Connecticut western news., 1889-10-02
NEW ENGLAND NEWS.

NEW ENGLAND NEWS.
 The schooner Marguerite. of Beverly, Mass., arrived from her maiden trip to the Grand Banks, bringing the largest trip of the season, 400 900 pounds, which is next to the largest ever landed at Gloucester
 Miss Robbins, daughter of Henry A. Rob- bins, of New York, was robbed of two finger rings valued at $125 and $50, which were taken from private bath house at the beach while the lady was bathing few days ago.
 Dr. David A. Grosvenor, of Danvers, Mass., died from the effects of a shock re- ceived last week. He was v years old, a native of Manchester, and graduate of Dart mouth Medical School He had practised in Danvers since 1889.
 Judge Pearsons of Holyoke, Mass, has not yet filed his report on the inquest into the death of Thomas Brennan. He has found, however, to the effect that Thomas Brennan died on June 26 from having had @ admins tered to him arsenical poison by Elizabeth Brennan, his mother. The grand jury has brought in true bill for murder in the first degree against her.
 Word was received at Fall River, Mass, that Thomas McClarence of that city, who SQlppeO III $ QSn DOaC 1TOu SCctp DIOOh, Haul been drowned off Block Island. Fifteen Chinese merchants and as many laborers passed through Richford, Vt., ell route for China. They received permits at the custom house to return, good for one year.
 Mir. Emmons Blaine and bride passed through his native city in the Wagner com. | to the regular train. None of his relatives or friends were at the station to give him a reception, as was their intention, as they passed through the city sooner than ex- pected. MT. Blaine will remain week or so at the Blaine cottage at Bar Harbor. They | will spend the larger part of the winter in Washington, at the Blaine mansion. The owner of the stallion Alcryon says that if Mir. Nelson wants to match the stall lion Nelson against Alcryon, he will be pre- Fleetwood course next week. He further says that Alcryon was matched to race Nel- | son over the Fleetwood course, and that MT. Nelson asked to have the race declared off, jected to 1t. This the owner of Alcryon | agreed to, and he says now, if Nelson wants a race, he must go to Fleetwood or some other place where good purse can be had. A hens egg which measures 1-2 by 1-2 inches is one of the wonders of Brighton, Me. Capt. Chase, an enterprising Maine skipper, proposes to carry the war on the mackerel
 
 are exceedingly plenty around Cape Town during the months of December, January and February, and he proposes to go and see for himself.
 Gen. Ira Cross has been elected president of the Lincoln Club of Nashua, N. H.
 Col. Joseph Hodsdon and wife of Ossipee, N. H., have observed their golden wedding.
 The Nashua Cotton Mills have concluded to continuethe Saturday half-holiday. l VIY oA NT T was lately seriously injured by carriage ac- cident.
 | More than $75, ,OOO have already been paid out at Houlton Station Me-, for potatoes this season.
 The Glen Manufacturing Company has ex- pended nearly three-quarters of ! million dollars on its pulp and paper and its mill 40 tons of pulp and 20 of paper.
 Col. F. G. Clarke has been appointed chairman of the committee to arrange for the celebration of the 15Oth anniversary of the settlement of Peterboro', N. H., which will occur on October 24.
 Mir. Emerson Dodge has sold to parties in Wenham, Mass., the large tract of land near the Eastern Railroad station. The land is beautifully wooded and will make desirable building lots. This land has had but three owners since the days of Gov. Winthrop.
 Uriah Fowle and wife of Freedom, N. H., have observed the 55th anniversary of their marriage.
 Hon. John Cummings of Woburn has probably the largest piggery in MiddleseX county, if not in New England. He generally has from 1900 to 20O0 hogs and pigs, selling several hundred young pigs every season, and fattening and slaughtering many more.
 There have been erected in Concord, MIL, this year 125 dwelling houses, many of them double tenements, at an expense of over S200,
 Capt. Robert Davis of Lunenburg has pre- sented to Chapter AS of the Agassiz Associa- tion, located in Fitchburg, his valuable col lection of shells. including sponges, fossil chronological cabinet, of which more than half are specimens from the West and South ]; his herbarium of ferns, and some rare miner alogical specimens.
 A project has been started for the anneXa- | tion of portion of Sherborn to South Birmingham, Mass.
 Mir. and Mrs. Henry F. Brown of Brim- Wednesday evening.
 Mrs. Pierce, wife of Lewis Pierce of Mill bury, Mass, who fell down stairs last week, died of her injuries. She struck on her head.
 w. E. Andrews of Freedom. N. H., has | accepted the position of principal of the new high school at West Newfeld, Me.
 Shoe shipments from Haverhill for the week ending September 26, 40A cases core spending week last year, 4007 cases. Hat shipments for the week, BAY cases; corre- spending period in 1888. 452 cases.
 Edgar H. Crosby, of Brownville, Me-, has been chosen principal of the Deering high school. He was graduated at Colby Uni versty in 1880, and for the past seven years has been principal of Monson Academy. r,
 The library fund at Williams College has been enlarged by the gift of $20,OOO from Mrs. Adriance as memorial for her son, James Ruthven Adriance, '78. This will be kept as permanent fund, the interest of which will be used to buy books.
 Capitalists of New Bedford have recently become interested in a new industry. It is the manufacture of clay for ornaments by a chemical process. It is understood that the stock of this company is entirely taken up, and that in few days the work will be carried on in large building on the water cured it is proposed to build. The Lincoln street schools in Keene, N. H., have been closed OH account of the prevalence of diphtheria.
 The woolen mill at Glendale, Mass, is run ming on full time and gives employment to a large number of persons, who were last year thrown out of work by the depression in business. Prospects of future prosperity are now very good.
 The Farr. Alpaca Co. of Holyoke, Mass, has begun to light it's weave sheds with in- candescent electric lights. It will require 500 lamps.
 A building 144x53 feet and three stories high, with l. for boiler, engine and dye house, is being built by the Sanford (Me) I'm provement Go. This will be leased to com pany, who will manufacture worsted yarns.
 The first section of the sewerage system in Milford. N. H., has been completed at all ex.