Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-04-27
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temperance DNNltNl was lltlN III Iuotbll On
Friday The following gentleman were
chosen officers for the ensuing year :-Presi-
dent, Hon. Stephen Fairbanks; Vice Presi-
dent, Richard Girdler, Esq; Treasurer, r.
b. Storer, Esq; Secretary, j. Sullivan War
ren, Esq; Counsellors, Is. Z, Richardson,
Esq, Jacob Sleeper, Esq, Moses F. Grant,
Esq, Rev, L. 5. Gannett, DID.
The new organ recently imported from Ger
many, tor Music Hall, Boston, is described as
a splendid affair. 1t has eighty-six whole
stops, six thousand pipes, four banks Of keys,
and when in position will be sixty feet high.
The case is of solid black walnut, and cost
twelve thousand dollars. Cost Of the whole,
from forty'thonsand to fifty thousand dollars.
Eight men will be required to blow it when
the whole organ is used.
1t is said that Col L. w. Paltrey and Col.
William Raymond Lee, late Of the goth regi-
ment, both in impaired health, are to be APP
pointed provost marshaS.
Rev. Cornelius Smith, of the Church Of the
Ascension, Of Lowell. has accepted a call to
the rectorship Of St. Johns parish of Lowell.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
Five hens, belonging to Rev. Bertis Judd
of Marlboro, being accustomed to stray into
| the yard of George Winch, Il neighbor, where
| they were not wanted, notice was given by
| Winch to Judd that he should take violent
measures to stop their incursions, if they were
repeated. They were repeated, the hens were
| slam, and Mr.. Winch, being complained of,
was fined So and costs.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Divorces have been granted by the supreme
| court i'll session at TauntOna as follows: Benz.
| ID. Ten Eyck of Attleborough from Mary +.
| Ten Eyck, desertion; Ann L. Darling of
| Taunton from Jerome B. Darling, adultery;
Emeline S. Webster of New Bedford from
Joseph f. Webster deserton; Mary Leahey
OF Easton from Lawrence Leahey; Lucinda
w. Russell of New Bedford from Joseph
S. Russell, deSertion; Sarah A. Hoor of
Mansfield from Joseph Hoor, desertion.
The Fall River News reports SIl00 as the
proceeds of ladies' festival in that city for
| the benefit of the sanitary commission.
The trial of Obed Reynolds of Freetown,
| for the murder of John Bullock has been as
signed for May 18th. Louis Lapham of Fall
River has been assigned as counsel for the
| prisoner.
An unusual religious interest is prevail
| ing in Taunton, Massachusetts. There have
been thus far, upwards Of fifty conversions.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
The store of Frank Howard, in Wareham,
was broken open W Wednesday night and robbed
of two chests of tea, boots, shoes, &C., to the
value Of $500.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
S. W. Smith of Palmer sold 1856 old pen
MES and 10 half pennies last week for SIS.
A Palmer clergyman two Sundays ago told
his congregation that call the men in Palmer
were bent on hell" SO the Journal reports.
An Irishman, in burning pile of brush on
Wednesday last, set fire to the woods of Eli
jah Pumley of Ludlow, burning over several
acres before it could be stopped.
A few days since T. j. Putnam of Ludlow
killed thirty-one black snakes, averaging in
length five feet each, making total length of
l55 feet. They had congregated in sunny
spot, and showed fight when disturbed in their
enjoyment.
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Calvin Edwards, and owned by NJ. NJ French.
was burned last Thursday. Loss about
$780,
Theodore c. Parsons of northampton has
shot 5S muskrats al 50 shots. \ ''small boy"
accompanies him with an extra gun, and, like
Crockett's bears, the muskrats are sure to
"come down when they see Theodore
DIR. Edward Hitchcock, Jr, Professor of
HYGIENE, and Charles H. Hitchcock, leclu-
rer in Zoology at Amherst college, sons of
eX-presdent Hitchcock, have been appointed
corresponding members of the Imperial Geo
logical college Of Vienna.
MAINE.
The store owned by John C. Robbins, in
West Washington, was entirely destroyed by
fire on Friday evening, April 18th, with all its
contents.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
large sized wild goose was shot near Pat
tee Perley's store, at West Canaan, April
I'd, by George f. Wells. 1t measured about
seven feet from tip 10 tip of wings.
manin Hollis has pullet which has laid
an egg having the exact resemblance of a
postage stamp printed on the shell. 1t is one
probably that she took when it was currency
and couldn't pass it.
CONNECTICUT.
The Rev. L. w. Bacon is giving a series of
sermons to his congregation in Stamford on
public sins He regards the heniouS crime
OF swearing as the pre- eminent sin of SIAM
ford. He had known places in which there
was as much drunkenness and Sabbath
breaking, but never in all his experience
had he known place where the atrocious
and wanton sin of blasphemy was so univer-
sal and impudent. That looks rather bad for
Stamford.
Alfred NJ. Weed of Darien, was drowned
in the pond at the Cove Mills in Stamford.
on the 18TH instant. He was forty-six years
ofage.
Rev. John p. CULVER, of Norwich. has re-
ceired a call to the South Congregational
church, Brooklyn.
Samuel Culver Of North Haven died at his
residence in that town on the 23d inst, at the
advanced age Of eighty-three years. Mr..
| Culver was for many years known as the
jackson party of North Haven being the
| only elector of that town who voted for the
general in the presidential campaign of 1928.
| RHODE ISLAND.
Mr.. William Remington and his WIFE of
Exeter, celebrated their golden wedding
on the 18th instant, in company with five
children, twenty-five grandchildren, and
two great-grand children, besides numerous
! guests.
| MISCELLANEOUS.
George Harvey, the artist, now living in
| London, has been working on some sketches
in Florida, and in a letter thus alludes to one
of the acts of the secessionists 81 noticed,
with the most sincere grief, an account in your
paper of the foul murder of Mr. Fairbanks
and his family by the rebels. l received from
this gentlemen and his household much at
tentlon, with most earnest admonition never
to mention anything relating to the peculiar
institution He himself had several slaves,
but was adverse to this form of labor, as being
bad, economically and morally. | took Dor
trait OF his daughter, who was ten years of
age-a most lovely child, with silky faxen
hair and regular features. No one could see
her without experiencing sincere regard,
and yet those monsters murdered her!'
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