Worcester daily spy., 1862-08-08
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MAINE.
\ secessionist living near Machias, was,
when twenty-nine years of age, member of
the legislature of 1854, but has lately been
enrolled as fortyfour years and nine months
old. He is said to have ''lived fast"
CONNECTICUT.
The Tolland County Horse Association will
hold their annual national horse fair at Rock
vile, on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept II
and Is.
A Mr.. Holland of Hartford, having rushed
into matrimony about fortnight after the
death of the first Mrs. H., has the exquisite
satisfaction of knowing that his second wife,
now In Jail for drunkenness, has another hus-
band in one of the regiments at the war.
The Hartford Press says Rev Mr.. Calkins
of New Haven has been invited to the pastor
ate OF the Center church in that city, with
salary of $4,000.
A shocking accident, says the Norwich
Bulletin, occurred in Waterford. on the Ist.
Thomas Colbert, young man employed on
the farm of Mr.. j. B. Morgan, was standing
in cart receiving hay as it was pitched up
to him, and ''making the load" Suddenly
part Of the load fell off, and he fell with it to
the ground As he fell his pitchfork slipped
from his hand. reaching the ground first, ham
die down-and he following, came directly
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penetrated his left side, and inflicted a fright
full wound. The mans liver was torn away
from its place, and the left lung pierced and
mangled. The fork was found so tightly
held in his body that it was with difficulty that
1t could be wlthdrawn-and when it came out
the curved tine was found to have become
Strengthened. The unfortunate man lived
about eighteen hours after the accident oc-
CURED. He was Is years of age
Miss Sarah E. Henry, daughter of Mr. Will
liam Henry of New London put an end to her
life on the night of the 4th by drowning Her
body was found the next morning, with no
other apparel than her night dress, in the wa
ter hogshead in the back yard of her fathers
residence. The young woman was "a years
OF age, has been unwell for years, and fire.
quently exhibited symptoms of insanity.
young girl, named Frank Welch arrest
ed in Hartford for beinga common prostitute
stabbed herself in the left breast, Just below
the heart, with pair of scissors, inhicting a
wound about three-tourths of an inch in
length, but not very deep, her hand having
been arrested by Il woman who was in the
cell. She has once before tried to ''shuffle off
this mortal COLI by jumping into the water
and says she will try it again.
RHODE ISLAND.
In Westerley, on the Sd, boy about six
years Of age son Of John Murphey, fell into
the water and was drowned
MISCELLANEOUS.
Rev. Mr. Mcmillan, of the New York 109th,
says he married contraband couple with all
due solemnity in the Shenandoah valley
The comments of the darkies ON the style of
the ceremony were curious. Some of them
thought ''dis was better wedding dan culled
folks ginerally hab in Virginny ;" while others
thought ''dat tying up man and wife so long
as dey both live, was little longer dan dey
usually expects in dis country"
There was coined at the United States mint
in Philadelphia in the month of July, $780,
500 in double eagles, and $50, 400 in quarter
eagles-being total coinage of gold of Sl2l,-
920. The silver coinage was 5000 dollar
pieces, and 13,200 in quarter dollar pieces-a
total of 1920. The great feature OF the
month was the heavy manufacture of cents, of
which three millions six hundred thousand
were made, Of the value of $500 The
total value of the coinage of the month is
| $l76,220, covering in all 1862 1886 pieces.
FOREIGN ITEMS.
Scotland, according to her last census, con-
tains population of 1902, ,294 This includes
all the natives WHO are in the military, navy,
and merchant service, and the increase in ten
| years mas been only SIX per cent.
AT a recent sale of choice violins in Lon
don, cremona of l715 sold for EIOO. one of
| 170l for E135, and one of 1897 for E2lO The
total amount of the days sale was fl7l7, and
the number of violins disposed of was only
seventeen The average price realized was
| therefore over five hundred dollars fiddle.
Mr.. Laurie, late NJ. p for Barnstable,
England, and one of the directors of the
Royal Academy of Music, intends to offer an
nually two silver prize medals to the two most
proficient students in vocal music-the exam
| ination to be taken and the prizes awarded by
the body of prOfessors-to be called ''The
Laurie Medals"
The British Museum has recently acquired
valuable collection of drawings, both in pen
Gil and water colors, illustrative of old Lon
don. They are by Scharf, the German artist,
who spent the last forty years of his life in
London.
The New Zealand papers contain an adver-
tlsement offering reward of fl00 for the dis
covery of the whereabouts of Viscount Gull
lamore, who is believed to be working at one
OF the gold diggings under an assumed name.
In 1913 the imports into the province of
Otago, New Zealand, amounted to Ell .S69,
and the exports were oil. In 1861 the i'm
ports amounted to 1853, 733, and the exports
to fS44,4l9
The Essays and Reviews" prosecutions
are likely to fall to the ground. tits reported
that the bishops have decided not to appeal
from the decisions of DIR. Lushington in the
cases of Drs. Williams and Wilson. The
London Atheneum remarks that ''these judg-
ments, therefore, which establish the right of
free biblical criticism for the clergyman, must
now be considered as the law of the land.
A list of the vertebrated animals in the gar
dens of the Geological Society of London has
recently been issued. The societys collec-
ton, which is supposed to contain the most
extensive series of living animals in existence,
embraces about 1850 specimens, illustrating
1875 specimens of mammals, 400 of birds, G2
OF reptiles, and % of fishes; altogether COZ
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