Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-12-07
New England New. summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

BOSTON AND VICINITY.
On Saturday, the 9th, there was an auction
sale OF S5l4,000 worth Of city of Boston
| five per cent coupon stock, due in 1885, prin-
cipal and interest payable in gold. They sold
at a premium of ten to eleven and II quarter
per cent.
The Rev. Patrick Flavor, (Catholic) for
many years pastor in Watham, died in Bos-
ton on the 9th.
Seventy-seven members of the fret Massa-
chusetts heavy artillery have re-enlisted as
veterans since the 9th of November
The New England fair for the benefit of the
sanitary commission, will commence at Music
Hall, Boston, on the 18th. The first evening
will be devoted to grand organ concert and
exhibition of the articles on the tables. Tick
cts for admission on the first evening will be
two dollars, on the second day fifty cents, and
on each subsequent day twenty cents.
Mr. William Warren, the comedian for six
teen years past Of the Boston Museum, will,
after the termination of the present season,
dissolve his permanent connection with the
stock company. He has made an arrange
ment with Mr. Jarrett for one year.
The first of the series of artists receptions
for 1868 and 1864, will be held at the Studio
Building, Boston, on the evening Of the Sth
Abiiah jenkins, who for long time was
biOhSi III DOSlOll Is HOW Il DIiBduleT ReUtTdl
in the rebel army under command of General
Lee.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Hon. Albert Currier has been nominated
for mayor OF Newburyport.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
''peope's" caucus on the night of the 4th
inst. in Springfield, renomnated II. AleXan-
der, Jr., for mayor, and A. L. Folsome for
city clerk. A democratic caucus held the
same evening, nominated S. C.. Bemis for
mayor.
''Silver coin" in the shape of counterfeit
quarters, are in circulation in Chcopee. They
are well executed and have rather an ancient
look, as if they had been boarded up couple
of years.
Russell is the first town in the county to fill
her quota under the last call.
Horatio Chaplin, a. workman in pistol shop
at Chcopee, was accidentally shot on the Sd
inst. by the premature discharge of pistol,
the ball passing through his leg just below the
knee, without touching an artery or a bone.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
The Southampton lead mines, known and
partially worked before the revolution, and at
have besn GT Rg1 b not BS 0sn ea
pany with capital of half million.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The residence of IL. n. Wells of North
Adams was nearly destroyed by fire on the
9th ult.
The. remains of Rev. DIR. Fitch, the first
president of Williams college, are to he re-
moved to Wllliamstown, and subscription
has been started to erect a monument there in
his memory.
MAINE.
Bills are afoat in Maine on the Hartford
Exchange Bank, Indiana. There is no such
bank.
Geo. b. Curtis of East Pittston came home
from California, short time since, for the
purpose of being married. lie died on
Thanksgiving, which was to have been his
wedding day.
Fred f. Streeter, formerly of Bellows
Falls, has been found guilty Of the murder
of the Coy family at Medina, Ohio, in July
last and sentenced to be hung February Goth,
1864.
The two Manchester murder cases are for
trial at the present term of the Bennington
county court, which commenced its session
on the LIST. Davenport will first be tried for
the murder of young Wilson at Factory
Point.
The aggregate length of the railroads in
Vermont is 500 miles, and some of them have
been running fifteen years, yet with the eX-
ceptiOn of two persons who were killed by a
car blown from the track at Manchester, no
one has ever been killed inside of any passen-
ger car in the state.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
A couple in the town of Eaton, who have
been married siXty6 Eve years, during their
lives huVe had no occasion to call physician
on account of disease. They have had eleven
children, and from 1927 to 1863 but one death
occurred in the whole family.
In orfln 20 Ias Sir rsr Il 6
seventeen years, ill with the dipthera has
tened to and opened an outer door, reused all
her remaining energy, jumped as far as she
could, and Immediately expired.
Edward 5. Tobey, Esq, of Boston, has
been elected a member of the board of trus-
tees of Dartmouth College, and has accepted
| the trust
CONNECTICUT.
United States marshal Carr, of Connecti-
cut on Friday, while engaged in his garden,
happened to prick his arm with a pruning
| knife. He was at once attacked with eryspe-
las and died in three days.
A bridge in Harwinton, so feet long gave
way the entire length, a few days since, car
rying down three yoke of oxen
| There are in Connecticut 2S5 congregations
al churches, with 1887 members, and 402
minister; 1913 episcopal parishes, with 1877
clergy and 1855 members.
On thanksgiving day a wild cat was killed
near Cornwall Bridge, which measure three
feet in length and weighed twenty nine
pounds.
Over 5000 have been raised in Meriden for
the purpose of making a skating pond.
The children of the mission school, New
London, were made glad on the evening OF
Sd by receiving lots of comfortable things for
the winter. One charitable lady gave forty
five nice quilts tor the little girls.
There is a cat belonging to farmer in
Bloomfield which has repeatedly dlsowned
her kittens, and taken home some chippering
squirrels, and nursed them till they were old
enough to take care of themselves Last
spring she took under her parental care five
OF these squirrels, and attended to them with
mothers love.
| RHODE ISLAND.
Joseph H. Phillips brakeman on the Bos'
Ton ana Providence railroad was run over al
providence on the 4th inst, the wheels of the
car seVerlng both his legs near the knee. HI
dsed on the following morning.
That big bag of wind, Dr. Bellows, preache,