Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-10-13
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.


be issued at the usual time, under the direction
OF the assignees. The property is for sale, and
several offers have been made for it, but none
have yet been accepted.
During the past summer, Deacon Samuel
Greeley, of Boston, broke his leg at North
| Conway, and after he had got about his room,
slipped on the carpet and broke it again in an
other place. His daughter went upon an ex-
cursion of two or three miles from North Con-
way with some companions, and fell from a
rock, breaking her leg in two paces.-BOstOn
Transcript.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
| The Boston journal says an establishment
| for the manufacture of paper used for roofing,
situated in the southeasterly part of Bedford
and known as "MunrOe's Mills" was entirely
destroyed by fire Tuesday morning, between
and O'Clock. 1t was owned by James S.
Munroe, Esq, of Lexington. 1t contained val
liable machinery, and considerable amount
of stock. The estimated loss is S25, 900 or
100000. There was force pump connected
with the establishment, which was out of or
der.
Notice has been published of an intention,
on the part of some of the inhabitants Of Need
ham, to set off the west parish of that town, to
form a new town to be called Wellesley.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
During the storm on Saturday, lightning
struck a large rock on the farm of the late Au-
gustus Sherman, i'll Dartmouth, shiyering it
into a thousand fragments. 1t then entered
stone wall, and ran along it in both directions
fifty or sixty yards, scattering the stones and
splitting the larger ones into thousands of
pieces.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
About 500 cords of wood and rs tons of coal
were burned at the fire in Hyannis on Friday,
together with the sheds and engine house, the
greater part of the contents of which were
saved. The loss by the fire to the company is
estimated at about $4,000 covered by insur.
ance to the amount of $4,000. The workmen
are already on the ground, preparing to re-
build.
Personal.
1t is said that Queen Victoria's second
daughter-now the first on the marriage roll
has expressed wish to resign her "royal
dowry'' in order to become protested Catho-
lie. The Court papers insinuate that this is
step to court the young king of Portugal, who
lately lost his wife. When Don Pedro was in
England, few years ago, the Princess Alice
was "smltten; )" but religion was in the way,
and there the affair stood.
A correspondel of the Boston journal says
that Rev. Mr. Milburn, the blind Methodist
preacher, is receiving great and kind attentions
from the hands of all the press, secular and
religious, in relation to his new work on his
personal trials and recollections. All the de-
nominations have kind word for the preacher,
and the secular press is full of first rate notices
Among the public speakers during the re-
| cent canvass i'll Pennsylvania, we notice the
name of Mr.. John Goforth. He has gone forth
with great effect, if we may judge by the re.
turns received from the places where he held
forth.
MISCELLANEOUS.
| DR.. Draper of Greenfield has received the
| appointment of Assistant Superintendent of
| the Insane Asylum at Brattleboro' and will
enter upon the duties of the office in few
weeks.
1t is stated in one of the Irish papers that
since the commencement of the revival move.
ment there have been lodged in the Belfast
Asylum and county Jail no fewer than twenty
two cases of insanity from Larne and that
neighborhood alone.
1t was the misfortune recently of Stephen
Aymar of Dearborn County, Indiana, to wed
at once a bride and fortune, and felt SO hap
Ply In consequence that he got very drunk fell
| out of wagon, was run over, and killed in
stantly.
1t is rumored that the late Senator Broderick
before the duel made will, in which he left all
his property to George Wilkes, of Wilkes
| Spirit of the Times, in New York.
Mr. Preston, our Minister to Spain, was in
Paris short time since, buying furniture for
his palace $4,000 a year remit, at Madrid. He
| has invested $4,000 among the Paris artisans.
| This Mr.. Preston processes to represent Amer.
lean democracy, but his style of doing it is very
different from that of Franklin.
The two beasts, Heenan and Morrissey, an
nounce publicly their intention to make up
another prize fight, the challenge having been
publicly made and accepted. In the language
OF Morrlsey, "as Heenan whipped one OF my
| former seconds, and also recently threatened
to whip the other, l thought it my duty to them
to come forward and give him a chance, if he
could, to whip me-" Where are the officers
whose duty it is to prevent these disgraceful
exhibitions?
Senator Foote has presented to the United
States Circuit and District Courts for the Dis
trlct of Vermont, and the members of the bar,
his entire law, congressional, and miscellaneous
library, consisting of 1000 volumes.
The Philadelphia City Item says that the
most radiant beauty of that city may be seen
| at the libraries. The finest black haired
| brown.haired, and fair-haired girls are to be
found in them at intellectual operations, which
seem to add new lustre to their smooth, blush
ing countenances. They go to these places,
too, for the exclusive, lofty purpose of read
ing-not for the little aim of curiosity and dis
| play.
There are four Shaker societies in Ohio,
numbering 1859; one in Connecticut, number
ing 200; two in Maine, numbering $50; two
in New Hampshire, numbering 500; four i'll
Massachusetts, numbering 709; two in Ken
lucky, numbering 900; three in New York,
numbering 105O-making in all eighteen soci-
! cites
b. f. Gilman, dentist, of New Haven, ex-
tracted for lady, under the influence of ether,
twenty-six teeth in ten minutes. She was I'M
conscious of pain during the performance, and
was soon able to pursue her business.
The midnight parade of the Sons of Malta
took place in New York between Tuesday and
Wednesday. The turnout numbered about
fifteen hundred persons, and the streets along
the line of the procession were densely crowd
ed. The cheap mysteries of the order afforded
momentary wonder to the curious. The inter-
probation generally given to the initials l. o.
5. NJ. was, 81 Owe Some Money"
Two noted characters, named Andrew and
William Curtis, were arrested in New York,
Tuesday, on charge of being concerned in
the late heavy jewelry robbery at Albany. A
quantity of jewelry was found upon their
premises, besides burglars tools, wax impress
sions of various locks, &c.