Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-02-10

were elected t0r tue ensuing year NfaOd chiill-
! celior Capt. W. 1. Bolton, of Portsmouth; vice
grand chancellor, d. L. Howard of Concord
| grand SCRIBE 5 S. Dow, Of Manchester: grand
| banker, D. c. Clayton, Of Manchester Seven
/ past grand chauccilorS are to be elected aud 4
number of officers to he appointed.
VERMONT.
AT the April term in 1910 a suit was entered
in the Wiudham county court by the town of
BratteborO against Col. 5. NJ. Waite, claiming
| SIS, 600 damages on the ground that Col. Waite,
as cashier of the First National bank of Brattle-
| boro in the years 1851 omitted TO return a list
/ of the stockholders OF the bank to the town
clerk, so that their stock could be set in the list
and taxed. Col. Waite's counsel demurred to
| the declaration, and the case has Just ended IN
the supreme court with Judgment for Waite.
CONNECTICUT.
The residence OF Captain johnson, in SIAM
foId, near the raiI DAD depot, was burned Tues
day evening
lew days since three or four young gents
were fined So and costs at Stratford for beinr
present at cOck-6ght.
boy jumped from the second story window
OF me reform school on the 18th, and tried to
escape, but was arrested
\ gentleman in Meriden. who mt a lphted
pipe IN his coat pocket, thinks the fire it kin.
died isn't the most agreeable means of keeping
warm.
One Of the men thrown from the wagon
with Levi Pardon, in Watertown when the lat.
iuries.
-Four members of the Yale senior aud six of
the sophomore class have been indefinitely sus-
pended for snowballing passers-by.
Steamer company No. 5, of Hartford has a
new engine house, Of which they are so proud
that they call it the model engine house of New
England"
boy named James Moran, for etealing news
papers from doorsteps where they had been left
Oy carriers, in New Haven, wa sent to jail for
five days.
Mrs. Rawins, of Danbury, widow of Major
General Rawns, late secretary OF war, was
married to {. +. Daniels Of New York, Monday
evening.
young man named Hall, in Bristol, few
days ago, lost the sight Of one eye by the lodg-
ing IN it Of a piece of steel from 4 die which he
struck with hammer
a young man of New Britain went to Hart
ford on The 1th, to see the city, and saw it S210
worth, $50 Of which was taken from his stock
ing while he was asleep.
Three fellows undertook to rob a couple of
slelghS, Monday night, which were going
through covered bridge in Birmingham, but a
shot from pistol sent them flvinm
The Naugatuck railroad has re.arranned IFS
time table so as to shorten the time between
Wnsted and New York fiftv minutes, and also
cut down fares twenty cents. This took place
IN consequence of the opening OF competing
lnesA
HS ouldll pun Hts appeared IN aberdeen and
East Hampton. The disease in Merden was
brought there bv party of Englishmcn who
landed in New York last Friday and in Merden
Monday night. One of them died Tuesday and
TWO more are sick with it,
A large aud spirited town meeting was held
in East Hartford on the It'll, on the free bridge
question, and an appropriation of nine mills on
the dollar, conditioned upon the action of other
towns, was voted, and a committee appointed to
confer with other interested towns and report at
meeting to be held March 4th.
The Weed will case, which has been on trial
seven weeks at Bridgeport, before the superior
court has terminated in favor of Mrs Weed
II Will be remembered that Nathaniel Weed of
Stamford, formerly New York merchant and
president Of the Ocean AMI North River banks
dIed worth o6O0,000 and left 10 his wife only
S0OOO year and the use of the homestead civ
lng the rest to his son and other heirs. Mrs
weed brought suit TO break the will. The case
was given to the Jury on Saturday, and on
Monday night they rendered the ycrdict that
weed was not at the time Of the execution of
the viii OF sound aud disposing mind and mem
DRY" The beaten side appealed to the court of
errors. lhls is the first time that will has
been broken in Connecticut for some wears
On the 18th a meeting of the trustees of Trim
lty college was held, to consider the subject of
selling the college grounds 10 the city as d site
tor new capitol The case was presented to
them by Gen. llawley and A. L. Burr, of the
NO'Iuilt'NN lppOlHtGu ny Inc civ, WHO stated
that the city would offer S500OOO for the c;,i-
lege property. The trustees, after consultation,
expressed themselves almost unanimously of
the opinion that the amount named was not n
suthclent consideration for i removal of the col
Iege and were unwilling TO part with the prop
erty on these terms. But a committee of the
resident trustees was appointed to look for new
sizes, ascertain their cost, ETC., and confer with
ths committee appointed by the city, should any
more favorable offer than that already presented
be made. As the matter now appears, unless
more than S5C0,O0O is offered, Trinity college
will continue to occupy its present site, and the
capitol will be erected on the park.
RHODE ISLAND.
On the Sih, the general assembly visited New
port Oy special steamboat 10 attend the funeral
OF the late Hon. Samuel A. Parker late state
treasurer, which took place at TWO O'clock The
services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Woodbury.
OF Providence, in the Unitarian church at which
the deceased attended. The city government of
Newport attended in body. The remains were
followed to their final resting place by large
conCourse.