Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-09-27

|
Erastus NJ Kent has been appointed post
master at Huntington Center, in place of A. H.
| LoyCland, resigned.
| A Rutla,d railroad emplOye on being nudged
with n contribution box while asleep in church
| the other day, woke up enough to remark, 81
work on this road" and returned to his nap.
A party of United States detectives made a
| number of arrests for smuggling, a few days
| since, at Derby Line and Champlain and
| Rouse's Point, n. Y, with something over $1,000
| worth of smugglcd goods. At Derby Line Il
mob of so gathered, threatening the lives of
the officers who found only one or two friends
in the entire town, and finally escaped only by
a ruSc, the sheriff giving out that they would be
taken TO jail, writ for their arrest having been
obtained from Il justice Of the Town. They
were finally taken TO Newport, whence they re-
turned safely to Boston,
CONNECTICUT.
The Rev. Henry Ward Beccher will soon be-
gin course of lectures at the Yale theological
seminary.
tionaI church In Middlebury, died ON Saturday
last. He was member OF the legislature IN
1869
Mr.. H. S. Kinney and Charles X. Lanman of
Norwich Of the class Of 1871, at Yale college,
have been appointed tutors in Knox college, at
Galesburg, Illinois.
President Barnum has promised to be in
readiness to transport freight over the Connee-
ticut Western between Canaan and Milieiton on
the first of October.
A bass weighing thirty-three pounds, three
and half feet long, and nearly two feet in
airth, was caught in the Connecticut at Hart
ford on Saturday.
Charles Prentice, of Mystic, is in bad odor
there, for running away from the girl he had
become engaged to, after a two years courtship,
week before the day appointed for the mar
riage, having, as is supposed, been led away by
a young woman of the baser sort
Ahpnann KraIl roil atrIip Hxspg To,
have been completed and in running order, will
probably not be completed so as 10 put on reg
uar trains before spring. The directors, it is
said, find trouble in securing maSonS for the
bridge work.
An exchange SAYS the Hartford police make
practice of shooting the pigeons which flock
around the grain in the freight station, and kill
a promising boy now and then in the discharge
of duty. The parents are naturally rather in
dignant, and desire the police to refrain, but the
court sustains them.
A German porter and French girl were mar.
ried at Hartford last Friday, after a fortnight's
acquaintance. Neither knows much of any
thing of the others language, aud both will
have TO study while before they can quarrel
inteligently.
Sheriff Gideon O. Hotchkiss of New Haven
county died in New Haven Sunday morning,
after protracted illness. His death causes Il
vacancy in the office of sheriff OF that county,
which the governor will fill by appointment.
The Hartford Post says: Last year by the
death of Sheriff Prescott May of Wmdham
county, Gov. English was called upon to APP
point a successor. lie appointed democrat,
the county being strongly republican; it was
very natural. Gov. Jewell now has the appoint
ment of Il sheriff in a democratic county. No
doubt there are a hundred or more republicans
in the county who want the office, although
there is certainty that they can only hold it
till next spring. What harm would it do for
Gov. Jewell to appoint democrat who would
stand reasonable chance of being continued
in office?
RHODE ISLAND.
A few persistent patients still battle at New
port but it only requires one animated bathing
machine TO attend TO their wants, instead of the
dozen in the height of the season.