Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-08-24

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Pratt put him in soldiers clothes, and sent
him 10 Long Island, without giving him a
chance to pay his Communication money. Good
for the marshal. Put him through.
Mr.. Levi Graves of Springfield, has five
acres Of tobacco that will bring in this season
the snug little sum of about two thousand
dollars.
few of the young ladies connected with
the Methodist society at Chicopee, have col
lected six barrels full of clothing, and ten
dollars in money for the freedmen.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Connecticut river railroad bridge over
the Deerfeld river at Cheapsde is progress
ing fully as rapidly as could be expected in
view of the magnitude of the work, and by
the end Of another week it is anticipated the
trains will he run across it.
MlDDLEsEx COUNTY.
laborer engaged on the Boston and Wor-
cester railroad was run over by the Marlboro
train, short distance above the Natick sta
ton, on the 2lst and killed. He had ample
warning of the approach of the train, but did
not heed it.
During the showers in the vicinity of Low
ell on the afternoon of the 20th two inches of
rain fell--three-iiths Of that falling in one
hour.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The house of Mr. David Carson of Pitts
field was robbed of $40 on the 2lst. The
thief had collected a quantity OF silver ware,
also, which he meant to take, but the family
overheard him, and he left without the silver.
MAINE.
Up to the 18th inst, S20l, 900 had been re-
ceived for conscription combinations inthe
third congressional district Of Maine.
The repairs on the Golfer dam at Lewiston,
Me-, are progressing rapidly, and the journal
says full resumption of mill business must be
made in a few days
A thief on the 18th entered the house of
Mrs. Bannister of Bath, and st lie $235 in gold
and silver.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
AT town meeting in Derry, held on the
18th, twas voted to pay $500 to each drafted
man who shall enlist or furnish substitute
boy was run over on the Vermont Cen.
tral railroad, near ClaremOnt n. H., on the
2lst, and received suat injuries to his legs
that they both required amputAtion.
Prot. h. ID. Sanborn, formerly of the col
lrEe, but now of st. Louis, has been chosen
professor OF oratory and bellies ettres, and
Prof. Charles A. Young OF Hudson, Ohio, pro-
mouth College, in session this week at Hano-
yer. James NJ Beebe, Esq, Of Boston, was
chosen trustee Of the college, but the board
adjourned without eleeting president.
In Concord pickpockets piled their vocation
with considerable success Oh the 18TH the day
otthe public reception for the returned regi-
mentS.
RHODE ISLAND.
There are IS banks in the state, with cap
ital Of 81 900 600 on a specie basis of a trile
over 100000
Shephen Crandill OF Tiverton, died on the
l9th at the age OF 9S years Ills intellect
was unimpaircd to the last, and he retained
his phySica! vigor in great measure, having
wceded two acres of corn during the week be-
fore his death.
Professor Nathan, of the West military
academy, is stopping at Newport.
CONNECTICUT.
They are getting quite noted for their an
clcnt Bibles down in Connecticut Here's
another older still; it is owned by Il man in
Mddletown, and is thus described 80 Tins
Blole is what Is commonly known rs the
Bishops Bible It was superintendent by
Archbishop Parker. There were thirteen
translators, eight being bishops; and was
first printed in London in 1865, and re-
printed in 1870, 1872, 1873 and 1885 The
present copy is one OF the three editions (date
gomez Copies of this Bible are now very
scarce, being mostly mutiIatcd and worn by
age This has bceh worn a.d very much de-
faced by age and much usage"
An unOccupIed dwelling house in Windsor
owned by w. w. Iliggenb0tham, was destroy
ell by fire on the 18th inst.
man who has served fourteen months in
the rebel army was enlisted as Il substitute at
New Haven the 2lst. He now vows ven
geancc against the rebels.
David Lyon, Esq, drafted on the DIST from
EasttOrd is il brother of the late Gen. Lyon.
Among the prisoners OH David's Island,
New York, is a step-sUn of alderman Tyler of
New Haven.
L. G. Bassett of New Haven, the balloonist,
killed a genuine copperhead snake a few days
since on Mount Lamentations, III Berlin 1t
was five feet long and four inches in cirCum-
ference. Their bite is deadly poison; and,
unlike the rattlesnake, it bites without warn
ing.
Rev. Pelham Williams has resigned the pas
torate of Trinity church, Hartford, and ac-
cepts a call to the rectorship of the Church of
the Advent in Boston.
The hailStoneS which fell in Winthrop dur
ing the brief storm on the 10th were 4 10
inches in circumference. Six hundred panes
Oh glass were broken III one glass mouse, and
every green thing suffered accordingly.
Sylvester WEIGH of New Haven was
drowned while bathing in Mill river on the
22d.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Lumber is very scarce in the vicinity of
Winea, Mimi, in consequence Of the low
stage of water, preventing logs and lumber
preventing logs and lumber from the upper
country.
On the branch of an apple tree, one foot in
length, grown in Winona, Mimi, are twelve
tair-sized apples.
The New York Commercial mentions as
remarkable circumstance that, a few months
since, three persons purchased piece of
ground in Greenwood Cemetery, which they
subsequently partitioned Off to their mutual
satisfaction. Last week, on three sHcceSSire
dayS-Thursday, Friday and Saturday-the
parties to this arrangement were all laid to
rest in their respective plots.
Mr.. VIM. S. Fuller. Of Lairdsville, Oneida
county, n. Y, has raised tobacco leaf this
season, 80 by l6 10 inches, and his neighbor
Jones has one So by II inches.
Awestern paper says that an Arkansas cav
airy colonel mounts men by the following or
der First order-Prepare fer ter git onto yer
creeters. Second order-Git!
The late Duke Of Hamilton insured his life
for the large sum OF 100000 about week
before he recently left for Paris.
Stone bullets were used until the year 1914,
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