Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-03-07

pileS very eACeuenl IOOu 10 upWdTuS vi Il tlou-
sand persons. During the Lent season chow
der will be served up three days in week.
a boy eight years old, sou OF Phineas
Drew OF New Bedford, recently fell from
hay NOV, distance Of Is feet and striking a
tioor jOst broke his arm and diSOcated his
shoulder
NORFOLK COUNTY
In the action for libel brought by the Count
Joanncs against Rev. Joseph L. Bennett, in
the supreme Court, at Dedham, Wednesday,
Judge Merrick presiding, the jury returned
verdict of $500 for plaintiff. Count Joannes'
closing argument was two hours long, and EN-
braced theology, classics, the drama, the law,
history, and other subjects.
The Boston Traveller learns that girl
named Thayer, domestic in the family of j.
e. Holbrook, at South Brantree, was burned,
II Is feared fatally, on the 9th inst. She was
carrying fluid lamp, with two tubes, in one
OF which there was no wick The fluid caught
lire, and exploded, setting fire to her clothes.
| She had on wooden dress, and Mrs. HObrOok
with much presence OF mind, threw it over
her face, aud as she Thought extinguished the
| hire. The dress was then removed, and in a
moment her clothes were again il flames. Mr..
| llobrook at that moment came into the room,
and at once stripped off her clothes. She was
| badly burned abUIt the head, and it wan
| thought she had received internal injuries.
Her age is about sixteen years, and her family
belong in that town.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
Maj Phinney, of the Barnstable Patriot, a
successful cultivator OF pine trees and cranber-
ries, and great at reclaiming swamp lands. has
| been elected member OF the state board of
agriculture, in place OF Hon George Marston,
who declined a re election.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Among the killed OF the 9th Massachusetts
regiment at the battle OF Roanoke were Geo.
| Nj. Hale of Holland, killed by the bursting of
shell, and Levi Clark of Sandstield, hit by
! muSket ball in his stomach, just as lie was in
the act OF laying down; he was Immediately
taken to the hospital and soon expired. Both
were members OF the Westfed company.
Sheldon Stebbins of Westfied caught an
eagle in a trap, on the 81. The "brd OF our
country" has no serious injuries, and meas
ures seven feet from tip to tip OF the wings
and his weight is nine and onehalf pounds.
| He will be exhibited in few days.
MAINE.
Alfred Reed, OF OrOno, while returning
home from Bangor, last Thursday evening,
was knocked down, stunned, and robbed Of
SSl. Mr.. Reed was so much injured as to be
confined to his bed. The robber has not been
arrested, nor is there any clue to him.
| RHODE ISLAND.
The pound keeper III Newport, having re.
ceived notification to take up two horses,
started for the place described, and found two
enormous rood horses, such as are used by
masons. lie saw the "sell" at once, but lie
solved to have satisfaction. So he employed
team and taking the 'horses" to the pound
| put them i'll and turned the key upon them.
lie then advertised 1.-TWO horses in the pound,
which the owner could have by paying the
charges" Seeing he was fairly caught, the
other party called to take away the "horsps,"
saying it was only joke, &c. But the officer
demanded his Zee of 81 and costs, which the
| party refused to pay and went off 1t turned
out that the horses really belonged to a mason,
| who called on the gentleman who started the
| joke, for them, and not finding them received
! five dollars as an equivalent. The pound.
| keeper still holds on to the horses.
CONNECTICUT.
The new COlors for the first regiment artil
lery have just been completed at Hartford.
The state color is of the heaviest blue silk,
with yellow fringe, bearing the Come cticut
coat OF arms on shield, surmounted by an
eagle anu supported by a cannon.
A hen belOnging to John G.. Litchfield of
Hartford has laid TWO good sized eggs at the
same time, which are joined together endwise,
Siamese twin fashion. They are great curl
| ositv.
Letters received in New London from Capt
Daniel WatrOus report that the ship Clamalis,
OF that port, was lost on Indispensable Reef
South Pacific Ocean, on the 11th September
last The ship struck this reef thirty miles
from its position as laid down in the captains
chart, ami in one hour everything connected
with the ship, except the boat and crew. was
out OF sight under water. The crew saved
nothing except few pounds of bread and salt
meat. Alter eight days suffering in the boats
they arrived a. St. Christova Island where
they were kindly received and treated as tar
| as the means OF the natives allowed, they hav-
ing at their disposal nothing but yams, cocoa.
nuts and occasionally fish
Capt. Il. A. Morgan of New London has
chartered his steamer, the Jenny Lind, to the
| government for sixty days, at $50 per day.
The New London Star reports that che of
| the steamers OF the Norwich line has been
chartered by the government.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The several county taxes this year, as au.
thOrized by the legislature, will be as follows
Barnsiable, $4,000; Berkshire, SIG 900
Bristol. 900; Dukes, $1,000; Essex, $780,,
900 Franklin, SlS, 900; Hampden, SAL ,229
Hampshire, So 900: Middlesex, Sll4,OO0;
Norfolk, S73 600; Plymouth, $4,000; Wor.
| cester, 500, 900.
The Boston Courier is in deep distress
about the "insults offered by the mob" to the
| rebel generals on their arrival at the depot in
| Boston. Sometime since the Courier was es.
| pecially jubilant over ceriain "mob law" pro-
| ceedings, but since its amiable friends the trail
tors OF the south, have been groaned and
! hooted at little, why "mob law" is denounc.
ed as ga disgrace to civilization" In one
thing the Courier is perfectly consistent-in
seizng upon every preteXt to advocate indi
rectly the cause Of rebellion, and encouraging
! ~ pat the traitors upon their backs.
The Washington correspondent of the Phil.
adelphia Inquirer writes that Cincinnati
contractor, VINO had just been paid $50 900,
lost the entire sum in one evening, "hghting
the tiger" at a gambling hell not fur from
Wizards. lie had to borrow money to get
| home.
The Cattaraueua IN. Y. Republican says
MI ~. Midget Ot Great Valley, who keeps
quantity OF bees, makes his hives out of
birch bark at small cost. They are preferable
TO any other To keep the moths or millers
cut OF his hives lie keeps tame minks, and
they destroy all the miIlers. He has kept for
the last twenty years, from twenty to Il hun.
dred and twenty swarms at a time and he
considers the birch bark hive, and tame minks
to destroy the bee moth, the greatest discov.
cry he has made. When his minkery gets
over stocked, lie kills off a quantity and sells
the skins for 81 piece"
singular affair occurred at the LIE Glare
House, Davenport, Iowa, lately, between a
Waterman and one of the girls of the house.
| The young woman was in the habit OF teas
ing the watchman, playing tricks on him, aud
even managing to black his face. Watchy
got indignant at last, took Miss across his
knee, and spanked her. Miss prosecuted for
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