The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-02-17
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

DEATHS IN NEW YORK, IN 1929. The num-
Der of deaths in this city, in 1929, was fire
thousand and ninetyfour. In 1928, 5l8l. In
1927, 5l8l. In 1926, 1878. Of the persons
deceased in 1929, 1888 were men, 1911 women.
| 1884 boys, and 166 girls Total males, 2917
females, 2l77. Excess of males, 40 The
smallest number of deaths was in June, and the
! GREATEST in An4nst OF tho a=s &c -..--,-ar-
and under, were 1890; between one and two
years, 1885, two and five, 4C5; five and ten,
ga; ten and twenty, 1913; twenty and thirty,
604; thirty and forty, COG; forty and fifty, 433
fifty and sixty, 278; sixty and seventy, 204
seventy and eighty, 1874; eighty and ninety,
! 81; ninety and hundred, l8; hundred and
upwards, IN Y Journal of Commerce.
| Deaths in London, in 1929, 1850.
! EcoNoMY. The appropriation asked for BY
the President for defrayIng the expense of our
! diplomatic relations for the present year, is
greater by the sum of one hundred and fifteen
thousand dollars, than was expended last year
by the last administration.
RETREScHMENT. The average cost of the
public printing for the Senate, under the late
Administration was ten thousand dollars The
first year that Duff Green held the office of
printer, the printing of the Senate was swelled
to taoenty-three thousand dollars.
! HORRIBLE CASUALTY. On Monday night,
one of the negro houses of Mr.. James Thomp-
son, of this county, took fire, and was entirely
consumed; and six small negro children were
consumed in the flames two negro women
occupied the house, each having three children
! the Oldest not over eight years old early in
the evening they put their children to bed, and
went off on visit to another plantation about
IL o'clock at night, the cabin was discovered to
be in flames, and the roof fallen n-and entire
y too late to save the wretched inmates who
were literally burnt to ashes.
Macon (GeO.) Telegraph, 23d ult.
DISTRESSING EVENT. On the 1st inst Mr.
I William Ockford, and his wife, were found
dead in their bed, at Mortified, VT 1t appear
ed that the night being very cold, a pot ofcoals
were placed in their bed room, which was with
out fireplace, and which must have caused
suffocation. Mr.. Ockford was 38 years of age
and his wife 36. They appeared to have died
without struggle.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. On Thursday the
9th inst, Joseph the only son of John Elton
of the borough Of Wilmington, (Del) aged
about Is years, was skating on the Brandywine
with companion, when they both fell into an
air hole; the latter succeeded in getting out
! but Joseph Immediately sunk, and his body was
not found for upwards Of an hour. All attempts
to resuscitate him proved unavailing.
Mr.. Alanson Drury, proprietor of the High
land Iron Works, Wilsboro IN. W was
crushed to death, on the Sd inst, while cutting
the ice from the water wheel of his forge
some of the buckets having filled with water
while the gate was open, which started the
wheel as he stepped upon it afterwards.
A young man named Richard Pelton of War
wick, Orange county, IN. W while engaged in
cutting down tree in the woods, few days
since, discovered that it was falling in different
direction from that which he supposed it would
and in attempting to run, was unfortunately
caught beneath the falling tree, and crushed to
death.
A few days ago, Mr.. David H. Chaplin Of
Clarkson, Genesee county, IN. W while
drawing boards fell from the wagon, and it
passed over his body and bruised him in such q
manner that he died soon after.
TAKE CARE OF YOUR ASHES. The last New.
burgn IN. W Gazette says" Almost every
fire that has taken place in Newburgh, for the
last fifteen years, has originated from ashes
There is much more danger to be apprehended
from this source than is generally imagined
We had some hickory ashes removed which
had lain several weeks, and on opening them, a
considerable quantity of live Goals were dscov-
ered."
! PENNSYLVANIA LEoIsLATURE. A standing
rule was adopted in the House of Representa-
tives at Harrisburg, on Friday week, forbiddng
smoking, either in the hall or the adjoining
rooms. The vote stood, ayes 81, noes 33. A
motion was made to include sng6ing and Chei0.
! ing, which failed,