Worcester daily spy., 1860-05-28
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY


The republicans of the south end" who are
already in the field, propose to erect a wigwam
Tor the campaign sufficient to accommodate
5000 persons, The work is to be Immediate
ly commenced.
The South Congregational society of Bos
ton Rev E. E. Hale's) propose building
new church for which they propose to raise
S65,OOO. The old church and site are to be
given up for business purposes.
The governor, with the advice of the coun.
Gil, has appointed Ezra Lincoln of Bottom to be
the state engineer for the oversight of the TROY
and Greenfield railroad
Joseph NJ. Coombs, one of the police officers
of the second station, implicated by Hutchins
and suspended on that account has been re.
stored to duty. The committee on police are
continuing their investigation.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Rev. S. f. Bucklin died, on Friday last at
Marlboro, Mass, at the mature age of 76. He
graduated at Brown University in 1895, and
was ordained at Marlboro, Nov. 1908. He
preached his half century sermon in 1868.
ESSEX COUNTY.
The republicans of Salem held ratification
meeting, on Friday night, which was address
ed by Messrs. Timothy Davis of Gloucester
Eben +. Stone of Newburyport, and John A.
Andrew OF Boston, for whom cheers were
gwen as 1.-The next governor of Massachu.
sets"
NORFOLK COUNTY
The three story building in Roxbury known
as Benson's block, was on Saturday morning
consumed by fire. 1t was insured for So OO0
which will nearly cover the loss-Sl5OO in the
Old Worcester Mutual Mr.. Benson slept in
the building, and escaped from the window by
means of rope.
On day last week, as a daughter of Lemuel
nf nui,
out feeding some pigeons, she fell from the
box distance of six or eight feet, the back of
her head striking upon block, breaking her
neck, and causing her death. 1t is but few
weeks since Mr.. Phillips buried his wife.
NANTUCKET.
!he stores of Messrs Davis and Eldrdge.
and Thomas Hinckey, in Woodshole. were
broken open and robbed on Friday night. of
goods to the value of about $3.50. The Post
Office was also ritled.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY
Inc number of men now employed on the
eastern division of the Hoosac Tunnel is about
sixty, divided into three gangs, each aborinp
eight hours per day, and driving both the
heading and bottom at once Over ], 700 feet
have been excavated.
Sidney Washburn OF Lenox Furnace. and
Oliver Pease of Washington, were tried in
Lee, on Saturday last, for highway robbery
committed upon the person of Martin Nevin.
returned Californian, near Lenox Furnace
in March last. The trial was an exciting one
and lasted several hours, when the defendants
were discharged.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
Otis 5. Ward, young man of fair reputation
IN Enheld, having wife and two children.
eloped few days ago with French girl whom
he had received into his family from party of
WanHnrnr a. 4. q
ture letter came to his address from the girl
who had gone before, and which revealed the
whole story Of their disgrace
PERSONAL.
Frederick W. Lord, delegate from Suffolk
county, New York, to the Chicago conyen.
ton, died on the 25th inst. at the age of 50
years He was struck with apopleXy while
on his way to the convention, and never recoy
cred. lie was member of Congress in l847-
., and delegate to the whig national conven.
ton at Baltimore in 1910.
The Charleston Mercury calls serious atten.
ton OF southern traders to the fact that r. G.
hazard and X. X. Hazard, father and son, aud
Of "Hazard's planes" were
among the officers of the late republican con-
vention at Chicago 1t is proposed to punish
them by expulsion from the southern market.
But what will the South do for planes
Hon. q. }. Mcdonald, for several years as.
soclate justice of the supreme court of Geor.
gia, was recently attacked with disease and
at last accounts was lying at the point of
death. Mrs Mcdonald, who heard him
breathing very heavily the night he was at
tackled, and attempted to rouse him without
success, was so shocked by his condition that
she died a short time after
The lady about whom the love troubles of
the young Prince of Wales have begun is the
Lady Caroline Villiers, daughter of the Earl
OF Jersey, and granddaughter of the late Sir
Robert Peel, OF whom the Countess of Jersey
was the eldest daughter. She is very Young.
not over seventeen the Prince not nineteen
until November next.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Some robbers lately plundered woman
named Frazer, who lived by herself in town
of Dinwiddie county, Virginia, of the large
sum Of nine thousand dollars which she per.
sisted in keeping in the house, though advised
by her friends to deposit it in bank.
Bronson's (Catholic) Review predicts the
decline OF the Catholic church on account of
inieriority of intellect, and remarks that il il
not growing by conversions as rapidly as it is
diminishing by perverts and further, that no
work oil any merit from the best papal pen can
command more than 2000 or 2500 sales of
copies.
One of the Texan papers relates, as an item
OF personal intelligence, that the Rev Il. p.
thompson, native missionary in that state,
is breaking himself OF swearing, and reads
the Scriptures quite fluently."
In one of the streets of Veryiers, in Belpi.
um, recently, a lady was seen, in full dress, ON
the top Of very high house. She was deli.