Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-07-23
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and the fellow ran off; he hired another sub
stitute and he skedadded Not liking such
luck he concluded to go himself and went
before the officers for that purpose, but tho
board Of enrolment threw him out ON account
of disability!
In addition to the clergymcn drafted in Bos-
ton already mentioned, Rsv. Father Tracy of
st. Vincent's church, and Rev. Father Baret
of the Chapel of Holy Cross, have been con-
scripted.
The sons of the Hon. Edward Everett-one
of whom has just graduated at Cambridge,
England-have been drafted in Boston. Both
have made up their minds to serve in person,
instead Of procuring a substitute or paying the
$500.
On the 2lst inst. Lyman W. Stone was ar
rested in Boston for passing genuine "One"
on the Continental Bank, Boston, altered to a
give" on the same bank. Upon searching
him thoroughly, four similar altered bills
were found snugly tucked away in his cap.
| MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
The next term Of the Lascll Female Semi
nary at Auburndale begins Sept. 10. See adj
Yertisement
| PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Thrtytwo out of the thirty-three members
OF the Wareham Mutual Draft Insurance Co.
were drafted.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
| At the recent commencement at Amherst
| college, the board of overscers adopted unan-
imously the following action 1.-The board of
overseers Of the charity fu d of Amherst col
| lege, recognizing the providence of God in the
removal OF one Of their number by death, re-
cord with gratitude the remarkable fact that
during the torty-two years of the existence of
this board, there has never until this year,
| bppn ~ ff -,
hers. And whereas the late Hon Othamar
Conkey, who held seat as member Of the
board sixteen years, during which time he was
never absent from the annual meeting, except
IN single instance, and who presided as the
chairman OF the board for fourteen years, has
been removed from us by the hand of God,
we would also express our appreciation of the
pnnctuallty, accuracy, courtesy, integrity and
christian character Of our departed brother,
and our sympathy wish the bereaved family
in this affective dispensation." Samuel T.
Spauldins, Esq, OF Northampton, was elected
TO fill the vacancy.
Henry NJ Burt, editor of the Northampton
| Free Press, WAS drafted on the 10th.
The anniversary Of Mount Holyoke Female
Seminary will be held on the 23d. Gov An
drew and stall, Lieut.. Gov. Hayden, secretary
Warner, and sergeant alarms major John
htOi VI iilDullls Will bG pItSCHt OOllll
S. Hart, L l.. d. OF Trenton, n. j., delivers
the annual address.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
| While company of small children were
playing around the fume of Moore's grist-
mill in New Salem, one day recently, little
girl of four years old, fell from a plank in 0
the water, and the gate being hoisted was
drawn towards the revolving wheel. In this
| perilous situation she rose to the surface and
| was caught and held until the help for which
he Justify called arrived, by a boy who was
also only four years old.
MAINE.
Mr. r. E. Fisher of Woolwich raised in his
garden this season gooseberres that were two
and half inches in circumference.
The supreme court Of Maine has decided
adversely to the legality OF cities or towns
raising money to pay Communication for its cit
liens.
A town meeting was held in Cape Elizabeth,
on the 18TH. to see if the town would vote $500
/ to ea,.h drafted man. Instead Of doing this,
the town voted to pay $3.50 to every man of
the quota drafted from that town, not exempt
ed by the CONSUMPTION act, who goes to the
war himself or procures substitute, but not
dollar for man to stay at home.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
| Sampson l.. Russell, Augustus Walden and
| Richard Smart, three Of the fellows who were
| engaged in the riot at Portsmouth last week.
| have been bound over for trial in the sum of
| $1,000 each. Richard Walden, another of the
rioters, is not yet sufficiently recovered from
his wounds to be arraigned.
The class day exercises of Dartmouth col
| lege took place on the 2lst. The Grafton was
given by Frank A. Spencer, Of Cleveland
Ohio; the poemby VIM. L. Flagg of LittIeton,
Mass. The regular commencement exercises
will take place on the Both. Among the past
graduates who have already arrived are mem
bers of nearly forty classes. Those of go and
81 are very largely represented. An exceed.
ingly interesting feature of the present COM
mencement is the semi-centennial gathering
of the class of 1918. OF the fourteen now liy
ing seven are already there.
A number of guns, sent by the government
to Concord to be used by conscripts, were
found to be imperfect and were immediately
ordered to Portsmouth by Gov. Gilmore.
During heavy shower in New Market, on
the 18th, an eel, measuring eleven and one
half inches in length, was seen to fall in the
street from the clouds, alive and active as if
just taken from the water.
Among the prizes awarded at the law school
in Cambridge, one of sixty dollars, 1.-THE high
est to slonzo B. Wentworth of Somersworth
lot a dissertation on - lie llIueHCc Vi hOHlaH
law on the formation and determination of the
rules and principles of the English and Amer
lean law"
monument is to be erected at Lancaster,
by public subscription, in memory of the late
Col. Cross.
VERMONT.
Companies of home guards are springing
up in several cities and towns in the state.
They have formed home guard at Rutland,
with Col. G.. Ii. Joyce for commander.
A discovery of magnesia has been made on
the farm of Joseph Hoyt, on the west shore of
Lake Memphremagog.
Mr.. A. w. Morrill, is about erecting large
foundry at Derby Line.
CONNECTICUT.
A man digging cellar in Hartford, on the
10th, found bundle containing a mans
shirt, covered with blood, and with several
holes cut in below the bosom, apparently
done with stabs of knife.
On the 18th, an old colored woman, with
her daughter and seven small children, cross
ed the river at New London, in search of a
home They said they owned a comfortable
home in New York, which was destroyed by
the mob. All they had left was carried on
their backs.
Early in the war, the Rev. DR.. Perry, for
merly of Waterbury, entered the army and
became colonel, leading his regiment south,
and there lost his life. His friends have
raised about $4,000, and purchased home for
his family at Ridgefeld.
Rev. j. P. Bates of Thompson has resigned
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