Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-04-23
GBe 9alg Spy aelurusr aaonspap urnng april &c. 1882

owned by Alexander Duncan, was slightly
damaged by fire on the 22l inst. The store
was occupied by Davis, IIackett & CO., as a
wholesale cloth warehouse Their stock was
considerably damaged by smoke and water
insured for $40 600.
CONNECTICUT.
In Hartford, Monday morning, the brick
store belonging TO the estate Of Samuel Rock
well was destroyed by fire At the time OF
the fire the store was surrounded by about
four feet of water, and the NJ Arrest DRY land
was over 800 feet distant. Families were re-
moved in boats from the adjacent buildings,
and straw beds, on which sick persons and
children were lying, caught fire, as they were
carried along.
The Hartford Times advocates the building
of dyke or levee, for the protection ut that
city from floods 1t estimates The Gust at
$500 900.
The flood cut off the supply of gas in
Hartford, and Sunday night the city was in
darkness. The water go! into the pipes and
also into the tank at the works.
j. Brown. OF Deep river while driving home
from New London, one evening recently, was
stopped by three men, who desired him to
hand over his money. The sight of a revolver.
however, caused lie villains to speedily leave
On the l4th, over 100 acres OF wood in the
northern part of Nnrthord Society in North
Brantord, were burned over, and a man named
John p johnson, who lived alone in small
shanty in the woudS, was burned to death
The dwelling house and joiner shop OF II.
w. jackson, III West Wilmington, were de
stroyed by fire, on the l7th, Willie the family
were absent. Loss S1400 insured for $3.50.
A daughter seven years old, of Peter Con.
nell, of Stafford Springs, fell into the river,
and was not rescued uut she had foatcd
down some fifty rods or more. She seemed
dead, but with some trouble was revived by
first suspending her by the heels until large
quantity OF water had been elected from her
mouth, aud then vigorously rubbing her
limbs.
PERSONAL.
Col. Leonard OF the 18th Massachusetts
regiment is quite i'll at Washington His wife
went there 10 attend him few days since
Hon. Henry Wilson, while on his way to
Massachusetts with his family, stopped at
Philadelphia, and rendered the hospilallties of
the presidential mansion, by authority of Mr..
Lincoln, to the hero priest, Wm 6. Brown
low of Tennessee, on the occasion OF his visit
to'the federal capital Philadelphia Sunday
Chronicle
WAR ITEMS.
There are now 3 1923 sick soldiers in the hos
pitfalls about Washington.
mates the entire strength OF the federal force
in Virginia at 300, 000-two thirds of which
are with Gen. Mcclellan. Gen Mcdowell
has 10000 soldiers, according to the CONNER
cial, and Gen. Banks a sufficient number to
move across the Blue Ridge to GOrdonsviile
AT Pittsburg Gen Hurlbut lost, out OF 1000
men, in killed, wounded and missing, 1888
He had splendid army OF choice troops, who
fought like Turks. The 10th Illinois regiment
went into the battle with $50 rank and file,
and q officers and men were killed, 104
wounded and 10 are missing
MISCELLANEOUS.
In Ogdensburg, n. Y, ON the 21st Mr.
Hopkins, editor of the Advance, and George
sChutch, a law student attempted to run the
dam in a boat and were upset. Church was
dlowned, and Ilo, kins was found thirty rods
from the light house insensble but viii pro-
badly recover.
Gov. Harvey of Wisconsin was drowned
on the 18th, at Savannah, Tenn.