Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-11-23

window sill. He proved to be young Irish
man belonging in Thorndike, who said he
was not thief, but that he was attracted
there through Il curiosity ''to see the girls 20
to bed"
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Thomas Calender, father of the mulatto
who was executed for murder at Len0x few
weeks ago, had an examination on the 18th
inst, but nothing was elected with regard to
the affair more than has already been pub
lished, He continues to manifest the most
stolid unconcern about the whole occur
renee. He is still confined in Jail at Lenox,
and public opinion remains strong against
him.
MAINE.
The late rain storm has raised the rivers in
Maine to A height Unprecedented in the histo-
ry Of freshets in that region, and large collec.
tons of logs, it is feared, will be lost.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The Friends church in Sandwich was con-
sumed by fire on the 14th-the work of an
incendiary.
The dam near the large stone building of
Ellis, li.uon, 4 Eaton, in Springfield, was
carried oil, with Il large part OF the building,
by the treshvt on the 18th inst.
CONNECTICUT.
The fayorite old horse of the late Col. Sam
uel Colt, of Hartford, died on the 2Oth. lie
was forty years of age, and is said to have
been the oldest horse in the country.
Sharpes rifle factory at Hartford is nearly
finished. 1t is $40 feet long, 40 feet wide,
and four stories high. One thousand work
men will be employed. Two thousand rifles
are now made per MONTH
The annual catalogue of Yale college for
lS63-64 states that the number OF instructors
is Al, with one vacancy. The number of the
oluglral students is IS; law, 81 medicine,
40; philosophy and arts, 81. OF the acade-
mical students l09 are seniors, lob juniors,
III sophOmores, 1873 freshmpn-total, 632.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The first instance in the Union army of
commissioned officer being reduced to the
ranks, is the case OF LIST Lieut.. Joseph j. En-
MS, LIST ONO legimcnt, found guilty of forg-
ing an order, detailing him to 90 from Louisi-
ana to Cincinnati to arrest deserters.
tlat-bOat sunk in the Tennessee river, at
Bridgeport, the other day, and Newfoundland
dog started to swim for the shore, but was
caught by the tail by drowning man. The
noble animal turned his course to a steamboat
which was picking up the crew, and, after see
ing the man safely on board, struck for the
shore once more, and landed safely.
On the 18th, the boiler on board the steam
er Sunbury, at Oak Point, on the st. John
river, burst, and the boat was blown to pieces
Five passengers and six hands were killed or
drowned.
The rebel authorities in correspondence
with our own at fortress Monroe, deny that
they are now treating Capts. Flynn and Saw
yer in any way different from any other Union
prls 'ners held in Richmond, except that they
are kept separate from their companions.
The Bed0uins, says the Levant Herald,
have become So numerous and lawiesS OF late
in the Holy Land that 1t is unsafe to go even
the shortest distance from Jerusalem. Jor
dan cannot be visited hasing become hard
road to travel.
The danger from using lad pipes has been
obviated by q discovery OF Dir. Schwarz of
BreSlau He passes a stream of hot soIu-
ton Of potassium through the pipes, winch
converts the interior surface into a suphide
and protects the water from the deleterious
action of the lead
Snow covered the Catsklls ten days ago.
1T was Il foot deep all over the White noun
tails, at the close Of October, on the 22d of
that month it was half a foot deep in Northern
Illinois and Missouri, while at Deavcr the
mercury marked 8 degrees lower than at any
time last winter! All the indications point to
severe wnter-and coal $ll a ton.