Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-06
General News Summary.


BOSTON AND VICINITY.
The experiment of trayersing our streets
by steam carriage seems to be successful
The vehicle is easily managed, the speed
graduated, and it goes on the horse railroad
track or on any part of the street. Yesterday
| afternoon it went from Washington street
down side street to Harrison avenue, and
up the avenue, apparently working admira-
bly,. 1t was gazed at with gaping WONDER
Boston Herald.
ESSEX COUNTY.
A lady IN this city, teacher of music, was
/ called upon few days since and asked if she
| gave instructions in music to gentlemen. She
replied that usually she should be happy to
have such pupils, but she could not teach
young men music in time of war! The young
man lett.-NecburypoH Herald.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Jedediah Allen of Westport was drowned on
the Sd, while bathing. He was 70 years of
age.
Daniel P. Lewis, one of the overseers at
the house of correction in New Bedford, was
dangerously stabbed by Joseph Fish, one of
the prisoners, on the 4th.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Augustus M. Graves of Orange, 80 years old
and having a wife and five children, was
caught by the clothing to a shaft in the chair
shop of White & French, on the 30th. He
was whirled around several hundred times,
and bruised and mutilated so as to cause
speedy death. He had enlisted in the army
the week before, to help make up the quota
from Orange
Seymour Wheeler of Deerfeld, colored
man, has been arrested and committed to iail
to await trial for stealing the pantaloons and
Sll5 In money from two men who were bath
ing in the Connecticut river
severe hail stormpassed over Great river,
in Deerfield, and a part of Montague, on the
Both ult., doing considerable damage to tobac-
co and other growing crops.
Asa Raymond of Shutesbury in his 9th
year, went into the field few days since, took
a scythe, and cut his swarth equal to the best
mower.
CONNECTICUT.
The Worcester Spy says that "a couple
have been detected at Hartford-by means
of a fight which brought them before
the police court-in living together as
man and wife without being married. We,
as city, do not intend to deny the
fact But will the Spy and other pa
pers who copy the narration, at the same
time do the justice to our people to say that
we have, also, married couples among us who
do not live together. We call it here that the
trade is about square.-Hatfo,d Post.
A medicine peddler named Coe, at New
Haven, followed a Mrs. Howe around the
street, into her house, and by threatening to
shoot her with pistol, made her take an oath
on her Bonded knees that she would not visit
two places where he had been in the habit of
leaving medicine. Coe is under arrest, and
the lady is sick from alright.
Mr.. A. Tuttle of Bloomfield, committed
suicide on the Bird. He was found hanging
to cypress tree in corn field, with his
throat cut. Supposed to be deranged. He
was between 30 and 40 years of age.
George Jeffrey, son of Thomas N. Bishops
of Avon, was drowned on the fourth in Farm
ington river. He with another boy went out
to battle with a boat, which they anchored, but
which became unfastened and toated down
stream. He thought to save himself by jump
ing out, but was taken by the current and
drowned. The other boy remained in the boat,
which foated down stream and was finally
rescued.