Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-11-08
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

OF Causeway and Friend streets Boston, own
ed by DEMO & Roberts, safe manufacturers,
was damaged by fire and water, last Saturday
night, to the amount of sc, 900 or S8,000 The
Boston Cloth Printing Company, Brown &
Daily, were the chief sufferers.
'FIotH DepraUity." While a reverend rem
tleman was counselling some youths wander.
ing about the streets at Roxbury Point yester.
day, one of them picked his pocket-Jomnal.
MIDLLEsEX COUNTY.
Oliver &. Prescott of Lowell died on Sun
day last from the effects of injuries received
by being thrown from his carriage near the
Mlddlesex street depot, some weeks since
Mr.. L. was an efficient member of the fire de-
partment, and has been several times compile
mented by the city government for his fear
lessness
S. L. Mason of Lowell, truckman was
drowned near the bridge on Dutton street last
Thursday The Citizen says he was a large
man, about thirty years of age, and leaves
wife to mourn his loss.
ESSEX COUNTY.
The Baptist Church in Wenham was totally
destroyed by fire at IL O'Clock Sunday night.
The loss is only $1,000, but the society can i'll
afford the destruction of their building, which
was thoroughly repaired year or two since.
The clothing store of Alpheus Currer, in
Haverhill, was entered last Friday night, and
the value of $500. The safe was opened by a
false key, which had been fitted to the lock.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
The Roxbury police arrested, last Saturday
a man named Ezekiel d. Dyer, charged with
committing frauds upon the Pension Office to
the amount Of several thousand dollars. Mr.
Dyer belongs in South Abingdon, and has been
watched during the past month.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The mansion house on "the hill" in Fall
River, owned by Benz. r. Wardell, and occu-
pied by Mr.. Thomas j. Borden, caught fire
Tuesday. The loss is estimated al from 81 500
to $1,000 Insured for 1000. The fire origi-
mated from the furnace, during the absence of
the family.
RHODE ISLAND.
The two story building on South Main
street. Providence, occupied by Dodge & Pat
terson, carpenters, together with barn ad
joining, were destroyed by fire Sunday eve
ming. Loss about $780, The property was
owned by Jared G. Dodge
Some five or six persons have thus far been
arrested on suspicion of being concerned in
the murder of Burrill Arnold, but their names
are withheld.
CONNECTICUT.
The works of the Norwich Bleaching and
Callendering Company, at Greenville, were
wholly destroyed by fire Saturday morning
Involving an estimated loss of S65000. There
were some 1900 pieces, or 100000 yards, of
cloth stored in the building. The company
was joint stock concern, of which Moses
Pierce was the agent and principal stockhold
er. About forty hands are thrown out of en-
pioyment by this disaster. 1t was undoubted.
ly the work of an incendiary.
Samuel Rose plead guilty, before the Su-
perior Court in New Haven, few days since
to forging an order on the New Haven Savings
Bank. He was sentenced to the State Prison
for five years. He is only q years of age.
MISCELLANEOUS
A few days ago, John McDermott of Joliet
Illinois, who had been much debilitated by
illness, was leaning against picket-fence in
that town, when he slipped and his neck was
caught betwe, II two of the pickets, where he
strangled to death, being too weak to extricate
himself
Ralph Plumb, and his brother, S. Plumb, of
Oberln, in letters to the Cleveland Leader,
deny the truth of the statement made by the
negro Copeland in his confession, duplicating
them in the Harper's Ferry affair. They de-
ny that they ever gave Copeland money, or
that they ever had any conversation with him
in relation to Browns project.
Joseph Fisher, sporting man, left his
daughter, Ann Maria, IS years old at a hotel
in Poughkeepsie, while he went out hunting.
Whle he was gone the landlord, young fell
low, named Cramer, courted and married the
daughter The old fellow was highly indig-
nant of course, and keeps his daughter shut
up but Cramer has taken out writ of habeas
corpus for his wife, and there is much excite
ment at Poughkeepsie.
Albert Statia, recently pardoned from the
House of Correction in Springfield, where he
was serving out sentence for passing coun.
terfeit money, died in just one week after
reaching his home in the State of New York
cause, consumption.
Late Engshpapers announce that the death
Of the eldest born has been the cause of n rec
onciliation between the Hon. Mr.. and Mrs.
Norton, whose MISUNDERSTANDING are, unfor-
tunately, no private matter.
Mr.. Christopher Edick, a man who has borne
bad reputation, lately succeeded in inducing
the managers of the Cleveland Infirmary to
let him take from that institution two col0red
children (brother and sister, 1t has since
been ascertained that he had before applying
for them, sold his farm in Ohio for the pur-
pose of emgrating to Missouri, whittier he has
since gone, taking the children with him with
the intention, it is supposed to sell them as
slaves.
Mr. Stephenson has bequeathed by his will
a sum amounting to .e25,000 to various public
institutions, located chiefly in Newcaste.upon
| Tyne, in the vicinity of which lie was born,
and with which SO great portion of his life
was SO closely identified
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