Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-08-10
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

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| lightning striking in several places, but with
| out doing serious damage to property. One
| little boy at the farm school, while running to
escape from the rain, was struck upon his head
and instantly killed
Hon. John B. Alley took passage in the
steamship Canada, which sailed Wednesday
for Liverpool, on special mission of a mer
camille character, in which the public is inter
ested. The Journal says if the object of the
mission is accomplished, it will be of material
benefit to one of the most important branches
of trade in New England.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
During the storm in the eastern part of the
state, Wednesday, the house of Martin L.
Smith, of Cambridge, was struck by lightning
and damaged to the amount of $1,000. Sew
eral persons in the neighborhoOd were pros
trated, and other buildings were slightly dam
aged.
Samuel w. Robinson, charged with break
ing into the shoe establishment of Lewis A. &
and Samuel H. Howe, in Marlboro, July 9th,
and stealing 712 pairs of shoes, was held for
trial at the superior court in $1,000
ESSEX COUNTY.
1t is soberly stated that farmer in Essex
yoked his cattle last Sunday afternoon for the
purpose of getting in load of hay but that
the conscientious hearts, thinking it was Sun
dav, positively refused to move an inch from
the yard and the owner was compelled to give
up the job. The next morning the oxen did
their work as usual.
The Newburyport Herald notices several
cases of sunstroke during the intense heat on
Wednesday. Michael Collins fell dead while
shoveling coal on the wharf A teamster
named Eustis fell helpless in the Streets but
finally recovered One of the workmen on
the Byfeld factory was seriously affected, and
many workmen were compelled to suspend
labor.
The residence of John Tuck I'd, in Ando
yer, was struck by lightning Wednesday.
The current passed from tine house to the
barn, setting fire to the hay and consuming
the building and its contents. In the same
town the steam chimney at Marland's factory
was struck, and the fireman stunned.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The valuation of Fall River for the year
1860 is 81 ,286, 700. Oliver Chace pays tax
of $40 20, and is the highest individual tax
payer. Eight persons and firms are taxed
500 or upwards.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
The new house of r, S. White nearly fin
ished, in South Weymouth, was set on fire
and entirely consumed. The loss is estimated
at $1,000, and is fully insured.
| PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
The Plymouth Rock gives list of 50 indi.
viduals and firms who pay tax of 800 and
upwards. OF these two exceed $500. Among
the higher individual tax payers are Mary H.
Russell, $473,76; Charles G. Davis, S405, 10 ::
j. H. Pond, S426, 80 Nathaniel Russell, S416,.
q Moses Bates, S102, 30; Timothy Gordon,
$255,42. VIM. Thomas, $25638.
Two thieves, named Dennis Haley and Jas.
Smith, were arrested in Dorchester, Wednes.
day, for entering several houses and robbing
them of articles of slight value They had
before made themselves conspicuous as fruit
thieves and had suffered from the handling of
| the keepers.
| CONNECTICUT.
There are many complaints among the man.
ufacturing establishments OF failure in the sup
ply of water Some of the mills in Norwich
have been temporarily stopped, also at Green
vile and Yantic. In Bozrahville the cotton
mill, and the factory at Fitchve, in the same
town, have been occasionally stopped for want
of a supply.
+. d. Beaman, Esq, for many years clerk
of the courts in LitchfieId county, died on
Saturday last. His remains were attended to
the grave by large number of friends, includ
ing the masonic fraternity Of Litchfield and
neighboring towns.
| John Criss was killed by the bursting of a
| grindStOne on Monday morning, at the factory
of Mr.. e. w. Baldwin, in Huntington. He
was twenty six years of age, and leaves wife
and one child.
Its supposed that II. b. Gaylord, who was
drowned off Bridgeport, Conn, last Friday
while bathing, was drawn under by shark
| He was a good swimmer, but could not re.
main at the surface from the time he fell over.
board till the boat could reach him. Sharks
abound all along the coast this summer.
Grace Stannard widow of Henry NJ Stan.
nard known as "the great American racer"
committed suicide in Clinton, Tuesday night,
by hanging. She had been laboring under
great depression of spirits, and poison had
been previously taken from her.
MISCELLANEOUS.
When John Loring Austin was sent to
Philadelphia with dispatches announcing the
capture of Burgoyne, he sent note to DR..
Chancey, requesting the prayers Of the church
for safe passage. The doctor, full OF tie
spirit of patriotism, earnestly added the pray
er whatever became of the young man the
package might arrive safe"
Farmer johnson, who had got his own hay
in, saw that large quantity of his neighbor
Jones was down, one Sunday afternoon when
1t looked like RAIN and he hurried over, with
all his men, to lend hand in getting it into the
barn. Jones and all his boys were gone, and
Mrs Jones said that cher husband thought no
good ever came of working Sundays, and SO
he and the boys had gone out ON the pond a.
| fshin'.
Miss Catharinc V. Riggles, pupil in one of
the public schools in Washington, who recent.
y took premium for punctuality, is said not
to have missed day from her school for nine
years.
The population Of the Saginaw valley,
Michigan, in 1850, from the headquarters Of
Sag NAV river and tributaries to the bay, and
on the coast to Mackinaw on one side and
Point au Barques on the other, did not mum
Der one thousand souls now in the same ter
ritory there are over forty thousand people.
and the amount Of business done per capita is