Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-08-17
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
BOSTON AND v1cINIrY.

Greet remarks of a MIR. Rogers, related to her
by marriage, saluted him as he came from
his residence in Roxbury, Monday afternoon,
with cowhide, which she applied to his per-
son without discrimination, pursuing him
through the streets to the infinite delight of
spectators, till the scariied Rogers found de-
fender in the office of the police. Rogers de-
clned to make complaint, and Frank retired
upon her laurels.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Valuation of ISalem-The valuation Of Sa-
lem for the year 1859, reaches S14, los, 220, of
which ~, III ,020 is in real, and Sc 1857 900 in
personal estate. AS compared with 1858,
there is a diminution of Sill 500, entirely in
personal estate. The tax raised amounts. to
Sl2l ,685 rs. Rate of taxation SO on $1,000,
against 81 40 in 1858. Number of polls,
ABA
In Rowley, few days since, as deacon
Samuel Jewett was driving three-year-old
heiter into the pasture, she attacked him and
drove one of her horns completely through
his arm, inflicting very serious wound.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Mr.. Stephen Tallman, of Dartmouth, was
seriously injured Monday morning by being
kicked by his horse. The horses feet struck
Mr.. Tallman in the groin and abdomen.
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY
The golden wedding" of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joel Adams, recently of this city, but now of
Chelmsford, was celebrated Monday evening.
Mr. Adams is the President of the Prescott
Bank of this city, and nearly seventy six
years Of age f; Mrs. Adams is seventy three
Upon this occasion Mrs. Adams wore the same
white satin skirt in which she appeared at the
original wedding. She was dressed as youth
ful bride, with boquets, &c. About seventy
hve persons were present at the anniversary,
and successfully congratulated the couple
LoaceH Courier.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
-Four boats, belonging to Brewst r, Eastman
and Orleans, succeeded in driving ashore at
Brewster, large school of backish, and with
the aid of people on shore, they slaughtered,
by spears, lances, scythes, and whatever came
to hand. Nearly 100 were captured, the pro-
ceeds from which must be something near
500, divided among about 20 persons.
FRANKLIN COUNTY. -
The Greenfield Gazette says that an Ameri.
can girl employed in family in that village
attempted suicide a few days since, first by
taking poison, then by eating matches, and
those falling attempted to choke herself to
death by cord, but all falling to accomplish
the desired object, she gave up the attempt
and was sent home to her friends.
The strikers at Shelburne Falls have COM
promised with their employers, Lamson,
Goodnow & Co., and majority of the hands
have resumed work. For the present the pay
ments are to be made one half in cash and the
remainder in six months notes.
M. Parker, OF Hawley, last spring planted
about three-tourths of an acre of potatoes, put
ting on eight and a half bushels of seed. They
came up well and promised good crop, when
flock of crows came from Plainfeld, and, in
spite OF all efforts TO prevent, pulled or rather
dug them up SO thoroughly that only two
hills were left upon the piece.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
few days since girl Of sixteen rode with
party from Shelburne, a distance of seven
teen miles, to the Glen House, White Noun
tains, walked to the Tip Top House and back,
and then returned to Shelburne the same eve
ming without showing signs of fatigue. She
left the Glen for the Tip Top House at ten and
got back at four, beating those Of the party
that rode both ways.
RHODE ISLAND
The yearly meeting of the Narragansett In
dams at Charlestown, r. l., comes on Sunday
next. A new meeting house is to be dedicated,
which will doubtless add to the interest of the
occasion
The crew of the schooner Wakefield of East
Greenwich, r. l., captured shark in the
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measuring eleven feet in length, eight feet
seven inches in girth, and weighing 1900
pounds. The liver, alone, filled two large tea
chests and yielded ten gallons of oil.
flty-flve bushels of CLANS and nine hundred
pounds OF fish were baked in one heap at
Rocky Point on Monday, for the Baptist ex-
cursion from Boston. No matches were put in
to the bake. That is Connecticut custom
that we do not follow in Rhode Island. No
thing less than a town clock would have ans
wered for such bake-Providence Journal,
dug 16.
Michael Thouroune, native of France, a
cook in the employ of G. Darandiarin, Mexi-
can Charge de Affairs to the United States,
now stopping in Newport, was drowned ISun-
day morning. lie was in bathing with friend
and swan a considerable distance out beyond
the breakers. His friend left him and went
ashore and dressed himself, after which he
looked for Therounne, but he was nowhere to
be seen. The body of the drowned man was
hove in by the breakers.
CONNECTICUT.
The Hartford Courant tells shooting story
In Berlin, Cowles and Crane discovered a
flock of sixteen black ducks in the stream near
their factory in Newington. Standing on oppo-
site sides, each with q double barrcled gun,
they brought down every mothers son of them
at the first fire, and secured them all The
Courant got two of the ducks for telling the
story, says the Press.
On Asel HOLSTERS farm, in South Glasten-
bury, is an apple tree some one hundred and
and fifty years old that measures some sixteen
feet IN clrcumterence-Or more than five feet
In diameter-at the ground Two or three
feet from the ground it separates into two
branches, each measuring ten feet in circum-
ference. Its shade formerly covered nearly a
quarter of an acre of ground.
The North Congregational church and soc-
ETY., in Hartford, have united in extending a
unanimous call to Rev. Mr. Weber, of ST.
Johnsbury, VT, to become their pastor. DIR.
Bushnell, their former pastor was, at last ac-
counts, recruiting his health at ST Anthony
Falls, Minnesota
The New Haven journal and Courier SAYS
Citizens are cautioned to be very careful in
crossing the Chapel street bridge, over the rail-
road, as one of the main timbers of that re-
markable structure is rotted of, and the north
west corner is upheld by temporary support
We learn from the Worcester Spy that our
friend George w. Bentley, Esq, of that city,
has received from Key West friend, huge
turtle, the shell Of which measures two feet
and three inches in length, and twenty one
inches in breadth. George is Superintendent
OF the gnashdmay railroad. Bulletin,
Aug. 10Th.
John +. Winter, quiet and respectable cit
izcn of Hartford, aged about fifty years, COM
mitted suicide by taking strychnine, Monday
afternoon, 18th. He had lived in unpleasant
relations with his wife for long time, and re-.
sorted for relief to the desperate remedy of
suicide.
A shrewd operation to evade the liquor law
has been carried on some time past, few
miles from West Killingly, Conn. on the Dor
ders of that State and Rhode Island There
has been built shop, one side resting on
Connecticut soil, and the other part in Rhode
Island. When the Connecticut officials ap-
proach, the contraband article is moved across