Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-06-23
General News summary.


! holiday, to the press OF BOSTON ~ VPi"e
the days of Faust, of Franklin OF hoe ana
4 of Adams, in three entablatureS' ehcireieu
by the names of the daily journals of Bos-
ton.
A Young man who gave the name of VIM.
Smith was arrested on the goth, charged with
| passing a counterfeit $40 bill on the Mer-
| chants Bank, New Haven. Upon searching
| him, thirteen of the new counterfeit fifty cent
/ postal currency notes were found in his pos
session James Z. Lonus was arrested for
passing Il So counterfeit bill on the Bristol
County Bank when $40 of the same descrip-
ton OF money were found upon him.
Detective Baker arrived in Boston on the
Goth inst, having in custody man named
George f. Reed, whom he had arrested in
Sterling, Mass, on charge of having passed
los on the Woburn Bank, at several different
places in Boston. When arrested, 81 bill
on the Sanford Bank was found in his posses
sion. The accused, who was locked up for
examination, formerly kept a liquor shop in
| Boston.
A negro was run over on sthe goth, at the
Charlestown station, by a train on the Fitch
burg road, Nearly the whole train passed
over his legs, intlcting injuries from which it
is scarcely possible he can recover.
new and commodious building has been
Just completed by the managers of the asso-
citation tor the relief of aged INDECENT females,
in the rear of the present Home on Charles
street, Boston, designed to afford additional
accommodations for benefciaries.
The little flag that waves from the lightning
rod over the top of the monument was placed
there on the 10th, by Mr.. Joseph H. Till of
| Charlestown. The daring feat was accom-
plished by placing the foot of ladder against
the flag. staff with the other end reaching to
| to the apex of the monument. lie then as
cended the ladder, reached the lightning rod,
steadied himself by it and stood on the UeTy
tip top of the monument and adjusted the flag.
boy named George w. Buckner was in
stantly killed on the 10th while riding out Of
the depot on one of the freight cars of the
Lowell railroad.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
The late James Hoton of Brighton, after
bequeathing $26,500 to various relatives and
friends, directed the rest of his property to be
disposed of for the benefit of various charita-
bic objects, of which the institutions of the
town of Brighton received large share.
Ex-mayor Sergeant of Lowell, has received
a package for the sanitary commission, from
Mrs. Sarah Phelps of Groton, an old lady,
ninety-two years of age, containing quilt,
four pairs of socks, and 81 in money.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The barque Hebron, which had on board
some eight thousand barrels of petroleum oil
for the European market has been libeed for
damage done 10 oyster beds in New Bedford
harbOr. The immense weight of the cargo
crushed the lower tiers OF barrels in the hold,
and the oil was pumped out into the harbor,
which destroyed several beds of oysters, val.
ued at some seven thousand dollars. This
suit will involve some very nice legal ques-
tons. The oil can be seen on the surface of
the water in the harbor in all directions.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
Workmen are preparing beautiful grove
OF oak and pine near Yarmouth for the meth
odist camp-meetings in August.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The total enrolment of HoIyoke is 672, of
which number about two thirds belong to the
| first class.
The state, county and town taxes of Hol-
| yoke is S54,S34; school tax Sl5, 05I; fire tax
| $3.50; average per cent l,04. The number
Of polls in the town is 1895.
| HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
! The anniversary exercises at Williston
seminary occur June 20 and 80. The exer-
cises of the graduating class, and the annual
address by Rev. DIR. Kirk of Boston, take
! place on Tuesday,
goth. - ''' ''''
Mr. Stephen Nelson, of Bath, raised last
year pair of steers, that at one year of age,
weighed 22OO pounds, and yearling bull that
weighed 1850
The number of arrivals at Portland for the
week ending the goth was eighty-four Clear
ances thirty-six. The value of foreign exports
| for the week was $50, 1929 80.
Some eighteen young men from the towns
| OF Whltneyville, Northfeld and Marshfield
| started for California on the 18th
The demand for Portland sugars for western
| markets was never so good as at the present
time. 1t is fully up to the abilities of the SUI
gar house to supply even with their increased
| facilities tor manufacturing.
| NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The building in Winchester occupied by
| Willard Snow as furniture ware room, with
| all the contents, Gustin & Hutchins tin shop
| and two tenements, was destroyed by fire on
| the 10Th inst
Bailey Sargent of Oxford, who is II years
| old, sowed and narrowed this spring over fifty
| bushels of oats on ten acres of land without
assistance. He can hold hand with any of
the boys.
Mr.. Charles Gates, of Lebanon, has SHARED
the present season, from Spanish Merino
buck, twenty and quarter pounds of
wool. He also sheared fifty-th sheep,
the heeces averaging eleven pounds each,
| which was the result of ten and a half months
| growth.
The report ofthe treasury of Grafton coun-
| ty for the year ending May 3lst shows the
total receipts to have been S54, 229 SO; dis
bursements, S52,355 57 money in the treas
ury, 1854 80.
VERMONT.
A. L. Barron of the Junction House, White
river, was recently found guilty of So viola
| tions of the liquor law, making a fine of $3.50
and costs, all of which will amount to some
$780,
new national bank is about to go into
operation at Springfield, with a capital of
100000.
The mill at Bennington, which was designed
for balmoral factory, is to be filed with
knitting machinery.
Fifteen deserters have been arrested near
Rouse's Point, and sent back to the army for
trial,
The adjutant generals books show the
| number of men mustered into service from
the state to be 1851, exclusive of the three
months men. This is an excess of 625 above
the required quotas. Of the whole number.
1898 were three years and 1928 nine
months men.
The state enrolment of militia shows 30
| IL men subject to the draft.
| CONNECTICUT.
Capt Price of East Woodstock was found
dead in his bed on the 10th. His age was so