Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-05-12
General News summary.


Saturday morning The loss was from $1,000
to $500.
About two o'clock, Sunday morning, fire
was discovered in the upper story of the build.
ing over Nos. 2S3 and 2S7 Washington street
Boston That story and the rooms below
were occupied by McCully & Coffin, cabipe
makers and carvers, whose loss was abou
$1,000.
Workmen have commenced laying tn
foundations ofthe new dormitory building, be
tween the law school and Boylston hall, Har
ward college buildings.
Martin Pettes, while driving u cart OF
Prentiss street, in Roxbury, on Saturday,
the Providence railroad crossing, was kile
by Il passing train. He was about forty year
old.
The Gazette says the city government hay
given the escort duty of the city procession
on the approaching Fourth, to the Tremon
ZouayeS, Major Dickinson. Though com
posed of lads, their drill and bearing are sue
as to render the compliment a deserved one.
The spire of the Hollis street church is TO b
thoroughly repaired and painted, under tn
direction of some ofthe most experienced ant
skilfu mechanics of Boston
ESSEN COUNTY.
w. P. Phillips, Esq, collector of the dis
trict of Salem and Beverly, has been payn
the "ishing bountes" during the past week
The amount is about SIP 900, divided amon
80 vessels, all of Beverly.
The collector of Gloucester has commence
to pay the bounties in that town, which
amount to noarly 500. 000.-Saicm OJSerre1.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
A son of Charles Francis of Wareham, died
on Friday from injuries received by the cars
passing over his legs.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The track of the western railroad was TORI
up by some rowdies few miles east o
Springfield on Sun day last
No guns have been sent away from the ar
mory at Springfield for some time, and the
supply in the arsenal is rapidly increasing
There are now about 10000 on hand. 10000
Of which are packed ready for shipment.
The large cotton factory of the Palmer
manufacturing company, at Three Rivers, was
entirely destroyed by fire or Sunday morn
ing. All the machinery and everything in
the main building was destroyed. Only the
picker room and storehouse were saved. Loss
not yet estimated. Supposed to have been
set on fire.
MAINE.
At Yarmouth, Maine, on Wednesday after
noon last the large store occupied by Messrs.
Parsons Lawrence, dwelling house and
paint shop of II. B. Hitchcock, large hay
barn, fish market and two other building were
destroyed by fire, caused b. boys playing
with matches among the hay.
The grand masonic lodge of the state
held its annual meeting in Portland last
week. Over one thousand names have been
added to the lists of the lodge during the past
year.
A fellow at Bangor recently picked a gen
tleman's pocket of a valuable lever watch,
while measuring him, under pretense OF set
Ting wager, which would girt most around
the waist.
The number of vessels cleared for foreign
ports, from Portland during the three months
ending March 3lst, was one hundred and six
ty-four; number entered from foreign ports,
ninety-eight.
VERMONT.
Mr.. Orlin Rood of Jericho, Vermont, while
blowing on Saturday last, ran his pillow into
little knoll and turned out therefrom FORTY
two snakes They were of the kind com
monty known as ''copper-snlkes, and vary
ing from four to fourteen inches in length. E.
CONNECTICUT.
The case of Ezra S>Stanley VS.. Elizabeth
ii. Colt of Hartford (the famous Stanley will
case) was argued before the United States
circuit court at New Haven last week.
About $50 years ago, Mr.. Stanley devised to
the South church in Hartford, a tract of land
lying oh the New Haven and Wethersheld
roads, on condition that it should be leased
tor short terms. The land increased greatly
IN value, aud the church got the legislature to
pass an act authorizing its sale. A portion of
it was bought by the late Col. Samuel Colt,
and he built his mansion upon it, This suit
is brought by the heirs of Mr.. Stanley against
Col. Colts widow, to recover tine land Tho
heirs Of Stanley claim that the church, by
selling the land, violated the bequest, and
that the title reyerts to them. The whole
property In dispute is worth Sl50,000. The
case has been decided for the plaintiffs by the
jury, under instructions, subject to the Opin.
ion OF the court, on the legal issues raised.
One out OF every six of the inhabitants of
Winter harbor have died within the past few
months, and nearly all with dipthera
The adlutant generals report for the past
year gives the following exhibit of the num-
Der of volunteers from each county Hart
ford 1862, bounty Sl7,09S; New London 9S5
bounty SS302; Fairfield l404, bounty Sl2,-
0O2; Windham GO, bounty $565G Litch-
field $50, bounty $1,000; Middlesex 467,
bounty $4076; Tolland 800, bounty S329S;
This makes total of 1888 volunteers in the
field who have families in the state. and the
total amount paid monthly, in bounties to
families, 10,636. During the year there have
been issued 1913 commissions, and ll74 gen
eral and special orders have been promulgat-
ed. The drafts upon the state treasurer, for
sustaining the volunteer force in all its branch.
es, for the year ending March 81, 1868,
amount to 81, l0l, 566. The adjutant general
refers to the militia law, passed by the gene
raj assembly at its last May session, and says
that while there are many wise provisions in
| the law, making it a very liberal and excel
| lent one IN time Of peace, it appears to be
| entirely inadequate, when the country is en-
gagged in war, to the object designed in its
enactment. He recommends that all able
bodied white male citizens be enrolled, and
divided into two classes. The first class to
be composed of those between the ages of Is
and 30, to be termed the active militia: the
second class to comprise all able bodedwhite
male citizens between the ages of 80 and 40
years, to be enrolled and constitute the mac
tive miitia-the latter class to be subject to
active duty only in case of war, instruction
and invasion, actual or threatened.
Nearly twohundred acres of woodland were
recently burned over at Naugatuck, the work
of an incendary.
Turnersvile is the name of newly estab-
lished post Office in Toland.
The brass mills at Wolcottville have been
bought by Lyman w. Coe. Fred Seymour
has bought the Gen. Abernethy homestead in
the same place.
Some of the Norwich people were aston
ished, Wednesday afternoon, by an apparent
Smelling of the city from Laurel Hilton the
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