Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-01-21
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY

BOSTON AND VICINITY.
On Thursday last the dead body of VIM H.
Parsons of Lawrence. who has been missing
for the last two weeks, was found in a room in
the fifth story of the South Boston Hotel
where he had committed suicide. He had
been for some time in depressed spirits. and
is supposed to have stolen away and taken his
own life, through apprehension of being re-
moved to a Lunatic Asylum
Jefferson Burns, the alleged Melrose ncen-
diary, has been discharged upon the last two
cases for which he was arrested He was the
incendiary charged with burning the barns of
Geo. p. Burnham-for the sake of Job.
BRISTOL COUNTY
On Tuesday evening fire was discovered in
the barn of Thomas jefferson Brooks, on the
"Pole Plain" road, Taunton. The flames
made such rapid progress that the barn and
contents, including two horses, three cattle
and quantity of hay and other property
were all destroyed.
Miss Watestill Stevens of Pawtucket. claims
$4,000 damages of Elisha c. Fuller of Fall
River. The plaintiff is maiden lady who re-
sides IN Pawtucket, is very good looking and
aged fifty-tive years. The defendant is a gen
tleman sixty mine years old, and resides in Fall
River where he is a grocer. Mr. Fuller's first
wife died in September, 1857, and after a short
time ne commenced paying his addresses to
Miss Stevens, which he continued for some
months. In September, 1858, he married
woman named Sarah Jane Fiske, which was
very wrong, under the circumstances, and
Miss Watestill Stevens, though she had waited
fifty-fve years, thought she could not wait
still any longer, and has sued the venerable
Fuller for breach of promise, which is now on
trial.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
William Noble of Pittsfield, now 80 years
old, lately had surprise party from all his
descendants, excepting one son and family
who reside at Hartford. There were present
SIX children whose united ages were 292 years
70 grand children, whose ages amount to 425
years; four greatgrand children, whose ages
amounted to l6 years.
CONNECTICUT.
Lewis Beatty, aged 10 years, son of /. H.
Beatty of Derby, died on Sunday last, from the
effects OF injuries received, while in company
with other skaters, on the Upper Dam, Christ
mas day. While in the act of adjusting his
skates he was struck in the head by the skates
of companion, who was moving rapidly, frac-
turing his skull.
PERSONAL.
John Baker, streetaposte, and exmayor of
Pittsburg, is now in jail in that city, and very
sick from stroke of apoplexy. He was COM
mitted as a nuisance. Such are the mutations
of human affairs.
Captain Henry de la Rivere, "the gallant
Zouave," is in reduced circumstances in New
York, and Phelan, the billiard man, at the soil
citation of Lola Montez, has given the poor
wretch situation as marker at one of his IN
town saloons, with a new suit of clothes and
$40 month
1t is rumored at Washington, that one of the
dipomatists in that city, the representative of
one OF the great European Powers, is soon to
lead to the hymenial altar the accomplished
niece of the President.
The editor of the Woonsocket Patriot denies
by authority, the report OF Neal Dow's becom-
ing a victim to habits of intemperance. and
adds that he is little down" Just now ON ac-
count of Rev. B. ID. Peek's defalcation, he
Dow being that gentleman's bond for large
amount.
Chas Mackay, the English poet and editor,
who recently lost a daughter, is again be-
reaved by the death of his wife.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A New York paper says, 'if they did not
mutually support each other on either side,
like soldiers on parade, shoulder to shoulder
there are not, perhaps, ninety buildings in
hundred, in New York. which are used for
manufacturing purposes, that could remain
standing for year after being erected"
Michael Baird, mser, committed suicide
at Little York, Pa. He was worth $500 900.
ana after his death his iron hooped boxes and
barrels were found to contain $3.50 900 in gold
ana silver. He hung himself because lot of
Clover seed which he had sent to Philadelphia
dig not bring so much by $3.50 as he had been
offered previously. :