Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-11-15
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
BOSTON AND VICINITY.


Parks, in Central Court, Charles A. Chase of
the Advertiser presiding, and Z. T. Hanes of
the Journal performing the agreeable duties of
POSTMASTER. With a reticence which is not Pc
culiar to them, the details Of the feast are
withheld from public applause.
Rev. E. G. Bolles, formerly of New Orleans,
has accepted call from the Church of the Pa
ternity tUniversalist) in Concord street.
The next lecture in the series of Fraternity
Lectures" will be delivered by Sara Jane Lip.
pincott, better known as "Grace Greenwood"
One of the liquor dealers in East Cambridge
eloped last week with his servant girl, leav-
ing his wife and unsettled bills to the amount
of about $1,000.
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
The inhabitants of West Newton are called
upon to meet at the Town Hall, to discuss the
question-If John Brown, in view of his re-
cent invasion of Virginia, can be considered
"heIo" and a martyr"
ESSEN COUNTY.
Sad Fdtalty.-A little daughter of Mr. Rob-
ert a. Smith of this city, aged four years,
came to her death in a most distressing man
ner Ola Saturday afternoon last. The mother
OF the child had taken kettle of boiling wa
ter from the stove and placed it on the floor,
warning her little girl to be careful of it but
she, unaware of her danger, stepped back and
fell into it The child fingered until Saturday
night at IL o'clock, when death put an end to
her suffering. The little girl was an only
daughter, and this is sad alfliction to the pa
acknowledgement Herald, l4h.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
On Saturday night, the Forest Hills station
house Of the Providence Railroad, in West
Roxbury, and the carpenters shop of Mr..
Spear, near by, were maliciously set on fire at
nearly the same time. The shop was totally
consumed, with its contents, and the depot was
rendered useless.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
The dead body of a man names Charles E.
Curtis, engineer at Fearing's ropewalk in
bingham, was found in a well at Strawberry
Hill, in Hull, last Saturday. The body had
apparently been in the well several days, and
there were suspicious of foul play.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The store of Samuel g. Wilder, North Fair
haven, was destroyed by fire on Sunday morn
ing. Supposed to be the work of an incenda-
ry. portion of the contents, valued at about
SoOO, was saved. Loss estimated at $4,000.
NANTUCKET.
Charles Folger of Nantucket cast his sixth
eth annual ballot on Tuesday last, having voted
at every state election since the year 1900.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
The Greenfield Gazette says that Chester
Gaylord of Hadley, while two or three miles
from home, few days since, had one of his
legs caught i'll the spokes Of his wagon wheel
and broken. Meeting DR.. Bonney on the road,
he very cooUy requested him to call at his
house, saying that he had leg he wanted set
when he got home.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The widow of Rev. Elijah Montague, for
mer minister in North Leverett, fell down the
cellar stairs at her residence on Thursday 10Gh
inst, inficting deep wound upon her scalp,
one wrist, and tracturing her right
arm, and thigh upon the same side She
also suffered internal injuries. She is eighty
two years old, and nearly blind permanent
recovery is not hoped for.
On Sunday, 9th inst, the horse of James
Childs of Deerfied became frightened, and
threw himself his wife, and child of II years,
violently to the ground. Mrs. Childs had an
arm broken, and the others were severely
bruised.
A fire burned over about one hundred acres
of wood land on the mountain west of David
Mowry's in Leyden, few days since. 1t be-
longed to David Mowry, mostly; some to
Harriet Larrabee and d. r. Wait.
The Gazette says a gentleman in Green
field, who has been married something like a
quarter of a century without being blessed
with any of those responsibilities" coveted
in every well ordered household, had a fine
boy left upon his door.steps-on Monday night
The selectmen took him 1.-THE boy) in charge
RHODE ISLAND.
The "Hunt Mill'' in Seekonk, on the Ten
Mile River, owned by the Seekonk Water
Power Company, and used for the manufac-
ture of Kentucky jeans by Hunt, Farnum 6
Co., OF Providence, was damaged by fire, Fri
day, to the estimated value of $1,000, which
was insured.
The Press notices murderous affray at
Warren Saturday night committed by james
Honan on young Irishman named Edward
Myers, the latter receiving very dangerous in
juries, from which he was not expected to re-
cover.
CONNECTICUT.
Mr.. William Rice, of Williamsville, Killing
ly, while observing the operation of loading
heavy stone by the use of a derrick, was
severely injured by being caught in one of the
guy ropes as it accidentally fell to the ground.
HIS lower extremities were paralyzed and he
is not expected to recover.
The New London Chronicle says that some
scoundrels have visited the cemetery in that
city, and chiseled off Inscriptions and carved
work, and otherwise defaced and mutiated the
tomb stones. Such outrages deserve severe
punishment
A mad dog belonging to a Mr. Blanchard,
of Balous Factory, East Killingly, which was
bitten by the mad dog which passed through
that locality few weeks ago, bit the young
est child of Mr.. b. a few days since.
MISCELLANEOUS.
On Saturday afternoon, 9th inst, while
some boys were playing at 81 spy the wolf"
at Lake Land Station, L. l., one Of them took
to the well for a hiding place, when his hands
slipped and he fell to the bottom, distance
of &c feet. He was the son of John Green,
aged about 10 years, and the only injury he
sustained was slight scratch on one hand.
His screams attracted the attention of Mr..
John Coyle, who rescued him from his peril
Gus position.
The other day an unfortunate woman was
taken to the station house in San Francisco,
raving mad. She was at one time worth
$4,000, which was deposited with Adams & Co.
at the time of their failure, and lost Her
youngest child was shortly afterwards burnt to
death, and the unhappy woman, crazcd by her
misfortunes, gave herself up to excuses which
have terminated in her present madness.
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