Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-02-20
NEWS SUMMARY.
ESSEX COUNTY.

ESSEX COUNTY.
| One of the cOnStables in New buryport, one
night last week, arrested the man who runs the
rum express between that city and Georgetown
| The man was troubled at the time with serious
obiquity of vision, and was taken to the watch
house with his freight, to be cured. His Gus
toners were compelled to go dry that night.
| MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Mr.. e. Wiley, large shoe manufacturer at
South Reading, committed suicide Friday
night, by hanging himself in the barn connect
ed with his residence. Mr.. Wiley had been
subject to fits of mental depression to such an
extent of late, that his friends have feared
those attacks would result in insanity. Mr.
Wiley leaves handsome property.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The loss by the fire in New Bedford, Thurs
day night, was nearly $4,000. The new
steam fire engine Onward" was brought into
use for the first time, but on account OF vari-
ETY. of vexatious delays, failed to do itself full
justice. There was high wind at the time,
but the buildings were covered with snow,
which essentially checked the fury of the CON
fagration.
The annual report of the trustees of the
public library in New Bedford states that there
are now in the institution S13, 800, an increase
of $500 within the year The number taken
out during the year was q, 224, an average of
81 daily. The number OF persons regularly
supplied with books is 34l5, of whom It's COM
menced during the past year.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The city authorities have been taking the
census of the small pox in Springfield, and find
there have been about 1926 cases since the dis
ease made its appearance here a year ago.
Three-quarters Of these were only varioloid,
and the deaths have been but 10 per cent. of
the cases of sickness.
MAINE.
One Of the Penobscot Indians recently ap-
pealed to the legislature to build his tribe
new school house, and thus described the old
one =" The building has become bald with
age, and weeps now, within and without, in
every rain; and is as ragged and tattered as
dead poplar in the woods"
The wooden mill at Sabattus Village Web
ster, Maine, was totally destroyed by fire on
Sunday morning 18th inst. Loss on building,
stock and machinery, $4,000; insured for
S6,5OO. MIR. John Whitehead, who slept in
the building, was so severely injured by fire
and smoke that he died Sunday night.
CONNECTICUT.
The Squire & Parsons manufacturing COM
pany, and the Grlley & Perkins company of
Brantord, were burned out early Friday
morning. Loss of Squire & Parsons, $50, 900 );
of Grilley & Perkins, 0,000-the former are
insured in the New York and Providence of
fees for S34 600; the latter for Sc, 500 Squire
Il Parsons manufactured locks and knobs,
and Grilley, Perkins & Co. manufactured
screws. About 140 hands are thrown out of
work by this tire.--Hattord Press
Abigail Mix, poor widow living in Pros
| pect, nearly the whole of her worldly posses
sions consisted Of one COW, was induced to sell
1t the other day for between $50 and $40; and
John Lampman, scamp who helped to make
the trade, broke into the house Monday night
and stole the money from a drawer where the
widow had put it.
PERSONAL.
The Siamese Twins are still living in Sur
rey county, North Carolina. AT late revival
the wife Oh Chang was baptized. Chang and
Eng seemed to be much concerned for them.
selves, and requested an interest in the prayers
of the minister.
Miss Siddons, pupil of Macready, and
llnea descendant of the great Mrs. Siddons,
Is shortly to appear on the stage, in London,
as Lady Macbeth
Henry Ward Beecher says the Anti Slave
ny Standard, is engaged to preach to Theodore
Parker's congregation on some Sunday during
the approaching spring
MISCELLANEOUS.
John Corcoran, employed as wood SAWYER
at the water works in Sacramento CAL, was
lately discharged from his position for having
voted the antiLecompton ticket, and having
no means of support he committed suicide on
the 10th of January.
There is native African in Baltimore who
came to this country to see the world, but he
is so fearful of being sold into slavery that he
has put himself under the protection of the
Colonization Society, and is very anxious to
get back to "Afric's sunny fountains" where
he has five aniable wives longing for his re-
turn. He is six feet high and of fine propor-
tons.
A fashionable young lady, a few days since,
went lnto store Ill Norfolk, Va, and after a
thorough examination of its contents, bought
a dimes worth OF thread, which she ordered
to be sent to her residence, over n mile dis
tant. The proprietor procured an express
wagon, the driver of which took the package.
backed up to the door, lowered the tailboard,
delivered the package, and collected fifteen
cents, the usual charge
The Philadelphia papers urge the legislature
to appoint gas meter inspector, to stand be-
tween the public and the Gas Company. In
New York, not long ago, complaints were
maze against the two gas companies of that
city' tlat more gas was charged for than was
consumed. Many persons who had the GAS
pipes III their houses did not use gas at all. but
burnt camphene or oil, and yet were CHARGED
as II they had been burning gas all the time.
On complaint, the Gas Company declared,
frst, that 1t was impossible for them to have
made mistake; and next, when the parties
put in affdavits of the fact, that, if error was
committed, there was something wrong with
the meter" '
In Rochester, N. Y, day or two since. a
fellow named Packer, clerk in a large dry
goods store, was horsewhpped in the most
wmoiesome ana satisfactory manner, by Mr..
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upon young lady whom he had asked To 90
WIN HIM to lecture. The villain beloved
loudly during the operation, and then ran for
hiding place. i0i
"A south Carolina paper notices the death of
mule whose age was known with certainty
10 De slxty-twO years at the time of his death