Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-08-15

departure of 24O men for the army of the Po-
lomac. Seventy .one of them are for the I'd
Rhode Island regiment, the rest for the 18th
Connecticut which has previously received
$50 men from this post.
In one of the northeasterly towns in Wind
ham county is "A village called christian Hol-
low" consisting of about twenty families, all
farmers. Nine men in that village have had
twenty-five wIves-One man four, two men
three, and six men two each.
RHODE ISLAND.
A mechanic in WOonsocket says he intends
applying for patent for a machine, which he
says, when wound up and set in motion, will
chase hog over a ten.acre lot catch, yoke,
and ring him; or, by slight change OF gear
ing, it will chop him into sausages, work his
brstles into shoe brushes, and manufacture
his tail into a corksCrew.
A negro aged over 100 years, named Ned
Simons, belonging to the estate of Gen. Ma
thaniel Greene, of Rhode Island and revolu-
tionary fame, died on the coast of Georgia
few weeks since.
During the passage of a funeral procession
in the southerly part of Woonsocket, few
days since, a thunder storm prevailed, and
three horses in the procession were knocked
down by the electric fluid. No person was
injured.
During the heavy shower in Mohegan, on
the llth, the lightning struck in many places,
but no persons or buildings were injured. In
zone place well crotch and curb were literal
ly dashed to splnters, and tall trees by the
roadside stripped Of the bark from top to bot
tom.
Mr. Chas. E. Smith was ordained a minis
ter and installed as pastor of the First Bap-
fist church in Pawtucket ON the 18th.
'Hhrno Naw YnrE and
''bounty-jumperso were arrested in Provi-
dence on the 18th.
MISCELLANEOUS.
At Rushford, Allegheny county, N. Y, last
week, Mrs StebbinS was killed by a tame
bear which accidentally got loose from the
barn. n neighbor hearing her cries rushed
to the scene and dispatched the animal with
an AK, but not before Mrs. S. had breathed
her last
tremendous blast was made at the Lake
Superior mine a short time since. Sixteen
kegs of powder wore put into 4 hole four
inches III diameter and eighteen feet deep,
and the blast threw down over 5000 tons
OF ore, so completely broken up that the
largest portion was small enough to load ON
the cars for shipment without further reduc-
ton.
The third army corps, in appreciation of
agreed to present him with four splendid
horses, carriage to match, and all the neces-
sary outfit. Each member. of the corps will
devote one days pay to this object, which will
be sufficient for the purpose.
Advces from Labrador say that the fisher
les on that coast, both for cod and salmon,
have been unusually successful. There were
however but Few American vessels on the
ground.
The mercury in the composing room of the
Philadelphia North American ftOod at l20 on
the llth, that being the coolest composing
room in the city One of the newspaper car
riers dropped down dead at four o'clock in the
morning.
Two petrifed men have been found near
CaStlemaine, i'll Australia They were in a
sitting po>ture-vens, muscles, finger nails,
teeth, &C., all perfect. One had stone AK by
his side
The construction of bridge across the
Hudson at Albany is believed to be one Of the
things that will soon become an institution.
''No upper teeth does not exempt man
before the Philadelphia boSrd of enrolment.
If otherwise healthy, he is accepted for caval-
ry service.
VIM. w. Wells of Chicago, was elected
president Of the National Teachers Associa-
ton, at convention recently held in that city.
Hon. William Ii. Seward is about To visit
the north for the purpose of seeing his old
| friend and preceptor, Rev. DR.. Mott, president
of Union College, whence Mr.. Seward grad
uated many years since.