Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-06-09
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.


flowing. Mr. Barry's lease of the theatre ex-
pires i'll few days, but his connection with it
continues for two years longer.
The coroner's inquest on the body of Daniel
Farrell, one Of the crew of the Minnesota,
who was killed Sunday morning i'll North
street, attaches the crime upon Dennis and
Patrick Mullen, two brothers of abandoned
character, regarded as disreputable even among
their associates i'll that bad locality.
Messrs. Goss 4 Munson, who are filling the
Back Bay lands under a contract with the
Commonwealth, have completed a contract
with the Boston Water Power Company, to
fill their lands and flats, about one hundred
acres, receiving two fifths of all they fill, as
compensation, The bills of the contractors
against the Commonwealth for filling, now
amount to about $1,000 per month.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
The valuation of the taxable property of
Northampton is $3,5S0,900, which is an in
crease Of $4,000 over the valuation of last
year -Four persons and estates pay taxes on
upwards of $4,000
A child of Lewis S. Clark, about five years
OF age, was so badly burned by her clothes TAX
ing fire, on Sunday that she died after twelve
hours suffering. The child, in putting some
shavings into the stove, accidentally set her
apron on fire, and, before assistance could be
rents were absent at church at the time Of the
accident.-Gdzette.
CONNECTICUT.
Minnehaha and old Nokomis, or Mudjakee-
wa or some other member of the aboriginal
tribe, was in the city yesterday peddling mo-
cassins, bed bags and other trinkets of Indian
enuity.-Hdtfo,d Post.
The city of New Haven paid last year for
her police, S7,S49; for lighting streets, 1922;
for repairing streets, public squares, s., lis for
fire department, 7,349.
DIR. w. w. Sheffield, Charles Bush, DIR.
Jewel and Horace Muzzy of New London,
have organized themselves into a company for
the manufacture of horsc-nails
Many new shade trees have been set out at
Litchfield Center, under the bonus offered by
the county agricultural society of fifteen
cents for every living tree set out during the
year.
RHODE ISLAND
The Hon. Thomas Whippie of Coventry
died at his residence in that town on Monday
IN the seventy ninth year OF his age. Judge
Whipple was, during great many years, a
very prominent man in Rhode Island politics.
and exercised powerful influence in the Gen
eral Assembly for long time. Besides being
member OF the Legislature, he had held the
office OF Lieut.. Governor, and was Judge of
the Court of Common Pleas
1t is proposed to erect monument to the
memory OF Burrill Arnold, who was recently
murdered in Centreville. Mr.. Spencer has
offered lot in the beautiful cemetery which
he has laid out on the old turnpike road lead
ing from Phenix to Anthony and Quidnick
The police arrested, Tuesday afternoon, a
man named Levi Lee, about so years of age
who has recently been an inmate of the poor
house in Attleborough, from which place he
enticed halt-witted young woman, under
pretence OF seeking employment for her in
providence. lie had stolen her clothing and
was trying to sell it.
Woonsocket by the Masonic fraternity, who
are making quite extensive arrangements, and
It is expected great many will be present.
They have arranged to dine 300.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A suit has been commenced in the Supreme
Court OF New York to recover two million
dollars from Com. Vanderbilt on the ground
that he has never accounted for la.ge sums of
money received by him as President of the
Nicaragua Transit Comnany, and particularly
of the $4,000 per month received from the
Pacific Mail Company so long as no line should
be run between San Francisco and New York
by the Transit Company.
The Democrats relate the following incl
dent; "Whilst the late anti-fugitve slave law
demonstration was going on in Cleveland,
Ohio, Col. John johnson, veteran of the
revolution, and the sole survivor of the few
who bore upon their shoulders the remains of
Washington to the tomb, was in that city on
his way to West Point. The Plaindeaer
says, while looking upon the crowd, the old
gentleman remarked that it was "a Disgrace
full, reasonable demonstration, and Andrew
jackson would have hung every one ofthem |"
"Col John Johnson" believed in the divine
right Of Kentucky to hunt her slaves in Ohio.
A Paris letter says "the blessed baby" the
Prince Imperial, is fine little three year old,
who looks us if he were made of good milk
and blood, with large, wondering sort of an
eye, that seems already to have dreamy view
of the CAN hail hereafter p The little fellows
cradle is well watched, and when his nurse
takes him out in his carriage, closely guarded
by cuirassiers, &c.
The Mnnesotians have "struck vein"
richer than those of the new diggings. They
have found immense quantities of ginseng near
ST. Paul. Two dollars day is the ordinary
result Of the labor of digging this root The
price Of ginseng is from six to ten cents per
pound when green, and from twenty-five to
thirty cents when dry.
The appended "notce," which actually ap-
pears among the advertisements in the James
town (Chautauque county, journal, beats any
exhibition of Young Americanism in Punch =
"Notice.-Whcreas, my father, Newton Sal
isbury, has forbid me his bed and board for
the reason visited and assisted at my sisters
house during her husbands sickness and
death therefore, | forbid his harboring any
other boy in my stead.
WARNER A. SALISBURY.
Gerry, April l6, 1859"
The coroner's jury in the case of Fanny
Deane, the actress, who was found drowned
near Fort Hamilton, N Y, have returned a
verdict Of accidental death. Her husband,
Henry llalsey, was discharged from custody.
Mr. Wells, with whom she was detected in il
licit correspondence, was also discharged, and
! Immediately returned to Massachusetts, to al
lay the anxiety Of his friends here.
dispatch from Columbus, Georgia, says
the Alabama and Fontaine warehouse was
burned on Tuesday, together with five hun
| drcd bales of cotton and large amount Of