Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-06-05

Mr.. Wm. Cote, who died June I'd, was
lineal descendant of The famous VIM. COTE
one OF the judges who sentenced Charles |. tc
death. The regicide, with Cen Whalley, ar
rived at Boston in July, 1860, and our late
fellow citizen often expressed the opinion that
he was the last male descendant of the noted
ancestor whose name he bore. The de.
ceased was for many years member and Of
ticer of the ''Winslow Blues and as such
was on duty on the Notifications of Boston
harbor in the war of 1872. He was an intelli-
gent, active, and most worthy citizen, held in
high esteem by all who knew him. For a
long series of years he was at the head of the
| polishing department in the piano-forte estab.
hshment of Cmckering & Sons. His age was
| 81 years.
James Hayes, detective of the provost
marshal for the +th district, was arrested June
I'd, for harboring his son, deserter from the
4Sth regiment. The son was also arrested
and sent to fort Independence to answer for
desertion. MIR. Hayes was brought before u.
| >. commissioner Hallett, Wednesday, and af-
| ter examination was ordered to recognize in the
sum Of $1,000 for trial in the district court
The number of births in Boston last year
was 525S, of whom 269O were males and 256S
females. The total is a decrease of 53l from
the preceding year.
The flour trade has become so important
that 1000 barrels will be required this year Tor
every business day, or 800 900 barrels dur
| ing the year.
The Junior class of Harvard college has
passed a series of resolutions to the memory
OF its late member, Arson G. Thurston, of
Lowell, deceased
Henry L. Sabin of Willianstown, Morrill,
Wyman of Cambridge, and Jabez Fisher of
Fitchburg, have been appointed commission
ers under the acts relating to pleuro- pneumo-
mia.
ESSEX COUNTY.
The first arrivals of new mackerel this sea-
son reached Gloucester on the I'd of June.
two vessels having arrived from the south,
| with about one hundred barrels each. There
Is quite school of mackerel in the bay at the
| present time, but they are quite poor.
| PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Mr.. Albert Davis has been appointed post
master at South Arlington, in place of Capt.
q w. Reed, resigned
BRISTOL COUNTY.
In Fall River, June l. two boys went to the
honse of j. A. Crane, Esq, and asked for
cold victuals. While one of tine boys was
talking with the servant in the basement, the
other went into the sitting-room and took a
lady's gold watch with chain and pin attached,
amosaic breast-pin and gold shawl-pn, all
of the value of SIS. They were pursued and
one Of the boys was afterwards arrested.
BARNSTABLE COUNTY.
| The collector in BarnStabe district is now
| engaged in paying out bounties to the cod
fishermen of last year. About $40 900 are
due in the district, which is falling off Of
nearly $4,000 within few years.
| HAMPDEN COUNTY.
| Michael Kennedy of Chicopee Falls. was
thrown from a wagon on Wednesday, break
| ing leg, and inuring him otherwise so Sc
verey that he will hardly survive.
| Mr.. William Weller of Westtield, recently
slaughtered pig eight months old which
weighed three hundred and eight pounds.
Not many months ago he killed one nine
months old that weighed four hundred and
fourteen pounds
| MAINE.
Lucius Denison of Norway, has fountain
| filled with brook trout, some of which have
| been there three years, and weigh two pounds
and half.
As much grain will be planted and sown
IN the state this spring as in any former year,
and this, too, with help much diminished, and
consequent reliance upon farm machinery.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Several hundred workmen are emploved in
perfectng the harbor defenses of Portsmouth.
AT the navy yard 100 are employed.
The speakers announced for the great
Union convention at Concord, on the 18th,
are Gen. B. +. Butler, John Cochrane, Mont.
gonery Blair Gen. j. G. Fremont, James 7.
Brady, Gen. Gilman Marston, Nathaniel B.
Baker, and Daniel S. Dickinson.
farmer in Newington, N. H., says the
Portsmouth Chronicle, had presented to him,
one night recently, fine boy baby, calf
two litters OF pigs and one of kittens.
VERMONT.
The annual commencement of the medical
department OF the University of Vermont will
take place Tuesday evening, June O. Prof.
II. M Seeley delivers the address.
The house of Lyman f. Cabot of Weathers
field was burgariously entered while the
family were at meeting recently, and trunk
belonging to Benajah Dean was broken open.
and 81 100 in bank bills, a certificate for six
teen shares Exchange Bank stock, with other
valuable stock, stolen therefrom.
The Jail at Irasburg was broken open on the
10th ult., and all the prisoners escaped
Mr.. Ira Earl of Bellows Falls lost his horse
last week in somewhat singular manner.
He had driven into the yard at Mr.. Converts |
house, when the horse was startled, and rear |
ing pitched head down into a large cistern of |
water, and was drowned before it could be got
out.
CONNECT CUT.
A company has been formed in Middle |
town, and nearly all the stock subscribed, TO |
put line of day boats on the river route be-
tween that city and New York.
RHODE ISLAND.
The Newport News is reliably informed that
the Right Reverend Bishop of the Diocese of
Rhode Island will visit the city of Washing
ton in few days, for the purpose of uniting
in the bonds of matrimony, Elk Governor }
Sprague, now United States senator from the
state of Rhode Island, and Miss Kate Chase.
the eldest daughter of the secretary of the
treasury.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Private R. H. Wilcox OF company C, 49th
Massachusetts, regiment, had MIME ball pass
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