Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-12-20
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

BOSION AND VICINITY.
Wendell Phillips gave an impressive dis
course from the Music Hall platform, Sunday
morning, on John Brown and the Puritan Prin-
cple. In spite of the most disagreeabe of
storms, large congregation assembled, and
listened with profound interest to another of
his singularly bold and eloquent discourses
upon his ruling theme.
The gambling den of Fred Parkhurst, in
East Boston, was surprised by the Police
Saturday evening, and itty-two of its patrons
were arrested in the midst of their games.
They were of ages ranging all the way from
l6 to 60, and of nearly every degree of devel-
tence ($3 and COSTS, Monday morning, and
those who could pay returned to more legiti-
mate pursuits the rest went to Jail.
Several fiattering calls, as the public know,
have been made Rev. Il. Starr King, of late,
and we hear, upon excellent authority that
| formal resignation of his charge as pastor of
the Hollis street Church will soon be made
Boston Post.
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
One night last week the house and room of
Mr. Jacob Pierce, living near Winchester, was
entered, and his pocket book cut from his
pants and taken away. 1t contained about
$500 in bank bills, and note for $1,000
The office Of the Middesex Insurance Com
pany, at Concord, was entered Sunday night,
and robbed of a considerable sum of money
The safe was forced open, and variety Of
trunks were broken into and searched for val
uables. 1t is thought the purpose was to reach
the safe of the Concord Bank, in which the
burglars were defeated.
The whole valuation of manufacturing cor
porations in Lowell, in 1855, was $l1, 446, 800
takes, $50, 1896 40; in 1858 the valuation was
S1l ,26S, 300-taXes S94, 653 70; in 1859 the
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The increase of valuation this year is strongly
demonstrated against by the corporations, and
those which have settled their taxes have done
it under protest
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The New Bedford Standard tells of doctor
in that city, who ''the other Sunday rode six.
teen miles, made five professional visits, at
| tended one birth, preached twice, and heard a
Bible class recite in the Sabbath school"
NANTUCKET.
Mr.. Henry A. Kingsley, while passing
| through Orange street. Nantucket, on Thurs
day afternoon, fell upon the curb stone and
ruptured blood vessel. He was taken into
the house of the late Captain Frederick Ar
thur and expired almost Immediately.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
| The school house on the Holsher road in
! Orange was burned down on the evening of
the l4th inst Suspicion rested upon an intox-
icated person of setting it on fire when he was
| pursued, arrested and committed for trial.
Orilla Haskell Of New Salem has been sent
to the House of Correction for 20 days, for
abusing her motherin-law, the abuse consist
ing in turning her out of doors, and throwing
a teapot at her head
The fire departing mt of Greenfield had their
annual supper last Friday evening. They
were able to congratulate themselves that in
that thriving town of 5000 or 1000 people,
there had not been fire during the year now
closing.
Adds Arms of Conway, who is in Georgia
| selling maps, has been apprehended twice by
the vigilance committee in that state, since
John Brown took Virginia, on suspicion of
being an abolitionist. He was able in both in
stances to satisfy the chivalry that he was
sound on the goose and was let CO. So says
the Gazette and Courier.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Margaret Lake of West Springfield, 81
| years old, an intoxicated Irish woman, went
to sleep on the railroad track in that town, on
Thursday afternoon, and when the wood train
came in from the west at 81 o'clock, was killed
by blow from the COW catcher.
PERSONAL.
Information has been received at the State
Department at Washington, from the United
States consulate at Guatemala of the death of
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a sugar estate, in the district of Amatitlan,
| Guatemala.
Several years ago, President Buchanan in
vested $1,000, the interest of which is annually
disbursed in the purchase of fuel for "poor and
INDECENT females" in Lancaster, Pa The an
nual distribution took place last week, and the
Lancaster papers report large number of
worthy and deserving claimants.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Thaddeus Hyatt reports through the Tri-
bune that the net sum of S. 1862 46 has been
collected as the result of one months effort for
the benefit of the family of John Brown, which
will be forwarded to them at North Elba at an
early day. The profits OF the Cooper Institute
meeting, which was nearly broken up by a
mob, exceeded $500.
The remains of John Z. Cook were remov-
ed from Charlestown to New York, where
they arrived Sunday morning. 1t had been
announced that the funeral services would
take place at the Reformed Dutch Church, OF
which his relatives were communicates. But
the conservative Consistory of the Church
got together, and resolved that in view of the
dangers which threatened the Uunion, it would
not be proper to allow his body to be taken
over the threshold. The services took place at
| the residence of one Of the triende of tho do