Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-02-15

A lew days ago, Mrs. Sallle II. HuSe Of North
SanbOrnton, died suddenly, il is supposed from
the effect of paralytic shock, aged seventy-five
years. It was the first death, with one exeep-
ton, in family Of nine children, the Youngest
being now more than sixty years of age.
Charles H. Morrison, at work in the wood
shop OF the Northern railroad at Concord, Fri
day, iell, by the slipping of some steps, and
struck his left side upon heavy oak sill, re-
ceiying severe internal injuries.
A. nj. Shaw, assistant superintendent of the
Northern railroad, has been rendered a similar
position on the Vermont Central railroad, and il
is not Improbable that he may acceptit though
he intends to see .he Sugar River railroad COM
pleted to Claremont first
The whole number of deaths in Manchester
during the year 1871 was 564; of this number 2S5
were males and 259 were females; 10 of these
were over so years of age, and II were over 10
years of ago; 1888 died of consumption, go of
whom were males and II were females; 10 died
of heart disease, and II died of lung fever.
The Amoskeag Veterans will celebrate their
next anniversary on the 22d of February. In
the forenoon there will be a meeting of the
members for the choice OF Officers. and there
will be grand ball in the evening at Smvtb's
hall. Halls band Of Boston is engaged for the
OCCASION In the course of the evening the bat
TALON and their invited guests will partake of A
supper at the City hall. The battalion, which
was establish ed in 1855, to perpetuate the deeds
anu memory OF the military heroes of the revo-
upon permanent and substantial basis. A
new aud very beautiful uniform of the continent
tai pattern has been procured. and many new
members have joined the corps among whom
are Gov. Weston, Hon. Z. A. Straw, the republic
can candidate Tor governor, Hon. P. &. Cheney,
me mayor, and Phineas Adams, Esq, the agent
OF the Stark mills.
CONNECTICUT.
The spring term of the Yale law schools opens
tomorrow.
DR.. Hutchings of Rocky Hill fell, Saturday
night, and broke his leg.
There are nineteen cases of small box at East
Hampton.
Patrick Gillen had his right foot crushed, at
the freight depot of the New York road, in New
Haven, on Friday.
The number of school children in New Haven
is nearly as large as the whole population of the
city of Waterbury.
Secretary Northrop has made arrangements
for state teachers institute which will be held
in Birmingham, March 7th, Sth and 9th.
William W. Eaton positively declines to be-
come candidate for representative TO the gen.
eral assembly from Hartford.
A project for new knitting factory has bpen
started at Hartford, and a considerable portion
Of the capital stock, $4,000, has been sub
scibed.
The Shore Line depot, at Saybrook, has been
moved easteriy to the track OF the Connecticut
Valley road. The change is a GOOD one and is
Prof." j. Decker, of Utica, recently came TO
border town, and, protesting to be out of mon
ey, appealed to the generosity of the people. He
was quite successful until caught with large
roll OF bills in his possession, when he suddenly
vamosed.
The Cromwell quarrymen have resumed worl,
atier ten weeks rest at 81 rs per day for this
month, with the agreement that they Shall re-
ceive $50 in March. The Portland quarry
companies still decline to accept the terms of
the workingmeD
Tom Waller in recent interview stated that
the set of resolutions drafted by James +. Bah
cock and put in type for use at the democratic
state convention, embodied most of the AIissou-
II IlDeral republican platform, and also one res
olution condemning lobbying in the most Sc
we're terms, and one favoring woman. suffrage
as well as little something about temperance
and labor reform.
A Washington correspondent of the New Ha-
ven Palladium denies the report that Pension
Agent w. /. Collins is defaulter TO the GOV
ernment, and states that he resigned his office
as pension agent on account of his health, and
the labor required of him as editor and publish
er of the Grand Army Journal.
Middietown still has hope. A New Yorker,
whose gifts to Methodist educational institutions
are now numbered by hundreds of thousands
remarked, at the recent funeral of Isaac Rich
at Boston, TO President Cummings of Wesleyan
university at Middletown: "0ur friend Rich has
not done the fair thing for tue Wesleyan.
nave SS,0OO,OOO TO leave somewhere, and | am
coming down handsomely for Middlctown.'
Miss Florence Cook of Rocky Hill has brouobt
suit for $4,000 damages against Dnane
Barnes oil Mlddletown for breach of marriage
promise, and also charges him with attemntinT
to seduce her by means of adulterated wine
Her tather, Samuel A. Cook, also brings suit for
S5O0O damages against Barnes for iniurinr his
health with the adulterated wine. Barnes is
sixty years oid, and is now living with his third
wiie, having been divorced from his second wife
within six months of his marriage. Miss Cook
is twenty years of age.
RHODE ISLAND
Inc Alumni association of Brown university
located in Philadelphia, held its third animal
reunion last week. President Caswell was nres-
ent and made an address, rN'
The New Bedford Mercury saws: "Consolido-
ton is the order of the day among railroads
we hear that project is on foot for the consoI-
ldahon OF the Providence and Stonington rail
roads, i""
The Newport Mercury says that city has fur
nisueu the general tr3asurers for the state of
Rhode island for the last two hundred and
twenty-five years. In all that time there has
never been one more faithful than Mr.. Samuel
A. Parker, whose funeral took place last Ihurs-
dav ""i
Died Feb. 8, at Providence at a venerable
Ola age, Harriet Winthrop, daughter of the
late John Winthrop, ESQ., of Cambridoe and
granddaughter of the Hon. John Whitman
for many years Hollis professor ofmathematicsS
and natural philosophy at Harvard college
ms esumable lady was a lneal descendant
from the first Gov. Winthrop, Of Massachusetts
and Inherited from him portion of Govern
ors island, in Boston barbor, which she con-
veyed, many years since, to the United States.
A notorious Brooklyn desperate, named Pc
Ter QHlhn, was arrested at Providence WedneS-
day, having arrived in one OF the boats of the
Neptune line. Last Saturday he was convicted
IN Brooklyn of burglary and robbery in hotel.
and sentenced to four years in the penilentiarv'
out while being conveyed thence in the prison
van, he escaped, it is supposed, by picking the
iock. passenger on board the boat identified
him and notified the clerk, who had him arrest
ed. When searched he had a quantity of cav
enne pepper on his person. and also a letter
Which he endeaYOred TO sMnllnw