Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-09-29

ofWeston, has caught 81 400 grasshoppers, the
past summer, for hen feed
Fitch Holden awealthy citizen of Mount Hol-
y, died suddenly of heart disease at Portland, on
Tuesday.
A little daughter of r ID. Stewart of Bristol
was recently poisoned by chewing blue paper
which came attached to a lady's collar. There
is some hope of her recovery
The butter market at st. Adams, this week,
was quite active, and another advance was
secured Prices varied from is to 80 cents
pound.
The Windsor county agricultural fairopened at
Woodstock on Tuesday with a large attendance
but heavy rain throughout the afternoon seri-
Gus affected its success.
| CONNECTICUT.
The Messrs. Grundy have started a planning
and grst mill at Stafford Springs.
Hartford pays its chief engineer of the fire de-
| partment Il salary of $1,000.
Two of the Hazard company's powder mills
! exploded at Hazardville, Tuesday night; nobody
| hurt
1t is said that the commission appointed to Sc
| lect arms for the state militia have decided upon
the Peabody gun.
A wing is to be added to the new theological
chapel at New Ha'en, to be used as Com
mons" for the divinity students.
| Charles L. Palmer of Norwich town has been
missing for TWO weeks past, and his murder is
| feared.
The West Suffleld and East CRANKY agricul-
tural society holds its third annual fair at West
| Sufiield, Wednesday, Oct. 4th. This is a -four
| ishing little society.
| These are the leading republican nominal
| tons for town officers at New Haven, election
| next Monday: Sclectmeu, John p futile
| Charles S. Scott, Gustave }. Stocked, John l..
| Treat, Arson Beecher, Cornelius j. Van Name,
| Willis Smith, town clerk, Frederick Botstora;
| treasurer, Joseph A. Smith.
| The new soldiers monument at Woodbury.
was dedicated on the 10Th, with addresses by
| Gov Jewell and other prominent men, The
I'd heavy artillery held its reunion at the same
Tine, aud participated in the ceremonies Of
\ this organization Capt. Il. w. Marsh of Bridge
port was chosen president, G. w. Hinsdale of
| Litchteld, vice president; and Lieut. ID. G.
| kilbourne, permanent secretary.
| The new county court house in New Haven
will be so feet front and 100 feet deep, and four
| stories high, including Mansard roof 1t will
| be built in the Gothic style of Architecture and
| the front win be made of Nova Scotia and
brown stone, similar, TO the irontof the City hall.
| The contract for the mason work is SIS, 1877 !;
| and for the carpenter work S26,76
| The Putnam PhalanX reached Montreal on the
| 26th inst, in Il drenching rain, and were re-
| ceived with salute of twenty-one guns and an
| address of welcome by the mayor. Gen. Haw-
ley responded. The pouring rain prevented
much oil demonstration in the streets. Flat
tering mention is made of the battalion in the
Montreal papers. The soldiers-with the thirty
ladies accompanying tbem-and the three Hart
ford newspaper repOrterS-make a river trip
down the Lachine rapids.
The New Haven journal, in enumeratng some
| recent converts TO the temperance cause, re-
marks: I'm Norwich the friends of the cause
are rejoicing over the conversion of the Hon.
| William NJ Converse, the representative of Con-
| Hecticut on the democratic national committee
and man OF decided influence in his section of
the state. Mr.. Converse is never lukewarm in
| anything he takes hold of, and we may antici-
| pate that he will give the temperance cause his
| support with his accustomed energy and aggres-
| siYeneSs.
MiddIetOwn voted by 200 mai ority on Satur-
day, to guarantee the payment of $1,000 of
| the Air line mortgage bonds, accepting as col
| lateral security 100000 of the same kind of
| bonds. Conditions were imposed, however,
| that the money so furnished shall be paid only
| for work done after this date, and for payment
| OF necessary interest; that contracts with def
| mite sums for the entire completion of the road
| to Wihmantic be first made and approved; that
the hypothecated loans shall have been provided
for, for not less than six months; and that the
other towns shall vote TO guarantee 5000 900 of
the same kind of bonds.
The annual meeting Of the Connecticut Val
ley railroad was held nj Hartford on Tuesday,
and the following officers chosen for the ensuing
year: President, James c. Walkey of Had
dam; Vice President, Luther Boardman of East
Haddam; Secretary, Levi Woodhouse OF Hart.
ford; Treasurer, Nelson Hollister of Hartford
Chief Engineer, Hiram Fowler of Westfeld
Mass; Directors, James C.. Walkley of Had
dam, Luther Boarlman of East Haddam, Sam.
uel Babcock Of Middletown, Oliver H. Clark Of
Chester, Elisha Stevens of Cromwell, George
Beach, Nelson Holister Francis b. Cooley
Elisha I. Smith and Frederick L. Foster OF
Hartford. Castor T. Hubbard of Middetown,
Joseph S. Woodruff of Hartford. The first
mortgage bonds of the road sold at ninety on
Saturday.
RHODE ISLAND.
Samuel Pierce, postmaster at Wexford, has
been removed, and Emory G. Tucker succeeds
| him.
The American worsted company at Woon-
socket has been enlarged, in order to add more
machinery.
Mr.. Henry O'Nei, who was thrown from his
carriage at Valley Falls on the 25th, died on the
26th from bis injuries.