Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-08-13
RHODE ISLAND.

on the lth, from Providence.
The house of Mrs. George Darling of
Woonsocket was struck by lightning during
heavy shower on the It'll. A daughter of
Mrs. Darling was slightly burned on one ear,
but beyond this no person was injured. The
house was somewhat damaged and some
crockery broken.
Among the literary exercises incident to
commencement at Brown University will be
an address by George w. Curtis and poem
by William Winter before the United Broth
ers and Philermenian societies.
Fishing is splendid this season in the vicin-
ity of Newport. Large quantities of the tinny
tribe have been taken, from the noble bass to
the diminutive catshogset.
MISCELLANEOUS.
substitute offered for Il drafted man in
Washington, when called on to swear that he
was not deserter, replied that he could not
do so. as he had deserted from the rebel ar
my. The officers warned him of his danger
if he should be captured by the rebels. He
coolly replied that they might hang him when
they caught him, and was received.
Prentice, in speaking of the recent capture
of jeff. Davis library, says IF it taught
him to be what he is, it must be villainous
collection of books
The Camden and Amboy railroad brought
peaches-an immense freight for this early
season.
Pickpockets abound at Saratoga, so do the
burglars. The latter relieved "A dwelling
house there of $4,000 in gold few nights
ago.
There will soon be eight thousand {" I'M
bleached Americans" in the department of
the south, and it is minated thaS they are to
garrison Charleston.
The cricket match at New York, between
the second eleven Of the New York club and
the second eleven of Boston, was won by the
former after well-conteSted game.
An emergency" doctor, who volunteered
his services at Gettysburg, was detected
charging enormous compensation for profess
sional services on the battle field. One pri-
waite actually paid the swnder fifty dollars
for performing an amputatOn and inSuring a
cure. The man was arrested, and his name
Is now in the hands of the secretary of war,
who, after sentence is pronounced, will d.
yulgc ii to the public.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad company
formally opened their road from Washington
to Whce IN the 10th inst. 1t is repaired
from Washington to Cumberland, the third
time since the war broke out.
a passenger of one OF the Philadelphia city
railroad cars sued the company tor one cent
which the conductor had detained in default OF
making change. The plaintiff gained Il YER
diet ana the company paid the costs.
There are 1928 sick and wounded soldiers
in the gov eminent hospitals at Philadelphia
The wLOe fire department of New York
turned out on the lth inst TO attend the
funeral of an old fireman naned Floyd 5.
Gregg.
The price of coal has gone up so high that
the New Nurt, railroads havn 1ou,man..d
using wood again tur the running OF their To-
comotives, they finding it cheaper.
a singular discovery has been made on the
Fr,eh ,,,es, 'll.-......i- C5dTUIIuc.
town has been discovered buried in the
sand and a church has already been extracted
from 1t. Its original plan shows it to have
been built near the close of the Roman en-
pirc. The original paintings, lis sculptured
choir and capitals, are adorned with proiusc
ornaments, which are attracting large num-
Der OF visitors. This is all that remains OF
those cities described by Pny and Slrabo,
although the gulf of Gascony abounds in ruins
of ancient cities.
The late rains have improved the corn pros
poets in southern and southeastern Ohio.
Some portions Of Ohio are represented as be-
ing perfect wilderness Of corn.
The number of emIgrants arrived, and who
after arrival have left New York for the west
during the period between March l and Au-
gnst l, is S5,046 against 1910 Tor the same
period in the year 1892.
Peter Ten Brock, an old resident of Catta-
rauguS county, N. Y, has recently deceased
leaving the sum Of $j0,0O0tor the endowment
of an institution of learning to be located at
Franklin, his birth place.
James Smith, at Victoria Gardens, Montre-
al, ON the Sth walked a match of seven miles in
90 minutes and 4S seconds.
BY the explosion of a locomotive boiler at
Parksburg, Pa. on the 8th, fireman named
Watson was blown almost to atoms, his arms
torn from his body and his brains dashed out
against n tree fifty feet distant So great was
the conclusion produced by the explosion that
all the window glass in the town was broken
to pieces, and the wood station in the vicinity
was demolished.