Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-09-10
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.


The "Wilder" House, situated on South
street, Northampton, owned and occupied by
Hervey ]. Smith, was destroyed by supposed
lncendiary fire Thursday morning; insured
$3.50. The furniture was saved.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Young Darling, who was sent to the house
of Correction in Springfield on Wednesday for
disturbing the peace, is probably playing pos
sum, and is not so crazy as he mightbe. The
Republican says as yet nothing has been heard
from his alleged uncle, and since his conviction
he has acknowledged to the city marshal that
some time since he was an inmate of the State
Reform School at Westboro', from which in
stitution he made his escape
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Strange MyStey.-Moses Hatch, aged about
seventeen years. and the son of a respectable
farmer in South Lee left his fathers house on
the morning of Aug 9th, to drive the cows to
pasture, since which time he has not been seen.
His mother went out to search for him at
breakfast time, but hearing the discharge of a
gun, and cry of distress, FASTENED home in
fright. The boy was poorly clad when he left,
and there was no conceivable motive for his
leaving. A reward of $1,000 has been offered
for his recovery.
The remains of an infant, apparently seven
or eight months old were discovered under
the floor of an old building which was torn
down east Monday in Adams. How it came
there, whether by innocent means or by crime,
will probably never be known. The building
was the oldest in Adams.
The temperance organization (Reclabtes)
in North Adams, which was instituted four
teen years ago with thirteen members, then in
creased to two hundred, and finally fell to
twenty-nine, has been dissolved for want of in
terest, its funds divided, and its furniture sold
at auction.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
AT Sandwich, Tuesday evening, John
Shields, young man employed at the glass
works, was fatally injured by being jammed
between two cars which he was endeayoring
to shackle.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Hervy V. French, of the firm of French &
Howard Of North Bridgewater, was killed Fri
day morning by jumping from the steamboat
train while in motion. He had come in from
New York, and, as the train did not stop i'm
mediately in front of the depot Mr.. French
jumped off while it was moving slowly, and
was thrown under one of the cars, which pass.
ed over him, severing both his legs. He died
three hours afterward. He left wife and one
child
Friday morning, the house and barn of E
Packard, North Bridgewater was discovered
W pc Oil me-, lIOlll II ueleCG Ill Tile CHIMNEY o.
the house, and the two buildings with most Of
their contents, were destroyed. Loss several
thousand dollars.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
1t was announced in the Spy, yesterday
that young man named Nelson Wilbur was
buried in well in Taunton, and that earnest
efforts were being made to recover him
Twenty men continued the work of excavat
ing through Wednesday afternoon, night, and
Thursday morning, when the lifeless body O.
the unfortunate man was found thirty five feet
below the ground
VERMONT.
The Hon. Rolla Gleason, of Richmond, VT
discovered several portions of an elephant.
tusk in that town on the I'd inst, which
measured some fifteen or sixteen inches in cir
conference. One portion of the tusk was al
most three feJtr1R length.
CONNECTICUT.
George Bentley was killed Thursday after
noon at the railroad station in New London il
attempting to get upon train of cars while il
motion on the N. L. W. & p. r. r. track Hc
fell between two cars and both his legs and one
arm was severed by the car wheels
! In that portion of the valley of Pennington
| which, comprises Barkhamsted, New Hartford
| Canton, Avon, and UnionvilIe there has beer
cultivated, in detached pieces, all together