Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-09-06
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND VICINITY

GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY,
BOSTON AND VICINITY
The Introductory lecture of the Fraternity
course the coming season will be by Hoo
Charles Sumner who will be succeeded by
James Freeman Clarke, Rev. Thos w. Hig-
ginson, Caroline II. Dali, Rev. William r.
Alger, Wendell Phillips, H. Ford Douglass.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, Sarah Jane Lippincott, Carl Schurz
Rev. Edwin Ii. Chaplin, George William
Curtis.
The suit between the Fitchburg and East
ern railroad companies, which has been in liti-
CATION for five years, the former claiming
heavy damages of the latter in consequence of
alleged injury to their engines and cars by the
! crossing Of their track by the Eastern railroad
at Somerville, has been decided by a sherifi7s
| jury in favor of the respondents
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
The prize fight, last Sunday, located in Som.
| ervlIle, really took place few rods over the
| line in Cambridge 1t was between two boys,
IL years Of age, for four dollars side The
shocking spectacle lasted over an hour, and
one of the lads had to be carried from the field
The soap factory of Mason Davis in Cam
bridgeport was destroyed by fire, Tuesday
evening, with its contents. The buildings
were worth $1,000, and the stock about $1,000
more, including $4,000 pounds of soap and
large amount of tallow. He was insured for
$500.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Henry W. Moore of South Danvers offers
flag valued at $40, to any base ball club in
Essex county who will beat the Benicia club
OF that town in game of 100 talies, fourteen
players on side, and according to the rules
OF the Massachusetts, Association-tob be played
at Lynnheld Hotel on the 18th of September
Two sailors, named Frank Grassy and
Peter Fisher, who were recently arrested in
New York on charge of mutny, were re.
leased on ball. and Immediately ran away,
have been re-arrested in New Bedford The
alleged mutiny occurred on the whaling bark
| Typee, which sailed from Stonington.
BARNsTABLE BOUNTY.
The Barnstable Patriot states that young
man named Keith, who was badly injured by
the premature discharge of cannon at Hyan.
MS, last year, has been enabled by the use of
admirably contrived artificial hands and fore
arms, to write, send messages as telegraph
operator, drive horse and carriage, and per
form very many other acts requiring muscular
agility and skill
HAMPDEN COUNTY
A gentleman from Boston, while passing
through Springfield, last week, on his way to
New York, stepped from the cars and sud.
denly found his pocket book missing, together
with money and documents to the amount of
| S35O0. He has not yet recovered them, but
payment on the notes has been stopped by tel
egraph.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY
Rev. John NJ. Green of Hatfield. has been
elected member of the board of overseers of
the charity funds of Amherst College, as sue
cessor to Rev. DIR. Osgood of Springfield and
Charles Adams, Jr., Esq, of North Brooktield
was elected to I'LL the vacancy in the board
occasioned by the resignation of Hon. William
Hyde of Ware.
Joseph Cohen, a night Waterman at Bod
mans factory, in Williamsburgh, was fearfully
beaten by an unknown ruffian, on Thursday
night. testus Hayden, arrested for the as
sault, was discharged for want of evidence.
| MAINE.
A son of James Bryant, a bill.poster. aged
seven years, of lewiston fell off the roof of
the toll bridge in that place, into the water, a
distance of 80 feet. He struck in water four
| or five feet deep. He was not injured. and got
out of the water without aid
The Aroostook Pioneer says that grain in that
county is ripening off finely. The indications
are now that there will be a very good crop,
| perhaps more than an average on some farms.
wheat ard oat fields are looking remarkably
well.
DNNh"iiSdt was ldThHSLeu OH q farm IN
Aroostook county the last days of July. Ac-
cOrding to custom, the miller ground it free, as
it was the first of the season.
The Aroostook Pioneer tells about large
birch tree in township IA r. 4, which measures
fourteen feet in circumference.
The spiritualists in Bangor, have purchased
the Universast Chapel, and fitted it up at a
cost Of about $500.
The boom of a derrick fell upon Charles
Emerson, Ill Lewiston, few days ago. danger
ously injuring him.
The Brunswick Telegraph says if republi
cans want to split rails, they will find miles
and miles of cedar logs along the roads in
Aroostook, and a more splendid growth of &C.
dar eye never looked upon
Joseph Griffin of Brunswick has raised this
season on one third of an-acre OF muck land,
without dressing, 1876 bushels of State of Maine
Bearse potatoes, at an average of six hills to
bushel
AT one mill in Ellsworth there has been
ground, the past year, something more than
thirty thousand bushels of CORR rye, and bar
ley, and nearly two thousand bushels of
wheat.
VERMONT.
Mr.. Richmond, keeper of the iail at Wood
stock, VT. in which Whitcomb, the mail rob-
Der, is at present confined, visited the prison.
er's cell last Wednesday and found two iron
saws, three files, and bottle of acid. Whit
comb confessed that his wife procured them in
Boston and brought them to him. He was
placed III solitary confinement for safe keep.
ing.
Philip Hadley, aged 90 years, resident of
Bradford, assembled Moosiiauke mountain on
foot, stopped at the Prospect House over
night, and walked down the mountain on the
both ult Mr.. Hadley also walked the whole
distance IN coming and returning to Bradford.
CONNECTICUT.
The store of Mr.. John Cryer, at Norwich
Town, was broken into by burglars on Satur.
day night, or early Sunday morning, and lew.
elry to the value of $40, and two silver
watches stolen therefrom. This is the third
time Mr. Cryer's store has been broken into
and robbed, within three years.
AT Lime Rock, Salisbury, Frederick Collins
Killed rattesnake on the Doth, AZ inches
long, with twelve rattes, and containing in
ms stomach red squirrel. The next day
Albert ihorp killed one Al inches long, also
WIN twelve rattles and containing rabbit
Chas' flerson was thrown from his wagon
against stone wall while turning the corner
OF the road just above the depot in Norwich
Town. The wagon was smashed TO flinders
only one thill being left. He was badly in.
jured,
The Hartford people, dissatisfied with the
returns OF the census marshal in the matter of
population in that town, are going to have an
other count at their own expense
MISCELLANEOUS
They have Il haunted house in Alton. Iii
nols. 1t is an ancient small and unoceunied
building, IN the lower part of the city. Per.
sons gong by II after midnight hear the sound
OF violin played very lightly and sio,,I,,