The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-09-17

About month since, the youngest daughter
OF Mr.. VIM. Cording of Bridgewater, healthy
child, Of about A years of age, was brought
home from school in state of frenzy, brought
on 6y beng Put IN a dark closet brain fever
ensued, of so violent nature, that no endeav-
ors OF the medical attendant could subdue it,
and on Wednesday last the little sufferer was
/ relieved from her agonies by death.
DREADFUL STEAM Boar ACCIDENT. A letter
from New Orleans under date of the 18th ult.,
| states that on the day preceding, as the steam
boat Grampus was towing two vessels I'D the
river, her six boilers burst, and not vestige of
them remained. Seven persons were killed,
tiVe missing, and four wounded. The two YES
| sells were also much injured.
SPLENDID CHURCH IN Russia Extract of
letter from gentleman to his friend in North
aHiPton: At Salem, young man, Just arriv
ed from Petersburg, Russia. gave me piece of
rock with which the Emperor Nicholas is now
building church, which, he intends, shall be
the largest ever built. There will be az stone
! columns. each 81 feet high, each weighing 1870
tons, each feet in diameter, and each of one
solid piece of rock
VALUE OF LAW. The English papers state
that the costs which have been taxed in the
celebrated lunacy case of Lord Portsmouth, ex-
ceeded 3o0O0, being more than equal to $685.
$50. The expense of procuring the taxing of
the costs, was $3.50, equal to more than
$4,000!
An action for assault and battery was recent
ly brought against enc of the clergymen in the
African Baptist Church, Philadelphia It ap-
peared that colored lady had been refused ad-
mittance TO the pew of another colored lady,
who told her to +" go 10 her own pew" A
scnffle ensued between the ladies' and the cler-
gyman proceeded to put the offender out, in
which he succeeded, but not till after another
scuffie, both falling TO the floor together The
verdict OF the jury is not mentioned in the re-
port
On Thursday, Sept. 4, a son of Mr.. Matthew
Keller, Jr., of Ridgfeld, Comm about years
old, fell into vessel of boiling milk, which its
mother had just removed from the fire, and was
scalded in most distressing manner, and after
several hours of extreme suffering expired.
Rev. Nathan Lord of Amherst, IN. H.) has
been appointed President of Dartmouth College,
in place of President Tyler, resigned.
CARRIER PIGEoNs. Fifty-six of these birds.
brought to London, from Liege, were started
one day last week, at 81 minutes past in the
morning. One of them, called Napoleon, reach
ed its destination, "a distance of about 300 miIes)
at 81 minutes past 10 the same day, having thus
accomplished its task in hours and so minutes
The others followed in succession, and most of
them reached Liege at noon.-London paper.
Counterfeit ten dollar bills of the State Bank
of massachusetts are in circulation in the city
of New York. They are dated Both June, 1923.
In favor of j. Cooldridge. and signed by VIM.
Gray, President, and S. rockingham, Cashier
All the names are engraved.
The ship Alexander, from Liverpool, has
broHght for Col. Powell an extraordinary i'm
proved Durham short-horn Cow, which produc-
ed in England, as appears by certificate, thirty
quarts of milk per day, in June last, and afford
ed from the milk Of days 19z pounds of butter
and had continued to give milk until the birth
of her calf-Phiiadeiphia paper.
ACCIDENT. A Mr. Streckbine of Phadel-
pha, was accidentally shot on the 5th inst by
Mr. Christian Fox. They had been out sport
ing together. and while in conversation after
their return, Mr.. Fox rested his loaded piece on
his arm, which shortly went off, and lodged the
contents in Mr.. SIS abdomen.
The CLIMAX. Fanny Budlong of Mississippi
advertIses her husband as runaway, a drunk
ard, and Jackson man
A GOOD DAYS Work Mr.. Joseph Osborne
of Centre Township, on Tuesday last walked
three miles from home, moved three and half
acres of meadow, and returned home again in
the evening There were upwards of two and
half tons of hay on each acre, great part of
which was badly lodged, and some lying fiat on
the ground The meadow was clean moved
and cut close All this was done without the
use of drop of spirituous liquors.
Indiana penn Whig.
Burns. In cases of extensive injury from
this cause, one of the most successful applica-
lions, hitherto resorted to, has been the oil of
turpentne. In the action which occurred in
1915, between the U. s. frigate Gurriere and
an Algerine frigate, nearly fifty men belonging
to the former were severely burnt by the explo-
sion of one of the large guns. Some of these
men were in msst pitiable condition, and suf-
fered the most exquisite torments They were
taken down to the cockpit, and spirits of turpen-
tine freely poured over their wounds. They all
did well american Farmer.
DRowNIYG. We perceive by a London pa
per, that the Stomach Pump is recommended to
aid the recovery Of drowned persons This val
liable invention having been successfully used
in ejecting poison from the stomach, we see no
reason why it should not be used TO draw from
the stomach the body ofwater which is the cause
of suffocation in drowning. We hope that some
humane institution will add the stomach pump
to their apparatus, and learn persons how to use
it. We are sanguine of success in cases of
drowned persons.-Soathern paper.
"EAsIER CoAxED THAN DRIVEN" The
Schoharie Telegraph marvels at the inge-
nuity of Yankee leading drove of hogs
through that village to market, by riding
before them and strewing corn along the
road We have heard of this method of
getting turkeys to market in England, but
never heard of its being adopted here be-
fore, and think it is quite likely" patent
may be taken out for the invention.