The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-07-25
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

FIRE. The large Tavern Stand in wes,feld
owned and occupied by MIR. Parsons, together
with the store of the Messrs Jessups were de.
stroyed by fire on Saturday morning, july :.
The hire broke out in the kitchen of the tavern
house, supposed to have been communicated
from defect in the chimney The out build.
ings were saved The loss is a severe one 10
MIR. Parsons. The store and goods of the
Messrs. Jessups were insured to the amount of
about COCO at the Springfield Office.
Springfield Jou rnal.
FIRE. Five or six dwelling houses and
ms many stables were burnt in New Bruns-
wick, N. j., on Friday afternoon. A color
ed child was burnt to death. Two small
boys were playing with fire crackers which
caused the destruction.
PREcAUTIoS. Some of the ministers and
churches in New York, in conformity to advice
OF medical men, have concluded to hold no eve.
ming meetings usually held during the preya-
lence OF the cholera, after sun set
A notice in the Salem Register regarding the ad
mission of pupils into the High School in that town
is signed By ordsr Of the Board of Health p
how long has this Board had control of the schools
The. editor of the New York Courier and En-.
qurer states that on Sunday, physician of his ac-
quaintance had twelve calls made upon him for
pure fright, and one was choerai
In Madrid, the Bull-fg hts were to be suspcn.
ded and the theatres closed during the period
allotted to public prayers for the preservation
OF Spain from the Cholera. Every druggist
who should enhance the price of such medi
cines as are remedies for the disease was to be
liable to a fine of 500 ducats
DR.. Hodges of Norfolk, Va, in a communica-
zion addressed TO the editor of the Beacon, OBJ.
serves, that it is astonishing with what avidity
onions absorb an infected atmosphere. In cases
ofsmall pox, i. is his practice to slice and strew
onions in the apartments Of the sick.
Doctors John B. Stephenson, and Peter For.
roster, have been entrusted with the funds
amounting to $3,000,) recently contributed by
the citizens of New York, to proceed TO the
Northern frontiers of that State TO provide re-
lief in medicine for the sick, clothing for the
naked-food for the hungry-and shelter for
the houseless-to all the emigrants from what
country soever they may have come to our
continent.
We were informed by the British Consul
yesterday, that he had not hesitated to give
clean bills of health to all vessels bound from
New York to British ports. He also mention
ed, That during the time that the Cholera pre-
vailed at Sunderland in England, the stage
carriages passed daily from that place 10 Dur
lam and York, without the least obstruction or
apprehension. Durham is less than 20 miles
from Sunderland-.N Y. .4drertissr, july A.
RELIEF OF EMIGRANTs The ladies' of New
Haven have contribute, i the materials, and made
up twelve hundred garments to be distributed
among the suffering emgrants in Canada, and
those who are destitute along our Northern FROM
tier.
The schooner Elizabeth, arrived Yesterday,
Mi hos k.4
moe passengers than is allowed by the law
She is only 40 tons burthen, and brought as
passengers. The law allows masters of vessels
TO bring only too for every fUe tons, under
penalty of paying $50 for each and every pas
senger over and above that proportion Thirty
two times $3.50 will be very pretty item in
the schooner's bill of disbursements! Only
$4,60e.-BOston Transcript.
"PHGBUs, &c" Abdiel Unkefer, Jesse
Slingbuf. David Schley, and Israel Ramsburg.
have been nominated as candidates for the
Maryland Legislature, for Hartford County.
The Charleston Courier says" The Com.
missioners OF the town of Athens, in Georgia,
have imposed tax Of fire hundred dollars on
every person retailing spirituous liquors."
Dr. Physic, DR.. Slaughter, and DR.. Grares,
are three OF the Physicians Of Philadelphia -
We have also heard of DIR. Dekay, DR.. Death,
and DIR. Tom6s.
The number Of passengers transported on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad exceeds 400 a
day, the travelling between Frederick and the
Point of Rocks not being included.
ATTEMPTED MURDER. An old man named
Abijah Reed, residing about two miles east oil
the village of Ithaca, N. Y, under the influence
ofliquor took down his gun one evening last
week, while his wife who had been his conpan.
ion for forty years was at tea, and standing
within few feet of her. discharged its contents
at her head; fortunately his aim was imperfect
30 that the shots penetrated but little deeper
than the skin. He has been committed for trial
The inspector of Flour at Richmond, Va, de-
clares that this year promises one of the finest
and most abundant crops of Wheat, that hu IS
been reaped in Virginia FOR years.