Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-11-23

Inc new Bridgeport Jail is completed
Clothes-line thieves are plying their vocation
in New Britain.
Fitz Green Iialleck'5 house in Guilford is now
used as hotel
house belonging to Warren Doolittle of
Hampden, was damaged by fire, Monday prob
ably incendiary.
The mother of Professors J. II. aud l.. Clarke
Seeiyes OF Amherst college, died at Bethel last
week.
Connecticut this year raises five per cent more
than an average crop Of potatoes, and is exceed
ed in this respect by but one state
East Huntington has had steamboat at its
dock Tor the tirst time. The steamboat, prob
ably elatcd with joy, ran into and sunk mud
scow.
Cyrus Z. auckland, assistant superintendent
of the Winchester arms companyS works, died
suddenly Saturday evening at his residence in
New Haven.
Bradford people are trying to have a light
house established on their harbor, which they
claim to be the best on the north shore of the
sound except New London.
Two mail bags were thrown from the train at
Wallinsord, Friday, and one containing letters
was cur to pieces BY train approaching from
an opposite direction.
The house of John Davidson, in the northern
| part OF Walllnglord, was unroOled in the gale
! tue other night, leaving the family out doors
and exposed to the storm.
Inc hrst passenger train from Lakeye to
| hhilerton, on the Connecticut Western road, was
| run laSl week, and several coal trains have ar
rived at various points as far east as Norfolk.
| Inc NorWlch Bulletin says A clerk writes
home to his Waterbury sweetheart: "Can't
! marry you this winter. Our firm don't adj
vortse; business is awful dull and will oct INV
| wages cut down, if the firm don't burst nm al
| together. SO let us postpone until 10 "
company with capital stock of $40 OOO has
| just been organized in New Britain, and will
| soon commence TO manufacture the "weh wire
| bed" The stock has all been taken, mostly by
New Britain parties, and the company will com
mence operations as soon as possible
An effort will he made the present winter TO
| raise $1,000 for the state hospital at New Haven
in order to complete the subscription of $50, 900
which it is necessary to raise in order 10 secure
| the appropriation Of q like amount from the
state.
| Mr.. Geo. Graham, of Bridgeport, has Just re-
| ceiyed letter which was written to him in Eng
| land IN 1870. II was dated and posted at Exeter
ana ron there it went TO Dublin, TO Belfast to
| Newry, then TO New York. thence TO New Haven
ana at last il came TO Bridgeport The letter
was directed, George Graham, Washington
street, Connecticut, U. S. America
IN Meflden, back twenty miles from the sea
ana elght hundred feet above the sea level there
Is little glen so secluded from the SUMS rays
thal the ice which falls in winter lies between
the TWO edges of trap rock by which if is enclosed
tue whole year round. There is A similar instance
N tue parish Of Nortbford, seven miles from
New Haven, on the Mlddletwn road. Here alsr
ice IS ioundiduring every month in the wear.
birmingham gas otter Intends 10 ndont 4
novel method Of supplying peEsons residing NJ \
distance from the pipes, with gas, He viii pipe