Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-08-20
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.


The Sabbath schools connected with the
Methodist churches in Pittsfeld, Dalton,
Adams, Wlliamsown, Cheshire, Hancock and
XVI III 1ams the Iotli II september.
w II. Sampson OF North Adams has been
arrested and held for trial at Lenox in January
tor trial at Lenox in January, for bigamy. He
hYed at Wlllamstown with woman named
Comstock, as his wife, II years since, from
whom he separated, and several years after.
ward married his present wife without obtain
ing diverse. His first wife now resides in
F1ttsheld and has again married and has sever.
al children. He says that he supposed his first
wife was dead, when he married the second
! time.
The Pittsfeld Eagle, referring to the recent
meteorlc display III that vicinity, says that the
lail o! @rontes OF smaller size is not uncom-
mon In Berkshire. Hiram Pettee ESQ. saw
one not long ago of considerable size, fall as
he was driving from Lebanon Mr.. Wilson
OF Adams Express, saw one fall few months
since from cloud in the northeast MANY
| specimens might be found in the region. al.
though their peculiar black glazed surface
might easily be mistaken for that of the
plach glaze o1len seen upon our common her
matlte IRON. Persons riding home late on the
night preceding the fall Of the meteor. saw an
unusual number Of shooting stars.
nne specimen of the night-blooming Ce-
reus-one OF the most beautiful and curious
OF floral plants, In the possession of Prof. Boyd
OF Maplewood, seized the occasion of the
graduates party last Friday evening to display
us beauties. The night blooming style of
Ic'eliileSs Deing rare at Maplewooi, the occa-
SION was one of unusual interest
A correspondent of the Berkshire Cour;er
IN giving an account Of the drowning of two
OF inc daughters of Mr.. Geo. Lemist, formerly
OF Boston, at Sheffield Mass. states as a re-
markaole fact that nine of Mr.. Lemist's kim
dred have been drowned. His father and
mother were lost in the Lexington
MT1DLEsEX COUNTY
William Spooner has found in the garden of
MIR. lrenus Gooding of Maiden, a two.nennv
copper com; on one side is the word ''Masa-
thvses, with pine tree in the centre. and
TWO rows Of dots around the tree on the
other SIDE are the words "Newengland, 1862,
IL, clrcled with two rows of dots
NORFOLK COUNTY.
The immense cranberry meadows of Leon
ard Alden in Dedham, felt the blasting effects
OF the frost the other night, his entire crop
having been destroyed.
ESSEX COUNTY.
The descendants of Mrs Mary Breed the
oldest inhabitant Of West Lynn, held A nicnic
at North Saugus, a few days ago The News
says that when the time came for the picnic
none were happier than she and that her aged
heart throbbed with vanity as she saw nine
carriage loads of her descendants in front of
the old homestead, eager to escort her on a Wis
1t to the hamlet where she was born, and to tina
groves where she rambed in childhood.
CONNECTICUT.
Mrs. Hopewcll Jackson of East CRANKY kill
ed rattlesnake near the door of her house n
few days since. She started to go out of doors
when she encountered snake which showed
night. The oldest inhabitants have no recol-
lection OF a rattesnake ever before having
been seen or killed in the neighborhood.
The carriage makers of New Haven have
held meeting to take measures to protect
themselves against demands for remuneration
for the Infringement of patent issued to
Harmon Hibbard, for shifting movable car.
riage tops and funds are to be collected TO
deiray the expenses of testing all claims
against them for infringement of patents.
The wife Of James A. Roth, of New Haven
ayoung woman of 10 or 20 years of age, died
suddenly from disease of the brain. Her hus-
Dand writes cards at a small desk on the
Green during the day, and returned home that
afternoon to find his wife dead in her bed.
young married woman wife of John
Nichols, an employe Of the Wheeler & Wilson
Manufacturing Co., Bridgeport, was burned TO
death, Thursday afternoon, in consequence of
the bursting Of can Of burning fluid, with
which it is supposed she was endeayoring IN
kindle fire. Her face was burned TO a crisn
and her body badly scorched, causing instan,
tancous death.
MISCELLANEOUS.
a son of Cassius NJ. Clay was recently bit
zen upon tic foot by some poisonous reptile