Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-11-12
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

- MI Eiheison III MS lecture al the fremont
Temple on Tuesday evening, spoke of John
Brown IN terms meriting the severest rebuke-
de apostrophised him as 1.-THE Saint, whose
fate yet hangs in suspense, but whose martyr
dom, it shall be perfected, will make the galows
as glorious as the cross" Mr.. Brown himself
would object TO such monstrous comparison
as the foregong.-B Transcript NoU. IL.
ESSEX COUNTY.
An lncendiary fire at Lynn has destroyed a
barn, shed, three horses, and twenty tons of
hay, belonging to Daniel Fairchiid.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
In the Superior Court at Lowell, Judge
Rockwell has sentenced Margaret German to
spend the remainder of her days in the House
OF Correction, for burning the dwelling house
OF Michael German, in West Cambridge, on
the night of Sept 81.
On Tuesday evening last the dwelling house
OF MIR. Samuel B. Nichols, treasurer and col
ector Of the town of Wilmington, was entered
and robbed of small trunk containing the
following valuablcs Town orders. negotiable
TO the amount of ten or eleven hundred dol
lars; a note signed by the town treasurer for
one thousand dollars, belonging to Mrs Mich
OILS note for SIX hundred and fifty dollars
belonging to the treasurer; receipts for a large
amount OF moneys paid upon bills approved
by the seectmen; also from one hundred and
nifty to two hundred dollars in gold and silver.
The trunk was taken from under Mr. Nichols
bed. No clue to lead to the detection of the
thief or thieves has yet been found.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The schooner p. NJ. Bonney, of Falmouth,
capt. Collins, arrived in New Bedford one day
last week from the eastern coast of Virginia.
with about one thousand bushels of sweet DO,
tatoes. Only few dollars worth of them
have been sold, and to day about eight hun
dred bushels have been thrown overheard in
the harbor in a decayed state, The captain
and another man engaged with him, will lose
nearly $500, including the cost of the potatoes
and time of the vessel.
On tuesday night last there was a dance at
Village Hall, South Dartmouth, and two or
three rowdies, having been denied admission.
stationed themselves in front of the building
and as Capt Philip Rowland and wife were
passing by III wagon, one of the party threw
bottle, which struck the Captain on the shout
der, and thence it glanced and took effect on
the forehead of the lady, inficting very Sc
we're and painful wound Capt Rowland
atghted and gave chase to the rascal but failed
to catch him.
RHODE ISLAND.
Thomas Mulligan was fatally hurt on the
street in Providence, the other NIGHT He
died, and coroner's jury finds that he hal
light with somebody, and that his wound was
given by some unknown person.
we learn from the WoonsOcket Patriot that
the Unlyersaist Church in that village "has
oeen enlarged, and thoroughly re-modeled and
re-ntted, during the past season, and is now
rapidly approaching a state of completion"
a me large organ has been placed within it.
several thousand dollars, the cost OF the i'm
provements, were raised by subscription.
The Congregational Church at SlatersviIle
has likewise been enlarged and improyed-an
enterprise largely indebted to the ladies'.
Key u. W. Field of Salem is to preach the
dedlcatory sermon, on Wednesday evening
next
Oliver Gavitt and Amos Burdicl1 of Westcr
ley were out cunning, the other day, when
Gavitt fired at bird and hit Burdck, who re.
celVed seven birdshot in his face and Shout
der.
a meeting of the stockholders of the New
York, Providence & Boston railroad COMPANY.
mas been called TO meet in Providence, on
Thursday the I'D day of November, for the
purpose OF considering the proposition for the
leasing OF the Extension Road" of the New
Haven, New London & Stonington railroad
company.
CONNECTICUT.
The catalogue Of Wesleyan University. inst
issued, shows the senior class to contain 40
students Junior, 80; sophomores, 27; fresh
men, 39-whole number of students, 1888 The
sophomore exhibition occurs on Wednesday
evening, 10TH
A lad six years old was passing around
some machinery in Norwich, the other day,
when tippet worn around his neck caught in
a revolving shaft and wound him IN. throw
ing hlm entirely over the shaft once Fortu
nately 1t broke and released him before serious
INJURY had been done.
Personal
we have stated that Grisi and Mario were
hlssed off the stage in Madrid 1t is said that
the insult was directed against Mario who. in
his early life, was implicated in some discred
liable love affair at Madrid According to this
latter version, Mario is really a Spaniard of
the Ping family and a native Of Barcelona. He
ran away with young marquesa, niece of
Gen EspIeta, once Captain-Gener of Cuba.
at soon deserted her, and she died, heart
broken, III convent
by the death of Fletcher Norton, Mrs. Nor
ton Is LETT VITA one son, Richard BrinsIey Nor
ton, young man of considerable but eccentric
ability, who some years ago published a little
volume OF poems, chiefly on Italian subjects
under the title of "Pinocchi'' tpine kernas !
This young mans marriage, few wears ago
WIN pretty peasant girl of Capri, furnished
the gosslps Of London drawing-rooms. and
those sull more inveterate little tatte mongers
VINO divide their enRU between Rome. Nanles
and Florence, with capital topic
MISCELLANEOUS.
instead OF the old clock, recently purchased
at New York, containing Bank of England
notes amounting to $1,000, as at first reported
the value of the notes found amounts TO S15.
uOo, beng three El000 Bank of England notes
OF the reign of Queen Anne. The lucky find
er took the notes to a New York broker. who
was afraid to cash them until he had written to
the Bank of England, which he has done. and
is awaiting an answer.
The Emperor Louis Napoleon, it is rumored
has recently had another and most violent at,
tack OF that nervous disarrangement which
mas been so frequently spoken of, and which
IL is feared, VIII sooner or later make him a
confirmed maniac.
The paintings and other works of art belong-
ing to the late Lord Northwick were recently
sold by auction. Although the son and heir
reserved Tor his own use several hundred speci
mems, the collections sold yielded the pretty
little sum of S450,0O0
Three thousand Enfield rifles have arr iyed
at Halifax from Canada for the Volunteer
Rifle Companies. One thousand additional
have been sent to Prince Edward Island
Ships Nile, 81 guns, and Melpomene, so runs.
are expected at Halifax from England, in add.
ton to the considerable force already there.
DIR. Rae delivered lecture on the arctic
discoveries recently at Canada West. After
explaining some discrepancies which exist be.
tween his own and Capt. McClintock's ac-
counts, he stated that another expedition would
probably set out next spring, under command
OF Harrison, to make further search for Sir
John Franklin's journals and log books.
The Prairie du Chen wisconsin, Leader
states that two young ladies, Miss Haskell and
Miss Pool, when walking in the vicinity of