Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-10-13
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was assaulted by some Irish children, when,
| resenting their abuses he was Immediately at
tackled by nearly hundred men and women,
! who beat him with clubs, br0oms, &C.. the
| entire length Of the street. He finally es-
| capped, but not until after considerable bruis-
ing.
MIR. VIM. Lawrence of Burlington picked
box of fine Strawberries, grown in an open
field, on the 18th.
On the evening of the 10th, as Mr.. Moran,
a baker, of Chelsea, was driving home from
Maiden, he was run into by some drunken fell
lows, who compelled him to stop, and then en-
deavored to rob him, but the assailants got the
worst of it, and Mr.. Moran had an extra team,
which he left with the police of Chelsea.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Henry w. Barstow of Mattapoiset has been
nominated for senator by the republicans of
the South Plymouth senatorial district.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The "PavillOn House, notorious house
of ill fame about quarter of mile south of
Chcopee, was burned on the evening of the
! ll!h, with the barn adjoining.
Rev. DIR. Vail of Palmer will deliver an
address on the 14th, the second day Of the
Palmer cattle show. There are many indica-
tons of a good fair.
! Rev. Roswell Foster who has filed the
pulpit of the Congregational church at Chic
| opee Falls for some time past, has accepted
call to settle over the society.
| Squire Rogers, a lad of dozen years, son
Of james IL. Rogers ct Springfield, went to
get some walnuts at West Springfield, on the
10th, and while shaking limb of a large tree
lost his hold and fell some forty feet to the
| ground. He received internal injuries, from
which it is feared he will never recover.
The house Of Drayton Perkins of Spring
field was entered on the night of the 9th, by
burglars, who took Mr.. Perkins pantaloons
from the bed where he was sleeping and OBJ
tanned five dollars in money They missed
another purse only few feet from the bed,
which would have been much more profit
able.
A runaway horse dashed into a crowd in
! Springfield, on the 10th, who were attending
an auction. Several men were knocked
down, and one little fellow so severely injured
that he was taken up for dead, but it is now
thought he will eventually recover.
Thomas Thresher of Wilbraham was rails
ing stone with yoke Of oxen recently,
while he pried it up with a rail. When the
cattle started and the rock was partly raised,
itfell back, bringing the upper end against
Mr.. Thresher's neck with such violence as to
break it. He died instantly without strug-
gle.
The collector of the port of Calais seized
several hundred dollars worth of tea few
since, which was being Struggled to Boston in
crates Of rags.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
| The cornerstone OF the new Ocean House
at Rye Beach was laid on the 30th ult., with
appropriate ceremonies Should the house
| no Ipnnblntn1 ~ la, "a
| plans, it will be one of the finest hotels in New
Hampshire.
| The freshman class in Dartmouth college
numbers 80 members the present term. This
is u less nunIher tlsan usual, and is occasioned
| by the large number of young men who have
| gone to serve their country.
The 10Th day Of November has been ap-
| pointed by the governor of New Hampshire as
the day of thanksgiving
Mr.. r. A. Lindsay, agent of Mr.. Rolfe of
Boston, was knocked down on one of the
streets of Manchester on the Sth, and robbed
OF all his money and fine gold watch. The
culprits have been arrested, and will have to
come to time.
VERMONT.
Samuel Williams of Rutland has been APP
pointed secretary of civil and military affairs
by Gov. Smith.
Two hundred men have been recruited for
the 18th regiment.
Gen. IL. Ii. Baxter has sold his marble
quarry at West Rutland, to a New York firm,
for $3.50 900.
CONNECTICUT.
Bigelow's boiler and machine works at New
Haven are constructing rihing machines for
the Springfield, Whitneyville and other ar
mories. The ponderous Mckenzie blower
and cupola, now in use at the Charlestown
and Washington navy yards, and the PARROT
gun foundry at West Point, are made at this
establishment.
"Inglesde," Mr.. Williams residence at
Stamford, was entered by burglars, few
nights since, who were discovered, but sue
ceeded in carrying off two gold watches and
chains, and the contents of two pocket books.
AT the Litchfield town election, the copper
head moderator allowed a man to vote who
was challenged, and was at that time running
for office on the democratic ticket in Torring-
ton.
The horticultural fair at Hartford last week
was poorly attended, but the display of fruit
was unusually fine.
Door mats are nowhere in New Haven.
They steal 'em by the wholesale, taking every
one on a street at time.
A Mrs. Shumway died at Stafford, few
days ago, and the cause is mystery.
A brick machine has been invented at New
Haven, which vets the clay, kneadS it, forces
it through an oritice just brick-sde, and at
proper distances cuts it off the complete brick,
at the rate of sixty a minute. The baking
process, of course, comes atterward
AT the Winsted cattle show, an OK race was
one of the features. A pair of blacks owned
by Thomas Williams of Winsted took the
first premium, going the mile in ten and
three.quarters minutes.
The big elm in Hartford bit the dust on the
10th. Ii was thirty-two feet in girth at the
base and tough as pepperidge. A stone wall
was found embedded in the elm, some two
feet from the surface of the ground, and sey-
eral spikes were cut out of the heart of the
tree. The cost OF levelng the tree with the
ground was over a hundred dollars.
John Moore of New Haven, a brakeman,
was killed between Rye station and Marnaro-
neck on the 10TH One of the cars of the
train was thrown from the track by the break
ing of rail.
RHODE ISLAND.
The race between the two boat clubs of
Brown University took place on the 10th on
Seekonk river, and resulted in favor of the
Atlanta. The distance rowed was three miles,
1t took the Atlanta % minute and "a seconds,
and its opponent "a minutes and seconds
The Harriet Lewis, laden with coal, is re-
ported as having sunk while coming through
the sound on the night of the Sth. She was
owned by Joseph II. Records and Thomas
Coggeshall of Providence, and Joseph Eaton
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