer Tor the out
pouring Of ,he spirit upon the chu. ches
MILLBURr.-Las evening the cavalry corps
went to NIillbury to assist in parade given by
the supporters OF Graut and Wilson in that town.
Arriving there at about hall-past eight, the line
OF march, headed by Mr. John Rhodes and Col.
Simpson, was formed as follows Millbury
band; detachment of Mllbury cavalry, forty
horses; Worcester cavalry, about 100 horses, and
| citizens generally. The procession marched
| down Main street. up Elm street TO Bramanvillc,
cOuutermaTched and went down 10 Simpsons
village, and returned around the Providence
| depot to the common, where they dismounted
and were RECALLED with a collation. furnished by
| the citizens Among the noticeable illumina-
ions in Millbury were the houses of f. Z.
| Forbes, G. d. Morse Deacon Armsby, c. N.
| Goddard Silas Duncan, L II. Hale, the Messrs
Sweetser, Col. Waters, Samuel d Torrey, John
Rhodes, Jefferson Harrington, R. L. Bowen and
many others. The display Of transparencies in
front Of MIR. Hae's residence was especially fine
| The illumination at Simpsons village was very
| fine, and in Bramanyle the residences of Mr.
| Banows, Mr.. Crane, Upham's mill, LovelFs
| hotel, DR.. Lincoln, MIR. Cheney, DR.. Weber,
Jas. Briefly, Osgood Waters and many Others
were handsomely lighted up. Tie cavalry reached
home after pleasant six mile dash, at about
hall past twelve.
BOLD ROBBERY AND PROMPT ARREsT.-
| About three O'Clock Monday afternoon the ticket
office in the railroad station at Whitinsvilie was
entered by breaking a window, and a coat, in
the pocket Of which was wallet containing
seyenty-fve dollars, was stolen. Suspicion fell
| upon one George L. Danlorth, boy OF bad
character, who had been seen about the station
| in the afternoon. State Constable Fletcher,
| within half an hour after getting information OF
| the facts and suspicious, arrested Danforth in
| UXbridge, who denied any knowledge of the
robbery. Tuesday morning Danfouh was
| brought before Justice Putnam of the second
| district court for examination, when, among
Otaer evidence, roll of bills amounting to fifty
dollars was produced, which had been found
near the place where Danlorth was arrested,
| and two of which Mr.. Thomas Kelton, the sta
| ton agent, was able to identify as part of the
| couelts Of his wallet which had been stolen,
| Daniorth then confessed that he was present at
the robbery, and that the fifty dollars found
was his share of the plumber, but
said that the act was committed by
companion whose name he did not know.
| Some slight wounds on Danorth's hand, how
ever, are thought from their appearance to have
| been made by the broken glass of the window,
and so tar tend to contradict his story He was
committed in default of bail, for trial at the
Janaary term of the superior court, He is about
seventeen or eighteen years old, has been an in
mate OF the Westboro' reform school, and has
been detected in larceny or worse, two or three
| times in this city. 1t is suspected that he was
one Of the gang OF youthful burglars whose
| depredations were so frequent during the sum.
mer, and several warrants for his arrest are on
| file at the police office. Since his escape from
Wcstboro', he has been west as l. as Kansas
| City.
Fourth Worcester Oistric, rtOriaI
Convention.