Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-06-18
the depth of two feet. So much rain in the
same length OF time has not fallen for years.
MAINE.

the depth of two feet. So much rain in the
same length Of time has not fallen for years
MAINE.
Major WhttleSey of the 10Th regiment has
returned to Brunswick and will soon resume
the duties of his professorship at Bowdoln
College.
Deserters are getting rough treatment by
the general court martial now IN session NJ
Augusta. George s. Hutchinson of Gardi-
ner was proved to have deserted five times.
More than thirty prisoners are in Jail awaiting
examination.
Dennison 4 Co. are making arrangements
to enter extensively into the manufacture of
straw paper at Mechanics Falls.
The Merchants Exchange in Portland is al
ready tourishing institution. The subscrib
ers now number 80.
We have some samples of immensely long
cucumbers, raised by Mr. Frank Casey at the
greenhouse of S. J. Murphy, Esq. They
beat all that we ever saw at this early stage of
the season. One that we measured stretched
out II inches, and then we stopped measur-
ing.-Bongo, Courier.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
fleece recently taken from Il year old
lamb, belonging to Jewett W. Gerry, Esq, of
Dover. weighed nine pounds and ten ounces.
Counterfeit bills of the denominations of 81
anu % oi llt hOCutSlGl Ddtlhs IuCllCoASIs ~
H., have been put in circulation.
VERMONT.
Vermont sends "A flock of Spanish merino
sheep to the Hamburg exhibition.
A handsome little daily called the Telegraph
has been started at St. Adams.
CONNECTICUT.
A returning volunteer belonging to Mas
sachusetts regiment, stopped in Norwich on
the 18TH got tired, and while asleep some-
/ body took $2j from his pocket.
! The establishment Of Holmes, Booth &
. Hayden, at Waterbury, is making 100000
worth of copper COINS for the Peruvian gov
! eminent. They are of denominations equal
! to one and two cents.
! Lyman ?. Hampstead of New London, has
| been appointed a mail route agent on the
| Shore Line railroad, to run between New
| Haven and New London.
| \ girl employed in a manufacturing estab-
lishment, at Meriden, was caught and whrled
with great force around revolving shaft on
| the 10Th inst, till the resistance made by her
| body stopped the machinery. One leg was
| broken in two places, and other severe inju-
| ries were sustained.
| The Merden Britannia company are about
! to build, near the depot in West Meriden,
! brick building $50 feet long, so feet wide and
four stories high, to which the whole of their
extensive business will be removed. They
employ nearly 400 operatives.
A Fair Haven Irishman has recently come
into the possession of a ''werry large fortin."
He is a remarkable Pat and don't put on airs,
but wears the same old hat he used to.
Rev. DIR. Cleaveland of New Haven is to
deliver the address at the commencement eX-
ercises of East Windsor theological seminary
on the 25th.
Rev. Asa NJ. Train, who died suddenly at
Milford on the 10Th, has been pastor OF the
| Plymouth church i'll that town % years, and
had taken an active part in politics, having
several times occupieda seat in both branches
of the legislature.
A mysterious travelling bag containing sew
eral bloody garments, was ished up from the
! Sound off Stratford, on the 18th inst.
Samuel Taylor of Haddam retired to rest
in his usual health on the 18th, but on at
tempting to rise next morning, he fell back
and expired instantly. He was 6S years of
age.
Sixty Englishmen have recently been i'm
ported to work in the Portland quarries and
more are expected soon.