Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-02-26
General News summary.


General News Summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.
The Rev. Joel s. Bingham of Westfield has
received and accepted call from the MAYER
lex church and society in East Boston to be-
come their pastor.
Col. John Kurtz late of the 23d Massachu-
sets regiment, has been appointed chief of
police in Boston by mayor Lincoln. He pos
sesses the qualities of promptness, energy,
and boldness-all necessary traits for success
fully managing police force of city like
Boston.
ESSEX COUNTY.
The Salem Gazette says the wife of John
B. Hoyt OF West Amesbury, on Tuesday of
last week left her house to visit the barn to
see that pair of oxen were tied up, and be-
ing gone so long as to excite alarm on the
part of her husband, who is an invalid search
was made and she was found dead in one of
the stalls. 1t is supposed that she was struck
with paralysis. Her husband survived her
death just one week.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
William S. Russell, prominent citizen of
Plymouth and well known in different por-
tons of the country for his chronicle of the
old town and its traditions, died on Saturday
evening. His "RecollectionS of the Pill
grms" have been widely read
| BRISTOL COUNTY.
The Fall River News states that the Pocas-
set company found in Is bales of cotton no
less than POO pounds of sand, dirt and other
refuse material packed among the cotton.
In New Bedford, on Tuesday. 750 barrels
whale oil were sold at 81 cents 500 barrels at
9S cents, and 500 barrels at Il still further ad-
vance, reported to be 81.
| The whole number of recruits for the col
ored company raising in New Bedford now
numbers forty-seven.
The fttieth anniversary of the marriage of
Joseph Carpenter, Esq, of Attleboro', was
celebrated at his residence in good old-fash"
toned New England style on the 21st inst.
The groom was "A years old, the matron bride
being his junior by few years. They were
married in the town of Rehoboth on the 2lst
of February, 1878, by the Rev. Otis Thomp-
son, a man of some note, as well in the edito-
rial field as in the pastorate. Their first bar
rel of flour cost them fifteen dollars, and all
the necessary accompaniment of hOusekeep-
Ing cost in the same proportion. They have
had family of fourteen children, nine of
whom are now ying-the Rev. George NJ.
Carpenter, the presiding elder of the Provi-
dence district of the Methodist church, being
the second son. Two of the sons are now in
the army, one of whom has been wounded.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
A horse valued at Sl25, belonging to C. f.
II. Smith OF Hadley, was poisoned with arse
mic one day last week. A sleigh, buggy and
r harness belonging to Mr.. Smith were also
. nearly destroyed by being cut and defaced.
Dwight Gibbs of Hadey is charged with the
: crime, and has been arrested.
The junior exhibition appointments for the
class of GA in Amherst college, are as fol-
: lows list class orations, L. G. Mcdonald,
, Jamaica, W. l., Che English); James II.
Lee, Charlestown (the Creek Edgar L. Eos
ter, East Machias, Me-, (Latin) Henry f.
= StOrrs, Amherst; c.. Il. Fits Rockville; Il.
e w. Glover, Amherst; C. NJ. Lawson, North
Hadley. I'd class, Nathan Harrington, Pax
ton; Charles B. Travis, Holliston; G. Henry
Whitcomb, Worcester. Sd class, w. S.
Crane, Middletown, N. Y. Fred Z. Sturgess,
Augusta, Me. T. S. Towne Chicopee. The
exhibition will take place on the 3lst of
March.
CONNECTICUT.
A small dwelling house occupied by John
Lombard and owned by A. & w. Chaplin, sit
= uated in Windsor Locks, was burned last Sat
urday morning, 2lst inst.
: The democrats Of Windham and New Lon
| don counties have nominated VIM. M. Con-
verse as a candidate for congress.
The Mystic Pioneer says that five steamers
and two sailing vessels are on the stocks in
that village besides small iron steamer for
liveline;S Of things generally.
The first ecclesiastical society of New Pres
p ton have passed the following resolution -
: 'Voted, that the pulpit committee are hereby
instructed that whenever they employ min
e lister Of the gospel to preach in this house,
: they shall first inform said minister that he is
4 employed to preach the gospel truth, accord
ing to Bible doctrine; that we do not deem it
for the best interest of this society to have any
n | tba nf tI,,
war" Comment is unnecessary
The amount allotted to the state of Com
s. nectcut under the provisions of the currency
q bill. is ten million two hundred and twenty
seven thousand dollars.
Colonel Dexter II. Wright of the fifteenth
e regiment of Connecticut volunteers has re-
signed his commission on account of his i'll
health
l The democrats OF the firstcongressional dis
G trict Rave nominated Hon. Alvin P. Hyde as
candidate for congress.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Washington's birthday was celebrated in
San Francisco-all the prominent business
] houses being closed. About half the MEM
bers of the legislature and the various militia
~ and civic organizations of the city partic-
pated in the ceremonies of laying the corner
r stone of the monument which is to be erected
e over the grave of the late Senator Broderick.
e MI. w llueI, 1T Il LleSllllg OF lle legislative
- agricultural society, mentioned twelve yarie-
ties Of the pear: agreed upon by the Farmers
:, Club of Boston. The first SIN are the Bart
= lett, Louise Bonnie de Jersey, Urbaniste,
. Beurre d'Anjou, Vicar Of WINFIELD and Mar
ion. The second six are the Seckel, Ononda-
ga, Sheldon, Beurre Bose, Lawrence, Doyen-
ne Boussack. Mr.. Wilder sold his Beurre d.
# Anjou pears for three dollars per bushel the
- past year. whe Bartletts sold for one dollar
per bushel.
: punch" suggests the substitution of ''No
e Cake for "No Cards." after some marriage
notices. In some cases "No Nothing would
-. be expressive
In a recent divorce case in England, in
S which the parties were an old nobleman and
S his young wife, the Judge dilated on the evil
. effects Of ''marrages contracted between May
and December" He has since received a
letter from Scottish statistical society, ask
: ing for the figures in relation to the marriages
n cotracted between these months as he wanted
y to get up paper on the subject 10 be read be-
fore the society
No more puny children, decayed teeth or yellow