Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-07-15

| net was struck by lightning during a thunder
storm and killed. Her body and lower limbs
1 were ShOckingly mutilated and burned, her
| clothing being set on fire. She was alone at the
| time and ont of doors, but near the house.
! Alpheds Blake, fisherman, about fortv-five
| years of age, residing at Kittery Point, Me g,
went out fishing near the mouth of Portsmouth
harbor on Friday, and has not yet Returned. 1t
| is thought he has sbeen drowned as the masts
OF whale boat were seen at low tide inst off
what's called Wood island. 1t is supposed Mr.
Blake was oVertaken by the sudden, fierce gale,
and bis boat capsized. The deceased leaves
widow and two children.
CONNECTICUT.
Jerry Coffee, who threw L. V Theirs off the
bridge at Bridgeport Tuesday morning, has
been arrested in Jersey City, and will be taken
to Connecticut for trial for murder
A German lady in Hartford has adopted
three year coored girl, and dresses her, it is
said, like princess.
Henry Haynes of Old Lyme is the father of
twelve male children He himself is the
youngest OF twelve children, his sister is the
mother of twelve children, and also his aunt
and he is the happy uncle of 260 nephews and
nleces.
Evidently Cornwall does not dspise the day
oil small things, for the whole town has been in
in a law suit, over bill of
S85 for boarding teacher, whom the district
wished to have " board around
so many cases OF wife-beating have occurred
IN southern Connecticut of late that one of the
New Haven papers advocates the erection of
whipping-poStS for husbands in the Jail ward
Either the wives or husbands in and around
New Haven must be getting in pretty bad
way.
Captain John Hobbs, famous trapper. who
was with Kit Carson twelve years on the piains
gave private exhibition of lassoing, shooting
the bow and arrow, ETC., from horse going at
full speed, at the trotting park in Hartford
Friday. Captain Hobbs is publishing a book
in that city, OF his adventures among the In
dams
Charles Mahoney, a car Inspector for the Prov
idence and Fishkill railroad, was caught bc-
tween the bumpers, while coupling cars in the
yard Just north of the Hartford depot Friday
afternoon, and crushed SO that he died in a few
minutes. lie was man about forty-five wears
old, and leaves wife and three children.
thursday afternoon, July 11th, gentleman
was looking at a pistol in the office of Mr.. Geo
Graham, Bridgeport and carelessly Swapping il
It was discharged, the bullet striking a thick
check book and passing through the book and
lodging in the side of the bookcase But for the
interference of the book, the ball would have
struck man sitting against the partition in an
adjoining room.
The body of Nicholas Haligan, resident of
Easton, was found in a meadow near that town
on Wednesday, by two boys. He was a dissi =
pated character, and having bought quantity of
llquor on July It'll, it is supposed he became in-
toXicated and died from the combined effect of
the liquor and the heat.
Thursday evening, July 18th, gentleman
picked up considerable sum of money in
bridgeport He was seen to do It, and in a
short time the money was claimed by no less
than three men who attempted to take it from
INN by force. The finder got the best of them
and carried the roll of bills to the station house
Mr.. Richardson, Norwich teamster, was as
sailed by stallion, on Wednesday, at Money
creek, and dangerously hurt. Mr.. Richardson