Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-05-05
CONNECTICUT.

The Connecticut Legislature came together
and was organized yesterday. AT the Repub-
lcan caucus held on Tuesday evening, Mr..
Brandegee of New London was nominated
for Speaker; but he declined on account of
the death of his father John Brandegee, an
old and respected citizen of New London, who
died at his residence in that city, Monday af-
ternoon. O. II. Perry of Fairfield was then
nominated, the voting being chiefly for him
and Mr.. Kelsey of Norwich. w. w. Stone
of New Haven was nominated for Clerk, and
Lewis L. Stanton of Clinton for second clerk.
The Republican Senators found sharp strife
among the candidates for the Clerkship, par
ticularly between Mr.. Bromley of the Nor
witch Bulletin and Calvin II. Carter of Water
bury. Mr.. Carter was finally nominated.
Day & Clark, of the Hartford Courant, were
nominated for State Printers. Both caucuses
gave notice to the candidates for clerkships
that hereafter the custom of extra compensa-
ton must be discontinued" This cuts off
the "pickings and stealings," which have
made these offices fat and attractive.
The Democrats nominated Henry c. Dem
ing, of Hartford, for Speaker, Asa Wiley of
Stafford for Clerk, w. d. Hineman of Chesh.
ire for second Clerk, and A. E. & F. L. Burr
of the Times for State printers.
Mr.. Lyman Joslyn, employed in the planning
mill of Hubbard Brothers, Middletown, had
one of his legs sawed completely off between
the knee and foot few days since by coming
in contact with large circular saw. He had
been accustomed to using small circular saw
and kicking the dust as it accumulated I'M
der it, away with his foot. He was at the
time of the accident working at large saw
which reached nearly to the floor, and forget
ting this fact, attempted to shove the saw-dust
away with his foot, when his leg came in CON
tact with the saw and it took it off so quick
that the man had no knowledge of it until it
was lying ON the floor beside him.
The Norwich Courier says 800 or more ope-
ratives at the Falls in Norwich struck for high
er wages, on Tuesday morning, and as their
demands were not complied with, refused to
continue work They formed procession
and marched through the upper part Of this
city, ventilating their feelings in song, but de-
monstrating no disorderly disposition. They
have demanded Il per cent increase ON their
present wages
The Mystic Pioneer records the number of
deaths in Stonington the past year at II mar
rages AS; births 2l5. AT Groton, marriages
rs births 10: deaths ~.
As Patrick Finnegan was spading up small
piece of land adjoining his house in the Dublin
portion of Mystic, on Fast Day. he was as
saulted by Patrick Conner, who belabored the
laborer over the head Of with a stick of wood
four feet in length, and knocked him senseS
less. He was brought before Justice Wells,
and nut under bonds to aDDear for trial,
The glory of wooden nutmegs and leather
raisins has departed in Connecticut, and the
people have gone into the skunk trade. b.
B. Hinckley and w. L. Nichols of Norwich
have purchased about four thousand skunk
skins within six weeks which were captured
within fifteen miles of Norwich A; and John G.
Hughes of Lyme has bought within short
time 2190 skunk skins at so cents, 1900 musk
rat skins at 10 cents, and 300 mink skins at 81
apiece.
At a recent town meeting in Norwich, the
selectmen were instructed to take immediate
measures to have the bridge over the Shetuck-
ct river at Greenvile, which was recently
blown down, reconstructed. The division of
Norwich into three election districts is contem-
plated.
The hoop and skirt factory of Linson DeFor-
est of Birmingham was burnt Sunday morn
ing loss from $1,000 to S8000--insured for
$1,000. This is the first fire of any account
that has occurred in that village since its foun-
dation-25 years ago.
The auger factory of VIM, A. Ives of
Churchville, four miles North of New Haven,
was burnt on Monday loss S20,000--insured
in Hartford offices for about $4,000. A poll
cy for $1,000 expired on the LIST of May, and
had not been renewed.