Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-10-17
General News Summary.


bOSlON AND VICINITY.
A large crowd assembled in Faneuil Hall, |
Thursday, to witness the drafting. Commits
sioner Russell introduced to the audience Jos.
Jones, man born blind, as the person to draw
the ballots, and said that as the law compelled
the person to be blindfolded, the sheriff would
place the handkerchief which was according
ly done. The box containing the ballots was
made to revOlve by means Of crank. The
Boston Transcript says =
lowing to the haste in which the enrolment
of citizens liable to do military duty was made,
the names OF many persons beyond the age of
40 years were included in the list and among
the persons drawn are those who have entered
upon the second half-century of their exist
ence. Besides these, some individuals not in
the country at the present time have been
drawn, and no doubt, many who will be even
tually proved unable to perform military SER
vice. Probably it will require the drawing of
5000 names to obtain the number desired
2l00.Nine hundred have thus far been drawn.
The crowd at the close of the proceedings in
Faneuil Hall, to-day, was larger than at the
beginning. But it was good humored. and
made the best of a disagrecable military ne
ceSsity.' Some of our worthy residents
would have been surprised chad they been in
the hall) at the applause which greeted the
reading of their names"
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY
The Massachusetts Unversalist convention
will hold its annual session in Lowell on Tues
day, Wednesday, and Thursday of next week.
1t is composed of all the clergymen and dele
gates from each of the societies and sabbath
schools of that denomination in the state
BARNsrABLE COUNTY.
David Bursley has been restored to an in
spectOrship at Barnstable, and proposes to
withdraw his name from the republican con.
vention for sheriff.
Mrs. Rebecca s., daughter of Capt. Jona-
than Snow of Orleans, was burnt so severely
by her clothes taking fire at the residence of
Jonah Atkins, in Truro, that she died next
day.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
The barn, shed, and tobacco barn, belong
ing to Edmund Burke of Hadley, were de-
stroyed by fire on the 10th. Loss $500; no
insurance.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The 49th regiment, now at camp Briggs, in
Pittsteld, comprises over 900 men. CAPTAIN
Lee, the post commander, has received notice
to prepare for departure as soon as possible
The officers have not yet been chosen, but
probably will be, early next week. A num-
Der OF the men are under arrest for stealing
sheep and turkeys.
MAINE.
At the Saco fair, a yoke of oxen five years
old, girth six feet eight inches, drew on a
common drag 4l8O pounds Of stone and twelve
men.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
On Monday, the 9th, as Mr.. VIM. Roby
was blowing on his farm in Mortified, one of
his oxen suddenly stumbled and fell. Upon
searching for the cause, he found that the OK
had broken through barrel which lay about
two feet under ground, and that the barrel
contained human body He Immediately
called assistance, and the body, on being ex-
humed, was found to be that of large-sized
man. 1t appeared to have been buried several
years, but much Of the flesh still remained on
the limbs, and the hair was perfect.
On Sunday afternoon, 9TH inst, son of
Stephen Kimball of Harrisville, 8 years old,
fell from cherry tree, distance of thirty
feet, striking his head upon a rock and frac-
turing his skull. He died the next day.
Mr.. Charles Twombly of Rochester was
instantly killed at the Boston and Maine depot
IN Dover, on the evening of the 18th inst He
attempted to get upon the cars of the Port
land train, as it was leaving, and fell between
the platform and the cars. The skull was
crushed by the wheel.
Sol' 1hdSoh w 1appan OF Bradford has
been appointed to the command of the 10th
regiment Of nine months volunteers. Rev.
james Pike Of Sanbornton bridge, formerly
member Of congress, is lieutenant colonel of
the same regiment.
CONNECTICUT.
Edward L. Nichols of Suffield. lad of 10
years, while hunting on the 9th inst, captured
alive hawk, which measured % IL inches
in height, and his wings IS inches from tip to
tip.
The editor of the Hartford Courant has been
shown two volumes of the ancient records of
the colony of Connecticut, which had been
lost Tor an indefinitely long period They are
transcripts OF the land records of Hartford.
Windsor, Wethersfield, Pennington, Middle
town, New London, Fairfield, and Stratford.
made in accordance with an order of the gem
eral court, October, 1853. They also contain
very full records of births, marriages, and
deaths in Windsor up to 1850, few of Hart
ford, and very few from Fairfield. Both
volumes are in remarkably excellent preserv-
alton.
The horse railroad pleases the Hartford
people so much that a petition has been sent
tIfn g.g,Va,