Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-11-25
Genera1 News summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

the West Medford station. y Tram lhaI
came along ran over him and he was instant
ly killed.
gard to the recent mysterious murder of Mr..
Hooking, in Dorchester. detective from
Boston has been over the ground and made
thorough investigation, but was not able to
find any clue to the murderer. The jury
of inquest have not as yet made up their YER
dict.
In Boston, Saturday evening, the police ar
rested man who attempted to pass a coun-
terteit ten dollar bill on the Rhode Island
bank at Newport, at two or three places on
Washington street. Sunday evening another
man was arrested for passing similar bill at
an apothecary shop. The bills are pretty
well executed, but are printed on poor paper.
OF the three families in Maiden who were
bereft of the husband and father, by the re-
cent railroad accident it is remarkable fact
that in each family there are six young and
dependent children-making eighteen in one
neighborhood, almost within stones throw
of each other, who are lett fatherless and un-
provided for.
The Suffolk bank, Boston, refuses the bills
of the Fireman's bank of Bristol, r. 1. The
last named bank was robbed between Satur-
day and Monday of 900 in bills of vari-
Gus banks and a large quantity of bonds,
notes and other papers. The specie was not
taken.
Hon. George B. Upton positively declines
the nomination for the mayOrality of Boston.
He does so on the ground that he could not
devote the time which the office would require
without serious detriment to his own bust
ness.
The body of William Filter OF Maiden,
another victim of the terrible accident which
occurred on Friday morning last at the
Charles river draw on the Boston and Maine
railroad, has been recovered by means of
graphing irons. This makes the fifth body
recovered, and two more, those of Richard
Hiatt of Maiden and John Rafferty, Of Som
erville, are'yet missing.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
A three story building in bingham, owned
by Edwin Wilder, ID, was burned Monday.
Insured for $1400.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
William Warren, engineer of the tug boat
Eltinge, was drowned Friday evening about
10 o'clock, while attempting to go on board of
the boat at the wharf in Dighton. He was
about fifty years of age, and leaves wife and
three children in Dighton. His body was re-
covered next day about noon.
Mr. William IL. Pierce, of the firm of
Pierce & Co., Fall River, died very suddenly
Wednesday evening, at his residence in Bow
enville, it is supposed of heart disease.
MAINE.
young man in Bangor, named John Lam
ders, fell into a boiler of hot water few days
since, and was terribly scalded, SO that his
life is despaired of. The boiling water en-
tered his mouth, burning his tongue, and his
eyes so that he will doubtless lose them if he
survives.
In the Augusta cotton factory about 10000
yards of sheeting and cotton flannel is now
manufactured weekly. The factory are run
ming on full time, giving employment to 290
operatives, of which number 1926 are fe-
males.
Joseph Gilbert of Eustis plantation, has
been arrested for disloyal practices in hinder
ing enlistments, and sent to fort Preble, by
order of the war department.
Ten or twelve Of the principal citizens and
firms of DeXter-em embracing most of the bust
mess men of the place-have united in issuing
"currency' for change, all of them signing
each of the bills
Mrs. Esther Shay, Mrs. Madison and Mrs.
Mary Merriam were arrested at Rutland on
the 18th inst, tried and lodged in Jail on the
charge of stealing goods, one hundred and
fifty dollars worth of which were found in their
possession.
The barn, hay and grain of G. r. Gale, of
Orange, were consumed by fire on the 18th
inst. Loss about eighteen hundred dollars.
No insurance.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The Exeter Cotton Manufacturing Compa-
ny will commence work in its factory about
the lst of December.
Mrs. Betsey Upton, wife of Eli Upton, of
Sharon, went into her garden one day last
week, and not returning, her sister went out
and found her dead.
The Portsmouth Chronicle says the United
States officers are making surveys of fort Nc
Clary and the vicinity, preparatory to the
erection of the new fort, which is to contain
three batteries, and will extend across the
road leading to Kittery Point The walls of
the fort are to be of granite.
CONNECTICUT.
William Mahoney, of Waterford was killed
on Thursday, in New York, by falling down
the hold of a vessel.
A secessionist who lives between Sheffield
and Canaan, undertook the other day to raise
flag of dubious character, and loyal neigh
Dor undertook that he shouldn't. Secesh had
everything ready for hosting. He seized one
rope and began to pull the patriot seized the
other and he pulled. Things were at a dead
lock. Secesh seemed to think that he could
tire out the enemy, and so hung on to the
rope. Loyal man hung on, but sent for his
supper Secesh called on luncheon. Loyal
man sent home for his buffalo skin, and
stretched himself out for the night, still hold
ing fast to the rope. This was too much for
secesh,-he was ''inclined to cough and
didn't like to be out nights; y so he bundled
up his rag and trudged home, followed by the
boots of the crowd.
A large number of bills on the Mechanics
bank of Trenton, N. j., have been put in cir
culation in New Haven during the past week.
The bank has failed, and the bills are worth
less.
The Pioneer says: ''Mystc is only of a few
years growth, and contains a population of
more than three thousand inhabitants, who
are an Industrious stirring and enterprising
people, using their capital for the benefit of
the whole, building steam and sail ships Of the
largest dimensions, and engines and boilers
that will compete with any in the world, be-
sides a maritime and commercial enterprise
that is carried on to quite an extent"
FOREIGN ITEMS.
Nine thousand Italian priests have just pre-
scented a petition to the pope, in which they
entreat Of him, in the name of religion, to
abandon the temporal power.
A Lancaster gun is undergoing at Wool
witch an ''endurance" trial. 1t has already
stood more than two thousand charges of
powder, each of six pounds, and is as far of
from bursting as it was on the first day.
A painting is on view in Brussels said to be
the work of Raffaelle. 1t represents the death
of st. Joseph, and is about eighteen inches
long by sixteen wide. The Able Nicolle has