Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-28

ried daughter in Lowell. He was man of in
temperate habits
A desperate young character named Gusta-
vus Sherman, got aboard the Vermont Central
train on Saturday evening at Waterbury. Hav-
in neither ticket nor money to pay his fare, he
was ordered off by the conductor, Joseph Irwin.
Refusing to obey, he was put off by the en-
ployeS of the train. He thereupon drew pistol
and fired upon conductor Irwin. On the arrival
of the train at Montpelier, the case was entrust-
ed to a constable, who went Immediately in
pursuit, and returned Sunday forenoon, bring
ing his man with him. No one was injured by
the shot. Sherman has served out one sentence
in the Vermont reform school.
1t is related Of clergyman from northern
Vermont, who years ago paid visit to New
York, and was invited to fill city pulpit during
the time of dOr-day pastoral vacations, that ne |
had never had the privilege of listening TO q |
church organ, and was totally unacquaintcd |
with the fashion of hiring few vocalists to do |
the singing for the congregation. Giving out
his first hymn, the organist played fancy pre-
Jude, and in the highest style of the art, the
choir rendered the four verses Addressing the
throne of grace in fervent invocation which
stamped him as man of intellect and power
with his audience, he coolly reopened the hymn
book, and turning 10 a page, exclaimed, "the
audience will now join with me in singing a
good old Methodist hymn, and those persons
running that bag of wind in the gallery will
please not interrupt"
CONNECTICUT.
A recent burst in the water pipes damaged a
drug store in Winsted $1,000.
The Rev. N. L. Briggs, of New York, has ac-
cepted a call to Christ church (Episcopal, of
Bridgeport
A Bird geport writing master informs the pub
lie that an "Evng writing schol" is soon to be
opened.
The dam at Gaylord's bridge, New Milford,
was carried off by the recent breaking up of the
Housatonic
Rev. DR.. 7. B. Abel, for many years a Uni
versalist minister at Middletown, has been adj
mitted into the Methodist church.
Rev. Mr.. Phillips, pastor of the Baptist church
at Mantle has received a call to the Baptist
church in Clinton.
A great revival is in progress in New London
and the forty-ninth of series OF consecutive
meetings has just been held.
Rev. Charles 5. Weaver has accepted the call
of the Baptist church OF Voluntown, and will
begin his labors April 1St
Fairfield county ahead-as far as heard from
for III Mrs. Olive Finch, of HubbardFs Hill,
presented her liege lord with three little daugh-
tiers on Saturday.
One professor" Williams organized dane
ing school in New Milford, recently; CAV Two
lessons and decamped, having collected tuition
IN advance from half of the class
The military commission authorized by the
last legislature, to revise the mllit laws of the
state, was in session at the state house, in New
| Haven, on Saturday, in conference with the
governor, adiutant general and military gentle
| men.
| The property of the Boston, Hartford and Erie
| railroad, from Waterbury 10 the New York
line, havin been attached by Sidney Dillon, the
contractor, will be sold at auction on Monday,
! Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.
The wife of George Tops, of Bridgeport, and
her two children, after eating heartily of sauSa-
res for breakfast the other morning, experienced
peculiar sensations, and soon became insensihle,
showing unmistakable evidences of being
poisoned. Doses of mustard effected their re-
coverv.
Samuel H. Parsons, wealthy citizen and
bachelor of Mddletown, died on Thursday at
the age of seventy-one He was man of cul-
ture and an extensive Traveller, but of late years
has been insane, bis mania being the fear that
some one was trying to swindle him out Of his
property and that he would die poor.
Joel w. Perkins of Cornwall Bridge is under
ST. 600 bonds TO answer TO the clarge of incest
with two of his daughters, and he will be tried
at the next term of court at Litchheld. Three
of his daughters are enclente, but the father
claimed that in one case the guilty party was
his own son, brother of the girl and he was
allowed the benefit of the miserable doubt
Mrs Stiles, who attempted to poison the
Dewey and PitElin families at South Windsor
has failed to secure bail, and has been committed
to Hartford Jail She asked for accommoda-
tionS in the family of the jailOr, but was, OF
course, refused. She still persists that she is
innocent, notwithstanding the overwhelming
evidence against her.
