Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-08-27

BOSTON AND VICINITY.

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Messrs. VIM. b. ID. Simmonds & Co.. of
Boston, have recently executed an order from
Brigham Young for one of the largest organs
in the country, to be erected in the great Nor
mon tabernacle at Salt Lake City, which
building will seat $4,000 people.
As drove Of cattle was being hurried
through Court street, Boston, on the 25th,
there was such jam that two or three of the
cattle crushed in the windows of an eating
house on their passage through it. A gentle
man who was eating breakfast was somewhat
surprised at the crash of glass, and fearing
that the ''critter" WAS making for his table,
suddenly left, exclaiming, "Too much beef
for me-"
Daniel Delaney, for assault on James w.
Coverly with loaded pistol, with intent to
kill, and on another complaint for breaking
and entering the latters store, was held in
$1,000 for trial on the first complaint, and in
$500 on the other.
ESSEX COUNTY.
The valuation of the real estate III Beverly
for the year 1868, is 81, 642 $50; personal es-
tate, $l,4lS,S5 Number of polls 1898. The
| ratio of taxation for town tax is $3.50, and
for state and county taxes four dollars per
| $1,000.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
| Among the drafted men exempted in Read
ing, IN one man for the Gloss of teeth and
rheumatic affection of the tendon achilles of
both eyes"
For the first time for many years all of the
rum shops in Charestown were closed on the
23d.
The most remarkable sight in Lowell, on
| the 25th inst, was a man having on pair of
double-breasted square-toed brogans, who
has not stood in shoes for ten years past. He
was getting an outfit to attend the coming
democratic state convention.
| FRANKLIN COUNTY.
As a specimen of David Il. Waits tobacco,
in Deerield, one plant measured across the
leaf seventeen and half inches, three feet
two inches long, and weighed nine pounds
On the 24th, as a lot of substitutes were
being conveyed from Brattleboro, Vt, to Bos-
ton two of them jumped out of the car win
dows near South Vernon, while the cars were
running at the rate.o twenty miles an hour,
and, wonderful to relate, escaped death
or any serious injury. They were soon ar
rested, and put in Jail in Greenfield. In try.
ing to escape, one Of them lost about S275 in
money.
Three deserters were arrested near Green
field on the 22d.
VIM. Elliott of Greenfield has in his garden
a variety of white blackberries which bids
fair to be an excellent one
Mr. Henry Park of Bernardston moved on
the 18th, one acre of grass, the longest speci-
men of which measured seven feet and four
inches, and the shortest tour feet and five
inches.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The SOLDIERS Rest" as the new building
erected near the depot in Springfield for the
use OF returning soldiers is to be called, was
occupied for the first time on the night of the
2+th. 1hirty-Seyen soldiers, all of whom
were wounded in the battle OF Gettysburg, ar
rived from New York on the steamboat train,
and made the Rest their quarters for the
night.
One of the armorers at Springfield short
time since became enamored of fair repre-
sentative Of the female gender, without being
aware that she was of Greek extraction, and
had everything arranged to tie the nuptial
knot. The lady went to Providence to ''get
ready and when her lovyer bold followed
her he was shocked to find her in a shanty,
affiliating with sundry Mickeys in mlnner
horrible to contemplate. And when the ar
morer made a few remarks in the way of re-
monstrance, the gentle charmer seized knife
and came ut him with such pointedness of ar
gument that he was glad to beat an inglorious
retreat. He don't believe in girls of Greek
extraction now.
The torgeries of F. A. Noble of Springfield
seem to be more evtenei"- 49, ~ NJ .,
posed several others having been FOUND Ihey
were all j., tho ."'''e i'anu"rl'lhg, ana no at
tempt at Disgusting his hand was made by the
writer in signing any of the names.
A young man presented a certificate to the
examining board in Springfield district on the
22d that up to the last six months he had
''lived with his father to the best of his abil-
ityp
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
j. A. Pierce's refreshment room, at the new
depot near the Cheapside bridge, was entirely
cleaned out on the 23d inst, by some fell
lows, who have been detected and will be over
hauled.
Not less than ten new tobacco barns are
in process of erection in Northampton, in
the village.
Prof. +. NJ. Bardwell formerly of Antioch
college. native of Belchertown, has been
commissioned as major of the third col
ored regiment, which was raised in Phia-
depha, and is now on duty at Morris island,
near Charleston. He has before been in
the service, as second in command of an Ohio
battery.
In recent thunder shower at Prescott,
J. ID. Jones had a COW killed by lightning;
and few days previous, Mr.. Henry NJ.
Brown, of Greenwich had a very valuable
three year Olu Colt kllleu ny lightning dI ITeS-
colt.
One of the fair daughters of Northamp-
ton was recently singing a fashionable air
at very high pitch of voice. when an
Irishman, who was passing by, rushed in
with look of establishment, and exclaimed;
''Sure, an l thought some one was being
murthered.
The Northampton Gazette and Courier says
that the reason why the drafted men in that
town can't go to the war; is because they have
got the aurora borealis i'll the back, or the tic
de doodle in the legs or toes.
An old clock, made and owned by Isaac
Gere, goldsmith in Northampton, fifty years
ago, has recently come again into use. On
his decease it was sold to Mr.. Ralph Utley of
Goshen. Its chief peculiarly is, that it plays
tune once in every few hours, having a va
riety of seven tunes The tunes are all old
STYLES, as follows Arlington, Marquis of
CRANKY, Paddy Whack, On the Road to
Boston, Marionets Cotillon, Lady Coven-
trvs Minuet, Hob or Mob. 1t also ind-
Gates the day of the month, and the posi-
ton of the moon. The inside or running
part can all be seen through glass on each
| side.
The crop of walnuts and beechnuts will be
| very large in the vicinity of Northampton,
but the chestnuts and butternuts will be very
| scarce.
MAINE.
| Francis Chase, of Augusta, has received the
appointment of superintendent of the Port
| land, Saco and Portsmouth railroad, made