Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-05-25
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

BOSTON AND VICINITY.
The Massachusetts Horticultural Society
| opened their new hall in Boston, on Wednes-
day, with rare exhibition of plants and flow
ers. The collections were remarkable IN num-
| Der and variety. Among the awards made by
| the committee on prizes was one to Wm' ~.
T. Mortified of this city, for collection OF
plants.
The Young Mems Christian Association OF
Boston, now number fifteen hundred members.
Russell Sturgis, Jr., is the newly elected pres
| dent of the society.
A vertable Bl0omer was seen in Boston,
| on Wednesday, and the Bee considers 1t
sure indication of the approach OF anniversary
week.
Rev. DR. Osgood of New York has accepted
an invitation of the Alumni of Harvard Col
lege to deliver the Grafton at their anniversary
in July next.
The South Congregational Society of Bos-
ton (Rev. f. E. Hale's) propose building
new church, for which purpose they, propose
to raise $50, 900. The old church and site are
to be given up for business purposes
The corner stone of Rev. DIR. Gannetts new
church is to be laid with appropriate ceremony
on Monday next.
The Museum building is owned by David
and Moses Kmball. A stranger who wished
to know how the laborS of the two men were
divided asked Warren, the witty actor. to in
form him upon this point, and the player re-
piled that "Moses looked after the internal
| affairs, and David looked after Moses and the
profits. Boston Courier.
ESSEN COUNTY
Mr.. John Perley of Georgetown, Massachu-
sets, recently deceased at New York, be-
queathed the sum of $4,000 to the town of
Georgetown for free public school, to be call
ed the "Perley School, and to the Rev. Mr..
Beecher's Society of Georgetown, the sum of
$1,000. Another legacy was left to the Lime
brook Religious Society, provided they had a
settled preacher. Mr.. Perey was bachelor,
and has left various small legaces to his con-
nectons -Neebuypor Herald.
During the present session of the Supreme
Court at Salem, no less than seventeen couple
have been divorced from the bonds of matri-
mony.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
A new chapel recently erected by the Or
thodox society of Neponsett was dedicated on
Wednesday. The chapel will seat three hun
dred and sixteen persons, and cost, including
the site, $500 After the dedication services,
Rev. MIR. Angler was installed as pastor of the
society.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The fourth national exhibition of imported
blood and American breed of horses, will take
place on the 4th 9th, 9th, and 18th of Septem,
Der next, in Springfield This exhibition will
take the place, substantially, of the state agri-
cultural fair, which is postponed on account of
the alarming disease now prevalent.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
The wretch, Alexander Desmasteau, charg-
ed with the double crime of rape and murder,
committed in ChicOpee in November, 1858, Oh
Augustine Lucas, girl only eight years old,
has his trial before a special term of the Su
preme Court at Springfield, which commenced
its session on Wednesday. There is no ground
for plea of insanity in this case, and claim
of intoxication would hardly stand in pallia-
tod for so horrible crime.
CONNECTICUT.
An effort is to be made to put the Bank of
North America, at Seymour, once more on its
legs The sum wanted is 100000.
The bell, organ and furniture of the Hart
ford Unitarian church, were sold on Wednes.
day at auction. The bell was bought by AL
bert Day for the South Baptist church, for
$500. Its original cost was $1,000. Governor
Buckingham was one of the bidders The
organ, which is a very fine one, and cost $4,000,
was sold to T. NJ. Allyn, Esq, OF Hartford,
for Sl225, and is to grace new hall which he
is now building.
An lrishman, named John Downy, was
drowned in the pond of the Hartford Carpet
falling into the pond while in state Of intox,
ication.
The -four store of Geo. F. Cooke, Bridge
port, was destroyed by fire Tuesday morning.
with $1,000 worth of flour.
The Shetucket Bank, Norwich, has declared
a semi annual dividend Of nine per cent, paya-
Bile June LIST.
VIM Chaplin, of Hartford, a freight con-
ductor on the Hartford and New Haven rlil-
road, was thrown from gravel train on We'd
nesday, and instantly killed.
There has never been anything heard from
James Waugh, who disappeared so suddenly
from New Haven month since, and his
friends are satisfied that he has been muir
dered He was to have been married in a few
days, and had already ordered his wedding
cards.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Florence Nightingale, it is said, has a most
felicitous name. 1t is felicitous, because it
admits of the following anagram Fit on
cheering angel"
Mr.. j. Lothrop Motley, the American hsto