Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-06-07

In New buryport, on Saturday evening, lit
tie girl thirteen years old, was in the lookup
for drunkenness.
The Newburyport Herald states that Abrl-
ham Varney of Salisbury, on Friday last,
| broke up housekeeping, moved his wife and
several children to anothertown, hired horse
and chaise, which he drove to Salem and sold,
and with the proceeds eloped with a married
woman of Newburyport, who leaves behind
babe of eight months.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Tuesday afternoon, a German barber at
Roxbury, named Charles Wolfe, committed
suicide at his House on Berlin street, by cut
| ting his throat with razor. The reason was,
| he had wife and three children, and was
very poor, but being sick, could do nothing to
support them, and did not wish to be burden
| to his wife.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Gov. Banks has been invited to deliver the
Grafton al New Bedford on the Fourth of July
next.
Grace Church, New Bedford, has extended
call to Rev. j. l. T. Coolidge, of Providence,
to become their pastor.
Mr.. Gideon Parlow was instantly killed at
New Bedford on Tuesday, by the accidental
falling of a derrick.
limo. Harrington, Il young man employed
in the iron works at Wareham, died at Fall
River on Sunday, under circumstances that
seem to point to foul play. He was found at
the house of Mr. Murphy, in dying condi-
ton, with head and face badly cut and COW
cred with blood. There was a deep wound on
the front of his head an inch or two in length.
He was unable to speak, and remained so I'M
til Monday night about twelve o'clock, when
he died No particulars are given. These
facts are stated by the Fall River News.
NANTUCKET.
There are eighty-two Nantucketers living
who are over eighty years of age, including
twenty-four members of the Society of Friends,
whose united ages are 2037 years and ten
months.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
The Hampshire Gazette is publishing an in
teresting series of historical sketches of Am
herst College.
Gov. Morrill, has appointed S. L. Goodale.
secretary of the board of agriculture DIR,
Nourse of Bath, and DR.. Holmes of Winthrop.
as commissioners to investigate the causes,
&c, of the cattle disease in Massachusetts,
They are directed to make such investga-
tons, and gather such facts from actual inspec-
ton as circumstances will admit.
The city of Portland has appropriated $4,000
for Fourth of July celebration.
Over $4,000 has been subscribed by the citi-
zens of Pressure Isle and vicinity towards
building bridge across the Aroostook River
at that place. This amount, added to an APP
preparation of $4,000 made by the last legisla.
ture, secures this desirable result
By the last steamer from New York, four
large cases, containing marble slabs with has
relief figures upon them, taken from the pal
aces of Ninevah, came on for the Bowdoin Col
lege Museum.
The subject of an institution for the blind is
soon to be brought to the attention of the peO-
pie of Maine. The Portland Argus states
that it is proposed to raise $4,000 by subscrip-
ton, and then to ask the state to grant an
equal sum to begin with and to appropriate an
nually the sum Of $4,000 for its support There
are in the state over two hundred blind per-
sons, as many as three.ourth of whom, it is
stated, will obtain no education unless there is
a school for them in the state.
The tannery OF Mr.. Edward c. Lane, at
Yarmouth, Me, was burned on Sunday. Loss
S8000 No insurance.
VERMONT
bear weighing 495 pounds was killed in
Huntington, last week. He had been lurking
in the vicinity some time, and had killed sew
eral sheep.
The correspondent of the Bee saws the
Charlottesville people are indignant because an
illiterate lrishman, living three miles from the
center OF business, has been appointed post
master at that place by Buchanan.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
| Some thief OF very peculiar taste broke
INTO the Congregational meeting house in La
coma, one night last week. and stole sixty or
seventy volumes OF new and valuable Sabbath
school books
| The Manchester American estimates the
value OF live stock i'll New Hampshire at Sill.
OOO,0OO. The farmers in that state are alarm
ed al the cattle disease.
RHODE ISLAND.
The Brown street Baptist Society, Rev. Mr..
e. Richards pastor, dedicated their new church
on Tuesday evening The new church of the
Romanesque style of architecture is of Dan
vers brick with free stone trimmings, and
measures II feet in Height by 66 in breadth.
1t is intended to be furnished with handsome
tower, some 200 feet high, to arise from the
centre IN front, but is finished off at present
with one. The principal story is furnished
with gallery, and is capable of seating $50
persons. The pews are arranged in circular
form, facing westward, the pulpit being at the
west or front end of the house. The entire
cost of the lot and building as now finished is
about $40 900.
Gov. Sprague has appointed Hon. Elisha R.
Potter, OF Washington county, chairman;
Emanuel Rice of Kent county, and Edward
d. Pearce of Providence county, commission
ers, under the act to prevent the introduction
and spread OF the cattle disease. Judge Sta
pies has consented to act with the commission
ers RS clerk, SO that the state will have the ben.
eft OF his experience as secretary of the Agri.
cultural Society.
A shocking accident occurred in the sash
and blind factory of Lawton & Co. in New.
port, on Tuesday. Henry Spooner, a lad of
seventeen years Of age while oiling the ma
chinery, was caught in the shafting and
instantly crushed to death.
The twentieth anniversary of the Rhode Isl
and Baptist Sunday school convention was
held at Woonsocket, yesterday. There was
| large attendance, and the exercises were of an
interesting character
The whole number of deaths in Providence
during the month of May was &C 20 males
and 81 females.
CONNECTICUT.
The New Haven Orphan Asylum held its
annual meeting last week. The whole mum.
Der OF children during the year had been 1903,
OF which 3o had been received the past year
IA have been put to service, 20 taken by rela-
tons, and l ran away. The family now mum
bers ~, mostly under ten years of age. The
total expenses have been S4292 20; total re.
ceipts, $4l34 04. The managers speak en-
couragingly of the good the institution has
accomplished
The boys of the Norwich Free Academy
have organized two wicket cubs-the "Olvm-
pic and "Kangaro" who played a match
game in the presence of large crowd of spec.
tators on Saturday afternoon. The Kangaroos
won by rs in full tally of 226
Bill holders of the Bank of North America
must present their bills to the receivers at
Seymour, for redemption, on or before the
first Monday in September next.
The Hartford Young Mems Institute report
their whole number OF members as $40, and
whole number of volumes in their library as