The statistical registrar of the Congregational
churches of Fairfield county concludes a brief
summary for the year 1870 as follows: Number
of churches, IS; families who worship with
them, 4345; full membership of the churches
6544; persons in the Sunday schools, 6870 con-
| trbutiOns TO objects of charity beyond their
own home field, SS2, 887.SS; money raised for
home religious purposes in addition to stipulated
salaries to clergymen, amounts to some thou.
sands more.
The following specimens of the quaint style
| of Oden times have been resurrected by a SIAM
ford antiquarian from the town records In the
| inventory of the estate of one James Olmstead
| of Hartford occurs this passage: "Wymbles and
chysells and pynserS and ryngs for betelles, and
| 2 perre of coblrons and pott posnette and smale
peeces of childing lyning." He also found that
| New Haven voted to give ''libbertie II hogges TO
| go abroade while akehorns last, with on ringe
| in midle of the nose"
The library at Yale college is to receive val
cable addition to its collection, through the mu-
| ni6cence of William Walter Phelps, ESQ.,, of
| New York. 1t is a collection of COCO valuable
works, once part of the library of Robert Won
Mohl, distinguished writer on political science,
and professor in the university OF Heidelberg
There are $50 volumes on political science, 500
on the general theory of political and social
science, 1900 on the public laws OF Germany, En-
gland, France, United States and other countries,
one, very rare work, on the official collection
of the proceedings OF the German diet. There
were only 40 copies of this work printed. There
are 800 volumes on internal law. The collec-
ton Of works on political economy is very full,
comprising 2000 volumes. There are various
other important works of a miscellaneous ma
ture.
On Friday morning last the horses attached
to a stage carrying large amount of baggage
and Fifteen passengers, took fright in Hart ord
while the driver was unloading some trunks.
They ran at fearful rate through the streets,
endangering the lives of the passengers. AS
the frightened animals dashed up Church street
rescue came from an unexpected quarter. One
of the young ladies on the top of the coach
crept along over the roof to the drivers seat,
descended to the box, bent downward, picked
up the reins, pulled sharply and strongly upon
them and at the corner of High street actually
stopped the frightened horses and avertei what
might have been terrible accident.
Nearly one month ago, a resident of Middle
bury was arrested for drunkenness and SEN
fenced to the county Jail for twenty days; al
though he claimed that he had only taken ever
mifuge for worms, by advice of his counsel"
and therefore he was much offended because CT
his conviction for drunkenness. AT the eXpira-
ton Of fifteen days, he was let out of jail be-
cause Of i'll health and then he became angry
because the county would not board him the
full twenty days. So he wrote to Gov. English
asking him to compel the county TO maintain
him five days longer. Tie governor replied
that the case is an extraordinary one, but the
governor has no power to comply with the
wishes of his Middletown constituent. The
poor fellow called upon the states attorney
Friday, and exhibited the letter, but be is still
| unable to get boarded at the expense of the
| county for the full term of his sentence
The Hartford Post correspondent in Middle
| town gives the following case: "Some time ago
/ seaman, a very respectable citizen of Portland
| was invelgled into marrying a woman whom he
| supposed, at the time of his marriage was
everything she ought to be, to make him good
wife; hut il turned out that her former life had
not been as pure as il ought to have been; sub
| sequenty she left her husband, and turned IN
in house Of bad repute in Hartford. His
friends advised blm to get divorce and some
| one recommended hun to apply to House, the
notorious divorce lawyer, which he did. House
| agreed to furnish him with a certificate Of d-
| vorce under the seal of the court, for s25, and
told him that it would not be necessary for him
| to appear in the case. He, however made no
/ agreement with House 10 obtain divorce, but
| left with bin his address. Subsequently he re.
| ceiyed letter from House, renewing his offer,
to which he did not reply, but went 10 an attor-
| ney, who told him that the whole thing would
| be a fraud, and that some one would have to
| perjure themselves. He therefore gave House
| up, and subsequently obtained, through said at