Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-09-05
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.

MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
Charles Blake of Newton, recently carried
a six months old kitten, closely concealed in a
basket, from his residence in Newton, to his
office in Boston. The next night pussy felt
lonesome, threaded the whole length of the
city, and seven dreary miles of country, and
arrived safely at her birth place before sunrise.
The dwelling house occupied by Mrs. w. A.
Campbell, in WATERFOWL, was entered Satur-
day forenoon and robbed of several valuable
articles of wearing apparel. The family were
engaged at the time in another part of the
house.
While party of boys were carelessly play.
ing with gunpowder, in one of the streets of
Charlestown Monday, the clothes of little
child of five years were set on fire, shockingy
burning his limbs and the lower part of his
body.
The next term of the birmingham State
Normal School will commence tomorrow.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Moses Kimball and Moses Kimball, Jr, were
fined $40 and costs each in the Lynn police
court, last Friday, for cruelty to a horse. Mo.
SEES, Jr., beat the animal with strip of board
and Moses, ST., stood in the wagon and piled
the whip. The blows attracted the attention
of the neighborhOod and led to the arrests.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
The Taunton and New Bedford cars, when
approaching the station at Jamaica Plains, Sat
urday afternoon, run over and killed an I'm.
known person, who proved on examination II
be burglar, and probably one of the gang
who have long infested that vicinity.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
John h. Simpson, a respected citizen of
Maiden, while on an excursion to Nantasket
beach, Monday with several of his neighbors,
was shot in the abdomen by the premature
discharge ola gun. He is not expected to re
cover.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Emma, daughter of James II. Mendall, aged
eleven years, while in Wilcox planning mill in
New Bedford, last Friday, received a blow
from board driven through one of the ma
chimes with such force as to rupture a blood
vessel and cause her death.
Rev. Asa Kent, well known throughout New
England as an early and devoted member of
the Methodist Episcopal church, died in New
Bedford on Saturday last, at the age of eighty
years. He had suffered for many years from
a tumor on his neck
On Sunday morning, party of ladies and
gentlemen went from Wcstport, sailing down
the river. The wind was very mischievous,
twice capsizng the boat, and once with results
which proved nearly fatal. They were all
finally saved, with some losses of clothing and
money.
NANIUCkETs
The Mirror says that after a heavy rain on
the 24th ult., several pieces of silver coin were
found among the cobble stones on Main street.
One boy dug out small coin bearing date of
1867. The coin was much worn.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
Mr.. Packard Of Goshen has an ancient pow.
der horn, relic of historical interest, on which
are engravngs of several large buildings and
the following inscription Lieut.. Simeon
Smith, his horn, Charles Town Camp No 3
Dec Y, 1775.
Graft Liberty inspire Soles
And Magnify Our Zeal.
Graft God of Wars protect our Cause
And Wen Submit Thy WILD
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Mountain Farmer" writes to the Greenfield
Courier expressing doubt that Andre was ever
executed. The soldier who guarded him on
the night when he was to have been hung had
told friend of Mountain Farmer" in his
early days that he was hung with an "iron life
preServer" about his neck.
The wife of a. r. Burnham of Montague.
broke her leg while berrying last week, and
child OF VIM. Saxton in Deerfield, fell and
dislocated and fractured its arm below the ell.
bow joint.
Three apples weighing pound each, were
recently taken from young tree having sever.
al bushels all of large size on the farm Of
Ansel Delano of Sunderland.
RHODE ISLAND.
The population of the state of Rhode Island
complete is 1850, which is an increase of
26,32O, or little short of eighteen per cent.
in ten years. The counties show the following
changes -
Providence County, lO7,O7s S7'52s
Washington Z" 1852 1890
Kent " 1926 M 06S
Bristol " s9O7 S5I4
VIM. b. Deans extensive planning works, in
Providence, embracing a steam engine and
machinery and including 10000 feet of land.
were sold on Saturday for $4,000. Mr.. Deans
estate ON Friendship street, embracing 400
feet of land and brick building of six sto.
ries, and costing $1,000, was sold for 1924, 900.
Both estates were under encumbrances amount
ing to $4,000.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The bitter contest between the cities of ST.
Louis and Chicago in relation to the Rock Isl
and bridge continues undated. The mer.
chants sent from ST. Louis to give bail for the
release OF j. w. Bissell were unable to make
any terms with the relentless merchants of
Chicago. The St. Louis Democrat OF the 3lst
ult. says 1t is then the duty of our mer.
chants to fill Mr.. BissePs place as speedily as
possible and prosecute the suits with redou.
bled energy and means. The bridge must come
doWn"
In New Orleans, few days ago, a lunatic
mounted to the top of a two story grocery and
amused himself by pulling bricks from the
chimney, breaking them with Ratchet. and
hurting them at passers by. When he had
continued the sport for some hours, one of the
fire companies brought its engine to the spot
and directed powerful stream upon him. So
surprised was he at this novel mode of attack
that he lost his toothold, slid down the roof
came safely to the ground, and was taken INTO
custody.
Fifteen or twenty slaves from Missouri
passed through Iowa City last week on their
way to the queens domnons. They were in
charge Of one of the Copies, brother of the
one that was hung at Charleston, and were
armed to the teeth.
Mr. Chapley r. Phillips, one of the wealth..
est planters in Missouri, while on drunken
irolic, at New Madrid few days ago. became
lncensed at Barton Yergan, another planter
and most intimate friend, and shot him with
pistol, infllcting wound which soon proved
iatal Mr.. Phillips was at once arrested.
IL Is reported that three or four slayers
have recently left New York for the coast of
Africa, and that one sailed on Friday last The
last reports from Havana speak Of the capture
OF u SLAYER by the government vessel and the
recaplure OF another, the Wildlire, stolen away
from Key West, The government officers
nave recently been seized with violent yiui.
iance, out their vigilance very often means
trcachcry.