Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-04-16
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

ilS SuclSSd llGc lONeTS, VINO were guilty
OF very immoral conduct, under the sanction
OF what they called a spiritual marriage, have
each been sent to the house of correction for
eighteen months.
On Friday noon, a scuttle was blown from
house at the corner of Pembroke and Ire
mont streets, Boston, and fell upon the read of
an unknown man on the sidewalk causing in
slant death. There was nothing in the pock-
cts by which the stranger could be identified.
The lady whose Iifeless body was found
drowned near Savin Hill, in Dorchester, was
the wife of Benjamin G. Ropes, Esq, of Rox-
bury. She was accustomed to fits of derange
ment, in one of which she wandered away
from home and was drowned.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
1t appeared from the testimony of Mr.. Pitt
before the Covode committee, Saturday. that
that gentleman received in 1856 from w. G.
N. Swift of New Bedford about SIG, 900 to be
expended in the presidential election, with the
understanding that Pitt was to use his infu-
ence (if the democracy triumphed) in obtain
ing for Swift contracts for supplying the gov
eminent with live oak timber
They have a new cow disease in Pawtucket.
the symptoms of which are difficulty in breath
ing swelling of the body, and an apparent
arrangement of the organs of the throat, CIV
ing the animal the appearance of being choked
cess by Mr. Zelotes Wetherell, a well known
veterinarian.
Thomas d. Eliot, member of congress from
New Bedford, has liberated from bondage a
cOored citizen of Massachusetts, who had UNI
fortunately visited the District of Columbia.
When Mr.. Eliot first heard of his constituent,
the poor fellow was incarcerated in the COM
mon Jail at Annapolis on suspicion that he was
property" He could not pay Jail costs, SO
Mr.. Eliot paid $50 for him, and he returned to
Massachusetts.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
The cranberry fever still runs very high in
Barnstable and vicinity, many persons being
now in the midst of their spring work of cram
berry planting. Nearly every piece of marsh,
swamp, or upland, that could be made availa-
BILE for cranberry culture, has been secured,
and is covered with incipient vines.
Miss Olive Fuller of Marstons Mills Barn
stable, attained the age of 10l years on the LIST
inst Except that her hearing is little i'm
paired, her faculties are active and her health
good. She reads without difficulty, enjoys life
as well as she did generation ago, and bids
fair to live for many years to come
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Abel Potter, the old man who was shot a
fortnight since by his son Philander, died on
Thursday night. He suffered much till within
few days of his death, when he became un-
conscious of pain. His son is in Jail, and will
be examined to-day (Monday) on the charge
of murder in the first degree.
The fugitive slave who was in this city
about the LIST inst, lodged his pursuers, who
were supposed to be watching for him at some
of the northerly stations, by taking the route
from Greenfield to Syracuse, and thence to
Canada West. The underground railroad is
not the most direct route from Mason and
Dixons line to the Canadas.
| VIM. f. Mayhem died suddenly at his resi-
dence in Baltimore, Md, on Tuesday, 10th
inst. He was one of the most prominent and
wealthy citizens of Baltimore, where his death
is generally regretted. He was a native of
Charemont in Franklin county. His age was
! 70 years.
Five persons were arrested in New York
city, Friday evening, for attempting to flood
the city with counterfeit SIS notes on the
Franklin County Bank of Greenfield. The
police had early notice of the fraud, and nip
ped it in the beginning. The bill is well exc
cuted and calculated to deceive.
VERMONT.
Robert johnson committed suicide in STRAIT
ford, VT, on Wednesday last. by cutting his
throat with razor. While the blood was
streaming from his frightful wound, he pur-
sued his wife with the bloody razor still in his
hand, who took refuge under the bed in an adj
joining room. Faint from the loss of blood,
the miserable man staggered back to his own
room and died. He had been guilty of scan
dalous cOndnct with his sons WIFE and had
paid him money to keep quiet. The fear of
further trouble was too much for him.
RHODE ISLAND.
The Providence Press states that on Friday
evening last, Mrs. Stott of Hope village in
Scituate, gave birth to eighteen and one quar-
ter pounds OF humanity, made up in three par
GELS, two boys and a girl. The idea is sug-
geSted that as Hope village is at the head of
manufacturing on the north branch of the Paw
tuxet SO it is destined to take the lead in any
movement calculated to increase the figures of
the census-taker.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Several eminent gentlemen, among whom
are VIM. Cullen Bryant, Robert B. Minturn,
! Alexander Hamilton, DR., and others like
them, have been appointed commissioners in
the philanthropic work of examining into the
prison discipline system of the state, with a
view of ameliorating the condition of dis
charged prisoners, and aiding them to reform
their lives.
Joseph 5. Canady, young mechanic in
Wilmington, North Carolina who had Just
purchased dirk, playfully struck his own
breast with the knife, crying, "Lay on, Mac
duff" His friend told him that he had stab
bed himself. He stated that he had not but
upon looking at his breast perceived the blood
when he uttered GOOD Lord I" and, falling
backwards in the doorway, died almost imme.
diately.
There was a row in the Bowery IN. W
Theater the other night :; some Dead Rabbits
whose names had been stricken from the free
list, hooted the play A party of Bowery
Boys in the first tier, friends of the manager
interfered and whipped the Rabbits out of the
building. The scrimmage was lively for few