Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-06-01
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

BOSTON AND VICINITY.
During the great rush at the Boston Music
Hall, to hear Beecher's sermon, on Sunday
last, gentleman was relieved of $500 in bills
and paper, which was contained in a package
in his coat pocket.
Two young lads, aged fifteen and seventeen
years, recently arrived in Boston from Ken
lucky, having made most of the Journey on
foot. They belong to tie prescribed race and
ran away from the man who claimed to Gown"
them. They do not purpose to 90 any farth-
er. Why should they
The friends and sympathisers with r.
Thaddeus Hyatt, who is confined in Washing
ton Jail by order of the us Senate for refusing
to testify in the John Brown case, met at
the Melodeon Thursday evening. 1t was ex-
pected that DR.. Cheever of New York, Wen
dell Phillips, and Hon. Samuel L. Sewell.
would address the meeting.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
The extensive dye-wood works of w. F.
Freeman Co., at "Bems Factories " in New
ton, caught fire Thursday morning, and before
1t could be extinguished two brick and four
wooden buildings were destroyed, with large
quantity of valuable dye woods. There was
insurance on the property to the amount of
$4,000, divided between offices in Hartford,
Providence, Boston, and Springfield
Fire broke out in Haverhill, Wednesday
night, spreading to a stable and dwelling house
owned by Levi Taylor and also to two frame
houses owned and occupied respectively by
George P Emerson and Daniel Woodward, all
OF which were entirely destroyed Loss
S32l)0; insurance $1,000. The fire was caused
by leaving ham to smoke in flour barrel.
Peter Ripley of Worcester, scNoolmaster,
has been fined SO and costs, for an assault up
on one OF his pupils The evidence went to
show that the punishment was grossly abusive
the weapon being a ruler, which was laid on
terociously, breaking the same over his head.
and finally finishing up with his fists.
PLYMOUTH CGUNnY.
For several days past, number of fisher
men from Cape Cod have been laying nets at
the head of Buzzard's Bay, for the purpose of
catching blue fish. which were quite plenty for
the season. Some of the citizens of Ware.
ham, thinking their rights invaded by the pro-
cedure, fixed sharp knife into a center board
boat and sailed over the nets cutting them up
badly, and obliging the Cape fishermen to leave
that locality for other quarters.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
The pyrotechnic factory in South View
mouth was blown up, Monday afternoon, in
volving a loss of $50 worth OF stock. the de.
struction of the building, and the probable
death of Francis English, boy who was try
ing TO save some Of the property. The acct
dent happened while one of the workmen was
''tem pering" a rocket.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The one hundred nailers who "struck" in
Fall River several weeks ago, still remain
idle. The nail works in Wareham and Car
yer have been stopped for the past two weeks,
from the want OF water. In view of these
facts, we should think the demand for nails
would soon be larger than the supply.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
Ensign Eldridge, the old bachelor at Chat
ham, who recently attempted suicide by starv.
alton, after several weeks trial, has given it
up as bad job, and gone to digging clans.
1t is intmated that an early Glove crack" was
the cause of his unhappiness.
The -four and grain store of BENJAMIN C.
Sturgis, in West Dennis was wholly consum
ed by fire on Sunday morning last The
building was insured at the Quincy office for
$500
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
In Shelburne, on Tuesday last, while Frank.
lin Fiske a man of twenty-.even years. was
driving two horse team between Shelburne
and Jacksonville, loaded with shingles the
wagon was overturned and pack of shingles
fell upon him and crushed him to death. AT.
ter this, the horses ran down u hill, and the
bhii VI t1Si wagon CdlHe III contact with II
horse attached to a single wagon, and was
passed through the animals body, killing him
almost instantly.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The sons and daughters of Amherst, N. H..
absent and at home, held their centennial iubi.
lee on the Both ult. 1t is the shire town of
Hillsborough county, and has been the birth
place and residence of many distinguished
men. The centennial address was delivered
by Horace Greeley, on the philosophy of Col
onlzation. The general exercises Of the lay
were very Interesting, and were shared in by
a numerous multitude of the grateful descend.
ants of the old town.
Alexander Moore has been arrested in Lon.
don, N. H., for the alleged poisoning of his
wife, daughter, son.inaw and servant Girl
by means of white lead placed in barrel from
which the family used -four for making broad.
The cause of the fendsh act was to yet nos.
session OF some property in the family which
was beyond his reach while they lived.
On Sunday night, fifty.three grated apple.
trees in the orchard OF Samuel C. Webster of
Plymouth Village, N. H., were girdled by n
saw SO as to entirely destroy them. The trees
were grated with choice fruit, and were in
fuil bloom. The loss is very great
The store of jackson & Kimball. in Man.
chester, was robbed Wednesday night of silks
valued from $4,000 to $4,000.