Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-23
COUNTY NEWS.

The new memorial hall in Leicester will be
dedicated this evening at half past seven.
A free evening drawing school is soon to be
established in the new city of Fitchburg.
Mr. Daniel Baker of Phlipston dropped dead
in Templeton of heart disease on the 10th inst.
Mr.. Charles I. Pratt, the popular landlord of
the Bellevue house in Charlton, will give his an
nual Christmas ball on Wednesday evening.
Rev. A. Morton was installed pastor of the
Congregational church in Oakham on the 18th
inst
The Fitchburg Fusieers will give their j6th
anniversary ball in the city hall in Fitchburg,
Tuesday evening, Dec. 31st.
The Mt Roulstone lodge of Odd Fellows of
Fitchburg paid a fraterna visit to the North
Star lodge of Townsend, on Wednesday evening
of last week
The selectmen of Milford have contracted for
a new second class steam fire engine from the
Amoskeag works at Manchester, N. II. 1t is to
be delivered some time in March.
The farmers club Of Lancaster have organ
lied for the coming year by the choice of L. L
Farwell as president, and j. G. Chandler, secre-
tary.
The project of forming a gas company in
Leominster meets with favor. Thirty thousand
dollars will be necessary to start the enterprise,
and! 800 has already been informally sub
Scrbed.
About two hundred men are at work on the
Boston, Barre and Gardner railroad extension,
al various points on the line between Gardner
and Winchendon.
The Milford Journal continues to agitate in
favor OF the formation of new county, with
Milford as its shire Town, and urges that the
neighboring towns should aid in presenting the
subject to the next legislature.
Mr.. D. r. Stevens, who was fatally injured by
an accident at the Woburn water works, on
Thursday, has resided for the past few years in
Fitchburg, and had charge of the construction
of the Fitchburg water works.
The total receipts of the dedication ball in the
new town hall in Clinton were St122 so, netting
profit of S63, which was given to the soldiers
memorial fund
There have been eight cases of small pox in
North Brookfeld and three deaths. The disease
has been confined to the two families where it
first made its appearance, and no new cases
have been reported.
William Greek, a bridge builder on the Provi-
dence and Worcester railroad, fell from the top
of the bridge in Blackstone to the water, a dis
lance of about thirty feet, few days ago, but
strange to say was not seriously injured.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Stoddard of HilIsvile
Spencer, celebrated the twcnty-ffth anniversary
OF their marriage at their residence Saturday
evening. large number of their friends were
present, and the couple were made the recipi-
ents of many handsome and useful presents.
Mr.. James N johnson, constable and well
known business man of Clinton, has recently
eloped with Miss Jennie A. Martin, dress
maker, leaving behind him wife and two
children and numerous anxious creditors. The
affair has created quite sensation in the town.
Wednesday and Thursday evenings of last
week the young people of the Methodist and
Congregational churches of Spencer held fair
in the town hall for the purpose of raising
funds to purchase new organ for the house of
worship of the former society, which has lately
been reftted. The fair was a complete success,
the receipts amounting to over $500.