Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-03-06
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.


Island, near new Bedford, fell Saturday morn
ing, under the pressure of 5000 or 5000 BUSH
els of wheat stored on the premises, a part Of
which was precipitated into the river. All
but 5000 bushels was damaged fifty per cent.
The building was shattered throughout.
Major Charles 0. Rogers, who has been six
teen years in the service, has resigned his pos
ition as commander of the Second Battalion of
Infantry.
The resignation of Rev. Prof. Huntington
has been accepted by the Fellows of Harvard
University, and his connection with the col.
lege will cease at an early day.
The nnetieth anniversary of the Boston
Massacre, was observed by meeting at the
Meionaon, Monday evening" at which speeches
were made by Judge Russell, DIR. John S.
Rock, Wendell Phillips, VIM. Lloyd Garrison
and others. The event was also celebrated
by a Ievee at the vestry of the twelfth Baptist
church in Southac street, after the meeting.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Napoleon Wood and Buckley, the Lynn ri
oters, have been held for trial on the second
Monday in May, at Newburyport, in the sum
of 500 each. The other three-Murray,
$1,000 each. The parties obtained bail, John
Beeson becoming surety for Wood.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Miss Arabella A. Goddard, whose arrest and
trial in Norfolk County excited some interest a
few months since, arrived in ROxbury, on
Sunday morning, from New Albany, Indiana,
in company with two Roxbury officers her
bondman having sent for and intending to sur
render her, for fear she would not make her
appearance when wanted. Her bail is $1,000.
Herald.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Mrs. Keefe, Of the Country Farms district
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children at home while she went to call on a
sick neighbor. In her absence the children
went out to play. One of them, Hannah,
about six years old, getting cold, went back to
the house alone. By some means her dress
caught fire and she was so badly burned that
death ensued in a few hours.
One day last week, o little son of Levi W.
Rice in Greenfield fell into the river, and was
nearly drowned, only saving himself by catch
ing the limb of tree which Just brushed the
surface. When he reached home, his mother
asking him what he thought while he was in
the river, the dear thoughtful child replied
that he thought he should furnish an item for
the Gazette and Courier"
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Early Sunday morning the block on Main
street, Springfield, owned by City Marshal
Otis Childs, and occupied by variety of trad
ers, was destroyed by fire. Mr.. Childs was
insured for $500. J. B. M. Morse, fruit
dealer, lost about So, 900, insured for $1,000 in
Hartford, and in the Merchants and Farmers
Worcester. DIR. Hooker. druggist, lost So,
500, partially insured. VIM. Z. Rice, in an
adjoining building, suffered serious loss, and
narrowly escaped with his life.
RHODE ISLAND.
The members of the general assembly of
Rhode Island are agitating the question of
To al,
authorize the assembly to make a loan of
$150,000 to defray the cost of a new state house
in Providence, chiefly for the purpose of bring.
ing the public offices nearer together, and of
affording greater security for the preservation
of the valuable archives of state.
Michael Delany, whose mind had become
unsettled by sickness and intemperance, walk
ed off railroad bridge in Seekonk, Saturday,
and was drowned. His body was recovered
with graphing irons, on Sunday, by his
friends.
CONNECTICUT.
The prizes for English compositions to
members of the sophomore class of Yale Col
lege have been awarded as follows To F. j.
Cook, Ticonderoga, N. Y; +. Adams, Orange,
N. j.. j. P. Blake New Haven; d. H. Cham
berlain, Worcester Franklin McVeagh, Phoe.
nixville, Pa; D. E. Hemmenway, Sheffield !;
G. l.. Kitchell, Detroit, Mich. Ii. 7. Johns
ton, Smyrna Turkey; George C. Ripley,
Norwich; Richard Skinner, Chicago, Ill. J..
p. Taylor Andover; r. X. Weeks, New York
city:
Several of the Wolcottvile ladies who were
enjoying jolly supper, ON their own hook, a
while since, at the Allen House, caught fell
ow "peeking" in upon their operations. The
limitation performances of the Sons of Malta,
as set out by Lesles Pictorial, don't begin
with the trbuations the poor fellow went
through before the jollifying females let up on