Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-03-15
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
MIDpLEsEN COUNTY

| Ii. X. Butrick, of Bradford, visited Blllerlcd
a day or two ago, for the purpose OF purcllas-
ing farm. He had waited for the return
train from Boston for sometime, and being
somewhat impatient on its arrival, made ms,
step and fell under the wheels, winch crushed
one of his arms ard legs. He is expected 10
recover, with the loss of limb.
Two bingham girls seriously punlshed a
male fiirt, last week. who had been trllllng
with their divided affections, by means OF
| conspiracy which was not credItaole 10 elther
of them. They "got" him so closely that he
could not escape, and made spectacle OF MN,
which was very sad.
ESSEX COUNTY.
The story of the strikers is getting to be a
very old one, because it is SO unnatural The
lady stitchers and binders who took the town
by storm one day last week, all caught cold,
and one or two Of them died. Its understood
that still another useless meeting is to be held
tomorrow friday evening, when addresses
will be made by John B. Alley, NJ. O., and
other gentlemen.
The Boston journal states from good author
| ity, that the statement that another body had
| been found in the ruins OF the Pemberton Mills
is without foundation. The rumor arose from
a mass of sizing being found, which some I'M
aginative person transformed into the remains
of a human body.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
There is some excitement in RoXbury grow
ing out of the implication Of a husband and
father of fifty years in the seduction of q
young girl OF fifteen, who died Monday, in
giving birth to a child. The story has many
very painful details, which will be probably
brought to light in a judicial investigation.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
One of the spiritualistic circles in Taunton
was visited last week by the Counterfeit pre-
sentiment of a gentleman who had recently
deceased across the road. His widow was i'm
mediately appraised of his presence, but declin-
ed to attend for the reason that he might have
called on her first since he was in the neigh
borhood. 1t is understood that the spirit van
ished on the announcement of this intelli-
gence from his widow.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
Hon. Elisha Pope died at Sandwich on
Thursday last, at the age Of 76 years. He
was a member of the constitutional convention
in 1920, and also of the State Senate from
1928 to 1881. Capt Joseph Lewis, pioneer of
the Albany coasting trade, died suddenly at
Centreville, in fit, on Friday. Captain Isaac
S. Coane, of Orleans, died on Thursday last.
He has commanded some of the finest ships
which sail from Boston.
CONNECTICUT.
Henry w. Hyatt, one Of the former editors
of the Norwalk Gazette died last week at the
age of % years. He was an amiable, faithful,
and careful man, and qualified to do much
good in his profession, if he had lived.
MISCELLANEOUS.
1t is announced in the New York papers
that Signor Amodio is about to be married to
Mile. Zoyara, whose sex has been heretofore
suspected. This announcement does not set
at rest the doubts which have been entertain
ed, since it is well known that whether Zoya-
IA is boy or girl, Amodio has a wife still liv-
ing, if not children, to whom he is devotedly
attached.
One Of the most favorable travelling compa-
mics in the country has been playing the Octo-
room in st. Louis. The Democrat says of it,
that 'the play, so far as it was supposed by
many in the community to represent exagge7-
ated pictures of the evils of slavery, has been
quite disappointment. 1t has proved entire
ly unobjectionable, and has been received with
much favor by all classes of our community"
The ultra papers give it much more extend
ed notice than this.
The spiritualists of Utica, New York, have
been much scandalized by the conduct of two
or three of their devotees, Kate Beardsley, f.
Skinner, DR. Bentley, and we know not how
many others, who were troubled with the
affinity" doctrine, with but slight regard for
the proprietes of life and the laws of the state
Many families Of responsibility disown their
bearded associates, and condemn the men and
women who have thus cast reproach upon
their faith.