Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-06-06

ter has chopped and fitted for the stove TWEEN
| ty-hye cords of wood.
| The railroad bridge on the Cocheco river,
above Rochester, was accidentally burnt on
the afternoon of June lst
The citizens of New Boston have made ar
engagements for celebrating in becoming man
neer, on the fourth of July next, the one hun
dredth anniversary of the settlement of their
town.
VERMONT.
People in the eastern part of Orange county
are trying again for removal of the county
, buildings from Chelsea.
A Mr.. Gould of Peru has powder horn
which was used in the French war by his
grandfather, and in the revolutionary war by
his father.
Capt. Hendershott has been called to the
| provost marshal generals office at Washing
ton. and Captain Pitcher. of the Sth infantry,
has been appointed assistant provost marshal
| general of the state. Captain Pitcher is u
native of Indiana, and a graduate of West
! Point in the class of 1916. The headquarters
of the provost marshal have been removed
| from Montpelier to Bratteboro'.
The commodious library building of the
| University of Vermont at Burlington, was
| opened to the public for the first time on the
| Sd inst.
! CONNECT CUT.
! Isaac II. Bronson of New Haven, captain in
the 18th regiment and son of Leonard Bron-
son of Middebury, died on June I'd of wounds
received at Charlottesville.
Mayor WEIGH inaugurated the first night Of
the fourth term of his office at New Haven by
resigning. Alderman Morris Tyler is acting
mayor until a new election is held.
By recent decision that all contracts made
for arms previous to July LIST, 1862, are free
from government tax, several firms in the
state engaged in the manufacture of arms
have considerable less to pay than was sup
posed. Muir & Co. of Windsor Locks save
$4,000, and Shapes and Colts companies
of Hartford save about 100000 each.
railroad controversy will soon agitate the
legislature. 1t is proposed TO extend the
Hartford Providence, and Fishkill railroad
through Fairfield county, passing a short dis
lance above Danbury, and forming a junction
with the Harlem railroad. This would Grip
pie the Danbury and Norwalk railroad and
seriously injure the Housatonic, Naugatuck,
and some others.
bill TO increase the pay of senators to So
per day and representatives to 50 so was re-
jected in the house on June Sd.
One of Hazards powder mills at East Hart
iOlu' containing OHS HuHuI6u pOuluS Vi
powder, was blown up on the evening of June
lst Nobody was hurt.
The house elected on June Sd Thos. Cowles
of Pennington, bank commissioner; Samuel
Fitch of Stafford Springs, railroad commits
sioner; and Daniel II. Willard of Wethers-
field, prison director.
The Hartford bank has declared semi-an-
nual dividend of five per cent
The Commodore and Dub" went above
the covered bridge at Whitneyville, and
caught fnny, funny fish, and had the curl
osity to submit it to the inspection of scien-
tifc gentleman, who took down ponderous
volume and pronounced it to be ''phibetta-
cappipicharola," when the sportsmen lett in
happy frame of mind. So the New Haven
Courier says.
There were lO,8O3 births, 3O7l marriages,
and S54l deaths in Connecticut in 1862,
which is a less number Of births and marriages
than in 1861, and an increase in the mortai-
ty. One person who died was 100 years old.
RHODE ISLAND.
This region of country is suffering on ac-
connt OF excessive dryness. No rain has fall.
en- for three weeks. Grass, which was very
promising fortnight ago, is in many places
seriously injured. Much seed planted since
rain fell has failed to come up. The high
ways are exceedingly dusty, and on all sides
is heard the cry for RAIN IVoOnsoctet Patriot.