Worcester daily spy., 1860-05-16
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

BOSTON AND VICINITY.
The Boston Advertiser states that the late
Clarke Gayton Pickman Esq, of Boston
who died recently, has bequeathed his large
and valuable library to Harvard College. Mr.
| Pickman was son of Col Benjamin Pickman,
Jr., and was born in Salem Nov, %, 1891. He
was graduated at Harvard College in the dis
| tinguished class of 1911.
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
AT Dracut, on Friday, the 1lth, the wife OF
Mr.. H. Hostord of Lowell, her mother, two
sisters, and a young baby, on leaving the resi-
dence of a relative where they had spent the
afternoon, were all thrown out by the upset.
ing of the carriage. Mrs. Hosford and her
sister. Mrs. Nay from Boston, were quite Sc.
verely injured.
ESSEX COUNTY.
A young lady of Haverhill, Miss Caroline
c. Roswell, died suddenly last week, under
circumstances that lead to the suspicion that a
great crime had been committed. The matter
is being investigated.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
A very striking profile of mans head and
face with a military cap, has recently been dis
covered among the rocks Of craggy ledge
near the depot of Assonet Village. 1t may
readily be seen from the cars, and that which
creates the most surprise is that it was not
noticed before. Freetown always possessed a
large share of the military element.
a shark was captured at Westport point last
week. The monster was ten feet in length,
and four young ones were found inside, esti-
mated to weigh about thirty pounds each. The
liver furnishes six gallons Of oil.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Patrick Raney, a young man in Roxbury,
has been arrested at the instance of a widow
named Ann Ward, who has commenced a suit
auainSt him, for rnfuciucr IN fulfll hiS
to marry her. She estimates the damage to
her affections at $4,000
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
The Springfield City Guard are about to ap
pear in an entire new uniform of a color known
as Napoleon mixture or sober gray, and SINH
lar in style to that of the famous Seventh Reg
iment of New York city
RHODE ISLAND.
The amount of appropriations made by the
city of Providence for the year commencing
on the last Monday in September, was $780,
667 81, of which $50, 900 was for the public
schools. The total expenditures thus far
amount to $246, ,272 "a.
Rev. Asa Bronson has received a unanimous
call to the pastorate OF the Stewart street Bap-
tist Church in Providence. where he is now
preaching.
Rhode Island is getting along. There was
prize fight in Providence on Sunday and a
boat race in Pawtucket, near by. That will
do for the Sabbath" What will be good
| programme for day
The funeral services of Benz. S. Waldron
and Eliphalet W. Horton, the two men who
were killed at the burning of Mr. DeWolf 's
mansion in Bristol, took place on Sunday, the
former at the Episcopal, and the latter at the
Methodist church. The services were of ar
unusually solemn and impressive character.
counterfeit five on the Woonsocket Falls
Bank has made its appearance. The sigma
lures are bad. 1t is on light colored paper
with train of cars on the left, and the figure
OF female with sheaf of wheat on the right
The dry goods store of S. S. Cook in Woon
socket, was entered by burglars Saturday o.
Sunday night, and the safe robbed of banl
bills to the value Of more than $1,000. A con
siderable quantity of valuable silk and othe
goods was also stolen A large reward ha
been offered for the detection of the thieves.
CONNECTICUT.
A pine tree shilling, bearing date 1862, il
good preservation, and an Indian axe wer'
found day or two since in Norwich Town
while digging out small brook.
The state of Connecticut owns thorough
bred short horn bull, named Humboldt,
which is kept at the farm OF the Reform School
is now one year old, and weighs one Thousand
and fitty-two pounds.
The "Widow's Home" of Hartford, an in
stituton established by the late George Beach
has been willed by him in trust to the rector
and wardens of the Episcopal churches o
Hartford
Society for ameliorating the condition o
trout" has been formed by three or four gen
tlemen, who are building dam in Hilltown
Glastonbury, for the purpose OF collecting ant
encouraging the growth Of this shy and beau
titul fish. The dam is to be nine feet high
two hundred feet long, and will cover iOu
acres of land.
| MISCELLANEOUS.
New Jersey has sent two prize fighters t
the penitentiary. Good.