Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-09-07
General News summary.


The Shoe and Leather Reporter saws that
two or three shoe dealers from Nashville.
Tenn, are in Boston this week, trying to ad-
just their Indebtedness. One of them has
settled outright at ninety cents on the dollar.
and Others are paying fifty to sixty per cent.
on their accounts.
Eight hundred men were sent from Long
Island on the 9TH inst. to the seat of war, of
whom two hundred will be sent to the 18th
and two hundred to the 22d Massachusetts
regiments, and the others to Maine and Yer
mont regiments.
John Francis Noonan of Boston was
drowned ON the Sd inst. in the dock at Lin
coins wharf.
An orderly sergeant employed in the Office
OF Maj. Clarke, provost marshal tor this state
has been arrested for forgery of that officers
signature to ''passes" to visit Long Island.
A Boston regiment is to be raised for home
duty, under the governors recent order.
Rachel Barrett was arrested in Boston on
the 9th, on charge of forging Major Clark's
name to pass to go to Long Island
A new iron steam cutter designed for the
waters of Boston Harbor and Massachusetts
Bay Will be finished and go into that service
on or about October 10TH
The chief of police in Boston has ascertain
ed that there Is in circulation dangerous
upon the New England bank, Boston. The
counterfeitS have the letters "a. B. & CO."
over the figure 5 in the right hand corner.
which are not in the genuine.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
A building used as Il stock house. in con-
nection with the Wales & Mills paper mill at
Newton Lower Falls, was destroyed by fire on
the 4th.
Julia c. Neal, for clothes-line stealing, was
sentenced to four months in the house of cor
rectiun, on the 9TH.
Rev. Amos Clarke, for many years an in
structor Of youth in Newburyport, Dedham
and Boston, died at Sherborn, Mass. his ma.
tive place, on the 9Th inst. at the advanced
aye OF 81 years. He graduated at Harvard
college with high honors in 1901. He was
ordained pastor of the Unitarian church in
Sherbern III 1880, but retired from his minis
terlal duties several years since.
ESSEX COUNTY.
About thirty sail of the bav fleet have mr.
rived at Gloucester from their first trip, bring
ing IN good fares of mackerel.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
rev. DIR. Vail of Taunton will close his con
nection with st. Thomas parish on the first of
OctoDer, with the view of accepting pastoral
invitation from the west, which he now holds
under consideration,
man who was drunk jumped from a third
story window, on the 4th inst. in New Bed
ford, crushing the bone of his left heel, split
ting his toot, and injured severely his left hin
arm, and right foot. 1t is thought he is dam
gerously hurt internally as he fell distance
of thirty feet.
DARNsTABLE COUNTY.
In the case of John b. Holway and James
w. Holway, of East Sandwich committed for
examination fDr tbn urI. .,f
wright the grand jury at their late session
FOUND no bill, and they were accordingly dis
charged.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Michael IL. Keugon of Hartford, from whom
ms vic separated several months ago en-
ueaVOfed, on the I'd inst, to make her live
WIN MIN again by threatening to stab her with
dirk, while at the house of VIM. iivnchon,
Whi SRRf msat T B,A HHpM asty II" retreat ne
was subsequently arrested.
A lady, who was unacquainted in Spring
field asked hackman, upon her arrival in
the depot, on the 81 inst, to take her to the
Massasoit house, whcreupon he carried her
about half mile, returning not three rods
from where he started, and receiving his fifty
cents. Rather sharp practice.
Francis IL. Wordwell of Ludlow, a yeas
pedler while driving home, few days ago
had the Lightning pay Il visi to one OF his
yeast barrels, the contents of which took
sudden rise Of about dozen feet. The vehi-
Gle was demolished and the proprietor landed
into ditch Quite a rise that was.
A pear tree belonging to Lyman Smith OF
South Wilbraham, has upon IT, growing fine
ly, two crops of pears the last OF which grows
in clusters of three to five on the ends of last
years shoots, and are as large as English
walnuts.