Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-07-16

port gas works, was drowned at Groves Point
on Thursday.
Geo. b. Corson of Fairfield, while unharness-
ing his horse Thursday night, was thrown down
by a sudden movement of the animal and
trampled upon and run over by the wagon
He is not expected 10 recover.
A letter from Maine saws: Farm helm il very
scarce and wages high. Were it not for the i'm
proved implements, no farm could pay its run
ming expenses and support a family.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
81; G. Mclean has been appointed postmaster
at Meredith village.
Geo. White OF Sullivan lost a $3.50 pair of cat
tie by lightning on the Sth.
The track of the Sugar River road is now laid
beyond the east line of Claremont, and the last
bridge is nearly completed
On the 18th inst, seven cattle owned by Ste
phen Perkins of Loudon were killed by light
ming while in pasture in that town.
In the pasture of c. c. Morrill, Of Salisbury
two dogs killed, MANNED and drove away half of
flock of forty seven sheep. The neighborhood
has suffered badly from this cause.
Thomas Conner, highly respected citizen of
Rarnstead, and soldier in the war OF 1912,
died at Barnstead on Friday last. He was a
native of Chinatown, and his age was eighty
FIVE.
Frenchmau named Brock, employed on the
new city water works, was drowned Sunday af-
teruoon while bathing, a few rods above the
one son.
VERMONT
A barn on the Houghton place, in St. Adams,
was destroyed by fire on Friday night Loss
$1,000; fully covered by insurance.
Sixteen young persons passed examination
last Monday for admission to the freshman
class of the university of Vermont. As only
about half of those designing to enter COM
monty present themselves at commencement. if
is probable that the new class will be about
thirty in number Five Of the number admitted
were young women.
CONNECTICUT.
The notorious confidence woman. Jane f.
Pratt allas Mrs. Harper, has so enlisted the
sympathies of the members of the legislature
as to secure release from the state prison.
John Robinson has sued the New York and
New Haven railroad for $50 900 damages to his
circus by the wrecking of several of his wagons
on account Of low bridge as previously re-
ported.
Milford was settled in the year 1889 by a party
of planters from New Haven, numbering in ali
about $50 persons. The tract of land where
Milford, proper, now stands, known then as
Wepowage, was bought of the Indians for a
consideration of coats, 10 blankets, kettle,
II hatchets, u hoes, 2 dozen knives and one
dozen small looking glasses,
AT special town meeting in Hartford yester-
day George W. Moore was elected agent of the
town to vote upon its stock in the Connecticut
struct him to oppose the amendment TO the
charter permitting the construction of a branch
from New Britain TO ColnsVille. The action of
the town, it is believed, will secure the building
of she branch.
Some weeks ago H II. Potter. of Norwich
found James Brooks, a colored boy thirteen
years of age, without friends or money, and
chautably employed him TO work on his farm
While the family were all absent from the house.
Sunday, the boy took valuable gold watch
owned by MR. Potter from drawer, and delber-
ately smashed il with a stone, throwing the
fragments away. The boy is a son of Celia
Brooks, notorious offender, was born in Jail.
and promises TO do credit to his maternity He
will be sent to the reform school,
A gentleman living in New Haven quite well
acquainted with Theirs, the man who was
drowned at Bridgeport by being thrown off a
bridge by Coffee, says that Theirs was a very
accomplished man, and could speak some of the
Oriental and other languages with huency. He
was sociable with his friends, and generally very
industrious and steady. But after working
some months at his trade and accommodating
$500, or thereabouts, he would leave Southport
and 90 on a spree which would last for many
days. Upon the occasion Of his starting on the
last expedition of the kind he was ever to take
this gentleman saw him at the Southport depot
and gave him friendly caution as to the danger
of his going away for the purpose of dssipa-
tlen, and was cheerfully answered by Theirs
who, however, unfortunately was not disSuaded
Some of his shopmates at Southport have a
belief that Theirs was of Arabian descent, but
they appear to be unable to give any reason for
such a notion.
This and the two following paragraphs are
from the Danbury News: Harry Carey got
drunk and noisy on Tuesday, but the Justice
would not commit Harry Carey-for obvious
reasons.
A Balm(orth avenue man was observed going
home this morning with gun that will carry
at least an ounce ball. As he lives next door TO
mau thatis learning TO play Rory OMore on
pair of symbols, we have thought it best to
print an extra number of copies of our next
issue. Orders left at the news stands of this
office will be attended to,
One of the pleasant events Of the Fourth in
Danbury occurred on South Main street in the
morning. A little girl who had been sent up
town for quarter of pound of butter in a
saucer, on her return met a companion, and
setting her erTand on fence post, soon became
engrOssed in the excitement of swapping slate
pencils, and bartering secondhand rubber
eraser for the name of the girl who 'told on her.
at school the week before. When she looked
around for the butter 1t was gone; so was the
dish. There was nothing left but a blue lly
which had been painted on the bottom of the
saucer, and that was SO wilted as to be hardly
recognizable.
RHODE ISLAND.
A man named Joseph Miller, farmer living
In Rehoboth, committed suicide Saturday after
noon by hanging himself in his barn. Depres-
sion OF spirits is assigned as the cause of the
act. He was sixty years of age, and had often
threatened to do away with himself In the
forenoon Saturday be was prevented from carry
ing his intent into effect by workman who
observed his movements but in the afternoon he
eluded detection and cOnsummaied the deed