Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-02-05

BOSTON AND VICINITY.

BOSION AND VICINITY.
All OF the prisoners of war who have re-
Gently occupied quarters at Fort Warren,
numbering 366 rank and file, and Is officers,
have been taken in the barque Trinity to Fort
ress Monroe, there TO be exchanged for the
same number of our soldiers now in the hands
of the rebels.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
AT skating match in Lowell for boys under
IA years OF age, half mile heats, the best time
made was 1872 by Frank Brown.
ESSEX COUNTY.
In the year 1856 business man of Salem
failed and compounded with his creditors by
paying them fifty cents on dollar, receiving
u full and FREQ discharge Since then he has
prnspered and is now engaged in paying the
Remaining fifty cents 10 the uttermost farthiny
with interest from the time OF his discharge
1hiS unsolicited and unexpected payment be
speaks an honest debtor, and is worth men
tiohlns- as notable example in these hard
times.
BRISTOL COUNTY
In New Bedford for 1861 there were 26S
marriages, $40 births, and 500 deaths. The
marriages were eight more than the previous
year. Forty six males and twenty females
entered into the blissfLl state second time.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
George Sanford a Waterman in the Carow
Paper Mills at South lladley Hadiey Fails
while passing by a large gear, one day last
week, caught his sleeve and part of his arm
between the cogs, but, with great presence of
mind, lie suddenly jerked his arm back and
saved 1t, leaving, however, large piece of
flesh in the gearing
HAMPDEN coDNTY
George r. Morrell, head clerk for Thomn
son Cos Express in Springfield, has been
detected in the embezzlement of a five hmm
dred dollar bill from package which passed
from the Bank of Mutual Redemption to the
Cficopee bank. He has lett Tor parts nm
known.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
a great OK, belonging to Hon John Sander
son OF Bernardston, which weighs near 1000
pounds, was started on Thursday for New
York city, where lie has been sold for $500
lie was loaded on the cars without much diff
ncuity, ana hlled nearly the whole of a large
lfeigh' Car. Two INDUSTRIOUS sheep, from the
farm OF Deacon Butfum of Winchester, N. H..
which weighed together about 700 pounds ac
companied the OK.
Edward S. son OF Lemuel Childs. fell
through trap door AT Stebbn,' mill in Deer
neld, on the 24th, down among the cog wheels
OF the mil, which was in operation In his
descent he struck brace, and oosened it SO
that It tell before him and between the wheels.
and stopped The mill, otherwise he would have
been instantly crushed to death. He did not
escape, however, without broken leg.
VERMONT.
Asa Melindy and wife, OF Guiford, cele-
braed their golden wedding on the 2lst ut.
MIR. NJ. is 81 years old, and there were present
four brothers aged respectively Is, IA 10, and
go years.
y new post office has bncn estahIishad ~
Sadawga Springs, in Nottingham, by the
name oil "Sadawga," and George w Chase
has been appointed postmaster thereof
young son Of John Waters, private in
Capt. d. Is. Peck's company, now in camp at
Rutland, was sliding down the hill on one side
OF the track OF the Vermont Central Railroad.
at Burlington, when lie struck Il hand car
coming down the steep grade at that point, and
was instantly killed, No bruises were found
on his person.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
There has been post office estab shed at
West Epping, in Rockingham county, and W.
N Dorr has been APT onted postmaster.
RHODE ISLAND.
Warren's itinerant daguerreotype saloon
was consumed by fire at Woonsocket Sunday
night at one o'clock. 1t was valued at 5000
CONNECTICUT.
Capt John G. Colnstock died at his resi.
dence in Hartford, at II O'Clock Sunday fore.
noon. lie commanded infantry company A.
hrSt regiment Connecticut volunteers three
months lroops), and was in the battle OF Bull
Run. lie was in his 44th year.
a colored woman named Stanley, who was
a save illl she was forty years old has lately
uleu IN New Haven, leaving $4,000, since ac
cumulated, for benevolent purposes.