Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-01-27
Gdlurtesttr Daily SPY.
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sosroS AND VICINITY

mouse OF Tue HDOu tAiN c"N"A'A
place home Or little wanderers.
A discriminating philanthropist has given $40
IN the Boston society for dumb animals, which
he wishes TO have disburSed as follows; twenty
dollars for kindness TO horses, SO Tor kindness
10 oxen and cows, and $40 for less cats to de-
stroy birds.
The Boston Traveller saws: "Some of the
newspaper men who are writing the severcSt ar
ricles in condemnation of the late James Fisk,
have for years been travelling about the country
on passes which they had obtained from him by
fattery.' Show them up, Mr.. Traveller; show
them up!
An unknown man was found in the lime kiln
at Dorchester, Wednesday morning, the entire
right side of his body, with the foot and arm,
badly eharred and burned. He was removed TO
the Boston city hospital, where he soon died.
In his pocket was bunch of keys, tagged Al
bert Wcbber, Portland, Maine He had let
ter, written in November, and mailed at South
Boston to the above address.
The Woman's Journal is authorized to CONTRA
dict the charge too hastily made by the Boston
Pilot, that DR.. Samuel G.. Howe refused to en-
ploy an applicant for the post of baker IN the
blind asylum, because he was Roman Cath
Ole. The statement is totally uniounded, DR..
Howe does not recognize social or political dis
tEctionS based upon race, color, sex or religion.
He subjects applicants for the post OF baker to
competitive examination on the main point,
''Can you make good breadP 10 those who
know DR.. Howe this contradiction is needless.
By the terms OF the Berdell mortgage of
S20, 900 900, upon the failure to pay any one of
the interest warrants the whole series of bonds
upon the election of the holders and owners of
a majority thereof signifed in the writing TO
the mortgagor and 10 the trustees, shall become
due and payable Messrs. Barnard and others
of Boston. some time since issued notice call
ing on the bOpdholders to elect in accordance
with this condition. On Saturday $4,000 800
had signed, thus making due the whole princi-
pal and interest OF all these bonds. As it is de-
sirabe to secure the assent of all the bondhold-
ers, if possible, the trustees will still continue
to receive notices of election at their Office in
Boston.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
Erastus Hopkins, of Northampton, a gentle
man well known through the state, and consd-
ertng the position he had occupied through the
country, died at his residence in that town, on
the oath, at the age of siXty-two. Mr.. Hopkins
was educated for the ministry, and for several
years after he graduateds preached as CouGre-
galional minister. Ill health and other reasons
made it desirable for him to retire early from
the ministry, and for several years he was IN po-
litica life, representing his town in the legsla-
ture at different times, and stumping in presi
dental canyasseS. He was for some years as
sociated in business with j. L. King, IN the
flour trade, in Springfield.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The old court house at Lenox has been pur-
chased for $4,000 by Mrs. Schcrmerhorn, be-
neyolent lady of New York, and presented TO
the town as public library building, and the
trustees appointed by her will exDcnd $4,000 in
fitting it up for the purpose.
MAINE.
Some idea of the Importance of Lewiston as A
manufacturing centre can be gained from the
fact that there are fourteen wooden and cotton
mills at that place. employing over 5000 hands, |
and turning over S11 100000 worth oil cloth per /
year.
The school committee of Porter was called in
TO school, last week, to decide the case of two |
naughty boys, most of the male portion of the |
district being present. The committee decided |
against the boys, and the immediate result was
Tree light, which spilled considerable blood
and entirely demolished the school room. The
committee begin TO think it is dangerous bust
pes TO hold office in that community.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Mrs H. Greene has been appointed postmis
tress at Bow.
daily mail is to be established between New
port and South Acworth.
Hiram r. Roberts, OF RoliuSford, is the dem
ocraTic nominee for the state senate in ih5 5th
district.
In Nashua, they have a style of showing up
fashionable dead BEATS" who don't pay their
hotel bills, by publishing their names.
The receipts of -four and grain at the freight
station in Concord from January l. 1871, TO
January 1, 1872, were 10000 bushels oats, 3d.
312 barrels -four, 3S6,S16 bDshels corn, 703 tons
shorts, 6,170 bushels wheat.
