Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-01-03
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.


The annual election sermon before the gov.
ernOr and legislature, was delivered by Rev
VIM. IL. Alger of Boston, who took Tor his
text, Proverbs xiv, "a righteousness exalt-
eth nation but SIN is IA reproach to any peo-
pie" The subject OF his address was Pub.
lie Morals or the True Glory OF State"
which lie treated in an able and eloquent man
ner.
The Methodist Episcopal Church erected at
tbs corner OF Concord and fremont Streets
for the society recently worshipping at the
corner OF Shawmut avenue anu South Will
liams street, Boston, (lledding church, was
dedicated Wednesday afternoon at twO o'clock
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
The extensive paper mil OF VIM. Russell &
Son, situated on Canal street, Lawrence, was
entirely destroyed by fire at IL O'Clock We'd
nesday night Mr. Russell had large stock
OF pap>r ON hand, and the loss is heavy. lie
is insured
ESSEX COUNTY.
The new suubUat "Marblehead," is now at
a wharf in NewburJ port, nearly ready Tor
service. The length oi the boat is l73 feet,
breadth OF beam Is feet, depth ol hold Il feet,
measuring $40 tons. She is rugged lis IA seiIoou.
er, as we believe is the style OF most Aneri-
can gunboatS, spreading in her sails two thou
sand yards OF canvas. the forward berth
deck has accommodations for eighty three
men, and the three cabins furnish quarters for
the fifteen officers of various grades The whole
complement consisting OF ninety eight souls.
She has two horizontal engines Of eighteen
inches stroke and thirty inches diamgter of
cylinder, driving screw propeller nine eetin
diameter one hundred revolutions per minute,
OF about three hundred horse power They
may be orked together or separately, and are
unusually massive and strong. weighing be-
I,;rtt, a ,rt,,
BRISTOL COUNTY.
wears. fell from a staging about 8 O'clock YES
terlay afternoon. whIje Mt work nm a shin at
the ward off DovfiSh bar breaLinc the neck
of the lett thigh bone. and badly iniuring the
lower hack and SHINE He was taken tn his
home at Fairhaven, and DR.. Sweet was called
and rendered The necessary aid.
uAupsutRp couNTy
The comfy treasurer r4porls balance on
hand at the close of 1861 of 81 467. The
principal items of expenditure last year were
Tor iail and house of correction S4751. Jurors
s213S criminal costs S60O3 interest on, debit
S2o58, county officers S3272. constructing roads
and land damages S10I7. county notes and
bonds redeemed $4,000.
Levin w. Pope, overseer of the cotton mill
At Enfield. ON the 23d nit. while taking beam
OF cotton warp from the dresser, tell, striking
his head against the arms of a pully which
was revolving near the floor, and died in about
thirty minutes.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
AT Lee. on Christmas day, eleven of the
mos soed nersons in the town enioyed a SO.
cial gathering and an old fashioned dinner at
the mouse of Nathan Gibbs. There were 6 men
averaging seventy-nine years two months, and
five women, averaging sixty six years. The
oldest nerson was lanes Wakefield eighty.
seven wears
MAINE.
We think more plnughing was done last fall
than we ever witnessed before since our resi-
deuce in Maine. The weather was favorable
and people took advantage OF it to do up fall
work There is no better dressing for the soil
than fall plo wing.-BrtuSwick telegraph
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The renorted eIopement of Rufus Childs. a
minister OF Berlin. N. H., with daughter of
,Jndye Ellsworth. is said 10 be hoax. Well.
Ito Tar,.trator ofthat hnax sin mid suffer con.
diam n,,nisl,mrnt
7Th.. ,ar hn,Ise of the Concord Railroad in
Nasi,',o ,vas rnmnlatelv d.mol,sh,d nv tha
wind Wednesday night. Loss about $500
IN RELAY n,Sbt a schoohouse was burned
in Vest Romn, v. not far from the place where
Air. Alden ChiTofd's barn was burned the week
nravinns
VERMONT.
The wife of Elijah Earr of Bradford. com.
mined suc,de bv hanging herself on the I'D
mir afr ,hnut y vear7. rial of married lie.
srh,. STAT. re,un.,anre soriety held MS annual
meetinY NJ Bran,on Is Ii ult'. ana chose VII.
liam G. Ki,trrI"e Of Fnirhaycn, president, b.
II Winslnw nf Ptf,tnrd secretary. and j b.
Pave of RnrinnI. treasurer, The receinls
dnT,ny I'm. Inst wear were $3.50 and the ex.
penIIIurrs sI43
puonp,s1AND
Ann Leamv a w,Iow' was burned to death.