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


The citizens of Boston and Roxburv friendly
to the plan OF uniting the two cities under one
municipal government are making active and
Jealous exertlons to bring the subject before
the Legislature the coming winter. Upwards
OF thousand signatures are reported to have
been already gained to petitions for that OBJ
ject ..
In consequence of the recent numerous fail
ures OF parties engaged in the boot and shoe
trade, meeting of the trade is to be held in
Boston at an carly day, for the purpose of con-
sidering its present condition, and of adopting
such measures as may seem cxpedient in view
of the recent events.
ESSEX COUNTY.
The Newburpport Herald says that two YES
sells coming in collision off Cape Ann, early
last Wednesday morning, two young women
and boy, passengers, awakened by the
conclusion, started from their berths in their
night dresses, and jumped from one vessel to
she other, and in a minute the vessels had
parted company, leaving them in dishabiUe
with the strangers. They were brought
into Newburyport and provided for.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Mr.. A. W. Wellington of East Braintree a
day or two since, dug up pine tree shilling,
dated 1862, the first year authority was given
to Massachusetts, Bay to coin money. The
coin is bright and perfect.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Miss Sally Cobb lately died at Kingston in
her Seth year. The Plymouth Rock SAYS her
father, John Cobb, lived to the age of 90 wears
and her grandfather, Ebenezer Cobb, lived 1O8
years.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
There Is current report that in a Metho-
dist church near New Bedford forty.two of the
hfty-three pews are nailed up, owing to diff
Guilty between the committee who built the
church and the congregation. Services are
regularly held in the church on the Sabbath.
the congregation occupying the eleven slips
not nailed up and the aisles and other standing
places.
Mr.. Reuben Rowland, Superintendent of
Street Lamps in New Bedford, was knocked
down, Thursday night, by an engine, which
was being rapidly drawn through the streets,
and had one of his legs broken in two places.
CONNECTICUT.
A meeting has been called by many of the
first citizens of New London to discuss the
feasibility OF bringing the Great Eastern into
that harbor. The meeting will be held to-
day. If the New Londoners take hold of
this thing with a will they may succeed.
A son Of Thomas Hetherington, nine years
OF age, was picking up coal under a car, at the
depot in Hartford on Thursday, when the
tram was started, and the boy being between
the wheels OF one of the tenders, was awfully
mangled. He died Immediately.
Personal.
Colonel Wildman of Newstead Abbey, died
Sept 10th, suddenly. The deceased was the
intimate friend of the late Lord Byron, and
purchased the ancestral estate (Newstead ABB
hey, where Byron spent much of his time
during the period he was mnor) for $50 900.
The deceased was an old Waterloo officer be-
longing to the 10th Hussars. 1t is stated that
Newstead Abbey will be sold
The Washington States has the following
insignificant paragraph Miss Ellen Douglas
received to-day most hearty welcome from
those who had the extreme pleasure of max
ing her acquaintance. We congratulate the
House of Douglas on the introduction of this
new heir.
Mr.. B. S. Hendrick has been appointed Pro-
lessor of Mathematics in the Cooper Institute
which is to open December l. MIR. Hendrick
was formerly professor of chemistry in the
North Carolina University, and was also. for a
time, connected with the Nautical Almanac
office at Cambridge.