Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-01-21
General News Summary


BOSTON AND VICINITY.
The ship carpenters and laborers at the
navy yard, engaged in the ''striKe," held
closing up meeting, Monday evening-sever-
al of the ringeaders having been peremptorily
discharged, and many of the early followers
having returned to their work. The payment
of the laborers is going forward but no assur-
ances of higher wages has been given.
The first of the legislative agricultural
meetings was hold at the state house, Monday
| evening-the topic Of discussion being the
general subject of Farming Several agricul-
tural members ''told their eXperience"-ope
ing abroad field of discussion. Next Monday
evening they consider the subject of Stock.
breeding, when the governor is expected to
preside.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The Dighton manufacturing company,
whose establishment at North Dighton was
destroyed by fire some fifteen months since,
have decided to rebuild, and propose to enter
upon the manufacture of flannels.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
The Congregational church and the town
hall in Hanover were destroyed by fire Sun
day afternoon. The fire broke out in the
church soon after the afternoon service, and
communicated to the hall. Both buildings
were burned to the ground.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Rev. Rodolphus Dickinson of Deerfcld,
who died recently, was half century ago one
of the men of mark and character in that sec
ton of the state. He was the author of sew
eral works of eruditon and value at the time,
but which went into decline with the intelec-
tual force and vigor that produced them. His
faculties were clouded during the last fifteen
or twenty years of his life.
Mrs. PerSis, wife of Reuben Jennison of
nray, 4 ,;,,,1 L.,
inst, by drowning herself in a we'll While
her husband and children were absent at
meeting she removed the trap door from the
well, and let herself down by the chain. She
was found there standing upright with the wa
ter Just over her head She was 40 years of
age, and partly deranged.
,IohnSuglan, colored man, lately living in
Greenfield, has been arrested for the murder
of Henry Reed of Vermont. Reed was sus-
pected Of criminal intimacy with the white
wife to whom Suglan had been recently mar
ried.
The Portland Transcript says a woman was
married in North Paris, last week, to her
third husband-the two former still living
By mutual consent the last one who marries
her is welcome to her. The name of this
woman is somewhat remarkable We give it
in full, as it now is, viz: Diantha Jane Ange-
line Rawson Washburn Ness Durham Oar
mon.
RHODE ISLAND.
LIN FOrter, son OF Edmund Potter, of
South hingStOwn, came to a shocking death
at Fishers mills, in that town, on Saturday
last He became entaneled in the machinery
and was carried swiftly round revolving
shaft, his body crashing violently against the
tlmbers Of the floor above at every revolution.
lie was instantly killed.
The dead body of George Blodgett, son of
Rev. Constantine Blodgett, of Pawtucket, was
brought home, Monday by an employee of
the New York and Erie railroad-young
Biodgett having fallen between the cars while
the train was in motion. He was by profess
sion minister. The arrival Of the corpse
was the first intelligence his parents had of his
death.
CONNECTICUT.
The first government tax in New London.
and Windham counties will be about $500, 900
the present year, with the prospect of an in
crease hereafter.
Daniel Warner of Woodstock has had two
OF his twine mills running on full time for the
last five weeks, and Thomas Warner & Son
started up their mill last week
Jeremiah Halsey of Norwich, Augustus
Brandagee of New London, and j. f. Trum-
bull of Stonington, are among the names can
Vassed tor representative to congress in the
LIST Connecticut district.
Judge Martin Wells of Wethersfield, for
many years a well known practitioner at the
bar OF the Hartford courts, died at Toledo,
last week. He was about IS years of age.
Francis and Frederick j. Hollister, BROTH
ers, of Chatham, Conn, died recently of ty-
phoid fever, within half an hour Of each 9TH
er, in the camp at Falmouth.
The wife of Prosser Beecher of Trumbull
was burned to death on Saturday last. Her
clothes took fire by coming in contact with a
stove, and she was burned to a crisp before
assistance could be rendered her.
POLITICAL ITEMS.
The Boston Courier says There was a
time when the rebellion might have been sup
pressed by the aid of arms at very little cost
of blood" Yes; but at that time the Boston
Courier was apologzing for the rebel leaders,
eulogizing the Buchanan administration, and
tiercely denouncing coercion
MISCELLANEOUS.
Gov. Morton of Indiana recently received
letters, warning him of plan to assassinate
him. One was in female handwriting, and
purported to be written by the wife of man
engaged in the plot 1t contained a correct
plan of the governors house, and of the
room in which he slept, with all approaches
to it. The writer said her husband had been
led into the matter by wicked men, and she
wanted to Illustrate the design to save him
from its consequences.