Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-27

The Rev. Mr.. Skinner, Of the Universalist
church at Hartford, celebrated the twenty-dfth
anniversary of his ordination to the ministry on
| Sunday. During that time he has preached
2600 times, married 800 couples, attended SIS
| funerals, and has never missed preaching but
/ one Sunday
At the spring parade of the New Haven Grays
| on Monday, trial of Winchester rife was
made, and it was found that it would shoot two
and half shots per second, or at the rate of
l9C per minute with single barrel. 1t fired
elghteen shots in the first seven seconds. This
is truly wonderful and is a thing without par
allel in gunnery. 1t is far ahead of the needle
gun or chassepot rifle
The body of an unknown man was discovered
IN the Housatonic river, near the N. Y. & n. Ii.
Il. X. bridge, Sunday. 1t was secured, and put
in charge of the Milford authorities. Deceased
was apparently about thirty years old. Inc
only clothing on the body was a striped WOODEN
shirt and a black sack coat. His right arm was
tattooed with a well executed representa- on OF
the crucitiXion; on his left, spread eagle, and
under it, an anchor, cross and heart.
| Catholic charm was suspended about his neck.
Major Kennedy of the Putnam PhalanX, has
made the following appointments on his staff:
Adiutant, Ii. Ellsworth; Quartermaster, e. B.
Strong; Commissary, VIM. Isham; Paymaster,
A. P. Pitkin; Judge Advocate, NJ. L. Merrill
Surgeon, J. W. johnson; Assistant Surgeon, G.,
E. Coley; Chaplain, Asher Moore; Engineer,
Enoch z. Rogers; Sergeant Major, L E. Bald
win; Quartermaster Sergeant, H. L. WEIGH; AS
sistaut Commissary, Joseph Pratt; Assistant
Paymaster, S. V. Woodruff; Assistant Engineer,
J. h. Most.
James Macfarlane, one of the republican
counters in Wellington at the late election, writes
to the Tolland County Press that the two demo-
cratic ballots thrown out were folded together,
and were rejected by order of the moderator, as
required by law. He also says that one demo-
crat voted his tax receipt by mistake, and the
difference between footings aud check list is thus
accounted, while if the two votes had been
counted the number of votes returned would
have exceeded the number of names. The same
writer says that by oversight English was given
| one vote too many, one democratic vote cast
| there having his name erased, which fact was
| forgotten in making returns, but which, he SAYS
now that the discussion of that towns count has
been begun by the democrats, may as well go in
| with the rest.
RHODE ISLAND.
The western union telegraph Office at Provi.
dence will be removed about the first proXmo
to more convenient quarters in Barton block.
The census returns for the District Of Column
bia show ninety-four whites and eleven colored
| persons who were born in Rhode Island.
AT the recent military elections, in Provi-
dence, W. D. Hilton, Esq, superintendent of the
Providence and Worcester road, was elected as
sistant quartermaster of the First Light In
fantry. Col. Harry Allen was reelected COM
mander of the United Train of Artillery, which
held its ninety-SiXth election.
The Providence tool company have completed
the French contract for Peabody arms upon
which they have been working some months.
Forty-five thousand arms have been shipped to
| France since last October. The tool company
are now turning out a new style of sewing ma
chine, which it is claimed will stand head and
shoulders above everything in the market.
The Providence Journal ys:-"The marine
artillery have again done us the honor to elect
the Providence Journal the official organ of the
corps, and have sent us the commission in the
ancient form. We have received the compli-
ment of this election, year after year, going back
to the fathers and to some of the grandfathers of
the gallant fellows who now compose this fine
and efficient organization, and we esteem it a
high distinction"