A few days ago, Portsmouth butcher named
liIuiA htUDtI Il ulSlNfDdtCt at II uIst-
matte entertainment in that city, for which Of
Tense the police justice sentenced him to the house
of correction for thirty days and TO pay costs
amounting to nine dollars and eighteen cents.
Served him right.
sas2aCoNNECTIcuT.
lightweight new buildings have been erected
the past year in Middletown.
Willmantc's project for a boot and shoe fac
tory has failed
The New Britain agricultural club claims to
be the oldest institution of the kind in the state
A branch railroad four miles long from Pc
quonnoek and Rainbow to the Connecticut
Western road is talked of.
The statement that the late Isaac Rich of Bos-
ton left large sum to the Wesleyan university,
Is now said to be untrue.
New Haven is TO have 'FTemple of Music" a
hall adapted to aclass of performances which
do not need so large room as Music hall.
Inc Russell 4 Erwin manufacturing company
are going TO make extensive additions to their
factory in New Britain in the spring.
Hon. p. p. Cornen and wife OF Ridgefeld were
thrown from a carriage, few days ago, Mr..
Cornen receiving some bruises and his wife hav.
ing her arm broken.
They have conversation club in New Britain,
which discusses such familiar and practical
themes as the original unity of the human race
the idea of creation, etc.
Dick Connolly, who ms dc the first break in the
Iammany ring, is really in feeble health and
has found temporary retreat at the seaside
home of VIM. Stuart, on the sound near New
London.
A Greenville gentleman, while going home
the other evening, was mesmerzed with club
and relieved of his little all, which fortunately
was only an old pocket-booE containing two fish
hooks and piece of poetry.
lad named Frank Beene, aged about
eighteen, has been arrested and bound over in
seymour, for placing distractions on the Naug-
atuck railroad near Bacton Falls
A large crowd in Merden on the oath braved
the cutting wind to enjoy an exhibition of Mr.
Young, the champion Canadian skater. which
is described as wonderful.
1t is now believed that the channel of the
connecticut river above Hartford can he so
deepened, without eXtravagant expenditure, that
vessels ofgood size can 60 up to Springfield and
Holyoke
The Hon. R. W. Wright of New Haven, for
merly Gov. English's private secretary and a
Journalist and writer of ability and experience,
mas gone TO Richmond, Va, to take position
on the editorial staff Of the State journal.
Is TINS seat unoccupedY p asked an exquisite
OF an elderly lady Of rustic design in the cars AT
Norwalk, Saturday evening 81 don't know" |
SAID she hastily, running her hands with n great |
deal of solieitude over the surface at feels
lqdsttlfF Like plush, but you can't always tell"
The Couranf~skates that the FIRE insurance
capital of Hartford fstoday fully equal to what
It was before the Chicago fire. Tic Connect
cut is the last company 10 increase its capital
stock TO half a million, which has been largely
oVer-subsc1bed in a very few days, after more
than S3.jO0,000 Of new stock had been called in
by the Etna, Hartford, Phoenix, National and
Orient fire insurance companies
The unity and enthusiasm which marked the
proceedings of the Connecticut republican state
convention give assurance of successful cam
paign. The ticket is far stronger than any new
one that could have been made up. Gov. jew
eifs popularity increases with the years of his
public service, and he never had so strong a
mold upon the people Of the state as to-day. The
labor reform party, which has nominal ex-
istence IN the state will draw no votes from the
republican party while so eminent a representa-
tive OF labor is its standard bearer. On This
point it needs no better campaign document
than his speech of welcome to the Grand Duke
b Alexis.
RHODE ISLAND.
AT the annual meeting of the society for EN-
confinement OF domestic industry, at Providence
on Wednesday, 18th inst, Hon. VIM. Sprague
was chosen president
A Rhode Island temperance editor, in draw
ing attention to an article against ardent spr-
us, IN one OF bis papers, says: "For the effects
Of lntemperance. see our inside"
MIS- Abby o. Thomas, widow of the late Geo
,: Thomas, who lost his life in the defense of
ms country, has been appointed post mistress al
wexford, in place of the late post master, Z.
Tucker, deceased.