Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-01-24

Chapman; other quantities of tea. liquor and
cigars from d. \. Lewis & Co. The seizures
have been turned over TO the collector of the
port at Provincetown, and will aggregate in val
ne at least $1,000. OF course the episode has
been an exciting one for Provincetown. Fur
thcr developments are expected.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Harry w. Hit of Dalton, whose wiies affec-
tons were recently won by a negro, to the great
scandal of the town, has applied for a divorce.
The parties had been married eleven years when
the miSccgnation began.
MAINE.
A Maine Girl who has been Sneezing continu-
ally for a week thinks it is nothing TO be Sneczed
at.
A few days since w. H. Young, landlord of
the ST. CroiX Exchange, at Calais, carried
theatrical company TO Pembroke with double
team. On his return the whifflc-trce broke, the
horses became frightened and the carriage
overturned, throwing Mr., Young violently upon
a rock and smashing his leg to a Jelly. No
assistance was at hand, and although he was
badly bruised and thoroughly stunned, he dashed
his leg to the cushion of the carriage, took the
pieces of the whIiiie-tree and pushed himself
backward over three-quartcrs of mile to a
house, where relief was furnished him. 1t was
an exceedingly cold night and his limbs were con-
siderably frozen. His leg was amputated above
the knee, and strong hopes are entertained of
his recovery.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Elder John Gillinaham of Bradford, Free
VIII Baptist minister, received two paralytic
shocks on Sunday last, and has since laid nm
conscious. Deacon Hazen Pickering of Concord,
late treasurer of the New Hampshire Bible soci-
ETY., also experienced a second shock, on Mon
day, ut Franklin, where he is visiting, and his
life is despaired Of
AT Portsmouth, on Monday, fire was discov-
cred about eight O'Clock in the evening, in the
barn OF George Scott, on Greene street. 1t
spread quickly 10 the dwelling of Mr.. Daniel
Irnfpthpr h1,r hniuu no t,e
abundant, and the Gre was got under way in
few minutes. The barn was destroyed. Mr.
rrcfelhen's house was partially burned ard
flooded with wafer Scott was fully insured.
1t is said that Trcfcthcn's loss will recovered
by insurance Total loss about 5000.
The Telegraph says that on Saturday after
noon, 18Th inst, Mr., john Burton, of Wilton,
fell backwards on the ice, inIuring his heat so
badly as to cause ockiaw, and Notwithstanding
| the efforts of the physicians, remained uncon-
scious from the time of the accident up to Tues
day afternoon at two O'Clock, when he died. Nv
| Burton was about sixty years of age, and leaves
wife and family.
CONNECTICUT.
There arc two cases Of small poX in Fair Ha-
ven.
The labor rcformers ratified" at Hartford,
Tuesday evening.
A fourth division Of the ancient order of Hiber-
mans is TO he formed in Hartford.
The mother of the Hon. Elisha johnson, of
11alIIOTu, was buried IN NlnSteQ, trldaY.
The annual convention of the Connecticut tenn
perance union was held in Middetown on tues
day,
Pretty good evidence is obtained that the
| Windsor Locks murlerers have gone TO the far
west.
| PickpOcketS are very numerous on the New
| York and New Haven railroad and frequent
thcfts are reported.
An UnOccupicd house in Meadow street, New
| Haven, was entered Friday night, and robbed of
| $40 worth of gas fixtures.
Mary Foley of Hartford tried to shuttle off the
mortal coil with Il dose of laudanum, but for
doing il she was sent to jail for thirty days.
The insane hospital at MildIetown and the
retreat at Hartford are so full that no more pa
tents can be received for from four to six
months.
A Middctown young man who was out late
recently, saw a ghost and tired pistol at it,
when il vanished into thin air A caution to
late walkers.
The Ltchfeld mutual fire insurance company
have met with their first loss in many years, by
| the burning up OF South NOrwalk school
| house.
An intoxicated man from Stony Creek was
| found on the street in New Haven Friday night
| without his hat, and $3.50 which he had had IN
his pocket had vanished.
| The Portland quarrrs remain idle the COM
| panies expressing their determination not to
| yield to the demands Of the workmcn for fear
| that other demands would be made in the
| spring.
In New Haven, Saturday, four bad boys who
had dclaccd fence with writings, were com
| PEELED by their teacher to take sponges and
pals of water and wash off the offensive litera-
| ture.
The grand list of Wnstcd ''society," cmbrac.
| ng nearly the present borough of Winsted, is
S2,573,046. The manufacturing Investments
amount TO S1S5 700, and S279 $50 are invested in
Stores mills and manufactures.
Hon. VIM II, Barnum'S bill for the imnrovc.
mcnt of the harbOrs Of Bridgeport and West
port, introduced in the house Of representatives
appropriates $4,000 for the former, and $40, 900
for the latter improvement
| A New Haven school girl aged fifteen ran
| away from home on Friday, and was followed
| to Thomnsonyic by her father, who took her
| home with him. The cause of her flight is no
stated, but it is presumed young man was in
| the case.
Rumor has it that the Cromwell quarry com.
| panY has made arrangements to import one
| hundred mud fifty quarrymcn from Nova Scotia
| this spring, and to accommodate them the COM
| pany propose to put up two large boarding
houses, ia feet long.
The coming campaign in Connecticut will moi
| be, 1t is said, hOiSterous one, the democrats
| prelerring 10 work quietly. The legislature to
| be chosen will elect United States senator to
succeed Senator Ferry, and it is asserted that the
democrats will sacrifice everything almost to
make deadlock then if they can do no more.
II tuN iNl'uNilNduo dIC HONtNtT, lDlS Duf-
| pose can be defeated.
The jury of inquest on the death of Myron II
| Collins, who was killed by an explosion of a
| locomotive on the Rockville railroad, operated
| by the Hartford, Providence and Fishkil rail
| road, Dec. 23d have rendered verdict, in which
| they say that said locomotive has been in use
| by said company some eighteen years, and that
SAID boiler has once before exploded, and has
| been repaired, and that since said former eXplo-
sion said boiler has been repeatedly patched;
that the iron had become thin and weak in
places, and to all appearance some of the stay
bolts broken, and that said boiler was in a weak
and unsafe condition; that said boiler has not
been thoroughly inspected or the strength Of
tue same tested for some twelve years, and that
by reason of such neglect the officers Of said
company are, 10 a certain degree responsible
for the fatal accident occasioned by said cxplo-
sion.
| RHODE ISLAND.
The Providence Herald SaysHaS the best prs
ifal sy,mpathzes Sat private righ.s -, o..
Olncv,dp oetter than .a.iIIi pIox has reappeart
! lature could not
!. and .Ar,.Iie will be soon after city charte
size has rot as far as q lookup.