Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-05-03
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

BOSTON AND VIClNlIl'
The annual convention of the diocese o.
Massachusetts of the Episcopal churcn opeIn99u
in Boston, Wednesday morning. Kew MT
Church was reelected secretary, and Kew D,
B. Babcock, treasurer. The attendance Oh
clergymen was very general, and much inter-
est in the exercises was manifested
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY
Timothy v Coburn, a native of l)racut, IN
this state, died recently in Columbia, 1eGas'
where he had been for short time engaseu III
mercantile enterprises. Mr., CoDurh Iorhleriy
represented the town Of Dracut, two years, III
the legislature, and was once representative
from Lawrence.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The statement that the inhabitants OF Iaun'
ton had accepted their city charter was mis-
take The advocates of the charter were In
minority of SO, with total OF ZOO3 votes.
! Some bitter feeling was manifested, and an
other early trial will be insisted on by the
friends of the charter. Some of them threaten
to call town meetings every week.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
The rag picking establishment of VIM
Beecher, in R0xhury, early Tuesday morn
ing, was set on fire and destroyed, with one of
the adjoining building. Both were unoccu
pied. The loss is estimated at $1,000, which
was partially insured
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
On Saturday night nearly midnight, the
barn, with several valuable horses, four fine
oxen, six full blooded Devon and Ayrshire
cows, valuable BULL and several other choice
animals, belonging to H. Hunt, Esq, were
consumed by fire. 1t was the work of an in
cendiary. Mr.. HINT was elected county COM
missioner last fall for the unexpired term of
Mr.. Goddard, deceased and has the sympathy
of his neighbors and iriends.-Hamp. Gazette.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The citizens by birth and adoption of Am
herst N. H., celebrate the centennial anniver-
sary of the settlement of that town on the 30th
inst Mr.. Greeley, an off-shoot Of old Hills
borough county, delivers the address, and
many other distinguished men in some way
connected with that fortunate locality are ex-
pected to be present.
The Boston Pilot says ON the 18th ult
in St. Anne's church, Miss Sarah Mulcahy, in
religion Sister Mary Agatha Francis, was ad
mitted to the solemn profession, and received
the black veil from the respected pastor, Rev
William Mcdonald. This was the first cere
mony of profession ever witnessed in the state
of New Hampshire.
VERMONT.
John Sherman of Pownal, on the day o
completing his seventeen year, became the
fortunate father of a son, whose name wa.
called Levi. On the same day were born tC
him grandson and great grandson, the pa
rents at the time residing in three differen
states. All three of the boys are now liv
| ing.
| CONNECTICUT.
There is a curious cross libel divorce tria
progressing in Norwich, between Mr.. anC
Mrs. Cook, she accusing him of compelling
her to act the clarvoyant and spiritual me
dunn to the manifest detriment of her health
hC,, hrr.
with man named Spencer. Some most sin
gular testimony has been and will be given il
this matter Of spiritualism, and its effect o.
the body and mind of those subjected to it
influence.
On Sunday last nearly one hundred acre
OF woodland belonging to Ex-Governor Dor
of Rhode Island, were burned over, and on
hundred cords OF wood were consumed
The members of the second congregations
church and society in Norwich, propose t
celebrate the centennial anniversary of it
establishment on the oath of July current
with appropriate religious services and an hi.
torlcal address by the pastor Rev. DIR. Bon
completes the 18th year of his pastorate owe
the church on the 9Th of May inst.
James Burton is now on examination i
Branford, on suspicion of having been cor
cerned in the death of James Harrison, VIII
was found lying dead with both legs cut off O
the New London Railroad track early on tn
morning of Wednesday, April 25. AT tn
time the body of Harrison was found, doubt
existed as to the cause of his death, and it wa
suspected that he had been previously mul
dered, and then placed where the train woul
pass over him.
Mrs. Frederic A. Frank, of New Britain
met with a severe accident Tuesday morning
She was sweeping a room, and getting to
stove her plOthps tOOly fire RaiO
alone in the house she rushed out and acros
the street to her fathers, but missing the dool
fell headong over wall seven feet in heigh
Fortunately a gentleman Immediately came t
her aid and extinguished the flames, but nc
until she was horribly burned.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Rev. Daniel WORTH now in piison in Mort
Carolina for being an anti slavery man, is sal
to suffer very much from his confinement, an
will not live long unless he is released TIL
better class of people desire his pardon an
feel mortified and ashamed of the treatmer
bestowed upon the old man; but such is tn
terrorism which reigns throughout the stat
that they can do nothing except by petitionin
the governor, which they are disincined to de
Two bright and promising young men wer
burned to death in Independence Ohio, o
the night of the 9th ult The house in whic
they lived having caught fire. one of them wa
burned by cinder in his bed, the other pei
ished at the bolted door through which he wa
trying TO escape. The frantic father was ais
tearfully burned in endeavorng to save hi
younger children.
Two precocious boys, aged, respectively
fourteen and fifteen years, were surprised, il
the vicinity Of one of the churches in syria
cuse, on Sunday last, in the midst of a genu
inc prize fight, with a mob of one hundredimel
as spectators The boys were stripped, wit
the exception of their pants, and shoes an
stockings, and We're faithfully initiating tn
greater beasts who had just become illustriou