Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-07-08

was injured, but it is hoped not seriously. MIR.
Hilton was about so years DID, and resides in
Anson. The remains have not been recovered
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Elbridge Bailey of Barlow committed suicide
| by hanging Friday morning.
The injuries which one of the bows received by
the oyerturning of seats at the riding park dur
ing the great storm which passed over Mauches-
ter on the 4th instant have resulted fatally. His
| name was Simmie Frank, and he died Friday
evening. He was seventeen years of age.
Katie daughter of John Janks, of PeterbOro,
aged about six years, was drowned in the mill
pond of the PeterhoTO company Saturday morn
ing, She started TO go into the mill, where her
father is employed, and backed off the high
bank above the tlume. Her body was recovered
in the wheel pit after lying i'll the water thirty
minutes.
The house of D. c. Hill, of Manchester, was
struck by lightning during the heavy shower of
| the 3D. instant, the fluid entering the chimney,
demoralizing one of the stoves and ripping up
some of the floors, and stunning and pretty
| thoroughly alarming the inmates, but no one
was seriously injured.
VERMONT.
AT South Royalton, June 81, Mr.. H. E. How
ard lost 30 sheep, while he had them up to shear,
| from excessive heat.
| A block of limestone weighing over 500 tons
/ was recently split out of a quarry at Isle La
| Motto 1t Is the largest ever quarried in the
/ state.
1 OuG vi tit COdNLCs Vi lilG AtltilNdil nBuSC at
| Burlington ran over little deaf and dumb girl
| named Donnelly recently and bruising her body.
| There is little hope of her recovery.
A 100-pound bear was caught at Little Pond,
| week before last, and sold for $780, which was a
| dead loss, as the bear died next day of sun
| stroke.
On Monday, the list, Jehiel Golf and Lemuel
| Pratt of Orange, got into dispute about some
| iood-wOod that came down the river, each
| claiming it. During the quarrel Plat kicked
| Goft In the bowels, injuring him so that he died
/ during the evening.
Exercises connected with the sixty-eight com.
mencement of the university of Vermont and
/ state agricultural college, commenced with a
| baccalaureate discourse by President Buckham,
| Sunday afternoon, and an address before the
society OF religious inquiry in the evening by
| President McCosh of Princeton college Both
were listened TO by large audiences.
| A novel celebration is announced. The Yer
mont historical society will pass the 18th oil
| July at Fort Ticonderoga, on the banks of Lake
| Champlain, and the inhabitants both of New
| York and OF Vermont are invited to participate
| IN the pleasures OF the occasion. There are to
| be appropriate public exercises, but no Other
| formalites. The opening address will be by The
Rev William H. Lord of Montpelier, and The
| orator of the day will be the Hon. Lucius +
| Chittenden of New York, who has been dill
| gent student of Vermont history. Arrange
ments have been made for cheap railway fares
The remains of the old fort and military works
still attest their original Splendor and strength
and in the vicinity of Ticonderoga balls, mus
| kets, swords, and numerous other relies of wal
| are being constantly revealed.
CONNECTICUT.
| West Haven has boa constructor, which es
| capped from menagerie, loafng around thu
| neighborhood.
The Rev. VIM. L. Ross, formerlr of Yves
Hartford, is now in hospital for the insane, al
| most hopeessly deranged.
1 M1thpAVg a krnmnn IN hn 4 ir ! ir1or ,;t
road, was drowned at North Haven recently
while bathing. He couldn't swim.
| The exercises of commencement week at Trim
| lty college commenced yesterday by the preach
ing of the baccaaureate sermon by Presiden
Jackson. The regular commencement service.
occur on Thursday.
A laboring man named James Farren of Hart
ford, was accidentally drowned Thursday even
ing. He had been on the excursion of the St
Patricks benevolent society, and while step
ping ashore from the barge, as it landed at The
foot of State street, he fell into the water, be
tween the boat and the wharf.
Two boys by the name OF Dewey, and anOthe
named Kopp, at the head of Mystic, were seri
ously burned on the 4th by the explosion o
powder with which they were playing on thu
school-house steps. One of the Dewey boys
who had half pound of loose powder in eacl
OF his pants pockets was so seriously burned
that his life Is despaired Of
Samuel Fenner of Woodstock has been tryinl
for four years TO get rid of a turtle who had
taste for garden stuff. Each time he was caugh
the deDredator had his shell marked and he wal
thrown away some distance from the garden
| last summer having been left five miles away
Two weeks since he was caught again feastine
on the luXuries of the season in his accustomed
| place.
Commencement week at Yale was opened YES
terday by the delivery of the Baccalaureate ser
mon TO the graduating class by President
Porter. He took Couture as related TO reli
| glon as his theme, and closed his discourse by
the customary farewell address TO the gradua
| ting class. The day was delightful, and there
was large audience present. o monday even
ing occurs the anniversary exercises at the Shelf
field scientific school.
The Yale faculty have decided that the d,
| Forest prize medal, for the best Grafton by
member of the senior class, shall continue il
Joint ownership between Coe and Hincks, who
were adjudged equal at the contest last week
This is the first time in the history of the aware
that this mode of settlement has occurred A
number of times there have been honorable men
tion of the man who came second and in al
least tive cases, the judges were unable to agre,
between two, and drew lots for the one who
should have the medal and bear the name o.
| ode Forest man."
About five O'Clock, Wednesday morning, a.
the special train bringing Old John Robinson
| circus and menagerie was entering New Haver
over the New York road one of the cages came
IN contact with low bridge on First avenue
| West Haven. The whole bridge was swepi
away, and the debris fell upon the cars. The
train was going slowly at the time, or the dam.
age might have been greater. Eight cages were
thrown off. Fifty monkeys were let loose, and
many ofthem were killed or escaped The dam
age, directly and indirectly, to the establish
| ment, will amount, the Register says, to about
| $4,000 Just before the train reached the
bridge, load of ice had passed over, and II :
thought sunk the bridge, which was alrN-
| low-the lowest on the
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