Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-10-22
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY

| The correspondent of the Traveller from
Franklin writes, that, on Thursday evening,
the barn of Herman B. Blake was destroyed
by fire, with shed, carriage-house, a yoke of
oxen, several cows and horses, &c. The fire
caught from the lamp of the lantern held by
Mr.. Blake, which he took out for the purpose
of picking up the wick, In the endeavors Of
Mr.. Blake to save one of the horses, his clothes
caught fire, and he was burned in dangerous
manner. The whole loss will amount to $4,000,
on which there is said to be partial insurance.
ESSEX COUNTY.
John Masterson of New York, the person ar
rested in HaverhiIl, last week, for attempting
to pass fraudulent check for $40 upon New
York, turns out to be great rogue. He has
been recognized by the tellers OF the Manutac-
turers' and Traders Bank of Portland, and the
Arcade Bank OF Providence, as the man who
passed spurious checks at those institutions.
The prisoner is confined in Lawrence Jail.
MAINE.
The Bangor Union says that Rev VIM. S.
Cilley absconded from Dexter on the 18th inst
and took with him aginSt her will young
daughter Of Rev. j. +. whitehall, about thr-
teen years old. Her friends have been i'll pur-
suit of him.
MISCELLANEOUS.
We understand that requisiton has been
made by the Governor of the State of
York upon the Governor OF Massachusetts,
fer the person of Miss Abby A. Goddard,
TO be tried under an indictment for forg
cry committed in this county:-Iroy Budget
Between Sunday, the 9Th inst, and Friday,
the l4th, some parties broke into the Episco-
pal Church on Dundas Street, Toronto, west
of the river Humber, and took away several
table cloths and other articles. The commun-
ion service plate was bored, and the scoun'
dres, finding it to be only plated silver lett it
with memorandum in a prayer book that
they were sorry it was not silver
The gold mining claim of Philip Arnold, of
\ uba county, California, is the richest one in
existence The opening of the claim cost one
hundred and eighteen thousand dollars, but it
yields hundred thousand dollars year,
sometimes a thousand dollars a day.
DR.. Jewett has left with the Boston Travel
Ter an ounce or two of fine starch, extracted
from only eight horse chestnuts picked up in
the street. The experiment shows this nut
to be SO abundant in starch that it may readi-
ly be turned to valuable account.
The state of Mississippi is in imminent dam
ger from a carpenter named William Land
berg, who actually said, right before witness
es' that "negroes had feelings as well as any
body else" Thereupon, Jonathan Wethers
by, nigger-owner, OF Sanders Creek prints
half column in the Mississippan, warning
the whole South against this trightful abol
zionist.
Henry Ward Beecher preached on Sunday
evening last from the text, " Ie are Gods
husbandry," and made, says The Brooklyn
Times, "some vivid comparisons between
farmers and spiritual husbandmen of different
kinds. Heresy hunter, whether lay or min
isterial, he handled without gloves, likening
them to Nimrod farmers, who were always on
the watch for and more concerned about shoot.
ing depredating animals land especially if
they were dogs belonging to their neighbors, J
than they were about raising good crops and
keeping themselves and their cattle comtorta-
bic and well provided for"
The new system of sewerage in Paris con-
templates the collection of all the sewerage
water of the city into two great reservoirs, one
each side OF the Seine, whence it is to be dis
seminated by steam pumps upon the surround
ing country, to serve as liquid manure. 1t is
stated that this plan works admirably at Ber-
lin, fertilizing the sandy plains around that
city into a high state of fertility.