Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-11-10
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.

Fire in IyhgS5oro' The old wooden school
house in District No. 5, in the north part of
Tyngsboro', which has been standing more
than hundred years, was accidentally set on
fire by some children, on Saturday last, and
burned down. There was no school on that
day, but the children went in and built a fire,
and in some manner the building became ig-
nited. There was a good deal of attachment
in the district and town to the old school house,
as many of the oldest inhabitants had there
obtained the rudiments of education. 1t was
very strongly built and well preserved. All
the books of the scholars were consumed
LoreH Citizen.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Destructive IRcendiary Eire.-The extensive
oil-cloth carpet factory of Mr.. E. f. Talbot, in
South Dedham, was set on fire and totally de-
stroyed, together with its contents, early We'd
nesday morning The building was owned by
Messrs. Day & Smith, and was insured for
$500. Mr.. Talbot was insured for $4,000,
which will about cover his loss. The coal
shed connected with the iron foundry of Spen-
Ger Fuller was also destroyed, and the foundry
building slightly burned. The depot of the
Norfolk County railroad was on fire several
times.-BoStoa Journal
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Murder at State Line, NaSS.-On Saturday
evening, man by the name of Reynolds,
blacksmith at Richmond, Mass, and a laborer
by the name OF James O'Brien, residing at
West Stockbrldge, were i'll company in the
town of Canaan, n. Y, but near the railroad
depot at State Line, Mass, and got into an
alteration. Reynolds stabbed O'Brien in the
abdomen, so that his bowels gushed out and he
died in ten minutes. Reynolds escaped, and
had not been arrested. Reynolds had pur-
chased jug of spirits at the distillery during
the day. O'Brien leaves a wife and three
children in destitute circumstances
RHODE ISLAND.
The examination of John M. Worthington,
at Phenix, r. l., on the charge of being con-
cerned in the murder of Burrill Arnold, result
ed on Tuesday in his discharge from custody,
there not appearing sufficient evidence to hold
him for trial
On Tuesday, 8th a child about two years
old, son of Mr.. Wallace of Providence, was
very severely burned about the neck and chest
by the tipping over of a kettle of boiling
water. On Sunday evening male child
about one year old, belonging to p. II. Doyle
residing on Weldon street, was badly scalded
about the head by the tipping over of a bowl
of hot tea while the child was at the table
Both cases are considered dangerous
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Brandon (NIiss.) Republican referring
to the Harper's Ferry matter, makes the bril-
liant suggestion that the southern states should
establish system of passports and require
every man desiring travel through the south
to obtain permit.
AT recent representation at Madrid, Grisi
was Kissed from the stage, either on account
of some deficiency in her acting or on accoun.
Of the dislike which the Spaniards had con-
ceived towards her. After the unfortunate
occurrence she addressed the public of the
Spanish Capital in a card, expressing her regret
at the transaction, and asking pardon for the
involuntary expression of feeling into which
her emotions had betrayed her at the time
Early on Saturday morning, the office of
Trinity Church Corporation, on Church street,
New York, was entered and robbed of the en-
tire communion service of St. Paul's church,
valued at eight hundred dollars, and three
hundred dollars in money belonging to the
sexton.
1t is reported that Wendell Phillips, on re-
ceiving one hundred dollars for his recent lee
ture at Plymouth Church, upon the Harper's
Ferry invasion, Immediately paid over the
whole sum as contribution to John Brown,
to procure for him such comforts as he may
need in the few remaining days of his life.
The postmaster of ST. Louis has received a
letter from planter in Unionvlle, Bedford
Co., Tenn, stating that he has purchased and
holds as slave fair haired, light complexion
ed girl of fifteen, who says her name is Julia
Gregory, that her father is merchant of St.
Louis, that she was abducted from her home
by man who sold her to Mississippi planter,
some months ago If the story is true, her
''owner' feels that it will be his duty to re.
lease her.
M. Julien has been released from his pecu-
MARY embarrassments in Paris. During the
twenty years that Julien regned monarch of
the famed popular concerts he acknowledges
to have received the enormous sum Of 81 ,000-
900 in England and America. He is buslly en-
gagged in writing his Life and Times among
the English"