Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-11-25

believe, whose progeny were numerous, and
whose descendants are vet many in the granite
state. Some of them have been swindled into
the payment Of an agent 10 20 to England and
look up their claim, and have found that they
only throw away their money needlessy.
VERMONT
A new altar for the Roman Catholic church in
ST Johnsbury, costing $50 in gold, has been or
dercd from Montreal. A fund is now being
raised with which TO procure a chime Of bells,
to cost about S25O0.
CONNECTICUT.
Building at the present time is quite brisk in
AnSOuia. Manufacturing interests are also well
taken care of, nearly all the companies being
fully supplied with orders
WolcoWilc is in a state of frightful dcstiiu.
tion rs regards Clergymeu. There is only one
minister for the whole village. There arc two
hotels, three or four billiard saloons, and several
places whore spirits are sold, and only one
minister
The college chapel at Yale is so fun that some
o! the freshmen have to sit in the second story
There are plenty Of seniors who will willingly
give up the religious advantages OF their next
term if their seats are needed. An exchange
can also be effected on sundays.
The Hartford police commissioners have been
honored with applications for positions upon the
supCrnumerary force, from man who for i've
wears has been connected with house OF ILL
| fame in that CRY, and from one who two years
! ago shot 4 policeman who was in the perform
ance Of his duty, filing his face with powder
and nearly destroying the sight Of one of his
| ewes
! A Connecticut lady who couldn't persuade her
| husband TO get her patent Clothcs-dryer, took
the pole out from her od-tashioned line the
other evening, and crUuching down by the fence
screamed murder" In an instant her startled
lord came flying out OF the house, was caught
across the throat by the clothes line and before
he could recover himself il had nearly sawed
his head off. The next morning sombre-loOk-
ing chap, with his neck all done up, was seen
putting up patent clOtheS-drycT in that yard.
The Bridgewater forge has contracted with the
Pacific mail steamship company TO furnish a
new shaft Tor the steamer China, to weigh thr-
weight tons, and one for the steamer Japan, to
weigh iUrty-hye tons, the latter being the larg-
est forging of its kind in the world. 1t is TO be
of the best fagoted charcoal iron, to stand the
test of 10000 pounds to the square inch These
l'SheftS will be shipped to China as spare ones.
P. Ferry, the prosperous wholesale baker, and
Samuel Haliwcll the well known wholesale tea
merchant, Of New Haven, have purchased a
large tract OF land near that city, on the line OF
the Derby railroad, which they have named, in
honor Of the present lieutenant governor
| "Tylcr City" 1t has been cut up into about
| six hundred building lots, 1850 feet deep and 100
| feet front, which are offered for sale on easy
| terms at Sc per foot front. Its eight avenues
| are 20 feet wide, and these and many of the
cross streets are named after prominent New
| Haven citizens. The owners of the land are to
build a station for the use Of the settlers in this
new city. The lots are being rapidly taken by
New Haven people for country residences.
RHODE ISLAND.
There are in the state 3l2 lunatics, Ga dumb
and deaf, 121 blind and 1913 idiots.
A lad in Cranston died few days ago from
the effects Of a kick in the stomach administer
ed by playmate the day before.
The ladies Of the several churches in PrOyi-
dence are soon to giyca mammoth supper to the
| news-hoys and boot-backs in Providence.
Bishop Clark of Rhode Island has issued q
| pastoral letter 10 the clergy of his diocese re-
| qucsng that the offerings made in the churches
on ankSgiving day he appropriated to aid in
| rebuilding the churches OF the Episcopal order
| in Chicago, which were destroyed by the great
| fire.