Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-10-26
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
BOSTON AND VICINITY.


King, whose busts of Burns and Agassiz
have proved such deserved favoriteS, has late.
ly modelled head of Emerson. He received
the commission from the Atlantic Club, who
contributed thereto with a view of securing a
good counterfeit presentment'' of the Con
cord philosopher.
1t is now stated as curious fact connected
with the Shepard defalcation that the Trustees
OF the Bank were about to present him, just be-
fore the affair came to light, with service of
plate worth several hundred dollars, in consd-
Grafton of his valuable and faithful services-a
very significant commentary on the way in
which presentations" are usually got up.
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
Daniel Lewis of Medford, while playing
with large bulldog about a month since, was
bitten upon his hand, and died on Sunday
from fear of hydrophobia. He manifested few
of the symptoms of that terrible disease
The Lowell Courier say, Or" John r.
Tebbetts committed suicide Monday night at
the Jail in that city, by hanging himself with
his suspenders. He had probably been dead
several hours, as his body was nearly cold.
He was under indictments for procuring abor-
ton, as common seller of intoxicating liquor,
and for keeping house of ill fame.
NORFOLK COUNTY
Sad Catastrophe an Weymouth. Boston
Journal learns that a small building attached
to the almshouse in Weymouth, was DESTROY
ed by fire, Monday night, together with two
poor, crazy, demented persons, who were CON
fined in it in cages. They had been at times
very violent, tearing their clothing into shreds
and throwing it from them. 1t is supposed
they did so on Monday night, and that the
pieces caught fire from the stove. They were
dead before the alarm was given. Nearly
twenty persons were asleep in the almshouse
at the time of the fire, but they were removed
without difficulty. The loss of property is
not heavy,
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Remarkable Case Of Longevity. The New
Bedford Standard says there is lady now liy-
ing in Westport whose great grandfather died
at 80 years, his wife at 95 her grandfather at
80 to 80 and his wife at 81 to 49, Her father
at an advanced age but somewhat younger.
Her mother 90. The lady is IA and has a sis
ter over TO- Another lady closely connected
with the lady, at 50, another man and his wife
also connected; the former at 95 or 90 and the
latter at 90 or "a years of age, and 10 doubt
there are other members of the family who
lived as long as they had mind to. Five
generations are now living under the same
roof
Fire broke out, Monday evening, in Cheap
side, New Bedford, in Nye's Photographic
rooms, destroying property to the amount of
about $1,000. r. Tilden, conectioner and
toys, loss about $500; insured on stock and
building $1,000, in Dorchester and other Of
fees building owned by Messrs. Cumming
insured in Weymouth for $1,000, probably
damaged $1,000. At another fire, soon after
midnight in South Second street, The resi-
dence of Mrs VIM. Dunn was seriously dam
aged. Loss by fire and water about 5000;
fully insured
The first conflict of authority between the
town school and district prudential commit
tees, under the new school law, has manifested
itself in Taunton. where opposition to the law
is the controlling element. The school com
mittee had decided to substitute male for n
female teacher, in district No. g. to which the
prudential committee object. A public meet
ing was held last Tuesday evening, over which
Horatio Pratt democratic candidate for attor
ney general, presided and Samuel NJ. Tmk
ham, the prudential committee man (and dem
ocratic and 'free school" candidate for sena-
tori, was directed to use every exertion to
bring about reversal of the town committees
decision.