Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-03

tinental line, the first step in which was tn,
leasing of the Rutland railroad by the Vermont
Central. This concentration is commended on
all sides In vermont, as it is believed that the
great power acquired by the Central managers
viii be used, not in the spirit of greedy mo-
nopoy, but for the best interests of the roads and
the state. The Cheshire railroad will not pass
under the control Of the Boston and Lowell
company, as had been expected, but it is a part
OF the long line leased by the Vermont Central
trustees.
CONNECTICUT.
Nitric acid killed Peter Forbes at Norwich on
Monday. The dose was administered by his
| own hand.
A charcoal dealer named Lemuel Scranton,
| from North Gulliord, was arrested at New Ha-
ven, on Monday, Tor selling from a diminutive
measure. Other arrests win follow.
The number of school children in Meriden
| has increased from 1888 in '64, and 2249 in 10
| TO 2501 in II, net gain of 251 In one year
| which is the largest yet recorded. There are
| 344 of school age who attend no school what
ever
Fourteen years ago, Long Island sound was
frozen over opposite New London harbor, and
people walked aross to the Connecticut side.
The ice was strong enough on Fishers Island
sound to bear an OK team.
The murderer Wilson occupies most of his
time at the Wethersteld prison in studying the
Connecticut statutes, and does not give up the
hope of obtaining new trial. The time be-
ecution has nearly half expired.
A party of roughs, blacklegs, thieves, and
other members of the sporting fraternity"
representing Boston, New York, Providence and
other places, embarked at New London on the
morning of the LIST, and went TO Fishers island,
where prize fight served to amuse them.
BY the fire at Norwich Monday night, the ORR
gin of which is as yet unknown the losses be-
side those of Messrs. Frank and Ripley already
reported, were J. c. Perkins, $4,000, insured;
Tono a. IN
insurance $500, loss unknown: F. NJ. Hannings,
$500, uninsured; G, Z. Ware, $500, insured; ].
Is. Trueman, $1,000, insurance S400; G. Burton,
$500 insurance, loss not known; and Daniel
Lowe and Tanning & Converse, losses slight.
mischievous young man thought to play an
innocent trick on young lady from Mantle,
whom he espied day or two since purchasing
some stamps at the post Office in New London;
so he informed her, as she was fumbling around
her pocket for her wallet, that she was taking
unnecessary trouble, for "this is the day that
they give them away" She believed it, and
was taking her departure, when the urbane
clerk called her back, and convinced her, after a
halt-hour's talk, that it was no such thing.
Many graduates of Yale college will hear with
regret of the dcath-which took place on the
31st nlt., and was reported in our dispatches of
the st inst.-of the venerable Rev. Eleazer L..
Fitch, ID. D., for thirty-fve years pastor of the
college church. He was in the S1st year of his
age. He graduated at Yale in 1910; became
pastor of the church in 1871; resigned his
charge in 1852; and was afterward connected
with the divinity school. The Boston Journal
says: "He was one of the ablest preachers of
his time, excelling particularly in the logical
skill and power of his sermons. He took deep
interest in all public and national matters. He
had voted at every election that had occurred
since he attained his majority, and he insisted
upon being carried to the polls last spring, al
though very decrepid at the timc."
RHODE ISLAND.
The inmates of the state prison have been adj
vised by a lecture on physiology not to sleep in
| close, small rooms.
The Providence Press has the following, in
reference to its infant morning edition: eve
| don't feel much like Dragging over it, but then
| it may be worth while to mention that the Morn
ing Star was the only paper in this city that
| had any notice of the prize fight"
| A correspondent of the Fall River News
| states that Mr.. Owen of Westerly, r. l., some
| two years since purchased pair of minks, Of
| species COZ monty called by the fur dealers aul
trappers "Amencan sable" for $500; that he
had got his money back, and now has eighty
seven mrnks on hand, one pair of which he has
refused $40 for. The sable mink is rather
smaller in size and of a darker hue than our
| New England mnks. This minkery is attract
! ing considerable attention among farmers. in
Westport and elsewhere, and doubtless the eX-
ample of Mr. Owen might be followed TO adyan-
| tage in many localities.