Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-06-30
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

The Europa left Boston, yesterday, for
Liverpool. Among the passengers were Ru-
fus Choate, ST., and Rufus Choate, Jr., Geo.
S. Hillard, +. D'Hauteville, George Black
burn, and T. B. Curtis and family, all of Bos-
ton, and Hon. Amasa Walker and DIR. Warren
Tyler of North Brookield. She takes out a
small cargo, and S354,010 in specie. The
weather was clear and pleasant, with fine
breeze from the west. and she went down the
harbor in beautiful style.
The total number of houses in Boston in
1928 was about 5000, of which 1000 were OF
brick and the rest of wood and the population,
after a settlement of nearly one hundred
years, amounted to only $4,000. Now the
number of buildings is probably upwards OF
10000, while the population is in the neigh
borhood of 10000.
AT a meeting of the Boston Board of Mayor
and Aldermen, yesterday, an order was passed
to meet a singular case. 1t was in effect, to
pay Caleb B. Watts, as agent for Mrs -
Watts, the sum of SIS semi-annually, from the
first of September 1853 till the decease OF
Mrs. Watts-the said sum being the interest
of $500, the value of an eatate belonging to
Mrs. W., and purchased by the city for the
purpose of widening Battery street, but which
cannot be conveyed in consequence of the age
and inability of Mrs. Watts to execute the ne
cessary conveyance.
Mrs. Hoffman, IA sister of Epes Sargent)
and Franklin Haven, Jr., both of Boston, were
passengers on the train which met with such
a terrible accident on the Michigan Southern
Railroad both escaped without injury
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Charles Graves, a student sixteen years Of
age, at Lawrence Academy in Groton, was
drowned in the Nashua river Saturday after
noon, while bathing with some of his school
mates. With this exception, there has been
but one death among the nearly two hundred
| pupils OF the Academy during the year.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
The Barnstable Patriot reports that Province
town harbor is crowded with mackerel Some
nights as many as two thousand fish have beer
taken in the nets of single man. Men thus
have made from ten to twenty-five dollars a
night. The fishermen confidently look for the
return of the palmy days of profitable boat
and net fishing
ESSEX COUNTY.
The venerable and respected Capt William
Story, Ia brother of the late Judge Story !
now living in Salem, and verging towards nine
ty years of age, was possessed of remarkable
strength in his earlier years, He has beer
known to raise with ease eight ffty-sixes by
each hand, and could lift an anchor weighing
nine hundred and forty-one pounds
| Mr.. Jonathan Kemp Of Marblehead, while
under the influence of ardent spirits, cut his
throat Wednesday morning, and died instantly
He was thirty-nine years of age.
| BRISTOL COUNTY.
During the last fortnight some 500 hens
have been stolen between Fall River and West
port; 100 were taken in one night. These hens
have, many OF them, been brought into New
Bedford and sold. The police are after the
thieves, and had one of them up before the
Court this morning, in whose possession 19
hens were discovered.-N. b. Standard. 25h.
Mr. Stillman Wilbar of Raynham. lost a
few days since, two valuable bull calves twins
six weeks old. They died showing very VIC,
lent symptoms of poison, frothing and raving
as if in agony Of pain. Mr., Wibar, after ex.
animation, came to the conclusion that death
was caused by licking the white lead paint
from his house and front steps,
A valuable horse belonging to Mr.. Seba
Howard, of Easton, was bitten by dog sun.
posed to be mad about four weeks ago On
Monday last, the horse showed evidence OF
hydrophobia, and continued to have spasms
with terrible rawlings until he was killed the
next day.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The firemen of Springfield have taken the
4th there into their special keeping, and are
making numerous preparations for the festival
Tiger Engine Co. No. 6, of this city and Fiske's
Cornet Band, assist in the celebration.
Some of the Providence officers on Tuesday
evening arrested man named Samuel Spoon.
or, and woman who passes as his wife. They
were locked up until the departure of the mid
day train for Worcester, when they were taken
up the road in charge of the Deputy Marshal
of Springfield, where they are to answer
charges against them for keeping house Of
| ill-fame.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
| The Adams Transcript says that petition
is to be forwarded to the Governor and Coun.
Gil for the release from the House of Correc
ton, of Charles +. Briggs, of Windsor, who
| was sentenced to three years labor by Judge
Aiken, for whipping girl The grounds up.
on which his release is asked are, that his term
OF confinement was too long, considering the
| offence which he committed, and that other.
! wise he had borne good character, never hav.
ing been connected with any criminal transac
ton before. He has a wife, and child born
since his Imprisonment, about year ago.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The progress of work upon the Troy and
Greenfield railroad now in allegiance, is held to
be dependent upon Greenfield subscribing
$50 900 to the capital stock, and this question
Is to be decided by a special town meeting OH
wednesday, the 9th.
CONNECTICUT.
An only child of George Plat, of Hartford
fell from third story window, distance OF
forty feet, on Saturday and sustained serious
II not futal injury. In its fall, the little thing
iell partially into the lap Of woman who was
sitting in door at the ground floor, and thus
It's fall was in some degree broken.
Norfolk and Colebrook have been at law
about the support Of pauper. After they had
PAID lawyers fees and costs enough to pur-
chase handsome life annuity for the individ-
ual IN question, Colebrook wins, and Norfolk
has to support the pauper.
Some ninety acres of land in the northeast
part of North Caanan, owned by Yale College,
has grown up to aders and hard-hacks. The
Fails Village Republican says the lessees are
not willing to pay two shillings an acre for it..
Hundred Years OH.-Mrs. Sarah Thomp-
son, OF Bristol, completed her hundredth year
on Thursday, the 23d, and her relatives ccle.
DRAFTED the event by a festive gathering at her
house, when addresses were delivered by Rev.
n.