Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-08-29
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
BOSTON AND VICINITY.


Failures in the Book Trade-The CONNER
cial Bulletin says there has been some little
excitement in the book trade during the past
week, on account of reports which gained cur
rency, that two of our principal book publish
ers had suspended payment. These rumors
doubtless arose from the fact of some failures
having occurred both in Boston and New
York within few weeks past. The firms of
Messrs. John NJ. Whittemore & Co., and E. o.
Libbey & Co., of Boston, and Stanford &
Delisser, and S. A. Roo & Co., of New York,
are the only one in the trade, we understand,
that have made an assignment to their credit
orS.
Johnsons confectionery saloon, No. Ire
mont Row, Boston, was set on fire early Sat
urday morning, and the loss upon the stock
and fixtures, which were very elegant and val
liable, is estimated at not less than $4,000. A
large lot of silver ware was stolen, probably
by tbs RefqagF pB6o get tbs sr lost lot Of
valuable instruments, worth S250O. There
was insurance upon the building and Johnson's
stock to the amount of $4,000 Mr. Franklin
Evans, who owns the building, loses $1,000
or $1,000, and has policies in several offices,
among them the Merchants and Farmers of
Worcester. The Flanders Opera Troupe, the
Boston Brigade Band, two divisions of the
Sons OF Temperance, and an order of United
Americans, all occupying rooms in the build
ing, met with slight losses.
The school committee of Roxbury are agi-
tating the question of opening their grammar
schools to both sexes. Rev DIR. Peck, at a
meeting Friday evening, appeared in behalf of
some very earnest remonstrants to the propo-
sltlon, urging that early associations of the
sexes were of vicious tendency, and prejudi-
cal every way to good morals. Rev. Allen
Putnam defended mixed schools, DENYING the
aSSnmDtlOn a ban tIot 81,
influence Of boys upon girls was undoubtedly
bad, and maintaining that the highest health,
and the purest virtue of both sexes, was nat
ural characteristic of mixed schools. The
question was deferred for future deberation.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Rev. DIR. Dana, of Newburyport, whose
death is announced this morning, was of a
clerical family, having had father, two bro
theirs, a son and son-in-law of that profession.
He graduated at Dartmouth College, and was
short time president of that institution. In
theology he held with undertaking frmness to
the Westminster catechism, as interpreted by
the old school theologians. As writer he
was distinguished for the clearness and sim
pllclty OF his style, and as a man for the exem-
plary and blameless purity Of his life.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
large quantity of oil was scooped up from
the river, docks and streets after the fire in
New Bedford, one man saving one hundred
and fifty barrels. The referees chosen to de-
eide what salvage should be allowed on this
oil, awarded to the salvors threef ourths of the
quantity saved by them. 1t sells generally for
70 cents per gallon.
On Wednesday afternoon a young man
named Williams who belonged to Bridge
water, was killed on the railroad near Titicut.
While standing on the cars his head came in
contact with bridge. 1t appears that few
days previous he had applied for a situation as
brakeman on the same train that he was on
when he was killed. On the afternoon that
he was killed he got on the train quietly, I'M
known to any one else, probably with the in
tention OF trying how he would like the situa-
ton lie only breathed a few minutes after
he was picked up.-FdH Rire- Neus
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
The Hyannis Messenger says that Mr.
Prince Croker, of Barnstable, now in his 88th
pear, has this year reaped and taken up his
oats is still strong and active, and daily en-
gagged in the labors of his farm His brother
Joseph, who died about year since, two
years older than he, retained his faculties I'M
til within week of his death.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY
On Wednesday last, Mrs. Geo. Sedpwick
OF Ware, while attempting to kindle fire by
using camphene was shOckingly burned about
NV hN"" siu oiOuluciSJ anu is UOG expected TO
recover
RHODE ISLAND.
In digging up the foundation of the old S..
Michaeps Church, on Monday last, locust
wood box was taken from under the corner
stone II contained a small piece of the re-
mains OF an old newspaper, one silver Ameri
can dollar and one quarter of a dollar of the
year 1881, five and ten cent piece of 1890.
Inc documents which were placed in the box
at the time of its deposit, had returned TO dust
Bristol Phenir.
CONNECTICUT
Rowland A. Smith, convicted at New Haven.
IN 1924, OF mail robbery, and sentenced to iail
Tor ten years, was pardoned out by the Presi.
dent on Saturday last.
Charles stark, charged with numbering his
wife at Lebanon, is said not to be insane but
idiotic and ignorant lie says some black fol.
lows came to his house and killed his wife with
pig KNIFE lie manifested no emotion what
ever on the subject, but says he is shut up by
MS enemies in Lebanon.
MISCELLANEOUS.
-Four boys were brought before police jus