Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-07-01
DIED,

DIED,
In Lowell, Mrs Jane s. Green. wife of DR.. John
y. Green. and daughter of Dr. Thomas of Tynqs
boro', aged a. 80
In Hopkinton, May IA, John Haven, aged At.
In Mendon, June 8, widow Polly Miller aged GO
In Oakham, June 8, Mary Marsh.
In birmingham, June %, suddenly Silas Eaton
Jr. aged a.
~; In Dedham, Mrs. Anna Mason, aged GO, wife Of
Thadeus NJ
In Bath, Mr.. Zachariah Norton, aged A.
formerly of Dorchester
In Lincoln, on Sunday last, after an illness of a
few hours, James Perkins, of Boston, aged 81 /; he
was on his return from visit to Lake George.
VI In Acton, on Monday last, suddenly, Ephraim
Wesson, aged SO.
In Littleton, 18th inst. George R. King, aged "a
In washington City, Capt Rowland Clapp, for
merly of Massachusetts, aged As.
In England, the famous Margaret Nicholson, an
insane woman, who attempted to assassinate George
III. OF England az years ago, and had been in con
finement ever since, aged 100.
In Berlin Vt. 18th inst 1t. Richard Bailey. aret
". At the time of the battle Of Bunker Hill he
lived in the town of Haverhill, Mass Receiving
news OF the battle while in the field following his
pillow, he Immediately turned out his team, took his
gun and cartouch box, which had been previously
hlled with cartridges, and his knapsack, which hatt
also been supplied with provisions, and without
stopping to change his clothes or 20 get the dirt an
OF his shoes, to use his own language. marched n
the American army, where he remained about three
months before he returned to his family Yer
Patriot
| In Wayne, Me- Mary Paul, aged 81 Aftei
short sickness, in Raicl tsza appearslto be grad
uai decay ct the whole systea her face continued to
swell till both cheeks burst so that her breath ap
peared to pass through her checks and for number
OF days before she died, she could not see Such a
spectacle was hardly ever witnessed She was nev.
er known to be sick day before her last sickness
Her growth stopped at the age of nine or ten years
as did also that of her faculties in some measure
Her height was four feet two inches and he shane
as proper as that ofany person.
MIR. William Pitman, printer, late of Cincinnati
was murdered in April last on the Ohio RiyeI above
Scuffietown, while defending in a skiff with a few
hundred dollars worth of books which he had taken
to retail along the shores This foul deed was COM
mitted by man who calls himself ]. w. Rothwell
or II. w RothITell, who was taken on board the skA
by MIR. Pitmau, on some terms not known. Roth.
well cut Pitman's throat, tied skillet to his leg and
threw him into the river. He then employed Mr.
Mcdonald to row the skiff to point up the Wabash
while he went to Shawneetown on pretended buisi
ness. While lying by for the night, Mr. Mcdonald
perceived stencil in the boat and on lifting plank
discovered about gallon of blood and water. Sus
4 pecting murder, he pursued Rothwe to Shawnee
town, but he had Just left there in steam boat fol
Pittsburgh, and on his arrival found he had Just
started in the stage TO Cleveland A Constable o.
that city followed the stage overlook and arrested
Rothwell at 60 miles distance, making in all about
1000 miles of pursuit. and Mcdonald has since con
veyed to the State of Indiana or Illinois, for trial