Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-11-10
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Sew England News summary.

exunguished with small loss.
The hen thar laid the golden egg was dressed
by Boston lady, the other day. In It's
crop was found, among other things, a solid
nugget Of eighteen carat gold, weighing four
pennyweighis. II was nearly egg shaved and
perfectly smooth. Where bddy got il is one of
those things no fellow can tell.
About a fortnight since Mr.. McLane, a
dealer in horses. arrived in Boston from Canada
and registered AT the Massachusetts house and
quarteTed his stock at the stables attached TO that
hotel. Til last Tuesday he was engaged in his
usual pursuits, and al five O'Clock that evening
be started to Get some medicine for sick horse,
since which time he has not been seen. MIR.
Melane is described as a man about fifty years
Of age FIVE feet ten in hight, stout, wearing
gIaY whskerS, black overcoat, dark pantaloons
and black coat he is known to have collect
ed quite a sum of MONEY on the day previous to
his disappearance, resulting from the sale of
several horses, but beyond this little is known
OF his affairs.
NORFOLK COUNTY
Mr.. Cornelius Eegan of South Weymouth
dropped dead from heart disease a few days
eeo. He had BEEN engaged in milking and had
ldst handed the vessel 10 his wife when he
dropped dead.
Ca Wednesday night the room of A. p. Blake
at be Everett house, Hyde PaIk was entered by
q burglar, WHO riiei air. Blase's pantaloons of
wallet containing $500. No person in the
botel was disturbed by tae bold midnight ma
rapder, who made successful escape with his
booty.
ESSEX COUNTY.
The GEORGETOWN Catholics charge their priest
with levying contributions rather too freely on
lis young flock, which some of them refuse 10
pay, and have consequently been set aside, with
reference to ultimate accommodation unless
they repent
The coloper's Jury at Newburyport after in
ycsiieating The death of George NJ. Haywood,
who was killed at the SeabroOk railroad dlsas-
find that the SUifrb giOO the collision
was misplaced by some unknown person, and
ACCOUNT the Eastern railroad company and lis
employees ofall blame.
The fishing schooner Eta Got, Capt Smith,
arrived at Gloucester, Thursday afternoon from
Boston, and reports that she saw a topsail
schooner or brig sink about three miles south of
Kettle island. When first discovered it was
thought that the crew were taking in sail, but
on reaching the place where she sunk could find
no trace OF them, though the water was strewn
with the dehls IRON the decks, including water
cssSs, patches, etc. The vessel had probably
been disabled and abandoned.
BARNSTABLE COUNTY.
Provlncetown is agitatng the subject of a
road across The beach to the ocean, and even
1hi7ks Of building summer resort.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The horse disease is not the only source OF
trouble with winch those funny little horse cars
in Springfield have TO cope. The Republican
calls The horse railroad folks Clogs in the man.
they Will ever be accommodated by the cars. A
"bUs' line will soon be started over the same
route, which Will carry passengers at a rate cal
culaled to anniIiilaie the little horse cars.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The vault OF The Ncrth Adams bank con.
taus four combinations, each known to only one
person, rendering The cashier hlmselfutterly I'M
able 10 enter the vault without the assistance of
the tcller and boOk-keepers, who reside in diff
ieTent locations.
MAINE.
Schooner Cygnus Of Boston, which arrived at
Nov York yesterday from Artcibo, lost Captain
Avery overheard during the gale on the goth o
October. The captain belonged to East Machiasf
At Ellsworth, on Sunday, Edward W. Jones,
fifteen years OF aye, was passing a loaded pistol
TO one oil his play mates, when it was accidental
ly DISCHARGED, and he received q wound in the
stomach iron which he died in a few hours.
People up in Bddelord are very franz. Wit
ness these lines: "lbereis one man not Tar away
who evidently does not believe in sitting up
very late with the girls. as is evidenced oy the
remark he hurled at young mar VINO caileu
upon young lady of his household the other
evening. Hearing the clock sfIlhe eleVel, IL Is
said he went TO the head of the situs ana caIieo
out: Here Young man. isn't it about time for
YOU to be gong? Did you know it was eleven
O'Clock, and that yed are burning out my gas p"
The young man = supposed to have wilted.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Ira Brvsr OF Clifford has been missing since
SqtupJdy night. When last seen he was on his
we' from Laeouia to his home, somewhat the
worse Tor liquor. 1t is supposed he is drowned
III the river between that place and Lake Viii
lage.
