Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-02
ID there the coolest winter known for many

cred there the colcest winter known for many
years.
DIR. Thomas Russell Crosby, professor in the
New Hampshire college of agriculture, died
suddenly at his residence in Hanover yesterday
morning.
Isaac Blood, of Hollis. was taken bleeding at
the nose Friday morning, and died at noon. He
was prominent citizen of the town, and sixty
years of ace.
Mr. Eliphalet Gay, an old and highly respect
cd farmer of New London, died suddenly yes
terday morning, aged about eghty-lour. He
was about his work as well as usual yesterday.
There has been uninterrupted crossing the
Connecticut river on the ice at Ashey's ferry,
Claremont since the middle of November
something never before known. This is consid-
cred there the coolest winter known for many
years.
The appropriations of the democratic lerisIa-
ture of New Hampshire of 1871 exceed the ap-
Preparations of the republican legislature of
1870 by seventeen thousand dollars. Neverthe-
less, the party asks for another lease of power,
on the score of reform in the management of
the state finances!
Hoa. Henry Wilson was in Pennington last
Friday, and gave 500 each to the Congrega-
tional and Freewill Baptist SUNDAY school libra
ries. Mr. Wilson is native of the town, and
when he was boy books were not so plenty as
now lie once Travelled twenty-eight miles to
borrow and return one book.
Prospier Coulter, in the employ of Bailey &
Follansbee of Victory, who, on Monday last,
fell from tree and was impaled on a projecting
piece of timber, died on the 9th from the effect
OF his injuries He was resident of Canada
where his remai1s will probably be carried for
for interment.
VERMONT.
Joshua o. Morse's house and barn at Cabot,
were burned on the 9th. Loss $4,000; insured
fot $500.
The St. Adams butter market was dull this
week at "a TO Sec for fall made, and "a to 27c for
winter
Leap-vear asserts its rights at WeathersfiPd
by the marriage of widow of 60 to a boy Of 90.
The few young men lett are rapidly packing
their trunks for the west.
Some adventurous work is being done by +.
K. ODER, Waterbury photographer. He and
two companions assembled Camels Hump (heioht
1900 feet for views, about February 1, and, not
having favorable weather, again on the 18th ult.
For the last mile and half of the way up the
snow was eight feet deep, and so light that with
snow shoes they often sank two feet. They
reached the summit the second day at night,
| and four days and five nights were spent on the
mountain. He is now going on to Mount Man
field.
CONNECTICUT.
Chambers rageS among the horses in Water
bury. several of which have been condemned by
the state authorities and killed.
The villagers OF Norwalk believe that Louis
Napoleon has hired a villa there for a summer
residence.
Tllly SlTlS nave Just neen imported from scot
land TO work in the mills Of the Shetucket COM
pany of Norwich.
Mrs Isabella Beecher Hooker will soon begin
lecturing on the subject of "Woman in Relation
TO Government
Mr.. Thomas Blake, who was re-arreSted in
Hartford, on the 2Sh, on a charge of bieamy,
was before the police court, aud was again dis
charged from custody. There appears to be no
sort OF question as to the Young mans guilt,
says the COurant, but the difficulty is TO prove
it. The girl he first married was ready 10 testi-
fy, but "a woman cannot testify against her
husband" and so, there ing no admissible
evidence, the deserted wife goes back TO her
home in New York unrewarded by the prosecu-
ton, and Mr.. Blake is at large. His second
wife, who lives in Hartford, has no redress be-
yond divorce.
RHODE ISLAND.
Mr.. H. L. Dorsey, "the prisoners friend" sup
plies the dodgers at the police stations with a
good warm breakfast at the Central hotel.
John Briggs, of Mapleville, was found dead in
the woods on tuesday, goth ut., between Gazzy
and Chepachct, where he had probably lain since
Sunday, with his enemy, the bottle, at his side.
He leaves wife and family, and was about fifty
| years of age. An inquest was held at Chepa-
chet before Jesse p. Ballou, coroner and a YER
| dict rendered in accordance with the aboy9
| facts.