Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-08-18
General News summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

bern.
A laboring man in Boston was robbed some
day last week of about sixty dollars. 1t was
done by four small Irish boys, who crawled
along the root of one house to the other and
entered through scuttle.
About 1000 conscripls and substitutes will
be taken from the camp at Long Island to- day
to swell the ranks of the forces under Gen.
Meade. OF the above number 600 are from
Massachusetts, POO from Vermont, and 200
from Maine. Those from MASSACHUSETTS will
be distributed among the 10th, 10Th and 2Sth
regiments.
Mrs. President Lincoln, accompanied by her
two sons, the collector, Capt. Deliver, and
other distinguished persnnagcS, took pleas
ure excursion down the harbOr on the 18th in
the U. S. revenue cutter Morris.
little girl, three years of age, daughter
OF Mr.. Dubie, was run over by horse rail-
road car on the 18TH in Boston, crushing both
arms in a horrible manner; one of them was
amputated at the shoulder and the bones of
the other were set.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
On the 18th, the store of Edward Myers,
in RoXbury, was broken into and robbed of a
quantity Of tobacco and other articles. VIM.
Cmckering was arraigued before the police
court, charged with the theft, and was placed
ullueI pOUU DOHuS lOf lullller examination.
MDDLESEX COUNTY.
The large stable attached 10 the Charles
River hotel at Brighton Corner is reported to
have been destroyed by fire on the 10Th.
young man from W0burn got beastly in
toxicated in CharleStown, on the Nth, and he
also got relieved of "A valuable gold watch and
one hundred and forty Live dollars in money.
An expensive spree, thatwas.
The largest funeral ever Witnessed in Cam
bridge took place on the 10Th, over the re.
mains of the late Jesse p. Pattee.
ESSEN COUNTY.
Gen. Fremont and family have taken a cot
tage at Nahant for the season Capt. f. w,
Crownngshield is at the same place, and
slowly improving. 1t is thought he will not
lose his arm.
Mr.. Gregory has declined the call of tie first
Presbyterian church of Newburyport, to be-
come their pastor.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Leonard Bennett, who shot Abraham J.
Hatherway, while in the act of robbing hen
roost, on the llth, was discharged by the po-
| lice court, there being no testimony to prove
that Mr.. Bennett had entertained any design
| to kill the rObber.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Daniel WtbSter'S widow visited his tomb,
one day last week. 1t was her first visit to
Marshfield since the death of Der illustrious
husband.
BARNSTABLE COUNTY.
The only daughter of f. w. Sawyer, ESQ.,,
of Boston, thirteen years OF age, was drowned
on the 10th, at est Sandwich, while bathing
in White Island pond.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
new chapter of royal arch masons has
been organized at Palmer.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
The thunder storm ON Tuesday of last week
was quite severe in Ware, the lightning strik-
ing some six or seven times. I house of
| Frank Came was struck, and Mrs. Game was
Frustrated and her shoes were badly torn, but
no other damage was done. Some men who
were chopping near where the lightning struck
were paralyzed and one was made temporarily
| deaf.
The Parsons paper companys mills at Hol-
| yoke are exceeded by no other establishment
in the country. They can turn out three tons
"A day.
An envelope mandatory has recently been
started in H0lyOke, in building owned by
the Water Power company, by &. l.. Frink.
| He will run five Of the Duff machines, and
can make one hundred and twenty thou
sand day.
| FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The sd regiment was mustered out at
! Greenfield on the l4th, but like the 10th will
have to wait for their pay.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The heat was 50 great at Hadley on the
| 18th, that one pair of oxen owned by L. l..
| Smith dropped dead while hauling load of
rye.
Isadore Nichols of Weller's Village, Pitts
field, had a trunk containing $lI9, and note
| of 800, stolen from his room on the evening
of the 18th
The 49th regiment, expected so long by the
route via Cairo, is returning by steamer.
! They left Baton Rouge August 6.
MAINE.
Dr. Chas r. Chase of ThomaSton, has re-
| ceived the appointment Of surgeon to the
Maine state prison, in place Of DIR. Baker,
removed.
q. w Lawrence, of Portland, has contract
ed to build Monitor for Government
Gen. Totten, chief of the engineer depart
ment, with his daughter, arrived IN Portland
on the 18th, and are stopping at the Preble
House.
A drafted man in the third district present
ed himself for examination, who was so deaf
that it required the utmost power Of the doe
tors lungs to make him hear. The doctor
stopped and commenced a critical eXamlna-
ton of one of the drafted mans knees, re-
marking in low tone, "That is sufficient to
exempt any man. 'Glad to hear yon say
so" said the deaf man, who had suddenly re-
covered his hearing; "what did you say was
the trouble with my knee, DIR. WILBUR sit
is perfectly sound and good, replied the doc
tor 81 was only examining your ears" The
man paid his $500.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
General Butler and family passed over the
Concord railroad, on Monday, on their way
to the White mountains, to spend few days.
We hear that six horses and two fine car
riages were part Of the baggage"
CONNECTICUT.
One of the effects of the Hartford horse
railroad has been to double the price of real
estate in the suburbs.
A young soldier, lately employed as nurse
at the Knight hospital, New Haven, was ar
rested day or two since for beating his wife
on the head with pistol, endangering her
life
Oliver S. Bishop, of Norwalk, accidentally
shot himself through the head, while practis-
ing with pistol on the 18th. He had Just
returned from the war.
All the summer hotels about New London
are crowded full and serious quarrels for the
possession of sleeping places are common oc-
currences.
The total capital of the IS banks in the
state is S2l $40, l48. Their quarterly returns
show that they had, July LIST, loans to the
amount of SIS, 050,SS9; deposits, 50, 532, 349;
specie, 81 ,57l, l02; and circulation of
| Sll,37l ,SG6. The decrease i'll circulation in
the last three months has been 81, AIS, 1872.
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