Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-10-12
Massn chusotts.

Ipswich with display Of fruits not u
large rs usual.
A woman's home missionary associa
ton has been incorporated at Bostol
with Sarah l.. Davidson rs president
Its aim is TO get the women Of Congrcga
tional churches TO pray for home mis-
sions, and support home miSsionaric
and teachers.
The cathedral clcrgymcn of Boston ar,
trying to raise $4,000 TO put up perma
ncnt affairs.
The new town hall of Falmouth lia'
been dedicated. Four thousand persons
were present, and addresses were mad,
by Gov. Long and others.
1t is claimed in regard to the Eben
Wright will case ut Bnrnstablc that Mrs
Whittier will have 100000 left altcl
paying the sums agreed upon.
Preston Powers's bust Of John q
Whittier has been placed in the art-roon
of the Boston public library. 1t wa,
bought by the subscriptions Of over Ion
persons.
The overseers of Harvard college hav,
voted to concur with the president ant
fellows in appointing Henry Preble tutol
in Greek and Latin. Mr.. Wilson, latt
instructor in physics, has been appointed
assistant professor of astronomy in Yal,
college. The college has been giver
about 100000 during the vacation.
DR.. Dio Lewis of Boston has bought
the Gilbert piano factory on Hersey place
and will put up n hotel.
Gen. Banks accepts IN invitation from
the Boston city government to pronounce
n eulogy Oh Gen. Garfield. The day il
not yet fixed.
The Boston board of health asks the
doctors TO report all eases Of typhoit
fever, rs the disease is alarmingly fire.
quent.
About $50 employees in Chickering',
piano works ut Boston struck recently
because the firm wanted them to fix VI
without pay II lot of old work. Unless
the firm comes to terms II general strike
will occur.
The ninth annual report of the Eastern
Massachusetts Masonic relief associa-
tion for the year ended Oct. s, 1881, has
been prepared, and shows the avcrag,
membership for the year to be ll6l. Tn,
cost of insurance to each member ha'
been sic 10, on at the rate Of $S.2S pei
$1,000.
Rhode island.
The executive committee of the vet,
eran association of Rhode Island have
made arrangements to raise none" for /:
to Senator Burnside.
The state fair mt Providence had :
large attendance.
Newport is going to have a sanitary in
spcction of the wells and cess-poOls that
have made life miserable.
Lidut. Meiggs and Capt. Selfridge o
the Newport torpedo station had Il wal
of words last August, and both reported
their case to headquarters. A court O
inquiry is now trying TO find what the
trouble is.
Rev. j. G. Hewlett of Providence ac'
cepts call to Zion church mt Newport
Josephire Hinton, Il Woonsockct ser.
want, died suspiciously of convulsive fits
recently. She had two lovers who were
bitter rivals, and one of them Alfred
Thomas has been doctoring her for what
he said was kidney trouble. He is held
Tor trial.
1t is now said that naval training
school will not be permanently located
ut Newport. Some of the officials fee
that while the city has many advan-
tages, there are serious drawbacks and
peculiar mbarrassmcnts not likely to be
overcome. 1t is said that a conviction
has taken possession OF the minds OF
those in charge of this national interest,
that, with the present failure to enforce
the Sunday laws and liquor laws, especi-
ally that prohibiting the sale of liquor to
minors it is not prudent to continue
the station. At New London it is
thought the people are disposed TO CO.
operate with the officers in charge of the
ships.
Connecticut.
The theological faculty of Yale college
has adopted q resolution that hereafter
the revised version of the New Testa-
ment be read instead of the version of
1911 at morning prayers and other devo.
tional services Of the Yale theological
school.
The Hartford selectmen report the ex-
penses for the year to be $l57 ,566, against
s9S, 748 last year. This increase is said
TO be due to more thorough office work,
repairing and building.
The Yale law school opened with 30
students.
A Hartford man has n bronze medal
struck of mt the time of Washington's
Heath. On the face is profile, with the
inscription, George Washington, Esq.
late president of the United States of