Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-07-06
General News summary.

pam GdusCu ny ltlDu, lilSlGdu OF the
two drops usually given, died In short time,
her body being completely paralyzed.
The receipts at the Boston custom house
during the first half of the present year have
been $2,974,01l, or $96,4l7 less than last
year.
MlDDLEsEx COUNTY.
MIR. McEarlan Of Dracut hasa hoop skirt
| suspended in his corntield to scare away the
crows and it was said to answer the purpose
| Tor winch 1t was put up exceedingly well. The
Lowell Courier is responsible for the story
that it badly frightened four young men from
Lowell, the other day, when on their way from
that cityto Willow Dale.
ESSEX COUNTY.
The pauper expenses of Ncwburyport are
exceeded by no other city in the state except
Boston.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
James B. Croker of Yarmouth. has been
appointed clerk of the courts in Barnstable
county, to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Frederick Croker
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Nine heavy columbiads have been mounted
IN fort Taber, at Clarke's point
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
AT the recent term of the superior court the
award OF the referees in the case of John
Waite vs.. DR.. A. NJ. Higgins of Palmer, for
malpractice, was made known. Tie award
was $500 and costs.
Levi Peck of Monson has hive Of bees
winch has turned out three young swarms
within nine days.
Rev. NJ. L. Bickford of Waltham, who ac.
cepted the call TO the Baptist church. Chico
pee, some time since, then declined it on ac
count of the unanimous vote of his former
charge not to accept his resignation, has again
reversed his 1apisinn md
ChicOpee.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
Mary Shehan, a girl employed at the rag
room at VIM. Clark & Co.'S paper mill,
Northampton, one day last week was so for.
tunate as to find good $40 bill among the
rags she was asserting.
An old penny was recently found in a corn
field at South Amherst, of the date of 1867.
Rev. G. l.. Woodwork of Amherst, chap
lain of the 18th regiment, is expected home
from Newbern on the lth.
Among the heavy ax-payers in Amherst
are IL. NJ. Hills Son $3.50, 5. f. Cutler S242,
Edward and William A. Dickinson 500,
james and William Kellogg $l95, L. L. Con-
key $l93.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
). Birmingham Of Hnsdale has purchased
merry in Daion, and viii baid @5J the tan tan
there.
MAINE.
The keeper of the Pond Island light reports
that on the 18th ult. one of the pilots at the
mouth of the Kcnnebec fel in with portion
of Il vessels top works, badly burned, on the
club" some ten miles southeast of Segun.
A compton, or gun stopper, was also picked
up at the wreck, which suggests that it was an
armed vessel, and might have been the Ia
cOny.
In the United States district court on the
26th ult. Judge Ware sentenced George
Martin, the Amherst mail robber, to ten years
Imprisonment, upon three indictments, to all
of which he had pleaded guilty.
On the Goth ult. house and two barns were
burned, with ten tons of hay, in Westbrook.
Arrangements have been made to have Fort
Knox, on the Penobscot, put in order for the
defence of that river.
The Governor and Council last week made
their annual visit to the Insane Hospital, and
found the institution in good condition. and
and its arrangements highly satisfactory.
The general convention of the Congrega-
tional churches of Maine last week held an an
nual meeting at Bddeford.
The Bath Times states that the fishermen
have generally done exceedingly well on their
first trip this year. One vessel divided from
$l75 to 5000 a man, for trip of five weeks
and two days.
The Skowhegan Farmer tells of farmers
wife in that town who has assisted her husband
in his planting, and who also manages large
garden and flower bed
A stroke of lightning killed a cat and "be
wildered' dog in Pennington last week.
The fishermen at Eastport and vicinityS
made the greatest ''hauP' of pollock fish on
the oath, known on the record as one days
work for ten years.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The Nashua election case, in which Albert II.
Saunders, republican, claims the seat of Dan
iel Moore, democrat, a sitting member, is now
before the legislature.
Edison A. Eastman's dwelling house and
barn, in Concord were totally destroyed by
fire on the I'd.
As Deacon John Gilman of Baskerville was
engaged in blasting stone on the Sd, piece
which was thrown into the air fell, striking him
on the head causing instant death.
The dwelling house and its contents, belong
ing to Mark and Nathaniel Boynton of New
Hampton, were entirely consumed by fire on
the oath ult. The family had hardly time to
escape from the house. Loss estimated at
S2500.
Col B. B. Smalley of Burlington, has re-
signed his position as member of the staff of
Gov. Holbrook
Col. ID. T. Corbin, late provost marshal in
Vermont, has resigned his commission in
the invalid corps and is assigned to duty at
Washington, d. c., in charge Of the invalid
camp.
The cost of keeping prisoners at the Wind
sor county Jail was last year less than 800.
Since January LIST it has been less than $3l
Corn is now selling in st. Adams for 50
cents per bushel.
CONNECTICUT.
The track is laid on the Rockville branch
railroad, for three-fourths of the route, and it
was expected the bridges would be completed
last week. The depot is nearly finished, and
workmen are laying the foundation of freight
house rs feet long.
More's large stone mill, Putnam, is to re-
sumo operations again to-day, and is, with the
brick mill, to run for a few months.
Lines Parmelee, Of Litchield, killed in his
door yard one day last week, large black
snake which measured seven feet in length.
A Nurse being driven near Litchfeld, by
son of Socrates Clark, took fright and ran
away throwing out the occupants of the wag-
on. The rens became entangled in the wheels
and the horse was thrown SO suddenly that his
neck was broken.
VIM. S. Kimball started from Poquetannock
with a load of wood. About half way to Nor
witch he was discovered lying partially under
the hind wheel which his body had blocked so