Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-06-22
Sth Massachusetts, battery. About eighty re
cruts are ready.

Sth Massachusetts battery. About eighty re-
cruits are ready.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Benz. Hambin of Dorchester, indicted for
the murder of his wife by poison, has been adj
mtted to bail in the sum of $4,000. This
was done by Judge Merrick of the supreme
court, upon the representation of physicians
that he could live but short time if impris-
oned in Jail
man in Sharon, by the name of Bentley,
who was bitten in the lip about fortnight
since by mad dog, has been seized with hv-
drophohia, which is so far developed as to re-
quire his being chained to prevent injury to
others. A woman was also bitten by the same
dog.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Henry Smith, an only son of Capt. Jacob
Smith of Wcsltord, was instantly killed on
the 18th inst. on the Fitchburg railroad, near
Groton Junction. He was on the top of a
freight train. and by some accident was thrown
down, and falling between the cars, which
were in motion, was instantly killed.
ESSEX CUINTr.
a gray eagle was killed on Cape Ann few
days since that measured seven feet one inch
from tip to up; near by the spot was found
nest III the sand with seventeen eagles eggs.
fair held last week at Beverly netted over
n thousand dollars for the soldiers.
Tine orders directing the Salem Mechanic
Light Infantry to proceed to Pennsylvania
have been counternalded, and the probability
now Is that no volunteers for six months SER
vice will be accepted from Massachusetts.
PLYMouTH COUNTY.
The fish wiers on the cape are doing Il good
business. Mackercl, bass, blue ish, tautog
and herring are taken in great plenty.
Asa +. Soulher, Of bingham, whot young
man named Gay Richardson, in March last, in
tit Of Jealousy, has been sentenced to one
years imprisonment in the house of correc-
ton. with fine of 500.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
bright little New Bedford lad applied to
his father for money to go on piciic, and
spent 1t by taking to ride a crowd Of the in
mates OF the orphans nome.
The editor Of the Pdwtu:ket Chronicle has
seen hen and her brood, consisting of five
chickens and eight partridges.
The Taunton tack company has Just de-
clared dividend Of 30 per cent. on the earn
ings of last year.
A bass was caught on the 18th from the
bridge in South Dartmouth, which weighed
% pounds.
The Holyoke paper company, turned out
more paper last week, than ever before. Its
average amount, for each week, has been
24OO pounds; last week it was $500 pounds.
Detective Shaw arrested five deserters in
Holyoke last week and sent them on to their
respective regiments.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
The graduating class of Amherst College
this year has been decimated by the war so
that its existing status is 80. The whole num-
Der ever belonging to the class is 80; number
at present in the United States service, 27;
number in the rebel army two; killed in the
United States service, one (adutant L. A.
Stearns); killed in the service of the rebels,
one (vames A. Rhea of Blountville, Ten
neSSee.
The tobacco crop in this county promises
to be twice or three times as large rs that of
last year.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Nearly every Sunday they play base ball on
the agricultural grounds in Pittsiield
PHtstield enrolls 1920 men, about a third of
which number belong to the second class.
Some SpOrtamVn recently Svincd the river
at Cheshire, catching trout in immense guam
titles, when the people in the vicinity became
indignant and drove off the whole party.
The superior court will begin its civil sum-
mer term in Lenox to-day, and the criminal
term fortnight later,-Judge Morton pre-
siding.
S. w. Rowland, of South Adams, has just
caught the biggest trout OF the season at
Cheshire. 1t weighed B lbs. and 10 or. and
measured 20 IA inches in length, inches
deep and l-3 through.
MAINE.
Owen B. Chadbnurne & Co.'s extensive car
rlage and sleigh mandatory at SacO was
buried on the 18th Loss heavy.
Counterfeit tivcs Catered from some bro
ken western bank on the Mercantile Bank of
Bangor, are in circulation. This counterfeit
differs SO essentially from the genuine as to
be easily detected.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The snow on Mount Washington has passed
rapidly away within the past two weeks, and
the carriage road to the summit has been put
in order for the summer travel which begins
to flock that way.
The citizens of Lancaster are talking about
celebrating the Tooth anniversary of the incor-
poration of the town on the 18th of July.
VERMONT.
James Boyce was faund guilty of arson at
the late term Of the Lamoille county court;
but as the property burned was that OF his
wife, the offence was considered only thigh
misdemeanor," and the prisoner was fined
500 and costs.
Three thousand tubs of butter have been
shipped from st. Adams depot within the past
two weeks.
Mrs. c. G. Cole of Bennington, has contrib
uted to the army for the Union, five sons and
two sons-in.laws.
CONNECTICUT.
Rev. j. H. Ward of Yantic is at work upon
a life of the poet Percival.
The expermenters for the coast survey
have recently established station at North
Goshen, on the highest ground in the state.
A gas-light company has been Incorporated
in Rockville.
Samuel Humphrey of Hartford, well
known citizen, died suddenly on the 18th
inst
Mrs. Eunce Hays died at Milton, N. H
March 81, at the age of one hundred and two.
She left one hundred and eighty descendants.
She was born on Friday, consecrated to God
in baptism on Friday, married on Friday,
moved into Milton on Friday, her husband
died on Friday, and she died on Friday, as
she often affirmed she would.
The forms of putting the Boston, Hartford
and Erie railroad measure through the senate
were completed on the 10Th, and the company
is incorporated
The bill incorporating the Boston, Hartford
& Erie railroad, passed the senate on the
10Th, having previously passed the house, SO
that the same is now a law. The capital of