Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-11-28

| Gilmore, from Great Darlington in this State,
was found in a lifeless condition suspended ia
limb of tree near Hartford week before
last. Among other articles found in the pock-
cts OF the suicide. the Hartford papers say
there was photograph of Jacob Baker OF
Dudley, Mass"
MAINE.
The town of Machias is thriving in the lum.
Der business, and everybody there is getting
rich
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Lieut. Col. Bowers of the 18th New Hamp-
shire regiment, has received a commission OF
major in the invalid corps.
There was a serious railroad accident on
Thanksgiving afternoon at GofIe's Falls, near
Manchester. The entire passenger train was
thrown from the track while at full speed, by
the breaking of tender wheel. There was
a great tearing up of the platforms, but not
one of the seventy passengers was hurt.
Great excitement continues to exist in Con.
way, and vicinity over the multiplied incen-
diary fires that have occurred there within a
few weeks. The idea that they were caused
by political disagreements is now repUdiated.
VERMONT.
For some time gang of men have been
engaged in stealing horses in Maine and run
ming them to Vermont, to sell, and on their
return taking to Maine horses stolen in Yer
mont. Some detectives who have been watch
ing them for some time arrested them at Brad
ford on the 23d inst.
CONNECTICUT.
A little son of Mr. Cockings of South
Woodstock, while trying to cut pumpkin
with an ak, to quiet COW which his father
was milking, accidentally cut off the arm of
tiny brother who was trying to hold the
pumpkin so it should not roll over.
RHODE ISLAND.
few days since woman calling herself
Mrs. Ida Barry, wife of Col. Barry, of the
9th Maine regiment, visited Newport, and
swinded the New England Commercial Bank
of that city out of twenty-five hundred dollars,
by means of a. cashiers check on New York,
altered from twenty-five dollars to the former
amount.
FOREIGN.
The Princess de la Tour d. Auvergne, who
went up in NJ. Madras balloon, sent home the
following message ;-''rell them not to sit up
l shall not be home -night-perhaps not to-
morrow-perhaps never"
1t has been the fashion with Roman Catho-
lies to visit Westminster Abbey on the ami
versary of the Translation of Edward the
Contessor, and perform a service OF alteration
before the shrine. They were prevented do
ing so this year, however, by the authorities,
who directed the confessors chapel to be
closed on that day, in order to put stop to
the practice.
The Russian patrols charged to scour the
forests take with them number of large degs
of different breeds, to assist them in discover
ing the insurgents scattered about in the
woods, or concealed among the low brush.
wood. These animals eeause great alarm to
the Poles.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mr.. John Jay, whose mission it is to be a
thorn in the flesh to Episcopal conservatism,
has printed letter rebuking the wardens and
vestrymen of st. Luke's church at SOmers.
N. Y, for permitting their rector to omit the
prayer for the president and the country
Another secesh rector in that neighborhood
told parshoner his conscience would not let
him read the patriotic prayers, to whom the
parishioner replied, ''Damn your conscience
you shall read them!" And he. did read them
from that day.
There is good news for consumers OF coal.
In New York, Wednesday, 2400 tons of coal,
various sizes, were sold at auction. Prices
were lower on all descriptions than at the sale
last month. In CRATE coal the fall was near
ly two dollars; while stove sizes sold at a re-
duction of thirty cents a ton.
A $4,000 sword, designed for Gen. Hooker,
is on exhibition in New York. 1t is the gift
OF his California friends, and is resplendent
with gold and jewels.
Cedar river, Iowa, is said to be literally
swarming with wild geese. Cornfelds are de-
vastated, and people living in the ''bottoms"
declare that it is impossible to sleep, SO an
noying is their wild and discordant music.
The three rules given by the celebrated
John Hunter for the rearing of healthy chill
dren were 'plenty of milk, plenty of sleep
and plenty of flannel"
One c. w. Hall, horse contractor, has
been convicted of detrauding the government,
and sentenced to pay a fine of $4,000 and
six months Imprisonment. Good.
On the 25th Jersey ferry boat ran into one
of the boats of the Russian frigate in New
York harbor, and seven Russians are known
to have been drowned