Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-12-17


styling themselves transportation agents."
They sent notes to a long list of ladies, saying
that express packages were at New York for
them, and would be forwar, ed on the receipt of
a certain amount of money On application to
Adams express company by number of ladies',
the thing WAS shown TO be new and rather in
genious swindle.
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
In Lowell, Miss Dolly Richardson has been
confined to the house for four five years past,
portion of the time insane. Recently noise
WAS heard in her room, and upon going to her it
was discovered that she had been at work with
the fire, and was 70 badly burned that she lived
only few hours Her age was seventy-one
years.
ESSEX COUNTY.
An hishman at the late city election in New
buryport, who had no right of his own TO vote,
answered TO the name of dead Irishman whose
name was on the check list, and thereby deposit
ed his ballot.
The new court house in Salem is completed at
cost of $4,000. It is IS by 50 feet, stories
high, and built of brick covered with mastic.
The mackerel fishery has closed for the season.
The last vessel arrived at Gloucester few days
ago There will be n large fleet in the Newfouhd.
land herring trade this season. as some forty sail
OF vessels are preparing to leave, and two have
already started. 1t is a remarkable fact that
there have been no disasters attendant upon the
mackerel fishery the past season.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
We learn that several of the "loto" establish
ments in this city have closed operations within
few days We don't know why, but have
heard it whispered that the ease is something
like the incident OF the coon, who, seeing the
rifle pointed at him, said Don't fire; III come
down."-NeW Bedford Standard.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
It cost two boys $24 for drumming On the
town rum shop door, in Wareham.- Frederick
Briggs killed, recently, a fine, fat doe, in the
Wareham woods II WEIGHED hun1rnd
pounds
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
ARA Bardwell of Montague, while gathering
shaYngs near circular saw, had his left hand,
just above the upper finger joints sawed through,
so that it barely held by the skin upon the inside
of the hand. Mr.. B. is 70 years old
In Orange, on the Sd, a dry house, belonging
to X. e. Carpenter, was burned. George Kilburu
was badly hurt by the falling of a chimney. On
the Sth, Mr. c. lost another dry house by fire.
Loss on both, about $500.
A man from Conway has asked for a license,
under the United States laws, for a travelling dis
tillery. He has the apparatus fitted upon wheels,
and travels about among the cider makers, and
distils their CIDER into cider brandy.
VERMONT.
The legislature of Vermont seems TO have
won itself much credit by its recent session.
The papers speak of it as zone of the most in
dustrlouS, orderly, and well balanced bodies of
men ever assembled in the state.' The revision
OF the general statutes was thoroughly done,
each title and chapter going through all the
stages of bill, and yet the session was but two
WEE ks longer than the average for some years.
The sled mandatory of Martin Hyde and
Daniel T. Faes, at Poultney, was destroyed by
fire on the 18th. Loss abOTt $4,000, not insured.
Gen. Hamilton, lately appointed military gov
ernor OF Texas, has appointed S. w. Cozzens of
Middlebury chief Of his staff. 1t is understood
that he will be detached for special service as
military secretary of the state.
CoSNECCiCnT.
Dennis Kimberly, long a distinguished men,
her Of the Connecticut bar, died at New Haven
on the 18th. He was formerly mayor of New
Haven, representative, state senator, and states
attorney.
Mrs Helen E. Mcneil of New Haven was found
cead IN her room in Hartford on the 18th. The
jury returned verdict of accidental death"
The Beethoven Society of Hartford, number
inE one hundred voices, under the direction of j.
u. Barnett, will sing the grand oratOro of the
Messiah, at Allyn Hall, Hartford, Christmas
night The society will be accompanied by the
Germania orchestra of Boston, and with Dr.
Guimette, also of Boston, to do the bass solos,
grand affair is expected.
In SomerS, on the 18th, four persons, all mem
hers of one family, named Scantling, lost their
lives. Three of the children, all girls the eldest
sixteen ears of age, went on to pond near the
house to slide, while the father and the remain
der of the family were at breakfast The ice not
being sufficiently thic1 they all broke through
The father, seeing the condition of his children
rushed franticaly TO their aid but in his attempts
to rescue them, he too broke through and the
whole four were drowned.
RHODE ISLAND.
The engraving room in the print works of A.
W. Sprague, at Cranston was damaged by fire
10 the extent of $4,000, on the 15t'4.
PERSONAL.
a London surgeon was paid the sum of $4,000
for declaring that Garbald had no bullet in his
hICt itNtr riC bod Tao,
er, so IN of er found a bullet there and the Lon
doncr !! now called upon to refund his fee, which
he won't.
Tue Prince of Wales having Sc, up house-keep-
ing has had two mi-lords appointed Cords of the
bed chamber"
Hon Ephalet Case formerly postmaster of
Lowell, then editor of thes Cincinnati Enquirer,
and recently of the Portland Advertiser, died at
Patriot, Indiana on the 14th inst, aged sXty-six
years.
The printers of Paris WHO were condemued to
different punishments in consequence of a
strike, have made unique present 10 their adj
vocate, Nj. Berryer. They have printed on vel
lum the orations of Bossuet, an have produced
book in style of magnifcence said to be une-
qu6lle fer typographical excellence. In order
that no other copy should exist, the forms were
Immediately broken I'D
Major L. L Sturtevant, of the 9th New Hamp-
shire regiment, who was killed at Fredericks-
burg, was resident of Concord, printer by
s,''"o, "hu "Oii hHoWu ny tue craft LnrOu8nOut
New Hampshire
MISCELLANEOUS.
1t is recorded in an old number of the New
London Bee, published in 1900, that one Luther
Baldwin of New Jersey was arrested ''for wish
ing the wadding Of a cannon fired on a day of
rejoicing was lodged in the presidents posteri-
ors The Norwich Bulletin thinks that if this
unfortunate victim of an ancient arbitrary law
ever wanders about our streets in the spirit, he
perhaps envies The happy lot of our secesh, who
''cuss" at the government, and reel off the most
bloodthirsty imprecations against our volunteers,
TO their hearts coatent, without even so much as
being knocked over for it.
A correspondent says: "There are still two
many drinking officers in Washington am
afraid might say with truth-d,mlken officers,
but will not say it,"
A disease, new TO modern times, has made its
appearance in Chicago The disease shows itself
in spots not unlike those characterisng varola,
but much more suddenly, and the pustules are
of dark purple color Several cases of death
from this new disease occurred in Chicago last
week. Wherever it has made its appearance the
efforts of physicians have been unayaing.
Gen. Halleck has decreed that no more civil.
ians shall be appointed paymasers, but that
these offppre ehalI ha