Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-03-31
pointed trial justice of criminal cases for
Franklin county.


Mrs Lucy Ann Hasty persisted in the re.
cent snow storm at Island Falls, Aroostook
county. She had been on visit to her sister,
anu when within hall Il mile Of her hOur, lost
her way. She was not missed until the 18Th,
four days aiterward, when her brother found
her carpet bag in his Single camp in a cedar
swamp. The neighbors Immediately turned
out in search, and finally found the body, and
in a standing position. The unfortunate lady
had Invested herself offs great part other cloth.
ing, as it impeded her progress through the
| SNOW.
Ephraim Gilman, who was on trial last week
at Paris, for the murder of Mrs Harriet B.
Swain, has been adjudged guilty. His coun
sci nave flied bill OF exceptions
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
An interesting little boy, five years old, son
of MIR. Titcomb Of West Windham, was so
badly hurt in saw mill, on the 10Th inst,
that he died after five days suffering from his
injuries.
President Lincoln has appointed Cyrus X,
Sanborn OF Rochester, Moses I. Willard of
Concord, and Elisha T. Liscomb Of Lebanon
as allotment commissioners for New lamp
shire
a new religious society has been organized
by the Bapiisis in Lebanon, to be known as
the First Baptist Society in Lebanon"
The sash and blind factory belonging TO
Sawyer & Co , at North Weare, and occupied
by Foster & Robinson, was entirely consumed
Thursday night Loss $4,000, insured $1,000
on machinery.
The young man Russell who died so sud
denly on the Dist, at Mason, died of worms
A worm eleven inches long was found in his
throat, which had stangled him.
RHODE ISLAND.
The house of VIM. McGue, in Pawtucket
TanouaJ fire. Eri,l
In Providence, Benjamin Holden has been
adJudged probably guilty OF the crime OF adul.
terry and bound over IN the sum of $500 for
trial in the supreme court.
In addition to the trigate Savannah, it is
contemplated bringing the sloop of-war Prebe
to Newport the coming summer to take the
more advanced class OF the naval school I'D
the straits for naval practice.
Job Duree OF Tiverton, person eighty.
two years of age, has had his first tooth ex.
tracted
CONNECTICUT
There is a man in New London county,
named Simon Hazer, 90 years of age, who
has lived under three different governments,
has lived in three different towns, and yet has
never moved out OF the house in which he
was born. MIR. HazeI lived first under the
monarchy of George Ill, then under the con.
tederacy, and lastly under our own govein-
ment. lie first resided in Norwich, which was
divided and out of which the town of Frank.
lin was formed and in 1861 that part of
Franklin where he resided was included in the
present town of Sprague.
a little boy in Barkhamstead, named John,
son, but four years OF age, was instantly killed
on the 24th instant, by sliding down hill and
striking his head against tree when at tulI
speed.
The body OF Enoch Hammond drowned at
Colnsville last fail, was found on the 25th,
about eighty rods from where it fell into the
stream.
w. H. Moore of Newton has been appointed
superintendent of evangelizatiOn in Connect.
cot, an office recently vacated by Rev. Leon
ard w. Bacon, now of Stamford.
President WooIsey, OF Yale College, will
probably be elected as a regent of the Smith
sonian Institute, in place of the late Professor
FELTON,.
Hon Henry S. Sanford, U. S. minister to
Belgium, offers to give $3.50 toward monu
ment to Col. Charles L. Russell, and will in
crease it to $500 il the citizens of Derby will
subscribe as much.
Fifty nine black snakes were killed few
days since on the farm of Russell Lamb, in
Ledy ard.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The keels OF two vessels on the model of the
Monitor, but thirty feet longer, have been laid
at GreenpOnt, n. Y.
1t is said that printed declarations, with
blank forms, are to be used by young ladies'
who have lovers too modest to propose The
ladies themselves fill out the blanks-and of
course 10 sensible man can refuse signing
them.
Bayard Taylor is to be nominated as secre-
tay of legation at St. Petersburg
The Winchester women are described as
being ferociousy rebellious. Every one, il is
said, looks "as it she would bite board nail"
1t is stated as fact, that the second time
the Merrmac bored her iron PROV into the
Cumberland she could not extricate herself,
and that fortunately for her the PROV broke
of, or she would have gone down with the
Cumberland