Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-09-12
GBs aag spg Golureester trOag Muriug, Sept r. 1882

Two that are over rs, and one that is So are
unable to walk. 1t is said also, that there
are but four dogs in the entire neighbOrhood,
and one of them is 10 years old.
The Bennington Banner says: GA. II.
Gray, a native of Dorset, is cOnscript in the
rebel army. He was at work for man in
Salisbury, n. c., and forced into the ranks.
But true to Vermont and his Green Mountain
education, he longs to march under the broad
folds of the stars and stripes, the last words
he said to Capt. Bean, on his crossing the riv-
er, at his release, being II wish could go
with you"
The ST. Johnsbury Caledonian doubts
whether the records of the Asatc cholera in
our large cities will show a greater per cent
of mortality than has the diptheria in that
county. There was recorded last week
twelve deaths by this disease, eight of them
in two families, and four in one family in the
space Of seventeen days! Is there no sue
ceSsful remedy-no checking the monstrous
strides OF this fell Destroyer
CONNECTICUT.
The draft to fill up the Hartford quota took
place on Wednesday. The Press says an ex-
cited crowd of active and inactive militia were
ION parade" at the City Hall at O'Clock, the
order for the draft was read, the names were
put i'll the box and shaken up, the craftsman
was appointed and blindfolded, and the teller
read the names of the victims-the excite
ment being universal and increasing as the
drawing proceeded.
Rev. Frederick Dennison, formerly pastor
Of the central Baptist church in Norwich, and
now chaplain of the LIST II. l. cavalry, writes
that his regiment has been ten times under
| fire, and he has escaped safely. While pass
ing the other day, with his servant, through
some woods, he captured six rebel soldiers
with their pieces loaded. His strategy on
that occasion consisted of vigorous display
| of brass.
In two secesh towns in Connecticut-Fair-
field and Newton-the draft on Wednesday
was successfully resisted. In the former
town 1t was broken up, in the latter it was
postponed till Friday, when the government
promised to be on hand.
FOREIGN ITEMS.
Four bales of cotton from Queensland the
| first shipped from that colony, are on their
! way to England. The cotton was grown at
| Ipswich, on piece of land of twelve acres.
One hundred acres are under cultivation in
the neighborhood of that place. and the quail
| ity of the staple is said to be good.
A new variety of flying fish was recently
caught about one hundred and twenty miles
| from Melbourne in Australia. 1t was seven
teen inches long, and the back had a beautiful
rose color. The fappers or wings were dis
proportionately large, and yariegated with IT.
regular spots
The emperor Napoleon is said to be look
ing much thinner than he was last spring, and
as though old age was coming rapidly upon
him. The change that has lately taken place
| in his appearance is very striking. But, not
outstanding certain tatigued air, he still
seems as though good deal of stamina re-
manned to him.
Beethoven was accustomed to sit ane dream
of music under the shadow of an old tree be-
tween Heiligenstadt and MusSdorf, near vi
emma, and the people, in order to preserve
the memory OF the place, are about to erect a
monument on the spot where the tree stood.
The emperor of Russia has ordered the res
titution of seventeen thousand volumes of the
| library at Warsaw, which were confscated
after the Polish revolution of 1881 and trans
ported to Petersburg.
| MISCELLANEOUS.
Poor KosSuth, says a Scottish newspaper
is in the final stages of consumption, and
before many weeks, probably, the poor Hun
| garian will pass away, and noble country
| mourn the loss of one of her noblest and
most gifted sons.
Christopher Beckwith of Huron, Ohio, faith
er Of eleven stalwart sons, has sent ten Of
them into the public service. The lott up
on the youngest to remain at home, the rest
joined one company under the last call.
The French painter, PAUL., is about to
marry the daughter of the wealthy Paris
jeweller, Edward Handle, a Jew. The dow
ry is to be three million francs (six hundred
thousand dollars and the bride is to become
Roman Catholic on the day after the we'd
ding.