Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-06-23
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

BtpSJON AND VICINITY
John Augustus, the well known philan-
thropist, died at his residence in Boston, Tues
day evening, after an illness of three months,
at the age OF IA years. During the last 20
years, he has devoted much care to the refor-
nation of young offenders, against the law,
and i'll the Boston Police Court has been re-
sponsible in bonds for such persons to the
amount of about S250,000 an in very few
cases has he ever suffered any loss. MIR.
Augustus was sincere, honest, kind-hearted
man, much beloved by his family and esteem
ed by the public.
Fire was discovered, Wednesday morning,
among parcel of old school books and other
rubbish in the basement of the Bunker Hill
School House, Charlestown. 1t was the work
of an incendiary. 1t was extinguished with
out doing serious damage.
On Monday night the residence of Rev. Da-
yid Hitchcock, at Newton Corner, was broken
into and robbed of silver ware of various
kinds of the value of between one and two
hundred dollars.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Francis w. Everson of Arlington, attempt
ed to capture his own wife, who had left him
for his itreatmcnt, from her brothers house,
by getting secretly into her chamber in the
night, applying chloroform to her mouth, and
carrying her down stairs to a carriage he had
sistance toed his efforts, and he is now under
500 bonds to answer for the outage.
A school-house in Portsmouth was struck
by lightning Tuesday forenoon, and several of
the school children knocked down, but none Of
them were seriously injured.
ESSEN COUNTY.
The third of the Market Fairs, under the
auspices of the Essex County Agricultural
Society, was held at Georgetown on Tuesday.
There were from fifteen hundred to two thou
sand persons present. The display of stock
and agricultural implements was very fine.
The sales at auction were not so numerous as
at some of the previous fairs, owing to the UNI
pleasant weather.
There was short but violent thunder show
er at Newburyport Tuesday evening. One
discharge of the electricity struck the chimney
of comb factory on Fair street, knocking
large hole through the side. The discharge
was preceded by a sharp, kissing sound, re-
sembling that of an ascending rocket, which
was heard within one hundred to one hundred
and fifty yards around, before the flash (which
was simultaneous with the thunder) was seen.
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
In Northampton, on Wednesday, runaway
horse came in contact with carriage in which
a child of Mr.. p. ID. Pittsinger, about thirteen
months old, was being drawn, and the child
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ture its skull and cause its death in a few
hours.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Summer hegira of the President and
Cabinet will soon take place. The President
speaks of leaving for the Soldiers Home, and
afterwards for Bedford, Penn, and the men,
bers of the Cabinet contemplate summer ex-
cursions, professedy for their health and
pleasure, but really to lay pipes for the next
Presidency.
It's understood that the entire amount ne
cessary for the purchase of Mount Vernon has
already been subscribed.thirty thousand dol
lars only remaining unpaid; but the Associa-
ton will not close the subscription lists until
sufficient sum shall be in hand to improve
the property, now in the most neglected con-
dition.
The fact is noticed that the Princess Freder-
lex William of Prussia went home from Eng
gland without her husband coming to escort
her, as was expected. "Reasons of State" it
is said, prevented him from paying that atten-
ton to his bride or his mother-inlaw.
Miss Williams, an interesting young lady
who was student at the Lima Academy, N.
Y, recently committed suicide by drowning
in Hemlock Lake. She is supposed to have
been insane.
The Germans in Charleston, S. c. have
elected DR.. Lieber, of New York, to deliver
the Grafton on the approaching hundredth an
niversary of Schiller's birthday-in German
and in English The birthday of Schiller, and
that of Luther, is the 10th of November.
A violent hailstorm occurred Wednesday
afternoon, in the neighborhood of Albany, ex-
tending over space of mile wide, and lasted
half an hour. The hailstones were as large as
marbles. Windows were broken, flowers
crushed, and other damage done.