Worcester daily spy., 1860-07-23
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
BOSTON AND VICINITY

young people were out in Boston harbor in a
pleasure yacht, which was recklessly run into
by a schooner from Nova Scotia damaging the
yacht so that she sank Immediately, and two
of the party, young girls, aged about seven
teen years each, were drowned. The rest were
rescued with great difficulty, and one of them
is not expected TO recover. The bodies of the
unfortunate deceased have not been recovered.
The Boston people are agitated by the move
ments OF the Chicago Zouave cadets, who ar
rlvedn that city Saturday morning. The bat
talon were on parade Saturday afternoon, and
on Sunday attended religious service in un-
dress uniform at the Rev Mr.. Hepworth's
church, (Unitarian) where the sermon, and the
music, vocal and instrumental, had been pre-
pared for their especial edifcation.
The old church in Salem street. Boston,
which has been in existence one hundred and
thirty-seven years, is to be repaired and re-
modelled after the design of the original struc-
ture. Some S2500 have been raised for that
purpose.
One Of the mercantile firms in Boston has
received from "a penitent thief a remittance
covering the principal and compound interest
Of sum Of money stolen from them twelve
years ago. He says he has not "slept wink
for three weeks, and since he stole the money
has been suffering "the torments of the
damned"
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Mr.. S. B. Parmenter, of Marlboro, recently
found copper coin Of the year 1887 On one
side is a wreath of thirteen circles linked to-
gether, with the words, eve are one, in the
center. On the reverse is the word "Fugis,"
with the date, with the sun shining upon
central figure, which, owing to the rust, is
nearly iegible.
Tho Orthodoxy Cooio+,, ~ Nobu,, L,,ro
nearly completed one of the largest churches
in the state, calculated to seat at least two
thousand people. The main building is 10
feet in length inside, and the tower and organ
loft outside of that.
ESSEX COUNTY.
On Wednesday, 18th, a young lady named
Sarah White, of Methuen, was thrown from
her carriage when in the vicinity of Lowell, to
which place she was driving. She was drag
ged after the carriage about half mile receiy-
ing serious bodily injuries.
The three story wooden block in Lawrence
owned by the Hayerhill Loan Fund Associa.
ton, and occupied by many Irish families,
caught fire, early Saturday morning, in one of
the upper sleeping rooms, and before it could
be subdued, woman and a little girl were
burned to death. One OF the hose men and
fireman were injured by the falling walls
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The supreme court at Salem, have set aside
the contract made in 1858 between William
Little of Newbury and Sarah NJ. Bradley of
Haverhil on the ground of her insanity at
the time OF the marriage The court simply
annulled the ceremony holding that it did not
constitute marriage. 1t is the first case of the
kind in the judicial history of the common.
wealth
NORFOLK COUNTY
The friends of Rev. DIR. Morrison of Milton
whose barn was destroyed by fire, short time
ago, have quietly made up a purse for him
sufficiently generous to build better edifice
than the one destroyed, and to stock it hand
somely beside.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
Hon. Horace Maynard, member of the last
and present congress from Tennessee, a native
OF Westboro', Mass, and graduate of Am
herst college in the class of 1888, will deliver
the Grafton before the literary societies of that
institution, on the 10Th Of August the day
preceding the annual commencement
The boiler connected with Nelson Shaw &
Co.'S paper mill in West Cummngton, explod-
ed on Thursday, completely demolishing the
building and badly injuring the machinery.
The hands had left the building and gone to
dinner, otherwise the loss of life would have
been fearful. Loss about S5000
The twenty.eighth annual convention of the
Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity of the colleges,
Will be held with the Amherst chapter on
Tuesday, Aug. Z. The Grafton will be deliv
cred before the Fraternity by Rev Joseph P.
Thompson, ID. D., a graduate of Yale chapter
of the class of 1888.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
VIM. Edwards of Springfield left home one
last week, entirely well, and while
working in field singular feeling came over
him, striking him dumb almost instantly, in
which state he remains He has possession of
all his senses with the exception of speech.
When he reached home his wife asked him
several questions, but receiving no answer she
supposed him mad at her, but was at a loss
to know the reason why. Mr.. Edwards is an
important with ess in law suit to come off at
the next criminal term, and the defendant is
quite jolly over his misfortune
There Is place in Springfield called 'Pig
Alley" where seven houses owned bv one
landlord are occupied by twenty families, three
Of whom keep houses Of ill fame, six sell H.
quor and the whole circle is the frequent
scene of riot and disorder. In one of these a
young man was last week thrown from a sec.
ond story window to the ground, and was seri.
ously injured.
RHODE ISLAND.
lAOiiido hhNhili, Il uldll Vi lnlrLy-1Ye wears,
died very suddenly, on Friday evening last,
in an old barn in Providence, from intemper-
ance and exposure.
Ellen Cosgrove, now living in Central
Falls, is reported TO have arrived at the great
age of one hundred and two years. Her an
cestry were very remarkable for their longev-
ity, one aunt having survived the age of one
hundred and eight years.
The five young men arrested for the Ben
nett murder, have been adjudged probably
guilty and committed for trial They are all
from twenty to twenty.fy years of age, and
appear to be made up ON the fighting principle.
-Four prisoners made their escape from the
Kent county Jail last week, in the midst of a
crashing thunder storm. One of them was a
gray.haired Frenchman, confined for store
breaking, the others were confined for petty
offences.
CONNECTICUT.
The thunder showers in Connecticut last
week were very disastrous. Patrick Lynch
in Danbury was struck and killed. Niblo &
Sloat's circus was dispersed by the severity of
the shock. Several barns and other buildings
were struck and destroyed in Litchfed,
Ridgebury, and Newtown, burning up much
live and other stock.
Charles Edwin Douglas, a promising youth
about fifteen years ofage, and the only son Of
his recently widowed mother, accidentally
shot himself on the 10th, while cunning. He
was temporarily absent from his home at
Windsor Locks. The accident terminated ia
tally on the field where it occurred.