Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-07-31
high school in Cambridge at a salary of
BRISTOL COUNTY.


$500.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
A son of Cyrus Bassett of Taunton, about
ten years of age, was drowned on the 9th.
The New Bedford Mercury states that Jas.
b. Wood of that city has heen appointed col
lectOr, and Charles G. Davis, Esq, of Ply
mouth, assessor, for the first congressional
district, under the new tax law.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The fellow representing himselfto be ''Rev.
Mr.. Clark, son of the rebel governor Of Tex
as, and son in law of old Sam Houston" who
has been making SO many stirring speeches
about the country, turns out to be a rake and
impostoF. AT Pittstield, he made an address
in the park, Saturday night On Sunday he
rode out to Dalton with couple of notorious
prostitutes from house in Pittsfield. Mon
day he had his picture taken with theirs, and
IN the afternoon got beastly drunk. Some
wags at Pittsfield have issued facetious hand
bill, offering five cents reward for the recov-
cry Of bis body.-Spriagfeld Republican,
July 80.
MAINE.
Since the opening of spring navigation on
the Penobscot, there have been shipped from
Bangor 2l3,0OO bushels of potatoes and s.
100000 feet of lumber.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Last week a party of young men at Henni-
ker set out to 'serenade" with tin horns, g.,
a person who had been lately married named
Rewbcn Gregg. After making much noise,
Gregg was called on to come out, and father
and son answered the invitation-one with a
club and the other with dirk. With these
an attack was made on a young man named
Constantine, who received several stabs in
the back, side and face, and his recovery is a
matter of doubt. The Greggs have been
bound over to answer.
RHODE ISLAND.
Whipple Angel, who died recently at Bur-
rillville, aged 81 years, had been confined
more than twenty years to his bed with ossif-
cation of the muscles. He could move scarce
ly anything but his fingers; yet was cheerful,
enjoyed conversation, and planned his farm
operations ably and successfully, acquiring
some property.
CONNECTICUT.
young alligator may be seen padding
about any day in the aquarium in the window
of N. c. Brakenridges cigar store. This in
teresting production of the Louisiana swamps
was sent to this city by Capt McCord. He
made the voyage very comfortably in Il cigar
box. The Secesh animile makes himself quite
comfortable in the tank, and chcws away upon
the little fishes with as much satisfaction as if
he were at home helping make meal of
1ankee.-No110ich Bulletin.
Three nickel mines are being worked in
Torrington, one of which employs twenty
hands. The smelling works are large enough
to smelt 300 tons of ore a week, which is
worth from $50 to $50 ton. The mines
thus far are very rich.
The Stamford wild man of the woods has
appeared at South Adams and frightened sew
eral berry pickers.
A sensation was created among some of the
fair sex in Danbury, the other day. A small
frame building, raised on block, was used as
workroom by number of milliner girls
While they were busy at work, last weec
Monday, an ''enraged COW" rushed through
fence adjoining, and under the shop, where
she stuck fast. In her struggles to get free,
the old COW tilted up the building, first one
way and then the other, spilling the girls into
'pi, and upsetting things generally.
FRUIT ITEMS.
The pear blight is extensive all through this
region of country. Thousands of valuable
trees have been ruined, or nearly so. Black,
dead limbs are seen in every orchard and gar
den where there are pear trees. This blight
has been noticed for several years-last year
TO a considerable extent; but this year it ap-
pears more formidable than ever before Its
causes are unknown, and the remedy is what
everybody would like to learn Hartford
Times.
The Cape Cod Republican reports that the
cranberry crop has been muq 1niG 9nEEs ss COME
upon it, whitening the fruit The cause is
unknown, as nothing just like it has happened
before,