Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-08-24
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

A correspondents OF the Advertiser offers to
subscribe 800 toward procuring a bust of
John Quincy Adams, to be placed in Faneuil
Hail. He also makes the further offer of $500,
in case this plan should be exchanged for that
of procuring a statue Of the great statesman in
bronze.
Two forged checks were presented at the
Safety Fund Bank, Boston, one purporting to
be drawn by the cashier of the Berkshire
Bank, South Adams, and one from the Weare
Bank, N. IL. The checks were of small
amounts, and the forgery was easily detected
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
Thomas Page of Carlisle died of disease of
the heart, Wednesday, while transacting bust
ness which had called him to Concord.
The barn of Mr.. Hager in Lincoln was set
on fire Wednesday night, probably by the
same incendiaries who have worked so much
mischief during the past season.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Rev. Samuel McKeown, of the Second Free
will Baptist church i'll Taunton, while on
visit to some friends in the British provinces,
was presented with valuable young mare,
but it backed over the side of the boat at An.
napolis, Nova Scotia, and persisted. Mr.. Nc.
Keown was dragged overheard, and narrowly
escaped.
Mr.. Samuel Thatcher of Taunton formerly
of Barnstable, a man 80 years of age, walked
from Taunton TO New Bedford on Monday,
and back again the following day. The dis
lance is y miles, and it is very rarely man
over 60 years old is found willing to under
take the performance OF such a feat.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Three Newfoundland dogs attacked several
steers in the pasture of Grin j. Powers of
| Prescott, Mass, a few days ago, and gnawed
| off an ear OF one of the animals and nearly
severing one or its legs from the body. They
| also maugled three others in the herd. The
| believing of the terrified animals attracted at.
tention, and the dogs were driven off and kill
ed.
| NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Two boys named Handy and Jillson, each
about II years old, living in Richmond, N. H.,
INDUCED in playful froIic, last Monday MORN
ing, afer they rose. Handy had been kicked
out of bed, when he took gun and flourished
it around Jillson, who said playtully to him,
''let it drive" Surprising the gun unloaded,
he did "et it drive" pointing it at the back of
Jillson, and full charge OF powder and shot
entered his body. 1t is feared he is fatally
wounded.
Two little girls, one aged eighteen months
and the other five years. daughters of VIM
Goodwin of Portsmouth, fell out OF the win
dow upon the sidewalk, Il distance of twelve
or fifteen feet, last week, and were dangerous
ly injured. The youngest probably will not
Edwin BOyce of Manchester fell from the
platform of the Manchester down train near
Lawrence, Thursday morning, and had both
legs cut off and one arm. He probably will
die.
RHODE ISLAND.
VIM. Corp, lad OF ten years, was drowned
i'll Pawtucket Tuesday, while bathing in the
Pawtucket river. He had Just come out of
the water, and was standing on the edge of a
rock, when he fell backward, struck his head
upon rock, and disappeared.
CONNECTICUT.
Two brothers named Foote living in South
Glastonbury, went bathing Sunday afternoon
in Roaring brook. Near nightfall their dead
bodies were found, some distance apart, where
they had been drowned The oldest was "A
years of age, and the younger 81. One of
them wasn't able to swim, and the other is sup.
| posed to have gone to his rescue, when both
| were drowned.
1t is stated that the recent death of Miss
Laura Bliss i'll Middetown was caused by an
| explosion of rOsn OIL not c8mphene How the
oil took fire is not certainly known but the
tact that this frightful result occurred is proof
that rosin oil, too, will explode, aud that its
| effects are as bad as those of camphene.
The infant daughter of Mr.. Eli Sperry of
| Woodbury. recently died. in consequence of
being fed on milk from COW supposed to have
| been poisoned. Alter the Illness OF the cow
was discovered, the milk was given to a pig
and fowls. All were taken violently i'll, and
two of the latter died.
Asa Platts, dealer in horses in Essex, fled
for parts unknown on Thursday Of last week,
leaving some $4,000 in forged paper as a me.
mento for his creditors. The name of his
brother, David Patts, member of the last leg.
islature from Saybrook, is prominent among
the forged signatures The criminal had pre-.
viously borne good character.
Nathan g. Fish has been elected president
of the Mystic River Bank, in place OF Charles
Mallory, resigned
John Harvey Of New Haven has raised a
cabbage, of the Bergen variety, which weighs
over 40 pounds, and measures / feet and 8
inches in circumference, and is feet inches
around the top. 1t is a perfect wonder in its
way.
Gov Buckingham has appointed Learned
Hebard of Lebanon, Thomas G. Kingsbury of
Franklin, and Henry Z. Haven of New Lon
don, commissioners to make a new distribution
of lands Of the Mohegan Indians in accordance
with the provision Of the last Legislature.
The comedian, A. ii. Davenport, met with
q serious accident on the 14th inst lie was
driving in q wagon in Stamford, CT aid was
thrown from his vehicle upon pile Of stones.
He was, unconscious for some time before he
was discovered, and was very badly bruised
aud cut.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Major SehOlefeld, OF WhitcstOwn, N. Y.
recently picked, in his garden, from n plant
called "yaricgated balsam," rare flower
which measures two inches and three quar-.