Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-06-24
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY

The Rev. Mr.. Webster, l0rhieIly the P"e'oi
OF the Unitarian church in Bedford, IS serving
us private in Col. Gordons regiment ne
says he can fight or pray Tor the hohor o' ''ie
glorious stars and stripes cr...,.
The officers of the State Prison al Oha''eS-
town have agreed TO furnish all Tue cup
ments, clippers, &C., required LOT inc zen ,esr
ments just ca led into service III iory nay
and the men will be placed upon the work
forthwith.
On Saturday afternoon, while one OF the en-,
gineers of the Worcester railroad was engaged
in shifting about cars, near the crossing oi the
Old Colony railroad in Boston, the engine ran
over and Killed Mary Fallan, ana Sc erety' II
not fatally, iniurng boy named John flynn'
The head of the little girl was badly crushed,
probably causing instant death Inc Icy OIL
The boy was so badly injured that ampntalloh
will probably have 10 be performed. Inc ages
of each were about five years.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The New Bedford Mercuryis soon to change
hands, having been sold by MIR. Lindsay TO
Col. C. b. IL. Fessenden. The Mercury has
attained an honorable age, and mas eIloyeu III
It's day high literary and political distinction
Lieut.. Chas. H. Ingraham, of the Fourteenth
Infantry, graduate at West Point, ana son
of Cant, T. Inoraham of the New Bedford
Guards, has been promoted 10 first lieuteL-
ancy in the fourteenth Infantry, Col. Stone,
of the District of Columbia, now stationed at
Wheeling, Va.
Lieut.. WIN. B. Stall and his squad surpris
ed, last week, a party OF gamblers III the
woods near Camp Old Colony in Taunton:
Several of them we've arrested aud conveyed
TO the guard house, to be dealt with hereafter:
A son of John A. Smith of Fall River aged
seven or eight years, while playing with pow
der one day last week, was blinded and other
wise badly burned by an untimely explosion
BARNsrABLE COUNTY.
The store of Watson. Baker, & CO., South
Dennis, was entered on Wednesday night,
through the window, and goods to the amount
Of about $50 taken from Mr. Bakers room.
During the hail storm that visited the cape
on Sunday, 10th inst, the Congregational
church at Orleans had 225 panes of glass bro
ken. The Baptist church in the same place
suffered slightly
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The companies composing the tenth regi-
ment, now in Hampton Park, Springfield,
were sworn into the service of the United
States last Friday. Some twenty members of
the Westfeld company refused to take the
oath, owing to the appointment of lieuten-
ant who was not acceptable to them. Hall
dozen or more refused to take the oath from
cowardice or other cause, and were drummed
out of camp, some Of them with extra lndlgnl
ties.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The annual foot ball match between the So
phomore and freshmen classes at Williams
college, occurred on Wednesday, and resulted
in the defeat of the freshmen. During the
game there was row between the sophomores
and juniors, in which they all got pretty mad,
but no one was injured. The rumpus was
finally qnelled through the mediation Of Prof.
Tatlock and some Of the seniors.
The wife of George Sherman of Clarksburg
attempted TO destroy herself and her infant
child on the 18th inst, by exploding bottle
OF powder containing two pounds, holding the
bottle in one hand and the child in the other.
Both were terribly burned but strange to say,
neither was fatally injured. The mother has
been partially insane for several years.
James NJ Wells of Cheshire was robbed of
$3.50 by his servant girl on Thursday. The
girl, whose name is Hanora Scanlin, was
placed under the charge OF Peter Silk while
an officer was sent for, but in the interval the
girl SO worked on the siIken feelings Of the
impossible Peter that he absconded with her.
They have since been arrested, and $3.50 OF
the stolen property recovered.
RHODE ISLAND.
The sea serpent, or one of his family, was
seen at place called "tne Race" on Long Isl
and Sound. His length was variously esti
mated from six to sixteen feet, and his dame
ter at three inches. He was shot at without
effect.
A gazier in Warren reports that his craft
had been called TO set upwards of 5000 panes
of glass, broken by the tempest on Sunday, in
various persons on, have taken pains to set without
calling in the g'aziers
CONNECTICUT.
Rev Charles r. Fisher has resigned the
rectorship Of St. Pauls church in Hartford.
Rev Justus Aldrch was ordained pastor Of
the Baptist church in Killingly on the 18th
inst Moses c. WEIGH, late OF Hartford, has
been appreciated as preacher of the gospel at
Waubousee, Kansas
Erastus Brainard, one of the pioneers in the
stoue.quarrying business at POI tland, Ct, was
found dead in his bed on the 10Th inst. He
was sixty-nine years OF age, and quite
wealthy.
The anniversary of Wesleyan University at
Middetown, CT, occurred last week. The
degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred
on Rev. William Dousland Waddy, governor
of Wealy College, Sheffield England; Rev.
William Griffin, Of Albany; and Rev. John
Newman, professor of Latin in Union College.
The cost of fitting out troops, up to the
present moment, to the state of Connecticut,
including bounty money, provisions, &C., is
over six hundred thousand dollars.-Harttord
Courdm.
The annual commencement OF Trinity Col
lege, Hartford, occurs GU THU sday, June q.
The annual meeting of the House of Convo-
cation takes place on Wednesday, 18th inst.
Sixty additional looms, making 100 in all,
have been put to work on heavy drillngs for
tents in the mills OF the Messrs. Sprague in
the town bearing their name. The mills are
running OH full time.
Personal.
Isaac F. Shepard of Massachusetts is serving
as lieutenant colonel with the federal forces in
Missouri.
Ex.Guv. Reeder of Pennsylvania las de-
clined a brigadier generalship, ION the ground
that he does not consider himself qualified to
fulfil the duties Of the stati,n." May his viz.
tues prove contagious.
Hon. Edward Everett has consented to de
liver an Grafton at the Academy of Music IN
New York, on the 4th OF July, on "the pres.
ent aspect Of the nation" for the benefit of the
volunteers.
The Vicksburg rebel journals speak with
great respect of "colored gentleman" named
Jordan Chavis, who has subscribed $500 to
the confederate loan.
There is small knot of secessoniss in
Paris, it is said, of whom Mr.. Thomas Butler
King and ex consul Beverly Tucker are the
most prominent.
Hon Francis b. Crowninshield has been
elected one of the Fellows OF Harvard College,
in place of Hon. Chief Justice Shaw, deceased.
Hon. Johu Scott, member OF congress from
Missouri, from 1919 to 1929, died few days
since at a great age. He studied law with
President Harrison.
Charles Moulton, son of a New York mil
lionaire, resident in Paris, was married on the
9th inst, to Lille Greenough of Cambridge,
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