Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-24

SUPERIOR (CRIMIEAL) COURT-DEwFY, J
| Ftchbug, dug. 2S.-In the case of Henry S
| Maynard of Barre, charged with aiding in al
escape from the lookup, the jury returned {
verdict of not guilty. George H. Gleason, OF
trial with him for aiding in the escape, pleaded
| guilty.
James Hartman Of WinchendOn was con.
Ylcted on two compaints-for maintaining q
| liquor nuisance and keeping with intent to sci
ON the former conviction he was fined 500 and
costs, and on the latter $50 and costs, and SEN
fenced to the house of correction for twenty
days.
James Cannon of Fitchburg pleaded guilty OF
keeping liquor nuisance and of liquor keep.
ing; for the former he was fined 800 and costs
and for the latter SO and costs and sentenced ia
the house of correction for twenty days
Lawrence Connaughtor of Clinton, convicted
of keeping liquor nuisance, was fined $50 and
costs and sentenced to the house OF correction
for six months.
In the case of Michael Burke of Lancaster,
charged with keeping liquor nuisance the jury
failed TO agree
The court then, at six O'Clock p. NJ, adjourned
SINE die, having accomplished an unusual
amount Of business during the four and one.
half days session since Monday noon Of the
seventeen verdics, thirteen were for convictions,
and there we've two instances of disagreement OF
the jury. There was only one case in which
exceptions were taken. There were sixteen
pleas of guilty. OF the sentences, one was for
eight years for burglary, three were sentenced
for attempt to rape, for terms of from three to
five years each, besides a long catalogue of
others for lesser time The fines and costs,
arising mostly from liquor cases, amounted in
all to S877.21.
CLOSE OF THE CAMP-MEETING.-The Meth
odist camp meeting, which has been held at
Sterling junction during the past week, closed
yesterday. The result of the meeting has been
very satisfactory in religious point of view,
large numbers of converts have been added to
the church, and general spirit of religious in
terest awakened among the churches which will
be felt throughout the coming fall and winter
A host of transient visitors have been attracted
to the spot during the meeting, most of whom
passed the time very pleasantly after a brief
stop near the preachers stand, the center of
attraction, in wandering about the beautiful
grove or strolling along the quiet shores of Lake
Waushacum.
Owing TO the severe storm on Thursday after
noon the usual evening services around the
preachers stand were omitted, and religious ex
ercises were held in the tents, seven sermons
being preached, as follows: BY Rev. Mr.. Clark
of Fitchburg, in Grace church tent of this city;
Rev. Mr.. Chase Of this city, in the Brookfield
tent; Rev. Mr.. ASres of Ware, in Keene IN. H.
tent; Rev. Mr.. Vinton of Hudson, in Laurel
street (Worcester) tent; Rev. Mr.. Howard of
Whitnsville, in Webster tent and by Rev. Mr..
Howard, of Marlboro, in Day street (Fitchburg)
tent Prayer meetings in each tent followed
the discourses.
The services opened yesterday morning with
the annual love feast, which was held at eight
O'Clock around the preachers stand. Nearly
three hundred persons took part in this service.
and the variations of personal experience, inter.
spersed with the emotional hymns and tunes pc
culiar to the Methodist denomination, made the
occasion interesting and impressive At the
close of the love feast a resolution was adopted
expressive of gratitude to Mr.. Amasa Davis of
Webster, who has conducted the singing at this
ground every year since the establishment of
the meetings, twenty-five years ago, for his SER
vices, and a benefit collection, amounting to
nearly 500, was taken up and presented him.
Mr. Davis responded with appropriate remarks.
The forenoon sermon was preached by Rev.
H. H. >. Brewster of Webster, from the text
for we must all appear at the Judgment seat
OIL ohrlst etc Rev. j. o. Knowles Of Grace
church, this city, preached the afternoon dis.
course, taking for text the fifteenth and six
teenth verses Of the eighty-ninth psalm: