Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-12-28
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY,


-Four young men, two of them students in
Harvard college, and the other two sons of
wealthy merchants were the victims of Vio-
lent assault, on Christmas eve, from intoxicat-
ed servants at one of the first class hotels in
Boston. One of the young men fired pistol
three times, and two of the others were beaten
with billets OF wood till the floor of the hotel
Office was almost literally covered with blood
No arrests were made, though some dis
charges were made from that house the next
morning.
On Wednesday, about midnight, a young
girl named Anne Burt attempted to commit
ted suicide in Boston, in one of the cells to
which she was confined. Two years ago she
was pupil in one of the Normal schools in
this state, where she became the victim of
misplaced confidence, and after short career
of dissipation, has come to the sad end above
stated.
The name of Wyzman Marshall, the TRACE
dian, is among those mentioned for chief of
police of Boston. He is known to many of
the citizens of Worcester as an excellent actor,
very much Of gentleman, and considerable
executive capacity.
ESSEX COUNTY.
During the year 1860, nine fishing vessels
with an aggregate tonnage of 700 tons were
lost from the port of Gloucester. Seventy five
men nearly all of them natives or residents of
gloucester, lost their lives i'll this perilous &C.
cupation.
Mr.. Joseph NJ Mewhall, clerk of the conn
mon council IF Salem, died in that CITY Thurs
day morning, aged 81 years 10 months and II
days. He was Passed Grand Worthy Patri-
arch of the Massachusetts Division of the Sons
OF Temperance and presided at the October
session Of that body in Boston.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
In the year 1857. Andrew Smith, colored
boy of Wareham sailed in the ship Speedwel,
from Fairhaven. an a whaling voyage. When
IS months out, Smith deserted the ship at
BOA Bola, one of the Society Islands, and sub.
sequently married a daughter of the king
Smith is now about 20 years of age.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Daniel Davenport, the oldest male resident
of Dorchester, his native place, and for near
ly half n century sexton and undertaken for
the first parish in Dorchester, died on the 9th
inst. Like "Old Mortality" he attempted for
thirty years to rescue the decaying monu
mental inscriptions of Dorchester by the pub
LEGATION of the Sections Monitor" The Bos
ton journal says that many years ago, he pre-
pared his own grave and erected his own mon
ument in the old Burial Ground, bearing a
portion OF his official record. 1t was written
by his former pastor, the Rev. Thaddeus NJ
Harris, ID. d. 1t was as follows:
''This. grave was dug and finished by Daniel Dav.
export in 1885, when lie had been sexton 81 years,
attended 1l34 funerals and 734 graves.
As Sexton with my spade
/ learned to delve beneath the sod,
Where body to the earth returns
But spirit to its cd.
And midst death departed.
Seven hundred and thiety-four
dug-then mine prepared
And when at last too must die
Some else the bell will toll,
BIS here my mortal relics lie
May heaven receive my soul"
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
One of the pauper boys in the Londonderry
almshouse, n. H., motherless, and with
shiftless father, has had abou: $4,000 left him
by English relatives on his mothers side
The little fellow now has plenty of friends
The overseers will of course take the usual
legal steps for tie appointment of guardian
for the boy.
CONNECTICUT.
The factory of the Union Company at Nau
gatuck, manufacturers of rubber clothing, was
totally destroyed by fire on Christmas day
with portion of the stock. The loss is about
$4,000, and is probably covered by insurance
The Naugatuck glove factory and new store
adjoining, also caught fire and were destroy
ed
The upper story of the city hotel block in
New London was burned Monday evening
The building was owned by Robert Stafford
of Georgia, and was leased by Cady & Beck.
with. The loss was about $4,000 and was
partially insured.
The wooden building in New Haven known
as the Arcade early Wednesday morning
was destroyed by fire. 1t belonged to S. L.
Betchley and was occupied for stores and sa-
looms.
The charred and disfgured remains of the
Colbert family, six in number, who were roast,
ed alive at the late fire in East street, New Ha-
ven, were buried on Saturday, the funeral pro-
ceSsion starting from the station house