Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-04-03

tiieted by her husband, John Burke. Burke is
now in jail awaiting the action Of the grand Jury
at the term Of the court at Amherst in May next
having been unable to procure bail.
Last FRIDAY. Herbert, youngest son of Henry
Hopkins OF Hinsdae, barely escaped fatal injury
from a spirited horse he was leading, The horse
reared and struck the bow upon the head with
sharp cork of a shoe, which cut and turned back
upon the left ear strip of the scalp, with
fragment Of the skull smoothly clipped out,
leaving the membrane beneath bare, but fOrtu-
nately unnjurca. The brain was somewhat
affected by the conclusion.
CONNECTICUT.
An Old lady in Moodus, whose son got Gagged
for evil doing, said they were going to get him
clear on writ Of cholera mOrbus."
Mrs. Jasper TalcOtt OF Norwich was badly
scalded, Thursday night, by the explosion of
bottle of water which she was heating on
stove.
Friday afternoon, the 2Oth, as young man
about twenty years Of age, named Chas. White,
Of Long Ridge was putting his gun out of the
back part Of the wagon bv the muzzle. it was
discharged, and he was shot through the heart,
and died instantly.
News has been received at New Britain of the
death OF Captain Mortimer Porter, sou OF the
town clerk. He died in Melbourne, Australia,
after ten DAYS illness.
widow woman named Bunce, of Canaan
Valley, who is said to be in good pecunlarv cir
eumStances, has reused considerable indignation
among ner nelghbors by giving her three boys
10 the Shakers, when they didn't want to 90.
John DAILY of Hartford. whose name was on
the labor reform ticket as candidate for CITY
marshal, died suddenly early Saturday evening
He returned home at about five O'Clock, and was
sitting in chair by the window apparently in
his usual health, when he pitched forward and
| Tell TO the floor and instantly expired. He was
married only a few weeks ago.
| Mrs. VIM. Harris, colOred woman tempora'
| rily employed in the family of Mr.. Irumbull of
| Norwich, died suddenly Monday. She was APP
| parentlv in perfect health and had inst play
| fully remarked the Inconvenience which her
| sickness would cause, when she passed into an
unoccupicd room. A moment or two alterward
she was found there lying insensible on the floor,
and almost Immediately exl ircd.
The body OF a man apparently about thrty-
five years of age, was found floating in the
Thames, near the Richmond stove works, Nor
wich, Monday morning Ii had been in the
wafer some weeks and was much disfgured, be-
ing entirely unrecOgnizabic. Ii was dressed in
Il vest and pantalOons of dark material linen
and an undershirt, and new heavy boots In the
pockets were found a threC-bladcd horn handled
penkniie, short clay pipe and some matches.
\ jury of inquest was summoned who returned
a verdict Of death by drowning.
New Haven man named Lski hired two
nice looking German girls at an intelligence
office in New York last Saturday, one to act as
COOK and the other as Chambumaid and took
them to his den in New Haven. When night
came II was made known 10 the girls what the
real object of the villain was in hiring them, but
they disregarded both his offers of money aud
then his abuse and threats. Yesterday morning
they left the "hote," and were directed to the
police office by gentleman on Congress aycn-
ne, where they told their story. A warrant was
at once procured for the arrest Of Liski, and he
gave the necessary bonds for his appearance.
Last Wednesday as the sloop Catherine Hale
was going out of New Haven harbor, bound for
New York, a sailor named William Carroll, who
was in the yawl boat, fell overheard. The sloop
was hove to, and a line was thrown 10 Carroll,
who caught hold Of it but let 20 and was
drowned. The vessel then started for New
! ork, where she arrived in due time. Cornell
US Mcbride, the captain, after informing Car
rolls friends OF the manner of death, thought
it would look better to come up aud Try to re-
cover the body.
A Windham county man is working up
saw-og thirty feet long into a fife for Gilmore'S
Jubilee. 1t will he blown by nitro.gycerine, saws
the Norwich Bulletin, and that paper is auhori-
ty on all such subjects. 1t explains, in yester-
days issue, as follows: ''The skeleton found at
the foot OF Shctucket street was removed yeStcr-
| day. 1t was that of a female, one Of the old
| fashioned duplex elliptic kind much worn Il
| few years ago. A large number oil people visited
| the spot during the day to examine it,"
RHODE ISLAND.
| MIR. Henry /. Cornett, of the firm of COrnett
| Nightingale & Co. of Providence, died very sud
denly on Sunday night. Heretred in apparent
| ly good health, but about midnight he sud-
| denly awoke his wife, who found him speCchess
and in great distress, and though resoratives
| were at once applied, he died in fifteen minutes.
| His physician pronounced it an attack Of apo
| pleXy.