Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-08-05
Point, New Bedford, on the Sd inst, as de-

Point, New Bedford, on the Sd inst as de-
serter and sent to fort Warren.
NANTUCKET.
During severe thunder storm on the I'd
inst. house in Nantucket was struck by
lightning, and completely torn to pieces.
MAINE.
Capt. Casey, U. S. engineers, has surveyed
the harbor of Belfast, for the purpose of To-
eating batteries Work is to be commenced
Immediately. They will be earthworks,
mounting rifle cannon,
VIM Ladrigan, pipe layer for the Port
land gas light company, recently inhaled so
much of the gas as, first to render him help
less, and then to make him so crazy that it
took two policemen to hold him.
Mr.. Edward b. Furbush nf Brunswick was
drowned near the bridge of the Androscoggn
railroad while bathing on the I'd inst.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
At the commencement of Dartmouth Col
lege, eight of the seventeen members of the
class of 1913, now living, were present 1t
was remarked that they appeared more Wig
orous than any class advanced in years, that
had been present at previous commandments.
Rev. Mr.. Kimball has been appointed to fill
the pulpit of the Methodist church in Keene,
made vacant by the death of Rev. Mr.. Dan
forth.
fog-bell, struck by machinery, has been
established at Whales Back Light House
Station. The signal is Il steel bell which will
be struck four times per minute, at regular
intervals, during the prevalence of fogs,
snow storms, and thick weather, and should
be heard a distance of one-quarter to four
miles, according to circumstances OF surf,
weather, wind &c.
CONNECTICUT.
I'm Mopr;or Of Hartford vaorS IF aUa
was drowned on the I'd inst. He ventured be-
yond his Depth and not being able to swim,
instantly went down.
NOyes Andrews, who was arrested about
two months ago deserter from the army,
and escaped from Governors Island, was re-
taken again in Bethany on the I'd inst.
An old gentleman named Martison died in
Hartford eight or nine months ago, leaving a
handsome property, a widow, two or three
children and an adopted daughter, but no will,
| and so the estate went into probate. The six
months allowed were just expiring, and the
day the property was to be divided among the
heirs. That day the missing will was found
in an old pair of pantalOonS of her husbands
hanging in the "celar-way." Among other
requests it gave the house and lot, worth
$4,000, to the adopted daughter.
Charles Staples of Norwich was overcome
by sunstroke on the Sd inst
Some children who were playing on the LIST
inst. in peddler's wagon that stood on the
wharf at Hartford were somewhat flustered,
when it backed off twenty feet into the river.
But the children were rescued before it sank
Chas. Underwood, a baggageman on the
New York and New Haven railroad, fell from
the platform of car as twas switching at Mil
ford, and was injured severely if not fatally.
A locomotive on the Providence railroad
blew out its whistle near Mossop the other day,
and was delayed until the opening could be
plugged with a stick and steam got up again.
Closely initiated counterfeits of all the IS
sues of the Waterbury bank, from ones to
hundreds, except ffties, are in circulation.
RHODE ISLAND.
A valuable runaway horse at Woonsocket,
the other day, leaped completely over one
horse and under another, making it necessary
to kill two of the three.
MISCELLANEOUS.
western paper says John Morgan "shed
tears" on being called 4 horse thief. They
must have been of the crocodile sort.
mans head was found floating in the
Hudson, at Albany, on the 30th No clue as
yet to the horrible mystery.
About four hundred and fifty bales of hay
and one thousand tons of ice were destroyed
by an incendiary fire at Washington on the
LIST inst
A Washington barber has been arrested by
the military for the offence Of shaving cou-
pie of soldiers whereby they might the more
readily pass unrecognized, as they were about
to desert. The men informed him they had a
furlough for fifteen days.
The authorities of Nashville have prohibit
ed the sale Of the New York Freeman's Jour
nal In that city.
The price Of substitutes in Philadelphia
ranges from $50 to $3.50.
The victories of the union arms at Gettys-
burg and VickSburg had the effect of sending
down the rebel bonds in the London market
to Is discount, and of sending up United
States fves seven per cent, while all other
American securities advanced from three to
five per cent.
The Nashville Press states that the rebels
are making all their preparations to transport
the entire wheat crop of East Tennessee to
the south, if it shall become necessary for
them to evacuate that section. Nor will they
wait to thresh the grain if thew are hard
pressed. They are even prepared to carry it
off in the straw.