Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-12-27
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

,,, BosION AND VICINITY.
The block 123 Washington street. Boston wss
set on fire Friday morning and badly damaged
IN the upper stories. John Sawyer & Co. nbo-
tographerS, had stock valued at $40 600 greatly,
injured, but were fully insured Other occn-
pants, Alden u Vose, dealers in looking glass
anu picture frames, and ). b. Bolton, engraver,
suffered less seriously, and were also insured
The 4th and 4Sth regiments, still in camn in
TINS state, are to leave in Il few DAYS for active
service The 18th, Col. Eben f. Stone. is prepar-
ing to leave to-day for New York on board the
unknown. 10
Inc supporters of the presidents proclamation
ana the friends of emancipation, under the ans
plces OF the Union Progressive Association ara
to to hold meetings, day and evening, at fremont
iellpie' boston, on the LIST of January. 1868.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
Albert l. Butler, late clerk of the Cambridqa
ponce court, was among the killed in Gen. Eos
tells recent expedition He was a native Of
Leomlnster, and nephew of Hon. David Wilder
OF that town. He was singulary amiable. nos.
ly esteemed.
ESSEN COUNTY
;, Luther johnson, cashier of the Union Bank
haVernill, went skating, Christmas day, TO Ken
oza Lake, when, in passing over portion of the
pohu where the water is very deep, he broke
drowned "N " no
Inc OIL grist mill at Essex Falls, which has
STOOD Tor nearly Il century, fell into the stream
ABOUT 3 O'Clock, last Monday evening. with :,
tremendous crash, which was heard great dis
lance; tanco. mere were not any persons in the build
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
henry, son OF Winslow S. Holmes of Plymoutb
chlld OF three or four years, was burned IN
death on the 18th inst. During a few moments
absence OF his mother the child secured some
matches with which the fine was knded.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY"
Hon: Joseph White OF Williamstown, secreta-
~ Oh the State Board Of Education has assumed
tle treasury ship Of Williams College, at salary
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
. Inc boiler room of the Ames company estab
lishment at Chicopee, caught fire, Wednesday
evening from wood piled too near the boiler
Inc hre was subdued. The establishment pives
employment TO several hundred workmen.
MAINE.
Gen. Blunt, who is giving the rebels in Arkan-
SdS d nara tlme, and who seems to be a "wide-
awake OF the first water, was born in Trenton
MaihO; and twenty-five years ago was working
MS Doald and attendance at school in Ellsworth
, Aivan M. Z. Heath, publisher and editor of
.ne Har9lner (Me.) journal, who enlisted in one
vi .ne nlalhe regiments was among those who
perished at fredericksburg He left a wife and
interesting family
Dea jeremiah Eldridge, an old and highly es-
teemed citizen Of Brewer, while experimenting
'"O iuHVldl VI MT. frlttnard OF that place, was
suddenly struck down with neuralgia of the
heart, and died before the procession had left the
house.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The republicans of New Hampshire have nom
mated in the first congressional district Hon.
JOEL EASTMAN of Conway for congress; in the
second district Hon Edward H. Rollins. the
present. member; and in the third district Prof
James W. Patterson Of Hanover, professor of
astronomy IN Dartmouth college. Tho state con
vention meets on the LIST Of january.
VERMONT.
Inc jewellers on the border of Lake Champlain
saw rev evenings since that beautiful inland
sea ana Its opposite shore perfectly mirrowed in
tho Ky al AN angle of twenty degrees Houses.
trees, and the wooded sides of the islands oppo.
: could be distinctly seen The phenomenon
lau the effect OF II vast painting, and those who
saw 1t speak with admiration Of the spectacle.
80, CoNEECriCDy.
Ihe appointments for the junior exhibition of
me class Of 1864 yale coIlege) include the
names of Henry p. Boyden of Worcester. hipb
1ranon, Lewis Frederick Within, WhtinyiIIo.
10, and Job Williams of Worcester. GRAFTON.