Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-12-15
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

BOSTON AND VICINITY.
Mr.. George Hammond, of Boston, has ac-
eepted the challenge of several Philadelphia
chess players. He has offered to play matches
with Messrs. Randolph, Tighman, and Mont
gomery, three of the best players in Philadel-
phia The understanding is that the first
match is to begin soon after the 10th of next
month, at the residence of Mr. Hammond IN
Roxbury, on equal terms. He who first wins
fifteen games in each match is to be declared
the victor.
Benjamin H. Noyes OF Newburyport was
arragned in the police court at Boston, We'd
nesday on a charge of cheating Messrs Brown,
Taggard, & Chase, Washington street book
sellers, to the amount of 1856, by false pre-
fences. He waived an examination, and was
held in $500 for trial at the Superior Crimi-
nal Court in January.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Some eighteen citizens of Fall River have
been very politely invited, in the way of legal
summons, to visit New Bedford and appear be-
fore the Grand Jury. 1t is presumed that they
will be asked to depose concerning the sales OF
spirituous liquors in Fall River, contrary to
law The summonses created quite a tlut-
tering
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The town of Sandisfield is about $1,000 out
by the departure of its tax collector, Henry IL.
Wright. Wright was formerly printer, and
during his official career OF collector was the
owner of fast horses and lived in fast way
MAINE.
Upon the Kennebec the lumbermen, as yet
have made comparatively but little show ;
though the opinion seems to be general that
the operations will excel those of last winter,
from the fact that all the old logs have been
sold or passed from first hands, and that the
trade is in healthy condition. One lumber.
ing concern on this river will put into the
woods sixty teams of three yoke each. These
teams will employ about six hundred men, and
the outlay for wages and supplies will probably
be about $4,000 to a team, or an aggregate OF
Sl80,000. The beauty of it is that all their
numbering will be upon their own domains
kennebec Journal.
VERMONT.
The Vermont legislature has passed a law
against billiards, which provides that the Sc
lectmen of the several towns in the state shall,
whenever in their opinion the public good re-
qures it, forbid any game or play upon any
billiard table in their respective towns. The
penalty affixed for playing upon table, the
use of which is forbidden, is twenty dollars
day.
Counterfeit ones on the bank of Rutland are
in extensive circulation.
RHODE ISLAND.
In Warren, r. l., Rev. George S. Chace has
rendered to the FIRST Baptist Church, of which
he has been pastor for several years, his I'M
conditional resignation, TO take effect in three
months, or sooner if the church will release
him.
An important libel suit, involving questions
of medical ethics, is now on trial before the
United States District Court at Providence, r.
l. The parties are DR.. Barrows of that city,
and DR.. Carpenter of Attleboro'. Many of the
leading physicians of Massachusetts and Rhode
Island were summoned as witnesses.
CONNECTICUT.
Mr.. Bishop of New Haven who was arrested
in Philadelphia for selling negro who accom-
panied him to Alabama has been discharged as
it has been ascertained that the boy was re-
naming there of his own violation, and would
return with the man who had hired him for a
race rider Bishop has also gone to Alabama
to sell horses.
The Hurlburt Bank sued Hugh P. Welch for
$4,000, he having endorsed notes to that
amount which were protested He refused to
pay, claiming that he was not notified, the
notices having been sent to "Litchfeld," while
his address is 'Miton," in Litchfeld. Judg-
ment tor bank to recover with interest-at
Superior Court in Litchfeld.
Two of three pickpoCkets at the Bi-Centen-
NAL at Norwich, were found guilty before the
Superior Court last Saturday. Williams was
discharged, Burns and Burnside were found
guilty on one charge each; and all three were
remanded to Jail to await trial on another
charge.
A new Universalist church is to be built in
Hartford, and work will be commenced upon
it in a few days.
The Hartford Times says that matchmaker
in that city has repaired and set in running
order German clock more than two cen
turtles old, 1t was built by Huyghens some
where about the year 1910, and though it has
not run for more than half century, is now
keeping good time and may last another two
centuries 1t was found by the artist Church.
in the possession of a Dutch family in Nova
Scotia, while he was off on his iceberg sketch
ing expedition.
PERSONAL.
Park Benjamin, day or two since, proceed
ing to meet an engagement in West Troy
Slinne1 lnOn the sidewalk and brokn ono of