Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-03-21

age said to contain six thousand dollars.
They got into a fight in their room, howev-
er, over bottle of liquor, and were arrest
ed, and the six thousand dollars turned out
to be only brown paper. Memoranda were
found upon them, from which it was in
terred that they were planning for bank
robbery.
ESSEX COUNTY.
The wages of the operatives in the Salisbury
mills are to be increased ten per ceut on and
after April LIST.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Nathan jackson of New York has offered
to give the town of Stockbridge $1,000 for the
purchase of public library, provided the cit
liens will contribute $1,000 more for the pur-
chase of books. j. u. Goodrich of Stock
bridge has offered to erect stone library
building, at a cost of not less than $4,000, and
Mrs. Francis +. Dwight has offered land for
a site for the building
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
At the recent state election the combined
ages of eleven voters in Bedford amounted to
nine hundred and tcenty-seren yearS--the
oldest being ninety-one, the youngest frisky
youth of seventy-eight. They voted eight for
Gilmore, three for Eastman.
VERMONT.
The lumber mills, known as Putnams mills
in Montpelier, were totally destroyed by fire
with all the machinery. The loss was heavy.
Edwin Hammond, president of the Vermont
state agricultural society, was recently offered
twenty thousand dollars for fifty of his best
sheep-four hundred dollars apiece for fifty
Sheppard the offer was declined.
CONNECTICUT.
The Rev. C. d. Fillmore of Norwich cele-
brated on the 10Th inst. the fiftieth anniversa-
ry of his marriage. Seven of the sixty per-
sons present at his wedding were present on
this occasion. During the second year of his
marriage there assembled at his table the rep
reservations of five generations, and yet his
family consisted of but six persons.
DIR. Charles Hooker, an eminent physician
of Connecticut, died at his residence in New
Haven, Thursday, after brief illness.
RHODE ISLAND.
The Providence Journal says the following
address on box recently sent from that city
is genuine, except that the name of the per-
son is changed for obvious reasons:
John Mcpherson, skuire,
Kumpinay c cekund regiment
rode ian pTiyatears
Washington
d. Gee
Kamp kloce tu the Wrappanok
we've aye nu ork ak my kreak.
Via New York and Acquia Creek
Mrs. Mcclellan, who died at East Green
wich on the 18th inst, at the age Of 81 years,
was the grandmother of Gen. Mcclellan. Her
husband was the late James Mcclellan of
Woodstock, brother of the late major Nc
Clelan.
PERSONAL.
James S. Grennell of Massachusetts has
been appointed chief clerk in the department
of agriculture, in place of Richard c. McCor-
mick, who has been appointed secretary of
Arizona.
Col. Fry, the provost marshal general, is
native of Illinois. He graduated at West
Point in 1917, in the same class with General
Burnside. He was for some time Gen. Buell's
chief of staff
Right Rev. Bishop Hughes of New York,
when called on for his return of silver, under
the revenue law, rendered twelUe thousand
and forty ounces, with the remark-"You
need not exempt me forty ounces; the coun-
try needs all the tax"
Mr.. Carlyle has completed the fourth and
half of the fifth and concluding volumes of
the History of Frederick the Great" He
dwells with less amplitude upon the latter
part of his hero's career than he did upon the
commencement.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Miss Constance Casey and Mrs. E. c..
Hyde, who recently crossed our lines in the
capacity of refugees, were arrested while at
tempting to return to the south loaded with
purchases and letters for their rebel friends.
They were deprived of their valuables and
$50 18th Tho detection of these and other
wolves In Sleeps clothing has led the provost
marshal to issue an order depriving pretended
refugees of the privilege which they have
heretofore enjoyed of freely passing through
our lines.
The ''copperheads' are busily nominating
their candidates for the DrpSidafscv Uollou-