Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-03-02
General News Summary


Rev. Thomas Hill, ID. d., will be inaugu-
rated president of Harvard college on We'd
nesday at 3-4 p. NJ. Henry A. Whitney of
the class OF 1916 is chief marshal for the
occasion.
Maretzek's opera troupe will visit Boston
next MONTH
Charles L. Flint of Boston, and Daniel
Needham of Quincy, VT, have been appoint
ed to represent their respective state agricul-
tural societies at the great international eXhi-
bitiOn at Hamburg, Germany, next July.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
The first passenger train over the Lowell
railroad had a narrow escape from damage to
life and limb on Friday morning. While go
ing at full speed through South Wilmington,
the rear trucks and one set of wheels of the
Nashua passenger car were thrown from the
track by broken rail. The passengers were
considerably frightened, but no one was in
jured.
All Lowell united in grand fair for the
benefit of the sanitary commission last week.
1t was held for three days and in three halls
The legislature paid it visit on Friday even
ing, and ate, drank and was merry. The net
profit was upwards of $1,000!
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The barque Susan Jane, on her return to
| New Bedford from a trading voyage to the
| Cape de Verbs, brought home as the proceeds
| OF her adventure a large amount of gold the
| premium on which, about $4,000, will pay the
expense of nearly rebuilding her hull
The New Bedford boot and shoe manufac-
tory has voted to increase the capital stock
$4,000.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Jonathan Ely of Wibraham, now eighty
five years of age, cuts and draws his own
wood and does his own work on his farm, be-
| sides WORKING NJ his trade shoemaker cl-
most daily. A short time since he went to the
depot to take the cars for Springfield, but, be-
ing late, he walked the whole distance, twelve
miles, and back, and brought roll of leather
under his arm.
The full blooded Durham bull belonging to
the MOnson State Almshouse, is offered for
sale. He was the king of beasts at the last
fair Of the Eastern Hampden Agricultural So
ciety.
Business is brisk in some departments in
Chicopee and Chicopee Falls. The Massa-
chusetts arms company were never doing bet
ter than now. The Ames company is filling
some large orders for sword and cannon, the
latter of bronze.
MAINE.
Hemlock boards, worth last fall Sc, have
: recently been sold in Machias to be delivered
. in Boston for Sill
great convention Of the friends of educa-
| y,
IL assembled at Augusta on Thursday, to devise
is ways and means to convert that institution
vicinity, "wnere the seminary is situated
have pledged $4,000 toward that object, on
~ condition that a like sum be provided from
other sources.
The Machias Union (copperhead), boasts
TO that it has received seven new subscribers in
1f week. The Press says the proprietor feels
e as much encouraged as the proprietors of the
Waterville toll bridge did when they saw
three men and horse all crossing at once.
They looked for an immediate dividend.
A costume promenade, given in Portland a
few evenings before the one in this city, netted
r $3.50
Is VERMONT.
ID The ''Voice Among the Mountains" pub
= hshed at Ludlow, has been hushed on account
of the high price of paper
splendid gray eagle, measuring seven fe ct
:, from tip to tip, has been caught in Whining
v ton.
, The Passumpsic railroad is progressing
! rapidly from Barton toward Newport, and the
u cars will run to the latter place by the 4th Of
: July.
! NEW HAMPSHIRE.
y The Unitarians of New Hampshire have
organized state Unitarian association. Hon
II. a. Bellows of Concord is president, and
Rev. James De NOrmandie of Portsmouth is
| secretary.
There is man in Portsmouth who sends
+ valentine to local benevolent society every
year, with $25 enclosed. He has repeated
, the act for twenty years, and is still unknown.
The Amoskeag manufacturing company of
: Manchester sent off on Thursday a second
class steam fire engine, named the "Poto-
mac" to the city of Alexandria, Va.
CONNECTICUT.
Rev. j. Treadwell Walden, rector of Christ
church in Norwich, has received a call unan-
imously to the rectorshp of St. Clements, in
Philadelphia, and has decided to accept the
call.
Last spring colored man living with G.
M. Norris, OF Danbury, stole some sheep
skins valued at that time at fifty cents.
day or two ago, they were returned to Mr. n,
and are now worth $500. Norris wishes he
had stolen his entire stock.
John H. Hubbard of Litchfeld, who has re-
ceiyed the republican nomination for con-
gress in the fourth district, is a distinguished
lawyer, and has been long in public life in
his section and state.
Miss Mary Way, seyenty-eight years of
age, lately died in New London, under the
same roof where she was born and had always
resided. The house was purchased by her
grandfather in the year 1910, and had been
owned and occupied by the fgmily ever since
being period of one hundred and twenty
three years.
RHODE ISLAND.
The Newport Mercury announces that
Gov Sprague will resign his office on Tues
day. to enable him to take his seat in the Uni
ted States senate on Wednesday, in case of
a special session of that body. Lieut.. Gov.
VIM. c. Coggswell of Newport will assume
the office of governor.
Eleven hundred and eighty men have been
recruited for the navy in Providence since the
war began.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Punch has story of handsome young
Englishman who called on some lovely young
ladies in Washington. Englishman discoy-
ers that he has left his purse at home; pretti-
est lady offers to loan him one, but insists on
receiving interest. Englishman calls next dav,
and returns the dollar with interest in the
shape of a couple of exquisitely cut bottles of
perfume,-two cents. "Such graceful cour-
tesies do honor to both countries" -
The New York Evening Post says that the$
president has acceded to Gen. Hamtons re-
quest to be permitted to lead an expedition
against the rebels in Texas. 1t will, of COURSE
be one of adequate strength. The corps of
observation is to be under the command of
! General Herman, but it will act independent
| ly in quarter which it is yettoo early to des-
! ignate.