, 1860-06-08
Miseellaneous Items.

A melancholy tragedy occurred recently In
South Reading. the particulars Of which ire b
follows. A Mr.. Thompson, . hard-working Eng
lishman, who lets the upper part Of his house 70
an Irish family, was so much disturbed BY . iplt
lifcation overhead that he went up stairs and
asked the persons engaged In the tnmult % dis
continue their disordeFly proceedings they
however, kept on, when he told them that unless
they were more quiet he would call Mr.. Skinner,
the town officer. Finding bis remonsirances Of
no avail, NJ. Thompson started TO summon the
officer When the party ascertained that he had
gone, number Of the men, furious with liquor
followed him, and, as be reports, surrounded and
attacked him, when, to save bis life, he stabbed
three Of them. One was sta5bed'in the neck,
the knife running downwards. He died In . few
minutes after Another was stabbed in the abdo-
men, 90 that his bowels protruded. he cannot
recover, and was insensible at last accounts A
third was stabbed above the groin, and was dan
gerously wounded. Mr.. Thompson Immediately
gave himself up to the officers, and accompanied
them to the jail at East Cambridge, where be Il
now confined. He will be examined on Thurs
day before the Trial Justice for South Reading.
Mr.. Thompson is said BY his neighbors to be an
exceedingly worthy man, peaceable and well be-
haved, and they believe he would not hate com
nitted this deed had be not been compelled toit
VI ooll-uCAgAtCCt 20
Mr.. Surveyor Hart, of New York, has fallen
heir to an estate under the following romantic
circumstances. Years ago, when in Paris,
lovely Jewess became enamored Of him, but be
did not return the passion. When be came back
to New York, he still remained the object Of her
tender recolections, which were shown BY her
sending him, on the several annual feast days Of
her ancient faith, valuable presontsA-sweei me-
mentoes which only the delicate taste Of woman
Knows how 70 summon up. Every feast Of the
Passover, as well Is every other Mosaic day Of
mark, accordingly there were dispatched % New
York sentimental objects Of art and tertu; aud
neither distance, time, nor the absence Of ~
ciprocity treaty, could abate her love the least
As she was iaithfnl ID life, 90 was she trus ii
death, for the news arrived the other day that
the poor lady had gone 70 the better world, and
dying, bequeathed 70 Mr.. Hart an estate. Il was
legally necessary for him y 80 abroad 10 look
after Il, and, accordingly, be sailed On Saturday
for Hamburg, where the estate Hes
Capt Bralsy, Of the British schooner Aiics
RegsrA has been arrested Al Norfolk o. charge
Of kidnapping and attempting 70 ssll two negro
boya The schooner was bound from Jamaica %
philadelphia, but becoming short Of provisions
be run into Hampton Roads 70 obtain supply,
The captains statement Is, that the mothers q
tuedo u9yu nNu Dten aetcpttu W ulm ~ AcpQu
plices with some Of the crew IN plundering the
vessel before he Lea port, and Compromised hy
each giving him Boy, 70 do Is be pleased with
Being in slave State. he thought the best thing
be could do for the boys and himself was 70 dis
pose Of them, and be accordingly offered them 70
q citizen Of Hampton for 5000 The vessel and
cargo are IN possession Of the Marshal lbf . vio.
laiion Of the laws of the United States, which IN
this case subjects them to seizure, besides PEN
atty Of $4,000 and three years imprisonment
on the captain.
The barque Rosoos arrived At New Bedford
lately, having lost her commander and seven men
IN an encounter with whales The Roscos sailed
from New Bedford in November, 1859, for the
Pacific Ocean. When of Cape Horn, they fsll
IN with whales The mate lowered and took one,
and got him alongside the ship. Capt Amy
then lowercd, and got his boat RioFe. The
second mate went to his assistance, and an got
into his boat when Z whale came up and stove
his boat, and IN pefished. The names 81 those
ia the boat were Capt w. II. Amy, bis son,
George Il. Alnly, Hugh Bell, Henry Saligninelle,
Edwin McNsmaFa, james Castle. Warren Thurs-
tou and Manuel Portuguese. Previous % this.
one Of the crow, Reuben @. SayeF. died Of con-
sumption. 5~ f4 ts a 49,
The corner stone Of the new Masonic Han %
be erected on the corner Of Montgomery and
Post streets San Francisco, VIII b laid with great
ceremony on next ST. Johns Day, June 2lih.
The excavations for this lnrge and splendid build
ing are nearly completed, and fof week past
Workmen have been busy preparing for and lay-
ing the first stones of the Foundation. The stone
used Is the blue sandstone from Angel lsland
great quantities Of which have already huen
brought 70 the site Of The proposed structure,
and are being dressed there Il Is expected AZ
49, .,;... - eh, ,-,,s- .f.,,,. fhaf f.f<. n,,s,,
ber Of the lodges Throughout The State viii Be
present, and that 81 Johns Day this year win
be day Of Masonic array % be Remembered In
the city. ,-s .i..s.g - IA,
Tho Bueyrus (0hio) Journal thus speaks Of
the game Of Billiards: I" Yes sir, We can tell you
an about billiards Il Is game consisting or
two men In their shirt sleeves punching balls
about on table, and presenting the keeper with
20 cents, or. d is most commonly the case ii this
country, telling him 70 Just mark Il down. This
last mentioned custom has given them the title of
billiard markers lf you have decided genius
for the game, you will make . superior player At
an nexpense Of about e6 900. Blaeksmitks, carpen-
ters, &c, play Il for exercise TWAS invented BY
q shrewd saloon keeper, who was not satisded
with the profit on whisky, and was too much op-
posed TO temperance 10 water IL"
There Is story Of one Of tho hangers-on u
Washington, who get Offices because they need
them, and had been appointed engineer. . busi-
ness Of which he had no knowledge. The day
alter his appointment agentleman and two Indies
had the curiosity 10 look at the engine room and
is machinery, where they found the new officer
on duty merely as gentleman usher, practical
engineers doing the real duty Of the so.caIled
resistant engineer" q How many horse.poWor
Is your enginef@ HOEss PorgF replies The
greeny, with look Of mingled pity and contempt
don't y0s kaOw dis machine goas ty steamT
A good story Is told Of . Yankee who vent
lor the lirsi tune into bowling alley, and kept
firing away at the pins, % the imminent perl q
the boy, who, 20 Gar from having anything 70 DO
with setting np the pins, was actively ondaaTors