Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-06-07
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.


of Cambridge. He was walking near the de-
pot, waiting for the train, when man dealt
him heavy blow from behind, which render
ed him insensible. In this condition he was
robbed of $50 in money, a gold watch, some
jewelry, and a coat when he was thrown
across the track, and would inevitably have
been run over, if he had not been discovered
and removed by a friend.
Early Monday morning, Mr.. A. F. Brown,
employed in the straw shop of A. T. Daniels
& Son, in Fitchburg, while in conversation
with a fellow workman, and apparently in his
usual health, suddenly dropped down, and
when reached was found to be dead.
There resides in a neighboring town in Mid.
dlesex county family of eleUen brothers and
sisters, the youngest ofwhom is sirty, tiUe years
| of age. There were originally thirteen chill
dren in the family, but one of them, daugh-
ter, died at rs years of age, and the other, a
son, was drowned in Fresh Pond while stu
! dent at college.
| The crew of the steam frigate, Minnesota,
now at Boston, visited the Howard Atheneum
| Saturday evening-150 strong. During the
performance fight occurred between two of
them, which threatened general row, and in
the course of the evening one of them was on
| ly saved from a precipitate descent from the
family circle to the parquette, by one of his
shpmates grasping the leg of his unmentona-
bles, and hauling him in over the rail. The
same night, one of the crew was murdered in
| North street, and another who fell from third
story window in the same vicinity, was killed.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The challenge to game of ball, which was
rendered by the students of Amherst to Will
liams, has been accepted, and committee ap-
| pointed to arrange preliminaries. In return
Williams challenges Amherst to game of
chess, to come off at the same time and place.
The games will probably be played at some
| intermediate station on the Western railroad
Four incendiary fires, destroying two dwell
ings with out-buldings, aud two barns, have
occurred at Sheffield during the past nine
months. The seectmen have offered reward
of $500 for the arrest of the incendiary.
Within the last four months thirty -four bar
rels of spirituous liquors and thirty-six barrels
of ale have been received at the depot in Che
shire, the stringent democratic town in Berk-
shire.
CONNECTICUT.
Quick Work.-Wm. A. Ives's augur factory
at Hampden, was insured May 1st and was
accidentally burnt May I'd, the day after, in
the afternoon, while all the workmen were on
the premises. The same week the loss was
adjusted by the Insurance companies, and over
100000 paid without the usual delay of sixty
days. A new factory has been erected on the
same spot, by Jonah f. Clark, an enterprising
builder of New Haven, and on the ID of June,
Just one month from the day Of the fire, the new
factory was in operation, the machinery at
work, and the workmen busy.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Henry Wells, a young man employed in
Goss' mills at Montague City, met with sad
accident on Thursday morning. He was en-
ployed at circular saw and turning around to
look at something, he placed his hand acct
dentally upon the saw which so mangled his
fingers that all of the fingers and thumb had
to be ampntated close to the hand.
Thomas Doyle, connected with the Green
field robberies, has been sentenced by the
Hampden county court to three years in the
States Prison for the robbery of the jewelry
store at Hoyoke.
RHODE ISLAND.
In Providence, Sunday evening a large
coneourse of people assembled on the Park,
near the west end of the railroad station, to
listen to Rev. Mr.. Conklin who delivered a
powerful temperance address, called forth by
the murder at Centreville. The position taken
by the reverend gentleman was that the deed,
atrocious as it was, was but the legitimate
fruit of the rum traffic.
Bridget Havey an Irish woman, aged about
so years, wife of Martin Havey, committed
suicide at her residence on the Swan Point
Cemetery road, in Pawtucket, on Saturday
night, by hanging herself to bed post Do
nestle difficulties are said to be the cause of
the rash act.
Samuel A. Sphinx, son of the Hon. Joseph
Sphinx of North Kingstown, has been appointed
keeper Of Popular Point Light" in that
town.
Personal.
The Hon. Cyrus Spinck, NJ G.. elect as the
successor of Philemon Bliss in the 14th Con
gressional District of Ohio, died on Monday
evening last, stricken down with apoplexy.
Judge Spinck was personally very popular,
and received last fall the very complimentary
majority of 2,797 votes in the district COM
posed of Lorain, Ashland, Medina, and Wayne
counties.
The death Of Mr. William H. Robertson, for
several years resident of Havana, and re-
peatedly actng-consul of the United States for
that port, is announced. Mr.. Robertson was
a native of New London, Conn, where he was
born in 1888. He has led life of adventure
for upwards OF half of a century. He was one
of the aids of Gen. jackson at the battle of
New Orleans.
Heenan, the "Benicia Boy" intends to pass
the summer at Avon Springs in training for
his great set-to with Tom Sayers. 1t is said
that the "literary lady" to whom he was re-
Gently married warmly approves Of the pro-
posed contest and proudly anticipates the
championship of England for her gallant young
husband.
President Buchanan had boisterous recep-
ton at Raleigh last week. An address of wei
come was delivered by the Hon. d. M. Bar
rington, to which the President responded
briefly. He discoursed of the value of the
Union, and held that the spectacle of war now
visible in Europe should teach us the value of
American institutions. In conclusion he men
toned the fact that the sun Of his political life
was growing dim.
The remains of the late Alexander Ham-
ton, buried thirty-seyen years ago in the New
Haven Cemetery, were day or two since ex-
humed for the purpose Of being removed to
Bridgeport (where his sons remains have
within few years been deposited.) The cof-
fin being of mahogany was found to be almost
perfectly sound, and the skeleton appeared
perfect.
Adelaide Cortesi, a new prima DONNA has
been brought out in New York, under the di-
rection Of Max Maretzek. She sang in the
opera of "Sailo," on Friday evening, and met
with great success.
Max Maretzek has commenced a suit against
Carl Formes, to recover damages claimed ut
$4,000, alleged to have been sustained by
him in consequence of non-fulflment of CON
tract by the defendant, to go to Havana, and
there perform, sing, and act as an artist,
during the months of January and February,
1859"
MISCELLANEOUS.
Two little boys, one eleven and the other
eight years old, named Louis Lapoint and Jo-
seph Prayer, had an alteration on Saturday in
Walker street, which resulted fatally to the
latter. A blow from a stick on the side of the
head fractured Pagers skull, producing COM
preston Of the brain and death. The lad La
point was committed to prison to await the ac-