Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-11-01
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

The extensive barn at Deer Island, immedi-
ately in rear of DR.. MOriarty's residence, was
destroyed by fire Sunday morning. Before
the flames could be subdued the carpenter
shop, near by, was also destroyed. The fire
was progressing when the papers went to
press, but the loss was not likely to be very
heavy.
The right to publish the works of Prescott,
for which Phillips, Sampson, & Co. had con-
tract was sold in Boston, Saturday, by the as
signees oftEat firm to j. B. Lippncott & Co.,
| of Philadelphia.
A shock resembling the agitation caused by
an earthquake, was sensibly felt in Roxbury
Sunday evening. One gentleman describes it
as sounding like report Of thunder another
like the explosion of boiler. The shock was
sufficiently strong to jar the most substantial
buildings, and shake the windows, crockery,
| &c.
On Saturday afternoon, constables Leigh
| ton, Blaisdell, Stratton, Coburn, and Barker,
visited gambling house at 81 Howard street,
armed with a search warrant, and seized $500
or 5000 worth of gambling implements, con-
sisting of roulette table, faro bank, cards,
counters, &c. The keepers OF the place were
not found.
ESSEX COUNTY.
An explosion from gas took place in the
house of VIM. IL. Flint, on Washington Square,
Gloucester, Saturday evening. The house
was shattered to a great extent, aud Mrs. Flint
was burned on her face, neck and hands, be-
sides being internally injured, so that there
are doubts of her recovering.
| FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The officers and others interested in the
Franklin County Bank celebrated its decen-
NAL anniversary on Monday last. Hon. H.W.
Cushman of Bernardston its President from
its organization, gave a dinner to the officers
and a few invited guests, among whom were
| Hon. Geo L. Davis, the present President,
and Wendell Il. Davis, ESQ., cashier of the
Greenfield Bank, Hon. Franklin Ripley, Gen.
Rowland, Judge NATION, and others.
| Peter Spauldings son. OF Montague, caught
last week, in Il snare, "Cooper's hawk"
measuring eighteen inches in length and thirty
inches across the wings. This beautiful and
majestic bird is generally found as far south as
Alabama, and as far west as Oregon, but is sell
dom seen in this region. 1t will be sent to the
State Board of Agriculture,
| CONNECTICUT.
| A Fairhaven, Conn, woman having been
| "posted" by her husband, retorts in the follow
| ing notice :-"Whereas, my good-for- nothing
husband, Lyman S. Forbes, having seen fit to
advertise me, forbiddng all persons trusting
me on his account, l would hereby warn all
persons against harborng or trusting him on
my account, as shall pay no debts OF his con-
tracing after this date. As he has not been in
the habit OF paying any of my bills, nor his
own neither, since / have been acquainted with
him, his caution is wholly unnecessary and UNI
called for Moreover, no one who knows him
would be verdant enough to trust anybody on
his account. CoRNELIA FORBES"
MISCELLANEOUS.
Ex-Governor Rodman M. Price, of New DER
sey, has brought suit in New York to recover
possession Of some 100000 worth of real es-
tate in San Francisco, improperly sold by his
agent while yet the power of attorney was on
its way out from New York, and had not been
received. His agent sold for $4,000.
Mrs. Mary Miller, the venerable mother of
Judge Miller of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, was burned
to death few evenings ago by her dress tax.
ing fire in opening stove door. She was aged
nety.eight, quite helpless, and being alone in
the room, was wrapped in flames before aid
reached her.