Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-12-04
General News Summary.

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store, and one has $50 bill, which he asks
the favor of getting changed, in order to pay
a small sum to his companion. On receiving
the small bills he proceeds to look them over,
and objects to them, that they are not of the
right banks, or something of the sort, and con-
cludes that he will not take them, but will go
to some other store. Of course the clerk puts
them back into the drawer without looking at
them; but when become to make up his cash
account he finds he is from SO to So out, ac-
cording to the denomination of the bills he Of
fered the rogues, one of which they manage to
carry off. Quite a number of merchants have
been yictimzed in this way.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
In Cordaville, the 3D. Mr.. Arthur was
caught in belt and carried around the shaft
in the factory of NJ. II. Sanford, and died in
about half an hour.
ESSEN COUNTY.
The construction of the Salem and South
Danvers horse railroad is about to be COM
menced. No stringers or ties are to be used
in the construction of the road, and no wood
in any shape. The track is to be but four feet
wide, and the cars of iron, on a new and i'm
proved pattern, very light and commodious,
to be run every fifteen minutes, and oftener
when necessary The track is to be a single
one with turnouts.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Mr.. D. +. Cheney, foreman in the furniture
mandatory of Messrs. Haley, Morse & Boy
den, met with a painful accident on the I'd,
which resulted in his death in a few hours.
He entered the small building little distance
from the factory, used for the storage of ben
zole, with lantern, the light of which COM
ing in contact with the gas, caused an explo-
sion. The fire communicated to his clothes,
burning his body severely, and causing him
to inhale the flame. The accident occurred
about six o'clock, and he fingered till eleven,
suffering intense pain till he expired.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
The Barnstable Register furnishes statistics
showing that the returns of the codtishing
business in Barnstable county received include
all but the produce of two or three vessels,
owned in the district and entitled to gbounty,
and that, in Provincetown, WellHeet, South
Dennis, Harwich, and Chatham-the number
of vessels being 144-there have been 101, l73
quintals of Goldfish cured. The amount of
bounty due is about 100000.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The Fall River News has been reduced in
size and the subscription price increased from
four dollars to five dollars.
The New Bedford Mercury has increased
its subscription price to seven dollars per
year, and the price Gifts single copies to three
cents.
MAINE.
Bangor shipped last week 43, 600 bushels of
potatoes at so cents a bushel. Since the sea-
son opened, 254, 600 bushels have been ship
ped, which, at the average price of As cents
bushel, gives an aggregate value of $l14,-
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little daughter of Royal P. Brown, of
Ts1o IL, cal, IA :.
feared from the evidence, by her mother. The
little girl was four years old, and was killed
apparently by the single blow of an ak.
Several criminals in prison at Thomaston,
with the death penalty hanging over them, had
big scare few days since, on the occasion
OF the erection of staging in the yard. The
criminals feared it was a gallows. The poor
fellows felt relieved when they were unde-
ceived.
In preparing turkey for the spit, in Port
land, last Thanksgiving morning, the cook
found the crop not taken out. On cutting it
open she found a silver dime in it, as bright
and good as new. Not very good operation
for the farmer who sold the turkey with the
crop.
DIR. Joseph Prescott and his partner cele-
brated their golden wedding at Pennington,
on Monday. Among the presents on the oc-
casion was box labeled Homeopathic pills"
which was found to be full of gold dollars.
Not bad pills these to take.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The result of the municipal election in
Portsmouth has thrown cold water upon the
newly fedged enthusiasm of the democratic
leaders in New Hampshire. They started up
on the campaign with the idea of carrying the
state by storm, and have met with decided
repulse from picket guard of the republic
cans. Portsmouth gives a larger republican
majority than ever before.
CONNECTICUT.
At charter election in Norwich on the LIST,
the republican ticket, with the exception of
one individual, was elected.
PERSONAL.
Rev. S. B. Swain, d. D., formerly and for
several years pastor of the first Baptist church
in this city, and who has recently closed his
pastoral connection with the Baptist church
in West Cambridge, has been engaged to serve
the American Baptism Home Mission society
as their secretary for the district of New Eng"
land.
''Mrs. Louise de Mortie, colored lady of
Boston" has made her debut in New Y ork as
a reader of the American poets. She is de-
scribed as woman of fine '''presence," COM
plexion of a flushed creamy tint, hair dark
and wavy, eyes large and lustrous, features
oval and almost classic, voice rich, deep, and
musical, pronunciation admirable, and GEES
lures easy and graceful.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Prof. Francis William Newman of London
has translated Longfellow's Hiawatha into
Latin, in which such horrible words as these,
L inibns Oggibbawaiarum,
sedibuS Dacotarum,
take the place of the childish simplicity of the