Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-10-11

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born on this spot of ground, being captivated
with his whole family by the Indians" The
enid born underthese circumstances was named
Captive" aud there are old persons still living
who remember her.
CONNECTICUT
Daniel NJ. Seymour prominent business man
| OF Hartford, and cousin of the late T. Ii. Sey-
| mour, died on Friday.
O'Brien's elephant left Meriden Sunday, in a
manageable condition, and will be taken TO Phil
| adclpha for winter quarters.
The New Haven Sunday school union held its
anniversary meeting on Sunday, many hun
| dreds OF children participating.
lively girl, sent to the Middetown industri-
al school, jumped out of a second story window
and was caught but did it again and escaped
The Hartford city guard will do guard duty at
the execution of Wilson. Wilson will soon
hang. Friday is to be an unlucky day for him.
Burdett LOOMS, of Hartford, has been award
ed six prizes for Cotswold sheep, at the recent
Missouri state fair
A letter arrived at the Bridgeport post office,
Saturday, directed as follows: MIR. -, Britgc-
| bugt, SkenekertiCut.
Leverett Hitchcock of Hamden has Just been
chosen town clerk for the thirtieth time, and has
| been postmaster and justice of the peace for an
| equal length of time.
| 1t is now thought that the Lydia Sherman case
| will come before the superior court for New
| Haven county, some time in November and that
/
Norwich is excited over the discovery of the
| yeritable music book which Benedict Arnold
used when he was a decent fellow and lived
| there.
1t is stated that the attempt of Fair Haven
oystermen TO raise the price of oysters is a sue
cess. They claim that it is rendered necessary
| by falling off in the yield this season.
The New London haibut fishing feet have al
ready commenced laying up for the winter. The
fishermen say that the season has not been, on
the whole, very successful one.
We understand that the Rev Mr. Wines, who
eulOgized the Woodruff woman at the Music
hall meeting, in Hartford, the other dav, made
an explanation to his people at an evening meet
ing subsequently,.
James Lockwood, Esq, of the firm of Case,
| Lockwood Brainard, has thirteen hundred
| grape vines. He has given away one half a ton
| of grapes this season, besides selling some and
| using good many in his own family, ami has
now on hand about two tons.
A live frog was liberated from a slab of solid
| rock on the Shepaug railroad the other dav but
soon died. 1t was placed in alcohol, with the
| intention of sending it TO Yale college when
somebody, with a greater love for the ardent
than for science, drank the alcohol and threw
the frog away One hundred dollars is offered
for its recovery.
A number of enterprising Hartford gentlemen
propose to organize the Connecticut Central
railroad company, for the purpose of building
railroad from Portland, on the east side of the
Connecucut rYef, 10 Springfield. They, have
> appointed Gcn. l.. Z. Baldwin as their chairman
and steps will be taken to secure surveys, funds
| etc.
Saturday morning. Deacon VIM Forbes. of
Last Haven. was walking on the Shore Line
railroad track while a train was approaching.
lie was Obliged 10 save himself by hanging to
the sleeperS over a CulYert. After the train had
passed he dropped dead. The cause of his
death was heart disease, which excitement
brought on.
John Hart, alias Clark, who was sentenced in
do09 10 lVe years IN the state prison at Wethers-
held Tor burglary in New London, cscaped. SAT.
urday night. Being employed to do some naint
ing, he wentinto the yard and, euding the over
seer, got upon TIE division wall and thence to
the man PRISON building, whence he reached the
ground ny means of the lightning rod He was
traced TO East Hartford, but has not vet been
captured.
Inc Norwalk water works are advancing with
: | rapidlty toward completion. The mains are Of
. timex sheet iron, liYeted after the manner of
! StoVepipeS, the inside being lined with cement.
my are ABOUT ten feet long, and not far from
Ten lhches IN diameter Completion il is boned
VIII be reached before cold weather. The entire
works and reservoir, which are at an oltituda
sufficient to carry water TO the tops of the high
esthouses, will cost 100000 -"
The statement of Postmaster Whitaker that
ne was ADVISED by detectives in the post office
department TO ialsily his pay.rolIs is fell Inv
postmaster General Cresswell TO be sucb a re-
lection upon the department that the mattpr
as we are informed, is still in process of investi
aaron WIN a view OF discovering, il possible
what detective gave such advice Mr. Cross
well proposes to purify the service of thar kind
OF officers MIR. Camp, the detective who was
said to have given this advice denies il In toto
The disposition of the department to pursue the
inquiry, ana weed out Of the detective service
the men, II any there are who advise postmas
tiers to make false returns is yerylcommendo-
| BILE. ~"
Wilson, the murderer, was removed on Mon
day from the state prison at WethersfeId m rho
Hartford jail, being taken, at his own request,
IN an open carriage. He was clean-shnyen and
dressed in a black suit The streets were
crowded with people, curious to see him, but
he paid no attention to them and apDeared in
different, though it was evidently forced calm
ness. On arriving at the jail, he was placed in
, Tue cell next to that occupied by the murderer
StarkweathGr, and which he will nor leave ~
cept 10 90 TO the scatfold next Friday. There
is, OF course, great desire among newsnanor
men 10 interview him, but all such reGupsts
nafe oeeh refused, A strange woman, who
calls herself an old friend of the condenonod
man, is also anxious to see him. but as sba bas
been heard to express the opinion flat Wilson
would cheat the hangman by poisoning hin.
sell, probably she will also be excluded Two
uepuly sIer'ls are constantly with Wilson to
prevent all attempts at se,fdestruction After
writing 100 pages of his '1ife." Wilson hos 10
stroyed them and abandoned the idea and of
late has given all of his time to tho ST. - ~ %
the criminal law of the state He still homes IN
be able to secure stay of proceedings and a
pOstponemcnt OF MS execution, so that he may
be able TO bring his case before the snnraT rS
court of errors, and with this subject MINER
most in his mind, he has strenuously refnse5 10
name any spiritual adviser or hear anv reI;g,
lous counselS. He is wholly unrepentant of his
crime
RHODE ISLAND.
Olive Branch Temple of Honor, of Providence
last evening voted to appropriate one hundred
dollars Tor the aid Of the sufferers at Chicaro
notwithstanding the discouragiug renorts
concerning Rhode Island oysters. an exceIIent
authority on the subject saws: The Weld IF
ossteis Is uncommonly fine, and exceeds the
promise al the opening Of the season. They
were never OF finer flavor, and the monsters that
come mp from Greenwich BAY. surnassin5 ao,,
tnose Oh BullOcks Point, revive the old recoIion
tons OF the Great Bed" where tho sa,no -
lng ground would produce thcsame ovsters ~
for the five fingers, which are TO the ,yo Su.
the Canada thistle is to the land and to fn,i w
inc poultry yard. These abominabe pirates
have destroyed our finest oyster oroHntds 70
some means could be devised for aIti,,,a.iI II
them, the oysters IN our bay, would under tbo
protection of our existing laws, become ono nF
our most plentiful and cheapest articles of FOL
In speaking of the defeat of the nronosoJ
amendments TO the state constitution the Prov
idence Journal says: "There is NOTHING in Tho
result of yesterday; the people have only re-
peated their traditional opinions The fnndo
mental law which they deliberately framed.
which, after free discussion and earnest appeals'
they have repeatedly refused TO alter, they have
again refused to alter. There was no good rea-
sun lOI Trying the question again; there was no
pppulat demand for 1t, and the result shows
[rar mere mas been no substantial change of