Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-09-07
Mnsnn chusetts.

Water Is supplied In Boston to ~, 33s
dwclllnc'louscs, containing i,2l2 fam
ilics, 1851 m0de-lous(s, 5ss2 stores and
shops, M bars aud saloons, 1884 stables
and 5000 lire hydrn,ls,
DR.. Theodore Edison, who has been
pastor ol st, AIMS Episcopal church ut
Lowe j for 81 years, celebrated his SSH
birthday recently.
The directors Of the Concord and the
Boston and Lowell railroads arc reported
TO have made n pooling arrangement by
which the roads with all their branches
and leased lines will be consolidated
Tor HE next five years and hC managed
by Henry q, Slicrborn, president of the
Northern railroad,
The vacation school mt Boston has lust
closed, and il las been decided success.
IL aimed TO furnish for the tenement
house children u plcasantcr refuge than
the streets aud their sitting homes, and
the 400 children enrolled seemed to de-
light and thrive IN the airy school.
rooms. The training has been more
varied and less vigorous than the or.
binary schools, and next year IL will
probably be rc-opened and enlarged.
Eugene i. Foreman, editor of the
Lynn Bee, fell from u iourth-slory win
dow OF the Sycamore hotel recently and
lit on the brick pavement, but was not
fatally hurt.
The silver mino at Middlesex Falls
which +. w. Morandi discovered re
cent y assays $55 ton, 10 feet down,
ami the shaft is being sunk rapidly.
One of the largest RATS OF spars ever
consigned tn II Boston buyer is now due.
There are 1863 sticks in all, with IN aver
age diameter Of IL to 30 inches, and u
weight Of about i0ur and II half ions.
The raft is GA lcet wide and II quarter OF
II mile long. 1t is insured for $40, 900.
Two hundred and twenty-five trains
leave Boston daily for the suburbs,
against l2l ten years ago.
Rhode Island.
The state militia at camp Garfield was
reviewed recently by Gov. Littlclicld,
accompanied by Gov. Long and Gov.
Farnham of Vermont.
Lieut. Commander b. Long Edes of
Washington. ID. c., and Lieut.. LYMAN
Il. Spaulding of Portsmouth, N. H.,
were killed ut Newport recently while
planting mines for harbor defense. The
presumption was that the class was to
graduate in two days and that these
preparations were connected with the
annual experiments. They had what is
known as circuit closers, and when
buoyS of these are struck, the tOrpedoes
explode. The buoys were accidentally
struck, and Edes and Spaulding were
blown ut least 30 feet into the air, and
the report was heard in town. Mr. Edes
leaves n widow. Spaulding was I'M
MAJ ried.
B.. e.. Chacc, the treasurer of the
Qu'dnick company, having in his own
name sent II supply Ofcotton TO the Quid-
nick company's mills, which arc nomi-
nally, ut least, in the keeping ofthc shcr-
i'll OF, Kent county, the lappers were
started recently, with the view of trying
the experiment of putting the whole
machinery into operation. Under the
peculiar circumstances this proceeding
will inevitably complicate still farther
the Sprague affairs, and may percipitate
or postpone still longer the day of final
settlement.
The hotel at the old Gorton Arnold
stand in Cranston, owned by j. +. JOS
lin of Providence, was burned recently;
loss $4,000. The hotel was kept by j.
M. Eddy, who estimates his loss at &c.,
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