Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-08-29
GEN-RAL NEWS SUMMARY.
mIDDLEsEx COUNTY.

The wooden mill Of w. w. Briggs of Law
renee was destroyed by fire, Monday, sustain
ing loss of 200 Or $4,000 The mill was
used for the manufacture of fancy cassmeres,
and employed some As hands. The building
in which the fire caught has been the subject
of litigation for some years, and has, we UNI
derstand, nearly ruined several persons.
The old MiddeseX Agricultural Society
met last week and revised its list Of premiums
for the year, offering instead OF the premiums
on cattle, which have been withdrawn, premi-
uns on the best farm carts, harness. flowers,
&c.
The building known as the Long Pond
House" in Natick, and occupied as hotel, a
grocery store, billiard room, and a lodging
house for several Irish families, was destroy ed
by fire early Tuesday morning. The Union
store lost S5000-partialy insured. Several
persons stopping at the hotel lost their bag
gage. The whole loss was about $4,000.
ESSEN COUNTY.
The small house and barn of VIM. Bon.
nance, in Nahant was set on fire and destroy
ed, Monday evening, by the intoxicated own.
er, who had gone to sleep with pipe in his
mouth and who narrowly escaped death in the
flames.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The Greenfield Gazettee and Courier tells
tile story that a young man left boarding
house in that town the other day to be absent
two or three days. The family having COM
pany, thought it would be safe to put one of
the young ladies' in the absent boarders room
for the night. Unluckily the young man re-
turned after few hours absence, and without
striking light was about to retire, when such
a scream burst upon his ears that he seized his
clothes and rushed wildly out of the house to
which he has not since been persuaded to re.
turn.
The tenth regiment has its encampment to,
day, Wednesday, continuing through Thurs
day and Friday, on the Ripley farm in Green
field. The review ofthe troops takes place on
Friday, by brigadier Gen. Richmond Adiu.
tant Gen. schouler is expected to be present.
CONNECTICUT.
The New Haven Palladium says quite an
excitement prevailed in that city on Monday,
caused by the discovery that bright star was
visible high in the heavens and comparatively
near the sun, between eleven and one O'Clock
The New Haven people all became star -gazers,
and III every street there were people pointing
out the phenomenon. 1t was very plainly
seen, when once the eye had the right direc-
ton, and was so bright as to astonsh every.
body.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Hon. G. l.. Vaandigham of Ohio, in
trying to get ahead Of the crowd passing out
from the state fair grounds at Dayton, Jumped
over the fence. He had unfortunately selected
place where the street had been cut through
hill, and consequently lost his equilibrium,
and fell distance of 20 feet, and was picked
up nsensible. With the exception of a little
soreness, however, he cit no bad effects from
the fall ON the day after it occurred.
Parties high in power say that his royal
highness and some of his suite are ANNOYED at
rumOrs and reports circulated in a certain New
York morning paper, and it is suggested
that as all the principal American and Cana.
dian papers are kept in duplicate for the pc.
rusal OF the parties concerned, it would be at
least civil to tell nothing but the truth.
Joguth Chunder Gangooly, the Brahmin
convert, recently delivered a lecture in Lon
don. In the course of his address, the rever-
end gentleman corrected some popular errors
concerning the Car Of Juggernaut 1t was no
part OF the worship for a devotee to cast him.
self under the wheels OF the car. Accidents
sometimes happened, and people were killed
in the crush; but Juggernaut commanded no
human sacrifice. He was the Brahmm god
of love, peace, and mercy.
The st. Louis Democrat has a letter from a
line town in Massachusetts on the border of
Vermont where the writer had the felicity of
seeing an OK weighing thirty three hundred
pounds. Several Democrats had offered 81
per pound for some of the beef, but the owner
OF the OK being Il strong Lincoln man, says
the animal shall lice till Lincoln is elected presi.
dent of the United States and shall then help
to nourish his administration.
Several very rare and valuable manuscripts
and autographs have been recently received in
New York, aud will be greedily sought for by
collectors. With other curious and excellent
things are autograph letters of Gov. John En-.
dicott; Of Joseph Brandt chief of the Six
Nations of Geo. Washington, Samuel Adams,
and John Hancock, of Samuel Pepys, and the
Earl Of Chatham; of Samuel Woodwork and
Edgar A. Poe and many others of equal value
Mr.. Joel Belview, a Georgian planter who,
some weeks since, offered to bet sic, 900 that
one OF his negroes could make Heenan, the
Hittlte, cry peccdoi in "2i feet ring" has
come out with another challenge in which he
offers to bet the same amount $50, 000) that he
can whip the champion.
AT Highgate, Eng, mischievous boy un.
dertook to scare some little girls with n
hdeous masks. One of the girls. daughter
OF John Hogaboom, in her fright, fell off the
edge of II bank and broke one of her legs.
Leonora DOna Pedro, who alleges that she