Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-10-01

LOwell, dled on saturday last OF heart dis
ease. He was one of the oldest residents of
the city, was widely known and universally
respected.
ESSEX COUNTY.
The valuation of Salem this year is $14,-
236 $500, which is about $3O,OOO less than last
year. The value of the real estate is sc, $685.
600; of personal, 1851 200. The number
Of polls is 1882. The rate of taxation is $40
on $1,000.
The republicans of Lynn held lively eau
Gus, Monday evening, to choose delegates to
the congressional convention. The friends of
the denomination of Mr.. Alley, controlled the
meeting, but the opposition claimed to have
been unfairly treated, and were to hold an in
dependent caucus.
George Francis Train spoke in Andover
one evening last week to the great disgust of
the staid and sober people of that town. At
the close three hearty cheers were given for
Gen. Fremont whereupon the fellow Train
cried out "treason!" and the meeting broke
up in a tumult
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Sixty-four young ladies of Hanover and adj
joining towns have petitioned to the governor
to permit them to form a rifle company, as SOW
ing to the illness of the home guards, the
quota of that town is not likely to be filled.
MAINE.
Timothy DAILY met with a shocking death,
last Friday night while working in the saw
mill of Messrs. Hinckley & Egery in Hamp-
den. He became entangled in the belt of the
main drum, and he was drawn through a space
of about three inches between the drum and
the floor, and of course was Instantly damned
almost to a Jelly.
The fall crops in Maine were probably new
er larger than now. The potato yield is large
and the potato rot almost unknown. Corn,
grain, and fruit are all very fine, and the fall
feed abundant.
RHODE ISLAND.
L. W. Reynolds of the firm of Reynolds &
Co., cotton brokers of Providence, was cap
tured by the rebels under Gen. Price in their
recent advance upon Iuka, Miss. Mr. Rey-
nolds was looking after sixty bales of cotton
which he had at that point, but which was
captured and burned
Benjamin Leonard of Wareham, Mass,
died very suddenly at Hoyle's Hotel in Proyi-
dence on Saturday last. He had been recent
ly discharged from Gen. Burnside's division
on account Of sickness, and was on his way
home. The immediate cause of his death
was probably a congestive chill.
CONNECTICUT.
The boiler of the towboat ''NIonitor," used
on the Connecticut river, exploded near Mid
dletown, Monday morning, destroying the
boat, and killing Capt Chase, the fireman and
cook. The men in charge of the boat had
fallen asleep, while the safety valve was
screwed down.
Mayor Wood of Danbury recently cut
down a century-old apple tree, in the heart Of
which-perfectly sound-he found a quantity
of shot. 1t had borne fruit up to the last sea
son, and had been struck by, lightning for
three years in succession.
| MISCELLANEOUS.
The Richmond Dispatch announces the ar
rival at the rebel capitol of two car loads of
the negroes captured at Harpers Ferry. 1t
! says that ''their masters propose to offer them
| for sale in Richmond, not deeming them de-
sirabe servants after having associated with
the Yankees"
Hon. Franklin r. Backus of Cleveland, has
been nominated for supreme Judge of Ohio.
Heis lawyer in the front rank of his profess
sion. Hon. Rufus p, Spalding of Cleveland,
has been nominated for congress in that dis
trict He is one of the foremost men of the
northwest.
1t is said that General Hooker is so well
pleased with the proclamation of the president
that he says that it was issued too late, rather
than too early, that the time had fully ar
rived when it was impossible to prosecute the
war vigorously and with certainty of success
without 1t.