VERMONT.
A little daughter OF Harmon Nichols of Willis
ton fell into pail of not water, the other day,
aud was so badly scalded that she died in a lew
hours
Joseph Saloman, peddler of St. Johnsbury,
reports having been robbed by hiehwaymen
miles n bat n on Monday M
oil $500 in money and $500 in bonds and some
notes. He was attacked by three men, who
pulled him from his wagon and knocked him
down, stunning him.
CONNECTICUT.
Groton farmer, while dressing chicken
the other day, found five dollar gold piece in
lis crop.
A coon, captured and brought to Norwich the
other day, has adopted a small black and tan
dog, and treats it like mother, sleeping with
il between its paws every night.
New Haven loaiers lave been insulting the
young lady students of an academy in that city,
and The police are now so suspicious that even
'firiaiions" are dangerous.
lalCs new catalogue makes commencement
next year come June 20. The summary of STU
dents gives total Of 904-an increase of 80 over
last year. Some Juniors have received an invi
tatiou 10 act "HamleJ" In Brooklyn for char
liable Purpose, aud will probably accept.
As a salute was about TO be fired in honor of
AIdut tltCtlOu at 1aZafuNlle, wednesday
nl9ht, and The cartridge was being rammed
home, it exploded, fatally woundiug Daniel
Bates, who was Standing in font, tearing out
one eye and blowing off both arms, and fear
fully burning the whole body.
a New Haven man bought donkey when
the horse disease broke out and was in high
gee over his luck in getting the better of the
ePizootic, but the donkey soon succumbed, and
the gentleman purchased an OK and harneSsed
him la horse. When the gentleman tried TO
start HIN, the OK knocked the establishment all
to pieces, and now he walks.
Gee Tse Goodwin was before the police court
in Mexican, Wednesday, for going to the post
Office windows, knocking on the outside and
taking out any letters that may be in the box,
and tearing them open with view Of obtaining
any money that there might be enclosed.
George is not quite eleven years of age. II did
not nanspre that he actually Obtained any
money, but the court sent him 10 the reform
school until he was eiaheen-seven years.
Danbury News: A Nam street boy received
dollar for learning 800 Bible verses, and has
bought with it a handsome deck of linen
back eards.-A Danbury woman called up to az
tend the dying bedside OF a friend, was de-
pIiyed Of the melancholy pleasure by the delay
oceasloned in borrowing a breast pm suitable
Tor the OCCASIONAL young man engaged in
making himself attractive to a young lady on
Lin street, Monday evening, was taken with
violent ht OF coughing and Brought up TWO
marbles he had swallowed when boy The
9obhS la0Y dismissed nm. She said she didn't
VAN TO marry stone quarry,
Several weeks ago a heet of five vessels had
sailed from New Haven Tor Virginia, to get a
supply OF oysters. Thursday the last OF these
vessels arrived in Fair Haven. Out of the five
car9oes but one is good, the other four being a
total loss. The warm weather and head winds
have been the cause Of The misfortune, which is
no slight blow to the oyster trade. The five
vessel loads amounted in all to 10000 bushels,
and the number saved is but 3000 The total
loss is $1,000, ard it is not improbable that the
price of oysters Will, for time, be considerably
higher.
RHODE ISLAND.
The second Metz investigation at Providence
IS progressing. Tue steamboat men are making
a vigorous defence.
More skeletons have been exhumed on the
ciln above the bathing beach at Newport, which
appears 10 have been burylng ground for the
English soldiers during the revolution.
Ia llverton, on Monday, while Mr.. Leander
Dodge was in the act Of untying bull from the
rear OF an OK cart, the animal suddenly sprang
upon him, tearing his clothes and thrusting one
OF bis horns entirely through the 1eshy part of
his thigh, and throwing him several feet.
The Rhode Island woman suffrage association
holds It's annual convention at Providence on
Thursday Of next week, and quite amber of
distinguished speakers have promised TO attend.
The animal supper will be pariaken of in Union
hall on "Wednesday evening.
Thursday morin9 early young looking, well
dressed freshman. aDDarpntlV n STRANGER a Prov