Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-08-13
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
RosroN ANn rIcINIrY.

Gu d tilouedilu tltilcS.
AT the meeting of the Massachusetts, His
torical Society, at their rooms in Boston, on
Thursday, the death of Mr. Choate was ap-
noticed. Ex-Gov. Washburn Of
tered some eulogistic resolutions, which, after
remarks by Hon. Daniel A. White of Salem,
L. W. Chandler, Esq, and Hon. Joel Parker
were unanimously adopted
An insane person was found by the police
near Linden Park, about two o'clock, Friday
morning, with portion of his valise cloth
ing, he had cut up and spread out for sale on
the sidewalk. He was induced to forego his
mercantile pursuits at the urgent request of
the officers, and took up his quarters in the
lookup. He was Prussian by birth, and an
entire stranger in Boston.
The Boston Transcript SAYS "a letter
from the Rev. VIM. H. Charming of Liverpool.
was Yesterday received by the Committee of
the Thirteenth Congregational Church Of Bos.
ton, accepting the call of that society as the
successor of the Rev. Mr. Coolidge"
Patrick Donelly, the hackman, who attempt
ed the outrage on female passenger in his
hack, which he had driven to the mildam for
the purpose, has been convicted and sentenced
to three years in the House of Correction.
W do not hear that any great criminal law
yer sought to get him cear-the scoundrel!
ne Judge only regretted that the jurisdic-
N~SAA "
tence commensurate with the enormity Of the
crime"
BRISTOL COUNTY.
In Taunton, few days since ARENAS
Briggs complained of Hanson l.. Smart as a
thlef. On examining his premises in Swan
betty, says the Gazette, there came to light a
full assortment of sundres stolen from the
store of Briggs Co. He said that he secret
ed himself IN the store, Saturday night, June
III a IL locNeu ~ SIoie the aruces ana
'00N 'iieln NOME Oh oeth burt S wheelbarrow'
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Inc plymouth Rock is indignant against
certain "John =. Cluer, and one "book ped
aler mayer, with some others, who, it is al
leSed torment the prisoners in the House Of
Correction. The Rock says by the laws
OF Massachusetts, considerable number of
men and women are sentenced to hard labor in
our House OF Correction, to which they are
doomed SIX days in the week, and on the
seventh they ought to be permitted to rest.
but instead, by whose permission we know
not, the House OF Correction is made the the
atre, on Sundays, for every rdater who chooses
to lntrnde his opinions, and last Sunday, not
only Cluer and Thayer We're there holding
forth, but persons calling themselves ,comea
were also there, whose conduct, if rightly re-
ported, was disgrace to the sex. We know
u nv STATUTE III MASSACHUSETTS, by winch men
or women can be sentenced to the excrutiating
torments which week after week are inflicted
upon the prisoners in our House of Correction,
and If there is no other method of reaching it,
we nope the Grand Jury at the next term will
lndlct the practice as a common nuisance.
HAMPSHIRE corvrv
Commencement exercises at Amherst Col.
lege came to a close on Thursday The grsd-
uating class numbers forty three aroona ~,
were Alpheus C. Nichols of Rroolrfa7d ma
ward H. Spooner of North BrooEfeId and
Henry C. Skinner of Princeton Tba AM An
herst chapter of Alpha Delta Phi-the natri.
arch of COLLEGE sacrnt soc;atios i p'til,
new buildmS for ifs own nsas ot'''s q
BERKsu1pE coTyrx
The anniversary festival of the Taurel Hin
association sidewalk. tree and cemetery So
ciety, of Stockbridge, was celebrated on Wed.
nesday, August TO- with brilliant snccoss
About 1000 ladies and gentlemen oatbered TO-
gether, and listened to an address from wv,
Eery Sedgwick of Lenox and q noem by
Samuel B. Sumner of Great Rarrinoton
second poem by a lady was road bv Mr SD
wick, and speeches were giyen Inv Holm
Goodrich, Prof Henry Fowler of Rochestar
University, Rev Mr.. Hoppin. and Mr.. .Iudson
of Philadelphia In the evening there was a
torch-lght procession tbronob he CIo, ,,l,;o,'
produced a highly nicturesore offac+ "''i0''
P. & H. Stearns Of Pittsfield. purchased over
$4,000 lbs. of wool at the great sale of wool st
Cleveland. The quality sold was above +Lo
average and brought HIGHER nrices tban was
anticipated and was InostIy ,,,,rohos
by eastern mannfactnrars d. coo 900
lbs were sold, amounting to $3.50 600
The Pittsfeld EAGLE states that a v;olor+
shock, as of an explosion of punnowder was
experienced in Great Darlington and vicinity
Thursday morning. The Shakers affirm fiat
at the time of the Shock, a meteor. seeming to
them a ball of fire. about the size of Aour
barrel passed across the conntrv a1,d ,,'I ,lJui
in the northwest
A son of a. B. Fairfield of Florida was
the victim of singular accident few davs
ago While spreading a Tumble of bav he
was whirlcd BY a gust of wind and tbrouTn
upon the fork, one tine of whiah antorad biz
body letting ont the contents Of tbo sto,,aaI'
He is doing well, and is likely to recover
The Housatonic Engine House in Pittsfald
was destroyed by fire Tuesday morning T.
was done by an incendiarv
RHODE ISLAND.
South County bank hills are ranidlr d;s,n
bearing. One hundred and n;notr lisp .ls"
sand dollars worth of ~ ,. i ~. 'ii'u-
Wakefield on the 4tb of Ananst H., - ineu az
in the presence of n r petta' ~ VI o n anu
~ N,,',s.ts ~ ~. ~ otVet' Esq, heeelV-
A little Erencl, how 10y
Theophile Oule NJ WoorsaeI,t s9dis, sol u
get on fire bv anotber hov ~ N M iis ciotneS
Nc was SO dreadfulIv 49, ny on H W anu
,oyerv imnossibla Deatb 80 40 ~ lenler re-
erinGs on TUESDAY '''" 'eiiii'i"'eo HIS SUI
Our venerable and b;obIv os+oon,oa c,,,o.
,itizen Moses Ricbar@e9m d foseeai ~ iellow
lence THURSDAY eyenin@ ba utfu az ms Itsl
inc old noe If s1 ''''tlis %st'illeu the
was Past Grand Masier 81 +ha c, a.iGharlson
, member of e. -, Sne olanu l-ouge; |