The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-01-25
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

FIRES The buildings belonging to Mr.. -Cy- !
rus Lamb of Oxford, occupied as a grist and
saw mill, together with frame building two
stories, contiguous, we're burnt to the ground
with all their contents, including all the tools.
nc. on the 9Th inst, at A, A. NJ Loss not
stated, but great to tho owner and the public.
No insurance.
Also, on the 10Th inst, at Z, P NJ, the dwell. (
ling house Of Mr.. Burnet was wholly consumed
with all his furniture. No insurance.
1t is lamentable fact that SO great portion
of property as is necessarily invested in build. |
ings, should be suffered TO remain uninsured.
where such laudabie means exist as the several
Fire Insurance Companies in our community
| for the protection Of The same.-Yeomam.
ORDINATION On Wednesday, the 18th inst.
Rev. F. A. Willard was ordained to The Pastoral
care of the First Baptist Church and Society
made the Introductory Prayer Rev. Mr.. Rim.
ley Of Newton Theological Seminary, preached
the Sermon, from Hebrews 18th, 9TH Rev.
Mr.. Sampson of Harvard, made the Consecra
ting Prayer Rev. Mr.. Going, late pastor, de-
livered the Charge: Rev. Mr.. Hague of Bos.
ton, gave the Right Hand of Fellowship: and
Rev. Mr. Walker of Sutton, made the Conclud.
ing Prayer The services were Of a highly in
teres:ing character, and peculiarly gratifying
10 Il numerous audience - u CONAN.
The whole number of deaths in the City-
OF New York in 1881, was sir thousand.
three hundred, sirty -three-14 were between
~ and 100, and 4 were 100 and upwards.
lO32 died OF consumption 26s of scarlet
lever; ll9 of intemperance; 224 Of Snail
Poo; and ISL of whooping cough. The
deaths in 1880 were 5537.
Hon Tobp NI.ll,a-
York Assembly from Clinton Co., was found
dead In his bed at the Merchants Exchange,
Albany, on Saturday morning, from the sud-
den rupture of a blood W ssel near the heart.
Mr.. Walker was born in Worcester. and
spent some of his early years in the Print
ing Office Of Isaiah Thomas. He removed
to Rutland, Vt.e in 1896; in 1901 removed
to the northern part of that State during
the war, was custom house officer at Cham,
plain, N. Y, and on the morning of the bat
tie on the Lake, informed Com. M'Donougb
of the attack that day meditated. His age
was SO.
TREATY WITH TURKEY. VIM B. Hodpson
has arrived at Boston with the ratified treatv
with Turkey. He left Constantinople on the
9Th of October.
TREATY WITH MKxIco. J. B. Jamson has
arrived at New York, with the commercial
treaty between the U. States and Mexico which
has received its final ratification by the Mexican
government.
DREADFUL Loss OF LIVES. The Russian
line of battle ship Fort Champenoise, Rear AID.
mral Plate, having just returned from a six
years cruise IN the Mediterranean, while haul
ing in at the Mole, St. Petersburg, evening of
Oct. ~, blew up, and 275 persons persisted Il
took hre from lantern being inprudenty left
open while sweeping out the magazine
PRESERVATION. The Catski MESSENGER
states, tLat in opening road through a snow
drift, several sheep were found dead that had
been missing for some time, and were supposed
to be lost-and that one sheep was found bur-
led under the snow near fence, still alive. in
which situation it must have been twenty. one
days, without any thing to eat! Upon being re-.
leased, il trotted off without any apparent fee. |
bleness, and commenced browsing
STEPHEN GIRARD's INCOME. From the he.
quests in Stephen Girard's will, it is estimated
that the gross amount of his immense propertv
is nearly Sl5,000000. Calculating the inter.
est at per cent and the year at 800 DAYS, il |
will furnish the following curious results In. |
come per annum, 100000; per month, S75..
600, per day. 2552aG.,n, o3er hour 40 l65 pet |
minute 70 Is. Calculating that million
could be counted in Is days, it would take |
more than seren months TO count SIS ,000, 900. I !
The ice broke up in the Ohio at Cincinnati |
on the 9TH inst sunk three steam boats and in
jured several others. $4,000 was insured at C, |
on the boats sunk, and their cargoes were part.
ly insured elsewhere.
DISTRESSING FIRE IN DUxBUKY. The house
of Capt. Jacob Weston in Duxbury, with all its
contents, was consumed by fire on Tuesday
mint 10 nd =.
Weston, Mr.. George Cushman, and the widow
Of the late Mr.. Nathaniel Southworth, all per-
ished in the flames. Mr.. Barstow, wife and
child, escaped by jumping from tho window
with nothing but their night clothes on. 1t is
not known how the fire originated.
BY the catalogue Of the Andover Theologi.
cal Seminary for 1882, just pablished, it ap-
pears1that the whole namber Of students is 1873, |
viz Residents 5 Senior Glass IS; Middle
Class So; Junior Glass 79
A horse thief in Georgetown, ID. CO. was
chased, and finally caught in church, where
he had hidden in the pulpit! He had some
stolen goods with him.
Two persons were frozen to death near Jack.
son, Alabama, 18th ult: one was lunatic in |
jail, the other teamster, in a swamp.
Two of the depressed tribe of the Cherokee
are now in Philadelphis, Mr.. Boudinot, Editor
of the Cherokee Phsnix. and Mr.. Ridge
Their object is to raise funds to aid them in
their struggle against the unrighteous and hor.
rlble oppression they experience from the State
of Georgia. They richly merit the compassion.
ate aid Of our community, and we trust it will
be literally accorded to them
Broom Corn IN HADLEY The crop for the |
year 1881 is estimated at $50 tons, and it has
averaged for the last ten years 1875 tons, the
whole OF which has been manufactured in that
town. The labor of one man four months it is
supposed will cultivate about six acres, and
harvest the same, and the average produce of
one acre is about six hundred pounds one
pound of brush is allowed for broom this year,
but in former years something less, and one
hand will manufacture FIVE tons of brush if /
constantly employed, in year
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u An Address will be delivered before the I