Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-12-29
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.


petlllng and stealing ]ewelry, was arrested III
Milliken's Hotel in Boston, Thursday. for
robbing the houses of Messrs. Gibbs and Man
ming, in Dorchester, of quantity Of silver
plate.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Nathaniel Cudworth, who was arrested on
the charge of causing the death of Sarah An.
thony, after having seduced her, has been dis
charged, by the advice of the district 'attor-
ney. who was satisfied he had not sufficient
evidence of his guilt.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
The normal pupils of Rev. Cyrus Pierce
have erected, at his grave in Yarmouth, an
appropriate monument to his memory 1t
consists of a Grecan cross of white Italian
marble, on plinth of the sames the whole
based on block OF grey granite.
NANTUCKET.
John Weiderhold, an industrious and worthy
citizen of Nantucket, but out of employment,
and fearing destitution, resolved, on the 18th
inst, to put an end to his life. He took two
ounces OF laudanum, from the effects of which
he died on the Wednesday following
Diana s., wife of Rev. James E. Crawford
of Nantucket, died on the Oath inst. She was
in early life slave, and was liberated through
the efforts of Mr.. Crawford who fes months
ago became her husband. His tiESA wife, sister
of Diana, died not long ago.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
An Ifishman named Riley was euking tim
Der last Wednesday for g. G. Smith of North
Hadley, when his legs were crushed between
falling and fallen tree He could not be
released for some time, and one leg was ampu.
tated and the other set but he died Thursday
morning,
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Post office thieving is coming to light at
Great Darlington. One citizen has lost SIS
WHICH he sent from that place to a publishing
house, and another SIS which he had enclosed
in letter and committed to the mail Big
and little bucaneering is the rule under Blu
chanan.
Lucius Cooper, pauper from Palmer aged
80 ears cut his throat in the Pittsfiel lock
up, Monday night He was out of work, dis
couraged and wanted place where the wick.
ed cease from troubling. His wound not prov
ing fatal, he has been returned to Palmer.
a division of the town of Adams will be
urged i'll the next general court and a remov-
al OF the Berkshire county seat will be urged
for hundred years, if it should require that
period to accomplish the job,
social banquet of the old residents OF
Pittsfield is in contemplation. The plan is to
admit none who are not up to the scriptural
limit of three score and ten years.
MAINE.
Deborah Parker, who lived alone in a small
cottage in Durham, an old lady of 20 years,
was recently burned to DEATH The neigh.
bors. late one night, discovering the fire, hur-
ried TO the spot, and through the flames the
old lady was seen in her chair, probably dead,
at least beyond assistance. The building was
entirely consumed, and the smouldering re.
mains OF the old lady were found in The ruins
the next morning.
On one of the late bright sleighinp nights.
while highly r. spectacle young man of Lew,
iston was treating couple of young ladies to
Christmas sleighride, the sleigh tipped, so
that one OF the ladies rolled into a snowdrift.
The young gentleman was so obluscated that
he did not discover the loss of any of his pre-
cious freight until he had driven half mile
from the spot
CONNECTICUT.
The cattle commissioners of Connecticut
have rescinded the prohibition to the intro
duction OF cattle into that state from Massa-
chusetts and Rhode Island They do this in
the belief that the cattle disease does not exist
in Massachusetts, except in Mr.. Chenery's
herd at Belmont, which is isolated
Mrs, Sarah Kellogg Of Danbury was taken
by an apopectic fit, while in church, Friday
evening, and died in few minutes On
Christmas, MIR. John Hodges of the same
town, while sitting down to the supper table,
was taken with a fit and died in five min
utes.
James W. Whitney, born in Salisbury, CT,
afterwards a resident of Pittstield, Mass, and
graduate Of Williams College, died in Pike
county, ILL.,, few days since, at the age of
about 50. He was one of the oldest lawyers
in Illinois, having emigrated there in 1917, was
eccentric in his habits, familiarity known as
"Lord Coke" and was for a long time the
principal Of the lobby members of the legisa
ture.
Jewery valued at $4,000 was stolen last week
from Mrs. Frank Converse, wife of one of the
negro Ministries, at the International Hotel in
New York city. Mrs. Converse was the
Widow Clarke, whose former husband was one
OF the proprietorS OF Congress Spring, at Sar.
atoga
Prince Albert has awarded to the Universe
ty Of Cambridge, of which he is chancellor, an
annual gold medal for the encouragement of
English poetry. He has selected for this year
the subject of "The Prince of Wales at the
Tomb of Washington"
MISCELLANEOUS.
Michael Reuben, Manassah Goldman, and
Louis Truehardt, three notorious rogues have
been arrested by the detective police OF New
York, for robbing Judge VIM JeSsup of Penn
sylvania of $500, on the 10th day of October
last on a railway train.
John Nesbitt, Il young student of Mercer,
Pa, who had become insane from college stud
les, on Thursday last drove his sister from her
house, because she chastsed her child, and
during her absence beat out the brains of his
mother, who had demonstrated, with a heavy
chair. He had but recently been removed
from an asylum, with the idea that he was
harmless
True art in war is thus illustrated by Col.
Peard, "GaribaIdi's Englishman," who SAYS
of rifle shooting in battle :-"Mnd, if ever you
go rifle shooting, use your rifle in a scientific
manner Recollect always not to kill your
man, but to wound him then it takes two
men TO carry him off, and those two men
never by any chance come back the same dav.
With a double barreled rifle, therefore, YOU
may get rid of six men at each discharge.
From the Boston Traveller