The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-06-03
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS,

SoUTHBRIDGE. By late census of this
town, the number of inhabitants is found to be
1884. The number of rateable polls exceeds
400. By the census of 1920 the number of in
habitants was l066-increase in nine wears
about 43 per cent.
By a recent act Of the British Parliament, it
is enacted that If an alehouse keeper is convict
ed of being drunk, he shall not be capable of
being licensed for public house for years.
INSTABILITY. The Philadelphia Gazette saws,
" C. Hunt, the sailor who jumped overheard
from the schooner Mexican, on Friday night,
when coming up the bay, " changed his mind"
and after being, as he says, half an hour in the
water, was picked up by wood shalIop, and
has arrived here SAFE
The Bank of Columbia at Hudson, and the
Middle District Bank at Poughkeepsie, have
stopped payment, and intending to bring
their concerns to close.
The drying house connected with the powder
mandatory of Messrs. Hale & Co, in Lowell,
was destroyed by fire on Thursday morning
last. The loss is estimated at $4,000.
! The Richmond Wing of May &c, saws, " We
hear with sorrow, that Mr. Madison lies dan.
gerously Ill at his estate in Orange His death
at this time, lat any time] would be an ire
parable loss
Three women and man have been drowned
near Bolivar, IN W by the folly of young
man who rocked the boat to Tighten them.
LIGHTNING. The post office in Conway was
struck by lightning Friday last, and two
| stage passengers who had sought shelter there
| in were killed. and several others rendered, for
a while, senseless.
! Last week, as one of the Northampton teams
with load of merchandise from Boston, was
crossing a county bridge across Ware River
in the town of Ware, the string pieces gave
! way, and the wagon, horses and teanster with
part of the bridge, fell IL or Is feet to the
bottom of the river. The wagon was broken
and the horses slightly hurt, but the water
being shallow, the goods received no damage
! The teamster was some injured, and his trunk
which was on the top of the load fell off and
went down the stream.
The large elephant, Tippoo Sultan, exhibit.
| ing in Indiana, escaped from his keepers, in the
night, sunnoticed and after accommodating the
country round, removing such fences, trees
and other light articles came in his way, the
old gentleman ceased his perambulations, and
was found the next morning, quietly resting
| himself.
| ExTRAoRDIEARY FEAT. A person'in Charles.
| ton, Is. C.) latoly made wager that he would
| in IS minutes, take up 100 corn eobs laid
! in line 3 feet from each other, and carry
| them separately to a basket placed at one ex-
tremity of the line. BY the terms of the wager
he was to take them from the ground 10Th his
teeth, and drop from thence into the basket
without using his hands. Without reckoning
the additional exerton produced by this curl.
GUS mode OF taking up, the actual distance
travelled would be nearly six miles The feat
was performed in less than 80 minutes
From the decision of the Supreme Court OF
Alabama, in the case Of Peter Flunkott versus
! al. thuNt sc
that, in legal parlance at least, horse and a
gedng are by no means the same thing
| Plunkett was indicted for stealing horse the
proofs showed that the subject Of the theft was
gelding, and he was therefore discharged
! with impunity,