Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-10-20

The 18th of October was the sixtv-fifth an
niversary of the Boston Light Infanty. Near
! lytwo hundred commissions have been grant
ed during the war to its former members.
EdwardP. Jetiries of Boston has been ar.
| rested on a charge of obtaining monev n,
goods to the amount of $4,000 from George
M. Barnard under false pretences. He was
placed under $25, 900 bonds on the eth fol
his appearance on the 18th.
Among the appointments for the inior exhl.
ton at Harvard college is one to Horace
Graves Of Marblehead, formerly teacher in
the high school of this city.
There are S2I students at Cambridge at this
time, of whom ~ are resident graduates, 20
divinity students, 76 scientific students, 1877
medical, 1874 law, with 80 seniors, Sc juniors,
III sophomores, and ll6 freshmen. OF the
o2l students, l45 are from Boston and rs
from Cambridge.
NORFOLK COUNTY
The state OF Massachusetts has just con.
cluded contract with Warren Mansfield of
South Braiatrec, to manufacture for them
seventy artillery carriages, consisting of the
light lZ-pUuhd Or Napoleon gun and the To-
oound PARROTS, with all their improvements,
equipments AMI spar parts, all ready for serv-
Ice.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
boat filled with water was picked up on
Saturday near Egg Island in which were
found some fishing lines, a hoe, and some
twenty pounds of live tautog. tits feared the
party fishing accidentally fell overheard and
drowned
There will be a race between seam car
rage and atrotting horsl, for purse of 500,
at Hartford IN the 2lst.
The milk condensing works in Winsted are
bought sIX tons of crushed sugar. to begin
"'''' at only slAteeh cents pound
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
= va tne nlght OF the lfth the city marshal of
0prihsHelu' with a force OF policemen, made
ueseent upon mouse OF Ill fame IN that
CITY, caglng the ''proprietors," four girls, and
several men who evidently had no business
there' The institution had been in operation
only SIX months, and was in a ''highy pros
porous condition."
Inc second Baptist church in Holyoee was
entlreiy destroyed by fire on the 10Th. The
cnurcn cost Sl9,OOO, and was insured GOr
SII'Ooo.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
Inc daring villain VINO made an attempt
at highway robbery one day last week on
the ROAD from Amherst to Northampton, has
not yet been discovered, although strenu-
Gus efforts nave been made and large re-
ward offered.
Inc ne" Haven and Northampton railroad
company now own the entire line between the
TWO Places the different charters under which
the railroad was formerly run having been
merged INTO one. The New Haven and tie
northampton company run the portion of
thlS road basween CRANKY and Northampton
WINE the me south OF CRANKY is leased to and
Is worked by Tie New Haven and New York
company.
BERKsH1RE COUNTY.
The annual catalogue of Williams college
just published. shows a total of 1872 students
the present term. divided SIS folInws. AZ sani.
ors, 81 juniors, A sophonlores, 40 freshmen.
Capt. James w. Rowland of Pitts6eld. as
sistant quarterinaster of United States yolun-
teers, Tor emhezzlement of public MONEYS.
desprtiuu and corduct nrn;u,iri.l to ,,oo1 1r
der and military discipline. has been son.
fenced by a court martial. which has been
approved by the secretary of war. that ..be no
cashiered and be compeilrd to refund to the
United States government the sum of money
vet unaccounted for bv linn: 10 he forever
DISQUALIFIED To hold any office uf trust ar nrofit
in the United States; to be imprisoned for the
term of i've wears at such place As the secrc.
tary Of war may direct" The secretary of
war designates the penitentiary at ALBANY as
his place Of confinement under the sentence
MAINE.
A Maine adutant. being ordered by his
colonel TO select for CONVERSIONS names of
rivers. lakes and towns in Maine. as the mon
would he familiar with them. sent in the fol.
lowing list Svsladnbsis Cbanutnut;rook.
Magaguodoric. WeIokenebacnok Mosse,uc
n,aguntie. Molecbunkemunk Chomouassa-
bamtook. Pekagumack. Sbeketahank. pam.
goekamock. Mooselockamoguutic Mollv-
chunkamur
In lecture at Portland recently. the lee
turer, wishing 10 explain to little girl the
manner in which lobster casts his shell
when he had outgrown it. said, ..What do YOU
do when You have outgrown YOUR clothes
You cast them aside, do you not?" NOh,
MOI" replied The little one, we LET out the
tucks."
Rev. Mr. Stebbins of Portland helieves in
the running of horse cars on Sunday. so as to
give the people ont of town A chance to come
In, an those in town an opportunity TO 90
out and take the fresh air.
VERMONT.
nine wears old SON of C. 6 Renson of
Fairhaven. was omusino himself on the 14th
with a loaded gun in the absence of his ma
rents. when he snanned il inst AZ his little sis
ter was in front of if. and the hall passed
throuph her head inficting q marital wound.
The cold Green Mountain Morgan" the
famous stock horse. is dead.
Twenty thousand mounds of wool were sold
Mt West Townsend last week. for sixtv-tiye
cents ner nonnd The nurchasor was a Brat-