Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-04-14
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
BOSTON AND VICINITY.


GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
BOSTON AND VICINITY.
The body of an unknown woman was found
drowned in Dorchester Bay, near "Savin
Hill, in Dorchester, on Wednesday She app
peared to be middle aged and comfortably
clothed. A letter was found on the body,
written by c. B. Ropes to Z. r. Powers, West
Newton, dated at "Eldorado, Iowa, Feb. 10,
| 1860"
Isaac f. Hunnewel was arrested in Fitch
burg, Wednesday, for setting fire to his own
premises in Boston, fortnight since, for the
sake of recovering the insurance. Hunnewell
! is suspected of having "done" the insurance
offices in the same way, before, much to his
! own advantage and their loss.
The junior proprietor of daily paper in
Boston, residing in the suburbs, was "out-
ragged" on Sunday last by the sexton of his
church, who seated in his pew a young lady
who does not belong to Caleb Cushings "con-
summate white race" The young editor with
his family Immediately withdrew. Imagine
their surprise and shame, on learning that the
young lady was the daughter of a rich Cuban
planter and a-slaveholder.
Mr.. George Pauncetort is playing an en-
gagement at the Howard Atheneum, under
Mr. Davenport's management.
I@u W olu ~ ' OSCst OullS lildll vi years, OF
Chelsea, on Thursday evening, committed
suicide by drowning. He was accompanied
on a boat by his father, who was taking him to
a ship, i'll which he was to make a voyage to
sea. He had expressed no opposition to going,
but suddenly he left his seat in the cabin, and
rushing to the stern threw off his coats and
jumped overheard.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Some smooth and oily villain recently en-.
ticed from her home and ruined the young
daughter of respectable family in Wobnrn
The mother of the child met the seducer, on
Thursday evening, near the post Office, and
administered a richly deserved floggng, from
which he only escaped by his superior fleet
ness of foot.
ESSEX COUNTY.
There was wedding last week in Salem,
soemnized in the great frame house" first
erected at Cape Ann, in 154l, and afterwards
taken down and regretted for governor End.
colt on its present site, at which thirteen of
the direct descendants of governor Endcott
were present.
The golden wedding of S. s. Heath, ESQ.,
and his venerable wife of Bradford, took place
on the 10th inst. The ten children of the fam
lily are all living, and seven were present to
witness the interesting ceremonies.
The Salem Gazette says: "Our friends, in
the more open and rural parts of the city, in
form us that there is an unusual scarcity of
birds this season, robins, especially, not being
half as numerous as usual"
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The bark Roscoe, which sailed from New
Bedford last November, returned to that port
on Wednesday, having, last February, lost
boat off Cape Horn, containing the captain
(Almy), his son, and eight men, who were all
lost. Capt. Almy belongs in Dartmouth, and
leaves wife and daughter, who sailed with
him and came home in the vessel.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY
j. B. jackson & Co.'s office, in North
Adams, was set on fire Sunday night, but
flames were discovered and extinguished in
season to prevent serious damage. Anthem
perance men are charged with being the imme.
diate cause.
w. d. Maynard of Dalton has calf which
weighed l25 pounds on the day of its birth
James n. Strong of Pittsfeld has one that
weighed ITO pounds; and Russell Cole of
North Adams has one that weighed 112
pounds.
The Sumner family of Great Darlington are
bound to have hand in presidentmaking.
Increase, the father, is a delegate to the Balti.
more convention Samuel B. is the substitute
for the Charleston affair; and Charles A., an
other and worthy son, is a delegate from Cali
tornia to Chicago.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Charles Stearns, Of Springfield, died at the
insane asylum at Northampton, on Wednes-
day night, at the age of II years. He was
native Of Lancaster, but removed to Spring.
field in early life. He was a man of great
practical energy, and his name is associated
with many works of public utility in western
Massachusetts He w lei,
the support of his opinions, and intense and
bitter in his prejudices.
MAINE.
During the trial of case in Bath, on Sat
urday, witness having stated that he had
two married sisters, was requested to tell their
ages. Objection was made by the opposing
counsel, but Judge Kent ruled that, being
married ladies, ii was not unlawful to know
their ages.
RHODE ISLAND.
Mowry Smith, Jr., young man of twenty.
six years, living in Mapleville, near Provi-
dence, got discouraged the other day, thought
everybody was against him, feared they would
poison him, or put him to some other incon.
venience, SO that he went tie Whpple's pond,
in the upper village, and drowned himself.
CONNECTICUT.
Joseph Daggett, young man in West
Thompson, rose in his sleep, Sunday night
crawled through the attic scuttle to the roof of
the house, commenced loosening the bricks
from the chimney, and throwing them upon
the root His father alarmed by the noise
called him sharply by name, when the son
awoke, lost his balance, and fell to the ground.
He escaped serious injury.
The son of H. N. Carpenter of West Wood.
stock, fell from the top of wagon load of
plank, on Saturday, under the wheel, which
passed over his leg, breaking it in two places.
A Catholic church, 40 by 60 feet, is to be
built in Putnam. The work was commenced
on Friday.
The $1,000 left to the town of Rocky Hill.
and the $4,000 left to the town of Wethersfield,
by the will of John Rose, the New York mil
lionare, has been contested by his brother.
Henry Rose, on the ground that the attesting
clause of the will was invalid.
The body Of Mr.. Cannon of Wiimantic.
who has been missing several weeks, was
found in the river at that place Tuesday after.
noon. Some six weeks since, Mr.. Cannon
went to his woodshed for an armtul of wood.
as was supposed; since which nothing has
been seen of him, until he was found with his
hands tied, and other appearances indicating
that it had been toully dealt with.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The colored citizens of New York held an
excited and disorderly meeting, very much like
some Of the sessions of Congress on Thurs.
day evening last. The object of the meeting
was to disabuse the public of the impression
that the African Civilization Society, the new
colonzing agency, had their sympathy and