Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-06-26
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
MIDpLEsEX COUNTY.

white child aged nine years, and Conceang
him from his parents The woman has been
held for trial. but refuses to give any intorma-
ton of the whereabouts of the lost child.
Martha Estey, young girl, left the house
of her parents, Saturday afternoon, to pick
strawberries, since which time she has not
been heard from. The town. was searched
Saturday night and Sunday but not solution
was found of the painful mystery
daring burglary was committed in Cam.
bridge, Friday night, in the house of Samuel
P. Teale. A young man named BARR, gained
| entrance to the house through a water spout
and concealed himself till the family retired
and were sound asleep. He then stole two
gold watches lying upon the mantel piece six
or seven dollars in money and left the house.
He also took some $50 from the counting room
OF Mr.. Teale, having first poisoned the watch
dog. He had confederates, who were arrested
and confessed the crime. Barri was also ar.
rested.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
During democratic demonstration in New
! Bedford on Saturday evening, Mr. Charles
Briggs OF Peekskill, N. Y, was Frustrated and
| had his right hand badly acerated by the pre-.
mature discharge of cannon. Two fingers
] and portion of the hand were subsequently
| amputated,
Hon. Joseph Grinnel of New Bedford and
his wife, accompanied by N. P. Willis and his
daughter, Joined the crowd at Niagara a lew
days since, to see BIondin's performances of
walking across the RAPIDS on a tight rope As
they crowded in at the entrance of the en-
closure, Mr.. Grinnell's pocket was picked of
his wallet containing 5000.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The Free Masons of Pittsfeld celebrated
ST. Johns day on Saturday with great pomp
and display The gathering embraced dele
CATIONS from nearly every state in the Union,
and the village was thronged with curious PEG
pie to witness the unusual spectacle.
Counterfeit $50 notes on the New England
Bank of Boston are circulating in western
Massachusetts and eastern New York. They
are altered from the notes of a bogus bank in
Maine, and are of dangerous character.
HAMPDEN COUNTY
On Saturday last, a young thief named Do
nelly entered house between Springfield and
Holyoke, and helped himself to lady's rag
Ian, which he afterwards sold to the lady her
self for fifty cents, saying he had found it. and
wanted to get rid of it. Phancy her pheelinks
on finding out that she had bought her own
raglan from the thief who stole it.
John Madden, who is one of the great men
IN Springfield, greater than the lawyers and
the Judges, had a grand symposium at his
| GROCERY, Saturday night, in honor of Doug
las nomination In the small hours of Sun
day morning, a fight took place, in which
Madden was knocked down, and the shop was
closed by the city marshal.
In the drowning case at West Springfield.
Sunday forenoon it appears that Terry and
his wife, who had been drinking all the morn
ing, were walking upon the bank of the Con-
necucut river, when she pushed her husband in
the water and struck him with Ratchet. He
returned and pushed her in, when a terrific
scrimmage took place in the water, and the
husband, getting beyond his depth was
drowned. Bridget was fifteen years younger
than her husband, and gave him cause to be
jealous.
VERMONT.
The showers of last week were unusually
severe in some parts of Vermont. All the
bridges on the stream on the stream between
"Ewings' mills, i'll st. Johnsbury and the
Connecticut river We're swept away, and fears
were entertained that the mills would 90 also
han tell IN great abundance, and on Cow
hill, III Peacham, it was nearly a foot deep.
and some of the stones were as large as hens
eggs
RHODE ISLAND.
In field, near Providence, Saturday, well
dressed villain, who deserves to be shot at
sight as one shoots mad dog assaulted felo-
NOUS TWO little girls who were picking berries,
NNe tiiSiA OutNilSo SCttiGu Hill away.
In Pawtucket, a son of Adam Clarer fell in
to the river and was drowned, apparently. A
young man named McGinnis from the oppo
site bank, fastened to the spot around
the bridge, half mile, and after search sue
ceeded IN finding and bringing the body to the
shore Although the lad must have been
under water twenty minutes, and ten minutes
more were lost in conveying him home. he
was resuscitated by vigorous means, and was
next day in his usual health.
CONNECTICUT.
The Connecticut Legislature adjourned ON
Saturday last, the occasion being sgnalized
by the presentation of silver cup and COB
lets to Lieut. Gov. Catlin, gold-headed cane
to Mr.. Speaker Perry, and another of the same
sort TO senator Goodwin. chairman OF the
Judiciary committee.
Inc thunder storm which ragged with so re-
markable severity, on Saturday afternoon,
struck several large elm trees on main street
in Hartford, visited the house of Mr.. Calvin
Hale, prostrating both himself and his wife,
and doing other indifferent mischief
During the thunder shower of last week,
the lightning struck barn belonging to Jason
Ellsworth, in East Windsor, following down
rod affixed to the building, then striking a
post and down the post to Il sill, killing three
calves standing under barn, and also hen
$3.50 SNNiA5
latter unframed
Rev. Austin Isham of the congregational
church In RoXbury was surprised on the 4th
INST, who presented him purse of $3.50 as
the golden earnest" of their regard. Rev.
Leonard w, Bacon has been released from the
Pastora'e of the first congregational society in
Litchfeld.
The inmates of the boarding house of Mrs.
David Taylor in Fitchville were suddenly
taken sick on the evening of the 10Th inst.
1t is believed that the water of the well on the
premises was poisoned No deaths had occur
RED up to Thursday, and patients will, with
Judlcious treatment, be likely to recover.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mr.. Gard is a play-actor in New York, and
has been acting very badly. He threw vitriol
in his wife's face because she expressed her
self averse to living with him on account of
his intolerable jealousy. She was blinded by
the vitriol and fell to the earth screaming with
pain. She is only eighteen years of age, pref.
| ty, and native of Tennessee.
| From the Palmer journal.
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