Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-06-16
General News summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.


The trial for prizes offered by gentleman
of Boston to the members of the senior and
freshman classes OF Harvard college for prose
raahinp tnnls Mace on the 12th ~lt. There
were thirty three competitors and the Judges
consisted Of president Hill, professors Torrey
and Child Hon. Joseph White, Hon. George
Is. Emerson and Alpheus Crosby, esq. The
prizes were awarded as follows First senior
| prizes OF $50 each to Edward Bangs Drew of
| Chelsea and Henry Lunt Of Quincy; second
senior prizes of SIS each To John Orne
Greene of Lowell, Henry Fitch jerks of Bos-
| ton, and Marshall Ayres Of GriggSville, Ill.
first freshman prizes of $l5 each to Samuel
| Henderson Virgin of Chelsea, and Charles
| Brooks Brigham of Boston; second fresh
man prize Of SIP each to Edward Henry
| Clark of Boston, Samuel Quarles French of
Boston, and Edward Augustus Capen of Rox-
bury. 1t was announced that there would be
double these prizes offered next year Tor Il
similar contest
a corporation has been formed in Boston,
under the general act for that purpose, called
the photographic Press Company, for the pur-
pose Of purchasing, owning, holding, or sell
ing certain inventions, and the patent there
for, relating to photographic printing by power
and the machinery therefor. The capital
stock is fixed at S500,000 Samuel A. Brad
bury is president, and Jeremy Drake, treas
urer.
Two men have died suddenly on board the
receiving ship Ohio, at Charlestown, and the
doctors are completely baffled as to the cause
Mr.. Edmund Wetmore, graduate of Har-
ward College of the year 1860, has been
awarded the two prizes given by the Law
School OF Columbia College, N. Y, viz:
One of $3.50 for excellence in the general law
department as proved by an examination by
4 L..
another OF $500, for excellence in Professor
Lieber's department.
Col. Ezra Lincoln, assistant treasurer of
the United States, died in Belmont, on the
morning OF the 10Th. He had been ill, and
was riding with friends in the country.
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
On the 18th instant Aaron +. Chase, en-
ployed at the residence of Charles A. WEIGH,
Esq, in Waltham, while in a state of intoxi
cation, made an assault upon a fellow laborer
by the name of John Gerry, with hoe, in
ticting wounds upon him that may prove IA
tai. The arrest of Chase was effected, and
he was placed under $1,000 bonds
ESSEX COUNTY.
A salute of 100 guns was fired in Newbury-
port, on the 18th inst, by the democracy, in
honor Of the nomination Of Vallandigham.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
age, a native Of Pico, one of the Western Isl
andS, jumped overheard from the brig Pavil-
lion, at New Bedford, on Sunday, the
l4th instant, and .was drowned. He
desired to go ashore, but the shipkeeper re-
fused permission. A short time after, boat
passing near, he jumped overheard, supposng
that they would pick him up. The shipkeeper,
however, seized a gun and threatened to shoot
the parties in the boat if they came alongside.
and also refused to lower a boat permitting
the man to drown; for what reason is no
known.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The foundation of new Catholic church is
being laid in the south village at Monson. 1t
will have seating capacity of five hundred.
The Parsons paper company of Holyoke is
building drain one hundred and fifty feet i'll
length, in order to secure more abundant
supply of water
No less than one hundred and FIVE stray
glers occupied the city barracks under the
City Hall, Springfield in May, about third
OF which number were women. Systematic
begging is not reduced to science in this
country, but there is too much OF it.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
The late Lieut.. Col. Lyman of the 18th reg
iment is at his old post in Northampton as reg
lister OF probate and insolvency.
MAINE.
Moses Kings wife and child and VIM. u
lruez' wife and child, while sailing at Water
vile; Me-, on the 10th inst, were carried by
the Ilconlc Fails and drowned. The body
OF Mrs; Kings daughter has been recovered.
me Lewiston, Me-, journal, saws that GER
tam Iellows who have skedadded to escape
tne ufalt' Will probably bring up in Halifax or
sumo o'her piace mat begins with an II!
| VERMONT.
Vermont farmers have hrolen ~. :;
| place. Some of them at Salisbury have had