Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-04-30
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BOSTON AND VICINITY.

BOSION AND h1ClNlIls
Some very successful private theatricals
have been given by the young ladies and gen
tlemen of Roxbury, recently. The proceeds
amounting to several hundred dollars, will be
sent to Mrs. Gen. j. S. Phelps, Missouri, who
has done so much for Union men and starry
ing families in that state. She is now raising
funds to establish hospital.
The appropriations for the city of Roxbury
for the expenses OF the current year are
$238, 1852.
A Boston 'young gentleman" advertises for
the acquaintance Of Protestant young lady
who is willing to learn music with view to
matrimony. If music is the food of love,
sing on"
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The Old Colony and Fall River railroad
company have purchased the Bay State line of
boats, running between Fall River and New
York, and have made arrangements for the
continuation of the railroad through Fall
River upon is present grade, to the satisfac-
ton of the people of that city, by purchasing
the estates necessary to that end. The Old
Colony road has also purchased the charter
of the Dighton and Somerset road, paying
large sum therefor. This will end the con-
troversy between the two rival routes pro-
posed to New York.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
Paul Lathrop of South Hadley has recently
| sold a number of his celebrated short horn
| cattle. In letter to the Northampton Free
| Press he says - have sold, within few
| weeks, the COW Twinkle and heifer Laura 5th
to Mr.. Benjamin Sumner of Woodstock, CT. ;
the COW Yarico It'll to L. II. Chamberlain of
Hartford, CT; Madonna 9TH, by John Bull, to
Levi Mason of Vermont; and Mr.. Warren
Percival of Cross Hill, near Augusta, Me-,
has bought my imported COW Blanca, Blanca
I'd, and Madonna 5th by Double Duke. He
also bought bull OF Mr.. Asel Clark of South
Hadley. l have also sold the COW Arizona tn
Ii. &. White Of birmingham, Mass.
on the 2Sth, by a splendid exhibition of the
aurora borealis, which occurred at high noon.
The appropriations for the expenses of the
city OF Springfield for the current year
amount to 200.
A Palmer man bought COW at Hardwick,
tine other day, Of woman, to whom he stated
that he should be after the animal in a few
days, but would give her 50 to bind the bar
gain. He gave her confederate S. note,
and took So good money for change. The
woman subsequently learned that confederate
money was not current at Hardwick, and fol-
lowed the purchaser OF the COW to Palmer,
obtaining satisfaction for her journey.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
An Irish girl and operative in Smiths paper
mill, Lee, recently found five genuine $1,000
treasury notes in the paper rags, and another
girl in another mill in another lot of rags,
found good chain valued at $50.
MAINE.
There are l75 students now in attendance
upon the state seminary at Lewiston. Over
one hundrt d graduates of the institution are
connected with the army.
,f fha
been elected field driver, the Bath Sentinel
asks him whether he can drive a hog; where
upon the Gardiner chap says he will try if his
Bath brother will come up.
r. S. Smart of Fort Georges has abandon
ed the democratic party, after a lifelong de-
votion TO its fortunes.
VERMONT.
The mail north from White River junction,
on the Passumpsic railroad, ran off the track
near Norwich, Monday, the 9th. Noperson
was hurt though 1t was little short of mira
Gle that all were not precipitated into the river,
as it was directly upon an embankment %
feet above the stream.
The Montreal and Vermont junction rail.
way company have advertised tor tenders to
construct the road from St. Johns to its pro-
posed junction with the Vermont Central at a
point III st. Armand East, in order to avoid
ehS uStOui W AtOuoe L olul'
RHODE ISLAND.
All but about dozen of the more desirable
cottages and villas at Newport have been
rented.
The military spirit is quite lively in Prov
idence. In addition to their marine artillery
a volunteer battery is being formed; the en-
ployee of the Burnside Rifle company have a
company numbering l09 men; No. engine
company has been enrolled; and a German
company has been organized. The young
men of Providence mean to take time by the
foreiock and get in out of the draft.
The famous rubber case of the Goodyear
patentees against the Providence Rubber
Company, was decided on the 2Sth in favor of
the complainants, the defendants being for
hidden to manufacture or sell any of the style
of rubber goods covered by the Goodyear pa
tent
CONNECTICUT.
The funeral of Captain Lattimer, who was
drowned at Wetherstield, on the Path, was to
have taken place on Monday the eth, but the
muscles being flexible as in life, and the APP
pearance of the body unchanged, the funeral
was postponed, and warm bath and electric
ity applied in the hope that there was still
some life that might be resuscitated All
efforts were unavaling however, and the fu-
neral was held Tuesday.
The ocean steamer, "America," nine hun
dred tons burthen, the largest ever built on
the Connecticut river, was launched at the
yard of GilderSleeve & Son, Portland, on the
39th.
Henry Stottler, of Stamford fell from the
mizzen topsail yard of the ship Mountaineer,
on the 18th, on the voyage from Port Royal to
New York, struck the rail, fell overheard and
was drowned.
About thirty guns are to be mounted on the
earthworks to be built around New Haven
harbor. The work can be done within two
months.
The saltpetre company, whose works are
located in East Haven, near Fort Hale,
lately lost by fire in New York, about ten
thousand dollars worth of nitre, which had Just
been imported from England.
An Irishman and three Irishwomen have
been held for trial in Norwich on charge of
enticing Mrs. Margaret Houseman into their
n-emisps and then and there hpatinv her 60