Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-04-24

forenoon. She had on board the bodies of
N. Gibbs, w. Gibbs, james Howard G.
| Barnes, and Theodore Barnes, deceased sol
| diers.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
| On Wednesday evening, the large three
story wooden building known as Robinson's
machine and blacksmith.shop, on Gore street,
East Cambridge, was destroyed by fire. 1t
was owned by Mr.. Joel Robinson, who occu-
| pied the first floor as Il blacksmith shop and
iron fence mandatory. His loss will not be
much less than $4,000, including building.
| He has $4,000 insurance in the Peoples Mu-
tual office, Worcester, and the Thames office.
Hudson Leighton, ink stand manufacturer,
was loser to the extent of about $5000 in
sured $1,000.
| ESSEX COUNTY.
The Andover Union league have invited ex-
president Pierce to address their association.
| The ex-presdent spends part of the year at
| Andover, and that's why the invitation is
| given.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The New Bedford Mercury gives further
particulars of the accident by which five per-
TONS were drowned in Acnshset river. 1t APP
pears that young man named Thomas Rowe,
a sailor lately returned from the navy, with
his wife, his wifes mother and sister, and Mrs.
Rodgers, another sister, with three little chill
| dren, were out sailing in a small boat, when
in attempting to jihe, the boom struck Mrs.
Rowe, knocking her overheard. Mr.. Rowe
! jumped to catch her, as did Miss Maxim, her
| sister, when the boat was upset. and the whole
party were thrown into the river. Mrs
Rodgers and her three children were drowned,
as also was Mrs. Rowe.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
The cOroner's jury in the case of the MUIR
der of Isaiah L. Wright Of Ipswich, who was
murdered in January last, brought in their
verdict on the goth inst, after six days inves-
| tigation. They implieate James w. Holway,
brother of Wrghts wife, as the criminal, and
that his father was an accompllce.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The town of WeStield voted on Monday to
abolish the school district system. The town
will purchase the school-houses and build new
ones where they are necessary.
MAINE.
The returns Of the various religious de-
nominations in Maine show that there are in
the state 1875 ministers of the Baptist persua-
sion, 224 MettbGdYtllF Baptist, 48 Universalist,
10 Unitarian, and others not enumerated
VERMONT.
High bridge, the longest bridge on Mad
river, between Middlesex and Moretown, was
washed away Sunday morning by a flood.
julius Wilcox, formerly of Middlebury, has
recently become associate editor of the Utica
Morning Herald and Daily Gazette
Typhoid fever Of malignant type prevails
extensively in st. Adams. There has not at
any time for many years been SO much sick
ness in that vicinity
The Vermont Phoenix saws that the sugar
season appears to be over. 1t was short this
year; owing, doubtless, to the fore part of
the winter being open, and the advance of
spring, when it did come, being rapid. While
some farmers have made Il little sugar in ev-
cry month since winter set in, another in
forms them that he has made only 1000 lbs.
this year against 2000 in other years.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Mrs. Eunice Hayes died in Milton a few
days since, aged l02 years, and leaving ISL
descendants.
Lieutenant Robert Swiney, of Co. X, eighth
New Hampshire regiment, shot himself in
the head at Berwick, Louisiana, on the 9th
inst
The consolidation of the seventeenth regi-
ment (Col. KENT and the second Oieut. Col.
Bailey, took place at Concord, on Thursday.
The field, staff line, and non-commissioned
officers of the former were mustered from the
service.
A boy about eight years OF age, named
John Hamahan, was drowned at East Con-
cord, April H.
CONNECT CUT.
One of the storehouses belonging to the
Hartford Carpet Co., at Taritfyille, was burnt
Monday evening, April 20. About $4,000
pounds of wool, valued at $40 900, were lost
with the building.
Rare birds are visiting Hartford and vicini-
ty. snow owl was shot few days since by
j. w. Dart of West Hartford, and was sold
to Barnum for $50; tall blue heron, bird
with plumage of beautiful dove color and
with small body, but immensely long neck
and legs, was shot in West CRANKY; and a
large American eagle has been shot in Farm
ington.
Alonzo S. Beckwith, Esq, prominent cit
izen of Hartford, and president of the Hart
ford, Providence, and Fishkill railroad COM
pany, died at Hartford Wednesday morning,
April % One of the last acts of his life was
to give $4,000 as a trust fund for the relief
of sick, wounded, and disabled Connecticut
soldiers.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Near Toulon, lately warder of the bagne,
named Durand, met with his death in an ex-
traordinary manner. He was amusing him
self whilst off duty, with fishing in the dock
from narrow floating raft, when, having
caught mullet and not knowing where TO
| put 1t to prevent its escaping into the water,
he conceived the idea of holding it between
his teeth while he baited his hook The fish
struggling in the commissions of death, ended
by sticking his head first into the mouth of
the man, and then down his throat, complete
ly filling up the cavity. The man rushed out
of the dock for medical aid, but soon dropped
dead from suffocation.
When Pegram's men were in Lancaster.
| Garrard county, one of his officers and squad
of men rode up to the house of colonel Lend
rum, then absent in the Union army, and Or
dered his wife to get him meal She told
them fatty that she would not do it. They
| then threatened to burn her house if she per-
sisted; to which she heroically replied, then
| apply your torch and I'll take my children
and leave, for will not prepare your food.
adding that she thought they would find
brigade Of men to apply the torch also.
Stunned by this unlocked for courage and
defiance in an unprotected woman, they
deemed it better not to carry their threat into
execution. The alusion to brigade of men
was understood by them when it became
known that her husband was then in command
of brigade in the federal army.
Mr.. Pickering Dodge, now boarding at the
Girard House, in Philadelphia, had a gold