Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-05-16
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
ESSEX COUNTY.

ESSEX COUNTY.
Yesterday afternoon, MAY 15th) Rev. Benz.
| Sawyer of Salisbury, was to preach his fftieth
anniversary sermon. 1t was understood that
| all other religious societies in town would adj
| journ their services on that occasion, that it
it might be a religious meeting for the whole
| town. He was to give historical discourse.
The Salisbury Villager gives the number of
hands employed by the Salisbury Company as
800; males SAG; females 344. The Americans
employed number 448; Irish 228; all others
ia. The amount of wages monthly is S19,-
260 90.
| According to report, says the Newburyport
Herald, "should Mr.. Otis P Lord be one of
the new Judges, we are to have quite an addi-
ton to the number of the "green bag" gentry
Of Essex County, as several from abroad have
announced that they shall be competitors for
this extensive practice. We should Judge
from the reports of the court-proceedings that
he was engaged on full half the law cases in
the county, and his income must be twice the
salary of Judge"
The Baptist Society of Newbury and New
buryport has extended call to the Rev. James
S. Sykes of Boston, to become their pastor
and he has signitied his acceptance of the in
vitation. The salary is $500.
The Gloucester Advertiser records the loss
of another fishing vessel, the Charles L. Grov-
er, with all her crew. She sailed for the West
ern bank some six weeks ago, and is supposed
to have foundered in gale. There were nine
persons on board the vessel when she sailed.
There are but seven inmates of the Essex
almshouse and their united ages are 594 or an
average of 81 years each.
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
Noah Smith of South Reading, several
years ago a member of the Massachusetts
Legislature, fell dead in the street in Boston
Friday afternoon. He was the father of Hon.
Noah Smith, Secretary of the State of Maine,
who happened to be in Boston at the time of
the sad event.
BRISTOL COUNTY
Oliver Caswell, William Curtis, and Calvin
White, on complaint of Reuben Simmons, one
of the Fish Wardens of Middleboro', have been
sentenced to pay SO each, and be imprisoned
one day, for driving with boat the fish in
Taunton Great River, called shad and ale
wives, and whipping or beating the water of
said river with chains, ropes, and other instru-
ments, whereby the said fish were hindered,
driven, or delayed"
The First Baptist Society in Pawtucket has
obtained verdict of S345 in suit against
George Kendall, for the unsatisfactory manner
in which the roof Of their edifiee was slated.
Rev. Theophilus Daggett, for six years the
Unitarian pastor In Barnstable, preached his
farewell sermon last Sabbath yesterday
The Rev. Paul Couch, pastor for the last
twenty-four years of the First Parish in
Bridgewater, has sent in his resignation, to
take effect the last Of July.
The town of Seekonk, gave last year 10
votes for MIR. Banks for Governor, to 14S for
Mr. Beach, the democratic candidate. Upon
the Two Years Amendment, the vote of
the town stood, yeas l6, nays 7. What
became of the democratic majority when the
rights of the foreigner" were at issue?
MARTHA's VINEYARD.
The Methodist Fair at Edgartown, last
week, Melted about $500, which is to be ex-
pended in painting and identifying the interior
of the church.
The boot and shoe company, recently organ
lied at Edgartown, have decided to manutac-
ture, for the present. mems and boys brogans.
Operations are to be commenced in short
time.
During three days last week, 1000 dog-fish
were captured at Lambert's Cove, which yield
ed 1900 gallons of oil, worth $1,000. Their
bodies are also quite valuable for manure, and
sell readily at 80 cents per hundred.
Only one pint of liquor was sold at the Ed
gartown liquor store on the 18th inst How
much the average daily sales amount to we are
not informed. We presume it is healthy on
the Vineyard.
VERMONT.
A bear weighing four hundred pounds was
killed i'll Chittenden, VT, on Tuesday of last
week.
In Calais, VT, on the 9Th, Mr. s. G. Aims
worth was thrown from his wagon, his horse
being fractions, and SO badly injured as to
cause his death.
A little son of G.. B. Marston of Waterbury,
Vt, aged about three years, was drowned in
the brook at Weiss Mills on the Both ut.
Extensive preparations are being made to
work the gold dggings in Plymouth, VT.
Whether 1t will pay remains to be seen.
CONNECTICUT.
Silliman's Journal states that the bequest Of
the Hon Henry L. Ellsworth to Yale College,
amounting, it is estimated to 100000 or
S3OO,OOO, is appropriated by the will to schol-
arshlps, and is, therefore, rather gift to the
public rather than to the College itself The
will Is to be contested, and the issue is doubt.
ful.
A little girl named Allen was playing with
boy two and half years old, son OF a Mr.. En-.
wright, New Hartford, a few days since, when
she told him to "go home" and he not going,
she took up Ratchet and struck him so Sc
verely with it on the arm that inflammation
took place and he died on Saturday, the Both.
The old English pearmain apple tree on the
| Charter Oak place at Hartford is now in
blossom IL was brought to Hartford in 1898,
eighteen years after the arrival Of the May
Flower, and is therefore POP years old.
Tie New Haven Register says that there is
a letter IN the New Haven post Office for Will
liam Bircher Taylor-an Englishman, who
came to New York in 1855 and is supposed to
be living in Connecticut A letter TO the post.
master in New Haven, from Mr. Taylbrs
daughter in England, makes il important he
should be found.
The next annual meeting Of the General AS
ISOLATION Of the Congregational Ministers Of
Connecticut will be the hundred and fiftietlf,
and is to be held at Norwich the third Tues.