Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-11-09
General News summary.


While the Rev. Jacob Ide, ID. d., of Med
way, one of the oldest settled ministers in the
state, was returning home from ride on the
| 4th INST, his chaise was upset by coming in
| contact with wagon, throwing him out 1t
is hoped that he is not seriously injured.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
barn, out-buildings, &c., belonging to
| Hon. IL. Z. Wakefield of Reading, were CON
sumed by fire on the evening of the 9th His
house was badly scorched but by great exer-
| ton 1t was saved. The fire was set by an in
| cendiary.
The extensive sofa and furniture manufac-
tory belong to Messrs. Holmes, JOY & Co., of
| Charleston, was destroyed by fire on the night
of the 9th. The main buildings was of brick,
seven stories high and one hundred feet in
length by seventy IN width; also at the same
time the large pickle factory occupied by the
| Messrs. Nesmith < Heard took fire and was
| consumed. Five dwelling houses caught fire
| from the flames and were entirely destroyed.
| The whole loss will amount to 500 900 or up-
| wards. Several other buildings took lire, but
| the flames were eXtingushed before they had
| done much damage.
ESSEX COUNTY.
| Frank j. Ferdinand a Portuguese, who
has been partially insane for some time past,
wounded himself so severely in the throat
and abdomen, On the 4th inst, near Glouces-
ter, that he died the next morning.
BRISTOL COUNTY
| The report that the sentence of Obed Rev
| nolds, the murderer, had been cummuted to
| Imprisonment for life, is incorrect. The mat
ter has been before the governor for some
| time, but no decision has been made.
BARNSTABLE COUNTY.
| The people of Yarmouth and vicinity are to
turn out en- masse on the 10TH with teams and
implements, TO give the grove the benefit OF a
days work in identifying and improving its
grounds.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
On the ID Inst. Francis Lashapell, IL French.
man, Of Fiskdale, while loading ship timber in
East Brlmfed, slipped, and heavy stick of
timber fell upon him, crushing his skull in a
shocking manner, and killing him instantly
! MAINE.
| Charles A. Shaw OF Biddlpford has tele-
! graphed to the commissioners of the North
western fair, at Chicago, Offering them $1,000
| for the original draft of the presidents euan-
| cipatiOn proclamation.
The guns on the batteries in Rockland har-
| Dor are now mounted. The battery on the
southern side is nearly completed, but that on
the north will not be finished till next season
They have five guns each, three thirty-two
and two twenty four Founders.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
On the I'd inst, the house, barn, and out
buildings OF Alpheus Flint, of BOscawen, were
destroyed by fire, together with most of their
contents, which included two hundred bushels
OF potatoes, four cows, and yoke of oxen.
VERMONT.
Hiram Harlow of Windsor, who has held
the office Of superintendent OF The state pris-
| m IN h,,
| pointed.
! Chancellor Barrett has refused the petition
of the trustees Of the first mortgage bond
holders Of the Rutland and Burlington rail-
road to take the road out of the hands of the
trustees of the second mortgage bUndhOlders
and give 1t to them, or to appoint receivers
until the suit for the foreclosure of the first
mortgage is decided.
A large building is going up in Arlington for
the manufacture of shoe pegs. A chisel fac
tory is in successful operation, some sixty
men being employed aboutit.
A London girl, seven years old, died re-
Gently with passion. She had quarreled with
her little sister, and became SO enraged as to
bring on fit Of apoplexy.
A bear weighing two hundred pounds was
shot in Wasdsboro last week by e. d. Plump
ton. Henry Wright of Pownal trapped
CONNECTICUT.
The first Episcopal society of Litchfcld
have relinqushedt to the two grandchildren of
Mr.. Beers the income from the third of his
property left by his will to the society. 1t
was generous thing to do, as they need it
more than the society does.
Since there is a prospect that Hartford is to
have her railroad facilities increased, the New
Haven papers have become alarmed, and
think it IS high time to put the New Haven
and Derby railroad under contract.
A bill is before the Connecticut legislature
to promote enlistments, authorizing the pay
ment of $500 bounty additional to that now al
lowed from all sources giving proper credit to
all the towns for men formerly enlisted, ap-
prOpriating 81 500, 600 for the bounties and
authorizing the governor to extend the time
for paying the bounties beyond the 9TH of
January at his discretion.
The great northwestern fair at Chicago for
the benefit of the sanitary commission was
surprised at receiving large and splendid
contribution from the ladies of Hartford, New
| Haven, Norwich, and other places in the
state. A Connecticut department was OPEN
ed at once, and everybody IN The west from the
nutmeg state went and purchased therefrom.
| The store of Jeremiah Olney of Thompson
was robbed Of 5000 worth of goods on the
night of the. 9th inst.
The kind of fish called soup are secured in
such large quantities at Newport that two
hundred barrels of oil will be made from those
which were taken the past week by Mystic
company.
A young man at Colts army, Hartford, was
severely injured in one of his eyes, on the 9th,
! by percussion cap which was blown from
the tube of rifle he was testing 1t was
thought he would lose the sight of bis eye
The Mill River Wooden Company, SIAM
ford. IS now turning out 700 yards of cassi-
mere day, which it is estimated will be in
creased 1000 yards, when arrangements now
in progress are completed.
RHODE ISLAND.
The camp writing desk of Gen. Greene, OF
revolutionary memory, which he carried with
him in ali his campaigns to the close of the
war, is in the possession of his grandson,
Prof. Greene of Middletown. The material
is mahogany and the dimensions thirteen by
eighteen inches width and length.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The hog-slaughtering business has com.
menced in Cincinnati. Over 1000 head were