Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-12-25

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New England News Summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.
The passengers in the steamer New Eng
land, which sailed from Boston on Monday
tor st. John, were searched to ascertain if
they mad concealed weapons; but none were
found. Several suspicious persons were on
board. number OF the Boston police took
passage.
A man in Boston, VINO bet $500 on Heena n
and lost it, got drunk and brought up at the
bar OF the police court.
In Boston, on Thursday, young lady had
foot crushed oil at the East Boston ferry
slip, and an old gentleman was almost killed
by the boys coasting on the common.
Gov. Andrew has ordered national salute
to be fired on Boston Common, New Years
day, to celebrate the amnesty proclamation of
President Lincoln.
A the recent fair at the Music Hall, SAYS
the Boston Transcript, valuable article was
put up ut one of the tables in rattle The
lady had just opened her book and sold one
ticket A gentleman, who was very DESTROYS
OF obtaining the article, touk the balance of
the shares. The lottery was soon drawn,
The man purchasing the single ticket drew
the prize.
Handels "Messiah" is to be given on Sun
day night at Music Hall, Boston; the chorus of
the Handel and Hayden society, the great or
gan and various soloists will unite to give this
inspired Christmas music fit utterance.
The rebel prisoners, who have been enjoy
ing the comforts of the Off GERS quarters at
fort Warren, have recently been removed to
the classmates, and are now supplied with
regular army rationS. The captain and mate
OF the rebel ram Atlanta were in Boston tes-
tltylng in Il case on the Pod, and before re-
turning purchased quantity of whiskey with
which to observe Christmas.
Rev. Scion w. Bush of Medfcd is to be-
come editor OF the Christian Register on New
Years day.
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
Apropos of the brilliant ice spectacle which
is running trees and dazzling the eyes oe
rybody limb was cut from tree in Con-
cord last Wednesday, which weighed sixteen
pounds, and when its ice drapery melted oil it
weighed but sixteen ounces.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Mrs. Sally Atwood Of Taunton, has reached
her one hundred and first year, having passed
her centennial birth day on the 18th day OF
August.
A man named John Wood, was seriously If
not fatally injured at the linen mills in Fall
River, on the 2lst, by falling down all eleva-
tor way.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
In a report of the proceedings of an agricul-
tural meeting at Springfield, we find this as
founding statement: "a man who grew one
hundred and thirteen bushels of Dutton corn
per acre, had ears from twelve to fifteen in
ches in length"
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
Luther Chaplin of Pelham, now in his 6Sth
year, walked from Ludlow to Pelham, a dis
lance Of twenty-one miles, in six hours, on
the 10Th.
The people of Northampton are going to
send Il Christmas dinner to the companies
from that vicinity in the 10Th and 37th regl-
ments
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The workmen employed on the Hoosac tun-
mel have procured and caused to be forwarded
to his excellency Gov. Andrew a Christmas
turkey, weighing alive not less than thirty
five pounds. This extraordinary bird was
raised in the town of Monroe.
MAINE.
The city of Bangor has already furnished
over three hundred men on her quota.
The lumbermen of Maine are making pre-
parations for an extensive business in the
woods the coming winter The lumber bust
ness as well as most other branches is unusu-
ally brisk this fall.
The steam frigate Colorado, which has been
with the gulf squadron, has been ordered to
Portland.
The Rev. DR.. Tappan of Augusta died at
his residence on the evening Of the 22d.
VERMONT.
sawmill belonging to Mr. Hiram Aims
worth of Castleton was burned on the 10th
inst.
In one town in the I'd congressional district
the enrolling officer made the following entry
against mans name in the column headed
Occupation - 'Lofer-the largest man
living"
CONNECTICUT.
James Milton has just been awarded 5000
damages from the city of Norwich, for dam
ages received in falling OIL an unprotected
offset.
A beacon on southwest ledge, off New
Haven harbor, was washed away in the late
gale. 1t will perhaps be for the interest of
mariners if other papers will copy this.
The first Connecticut blood let IN this war
by the enemys bullets was furnished by Geo.
H. Bugbee of the Hartford Light Guard, in
the lst regiment c. ", Col. Burnham. He
was wounded in the shoulder during recon-
noissance from Arlington to Vienna.
An ecclesiastical council recently convened
in New Haven launched "A bull OF excommu-
nicatiun against Rev. j. Halsted Carroll of
the South Congregational church of that city,
they doubling his claim to be clergyman
also his loyalty.
Fifteen men were recruited in Norwich on
the 23d. Pretty good for one day.
The schooner s. Nj. Tyler left Bridgeport
on the evening of the 2lst, having six hun
dred and thirty-three packages on board for
Connecticut soldiers near Portsmouth, Va.
Won't they have Christmas frolic!
The stockholders of tho Merchants and
Manufacturers Bank in Hartford held a meet.