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

BOSTON AND VICINITY.
FOrty-four lots of land on the Back Bay be-
longing to the commonwealth are to be sold,
Saturday, at public auction. twenty-five lots
on Beacon St., except the two corner lots, are
to be put up at the minimum price of 81 80,
and twenty-five on Marlborough street at
81 20 per square foot.
Catherine Leonard a domestic in the fami-
" of police officer Stuart, was burned to
death, Monday, by attempting to kindle fire
with burning fluid. The fluid, of course, ex-
ploded, set fire to her clothing, burning her
from head to foot.
A young married woman, whose husband is
absent with Banks expedition, was feIonious-
ly assaulted on Chelsea bridge, Tuesday
night, between twelve and one O'clock Capt
Peabody, Waterman at the navy yard, fortu-
nately passing at the time, rescued the unfor-
tunate woman from the rufians, who fed.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
The afternoon train from Boston for Nashua
on Tuesday. ran over an unknown man, at
Tyngsboro', causing instant death. He was
apparently about 70 years of age, and his APP
pearance gave evidence of partial insanity.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The Taunton Gazette chronicles the follow
ing rare instances of longevity in single
neighborhood of the town of Raynham Mrs.
last, aged 80 years, IL months, and days;
Mrs. Phebe Leonard, who died Dec. 18th,
1862, aged 92 years, months, and days,
cousins, and granddaughter of Rev. John
Wales, first minister of Raynham; widow
Mary Leonard, residing on an adjoining
homestead, is now living at the age OF SO
years last August They were companions
from childhood, all widows, and all members
of the same Baptist church in Raynham.
Major Gen. Couch of the army of the Po-
tomac is now at home on brief absence from
his command
There are to be public religious services
to. day, in New Bedford, in conlmemoration
of the emancipation of the slaves-under the
auspices of the clergymen of the colored
churches of the city.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The paper mills in Dalton recently pur-
chased lot of old papers and rags in which
were found large packages of lint, nicely pre-
pared, and bundles Of bandages evidently in
tended for the soldiers. Who was the thief?
Edward Larned of Pittsfield has been cho-
sen president Of the Ohio and Mississippi
(Cincinnati and st. Louis) railroad, with
which Gen. Mcclellan was connected before
the war.
Fred. Piper, colored barber and good
fellow, was recently married to fine looking
Irish girl in Wilamstown, Prof. Tatlock per-
forming the ceremony.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
There have been 1879 applications for licen-
x was~psbire county under the We
.YErrytnT.yer the. assesof>on these arr So al
So osseIhe ana an q. sre passeslp.-''--'''tsars
-.94Se northampton Gazette and Courier tHr
be reduced in size after this date-its pricei III
naming unchanged. ~ q
MAINE. w.
The Waterville Mail notices the folowS
agreeable case Of HOUSEKEEPING in that twn :;
Several persons, known to be among themost
respectable citizens, effected an entrance into
the house of Rev. DIR. Sheldon, whiI@he was
absent at meeting and encumberet the varl-
GUS rooms with articles of consideS'oie Value,
among which were cooling stove, hour
meat, fruit, and money, ii, perpetrators
were still at large.
CoNEEC FEcTe
The republican state eeFyenton IN Connec-
ticut is to be holden q New Haven on the
21St of January curreit. All who honestly
desire to stand by thegovernment IN its hour
of peril, and aid in tn restoration of its au
thority, are invited ta,eo operate with them.
The wives of Re ADr. Button and Deacon
Isaac Thompson, " Sothe,aven, were among
the Ariel's passen +, fir'en she was captured
by the Alabama h Z v,ey have arrived safely
at San Francisco.,,ofl
The supreme &C IT OF errors, IN session at
New Haven, have decided that the bill for
taking the vote of soldiers out Of the state, is
unconstitutional
FOREIGN Personal.
King Ohio of Greece, left Athens to return
no more, on the 18th of October, 1S62-the
anniversary Of the day when the deputation
charged to offer him the crown Of Greece, ar
rived at Munich thirty years before.
''Yomg Turkey"-says one of the Levant
hebdDmadals-h just formed club on near
ly tie English model, and has elected the sui
tan and his harem honorary members.
Horace Vernet, the great French painter,
was dangerously ill, at the last advises, and
had received the sacrament. The emperor
has sent to his dying bed an autograph letter,
and the decorations of grand officer of the Lee
giOn of Honor.
King William of Prussia, has instituted
new festival in remembrance of the peace of
Hubertsberg, which in 1763-one' hundred
years ago-put an end to the seven years
war, and confirmed all the conquests of Fred
erjck the Great.
The emperor Napoleon has recently been
to Berry au Beck, thirty miles from Com
peigne, TO get inspiration from the site of the
camp of Julius Caesar. He has caused vast
excavations to be made in order to show it to
the better advantage.
M. Singer, the famous sewing machine
manOfacturer, has founded monastery near
GSD,nnstantinople, at cost, to start with, of
j;r-Soo9G0. 1t is said he will patronize the nsti-
SS6tion by becoming himself an inmate.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The following table shows the amount of
American silver which was taken from the
United States to Montreal, Canada, by the
National Express Company, from the LIST of
January to the last of November this year.
January. .......Sl24OS1 Juy............. S139 099
February....... $4,000 August ......... 1890
March. 2,SI9 September....... 444.430
April. 109,100 October 673.74l
May.......... 4,5l5 November. ...... 1885, 1856
June. ............ 165,342
TOTAL ,3O6
Senator Rice of Minnesota has bill before
! the senate granting one million acres of pub
lie lands in aid of projected canal-three-
fourths of mile iong-leadng from Big Stone
Lake to Lake Traver in Minnesota. The os-
tensible reason for SO large bounty is that
by the construction of this canal the waters of
the Mississippi would be connected with Lake
Wlnnepeg, and direct water communication
opened between vast northwestern country
and the gulf.