Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-11-09
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.

HGN6hhA NEW nUmmARl.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.
The tenth anniversary of the old South
daily prayer meetings was observed, yester-
day, with appropriate religious ceremonies
The report Of the secretary was read contain
ing many interesting illustrations of the power
of prayer, not only upon citizens, but upon
strangers who had visited the city from all
parts of the county.
1t is said that a well known sporting charac.
ter of Boston who arranged his slate some time
sine, loses about $4,000 by the defeat of Mr..
Burlngame. One man on State street lost
$1,000; another on Broad street won a like
sum on the election of Mr.. Rice. a gentle
man in Charlestown is said to have risked his
house and land upon Mr.. BurliHgames cleo.
ton, and consequently lost, and another gen.
tleman lost $500 on the same. 1t is estimated
that 100000 changed hands in this city on
the defeat of Mr. Burlingame. Two attaches
of the press are reported to be Out'-Onc
about S500,an the other about Sl500.-Jounal
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
During the severe thunder storm which
passed over New England on the day of cleo
ton, the lightning struck the house of John
Wyman OF Woburn, SCATTERING one end of the
house and losing itself in the cellar Several
other places i'll the neighbDrhood were struck,
but without receiving much injury.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
The old building at North Bridgewater,
formerly the First Congregational Church,
but recently kHown as Baker & Kingman's
HAL, was destroyed by fire Wednesday. The
building was worth from $4,000 to $1,000
partly insured. The Congregational Church
near y was saved with difficulty.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
One OF the young lady pupils of the Mount
Holyoke seminary, visiting Springfield, Tues
day, communicated the following presidential
vote of that institution, thinking perhaps it
might have bearing upon the general election
result Whole number of votes, 2SS; Lin
coin 24O, Douglas 80 Breckenridge 10, Bell 4,
Don't care snap" 4.
Some three hundred Westfield republicans,
together with ladies and invited guests from
abroad, had political demonstration and sup
per at Whitman's Hall, Wednesday evening
Speeches were made Old Abes election en-
dorsed, and the gathering altogether, was the
occasion of many happy memories.
y. L. Clark OF EasthamptOn has weighed
live sugar beets, raised ON his premises with
the following result :-149 lbs, 105, %, Y, Y.
The aggregate weight of u others was II lbs,
and two of them measured q inches in cir
conference.
There has been stampede of students,
both male and female, at the East Maine Con-
ference Seminary at Bucksport, in consequence
OF the breaking out of the small pox in that
institution.
DIR. George w. Pierson Of Bddeford, com.
mitted suicide Wednesday, by taking strych-
nine. He was found dead in a pasture
RHODE ISLAND.
In drunken carousal on Eddy street Prov
idence, Wednesday afternoon, two persons
named Thomas Brown, and Frank McFar-
land, one Of them, it is feared, fatally injured.
Two of the ring-ead were arrested and de.
tanned to await the result OF the injuries.
The house of Aaron Simpson in Fall River.
was struck by lightning ON Tuesday, Novem.
Der =, and seriously damaged. None of the
occupants OF the house were injured.
CONNECTICUT.
Chief Justice Williams. over 80 wears of
age, deposited the first vote-for Lincoln, of
course-in the first Hartford district, and Shell
don Osborn, Esq, about 76 years old, the see
ond vote Samuel Tudor, Esq, also voted for
Abraham Lincoln
One OF the employees of Parker, Snow,
Brooks Co., named Parker, fell through the
hatchway of their shop, Tuesday evening.
badly tracturing his skull, and otherwise in
juring him internally. He is not expected TO
live
In Preston, Tuesday, the venerable Elisha
Crazy, Esq, remarked upon placing his ballot
III the box that it was the 18th ballot he had
cast for president of the United States He
voted for Lincoln.
One of the 'od fellows at Allyn Hall build
ing, Hartford, dropped brick when part wav
up the ladder, Wednesday evening, which fell
upon the forehead of Il high school girl pass
ing at the time, inficting cut which bled
profusely.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mayor George Middleton, aged ninety.one
years. and the veteran father Waldo. now in
his ninety-ninth year. both of Syracuse. New
York, both of whom have voted at every pres
ldential election since the foundation Of the
government, and have belonged to the republic
can party since its organization, went to the
polls, Tuesday, and deposited their votes for
Abraham Lincoln. They were loudly cheercd
at the polls.
NJ, NJ. Pomeroy, editor of the La Cross
(WiS.) Union, who staked his printing office
on Douglas carrying Illinois and WILSON'S in,
appends this paragraph to the announcement
OF the result of the October elections:
Wanted-A large Bible with very coarse print.
Any person having such a work, with a few consol-
ing passages marked will get a good bargain In
qure at the editors room all day.
Rev. Mr.. Willet, supposed to have been
hung In Texas on the same tree with his faith.
er-in'aw, Rev. Mr. Bewley, has arrived safe.
~ IN southern Kansas. He escaped with diff.
cuIty from his prosecutors and lived eight DAYS
in the woods with no food but nuts. OTHER
tugityes from Texas are arriving in Kansas.
DIR. Lyman Beecher, who cast his first vote
tor Washington, was taken by his son, on
Tuesday, to the polls that he might cast his
last vote for Lincoln. AS the venerable man.
with flowing and silvery locks, entered the
room the crowd parted right and left and ST.
lently maze wav for him.
Nontgomery B'air recently brought an ac.
ton in the circuit court of Washington. d. e
against VIM. Carey Jones, (Mr Benton's SON
ln-aw,) to test the right of the latter to pos
sess the furniture, books, &C., OF the late Thos
II. Benton. The case was decided on Satur-
day in favor of Blair