Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-10-22
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
BoroN AND VICINITY


Charestown street, Boston, was on Thursday
night last beaten to death by her husband He
was arrested and committed to Jail, leaving
four young children, two boys and two girls,
to be sustained by public charity.
The company of Independent Fusieers
have been compelled to give up their guns,
and it is expected they will be disbanded for
disobedience Of orders during the military ex-
ercises incident to the reception of the Prince
OF Wales. They claimed place of hon + to
which they were not entitled by the date of
their charter, and failing to obtain it stacked
their arms and left the field
The editor of the Boston Journal received
an apple, raised in Quincy, ILL.,, measuring up
wards OF Strteen inches, either Udy round, and
weighing upwards of one pound and half.
The burglars were very busy in Chelsea
during the pageant of Thursday last. Many
houses were entirely deserted by those who
came over to see the prince, and the thieves
had good chance. The spoons and forks
were very cleanly swept One gentleman had
gold watch stolen, the property of a de-
ceased son, the loss of which he greatly de-
plores.
The idea having been preached of chill
dren's ball at the Boston Theater during the
holidays, leading merchant of Boston has
offered to start the project with 500.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
During the visit of the princes party in
Cambridge, Friday, two of the law students
were arrested by the police and locked up, but
subsequently rescued by their fellow students.
One ot the marshals, in attempting to make
the crowd back, eXasperated a young man
named Robinson, from Missouri, who struck
him on the shoulders with his cane, and pro
voked the arrest.
The residence of 4 IT EvapS Of CoutI,
Maiden was visited by burglars last Friday
night, but the alarm was given by the faithful
watchdog, one or two shots of a revolver were
fired, and the rascals fled without consummat.
ing the robbery.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Nathaniel Rideout, much respected citizen
Of Salem, fell dead on Thursday afternoon,
while engaged in digging about the roots OF
an apple tree in the garden of DR.. VIM Webb.
He was Y years of age and has been subject
to symptoms Of heart disease,
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Barton White, Jr., a drunken teamster, fell
before his coalladen wagon, at Taunton, on
Thursday, and the wheels passed over his
head, crushing his brains into the rut
Counterfeit 81 bills on the Cohasset Bank OF
Fall River, Mass, have been passed in New
York.
The son of jesse Batrman of Brookevile
aged but seventeen years, shot himself design.
odly on Sunday, 18th inst. No cause was
known for the act, as he was in sound health
and manifested no unusual symptoms of de.
rangement.
-Four Of the Bangor BARRIERS, have been fined
50 and costs each Tor opening their shops on
Sunday, and have appealed the case to the
supreme judicial court, which will raise the
question whether shaving is a work of mer.
cy or Of necessity, within the meaning of the
law.
The earthquake was generally felt all over
Maine. In several places in Cumberland
county, people thought the commoton was
occasioned by the firing Of guns from the Brit
ish fleet and Fort Preble, in Portland harbor.
VERMONT.
The earthquake shock on the 18th instant
was distinctly felt at various places in Yer.
mont In some places doors which were fas.
tened were thrown open by the concussion,
and church bells were rung. In Mortified a
church spire was thrown from its pcrpendicu-
larity, and left standing in an oblique posi-
ton.
The people of Windham were out in their
sleighs on Sunday, 18th inst, the ground hav.
ing been covered TO the depth of five or six
inches with snow. The Bratteboro Phoenix
says "the tops OF Wantasiquet were whitened
over, and the Washington coach came in
looking like halfmeIted snow drift on
wheels"
There is woman in Peacham who has an
apron that she has worn for 40 years, and a
part OF the original fabric is still visible in
places This same woman has dress which
she has worn AZ years. This woman and the
one in New York who paid $4,000 for dress
to wear to the princes ball, represent the two
extremes.
On Monday, 18th inst, barn in Vernon,
belonging to a Mr.. Withheld, was DESTROYED
by an incendiary fire, together with 800 bush.
els of oats, 100 bushels Of rye, so tons of hay
and several head of cattle. 1t had been in.
sured for twelve hundred dollars but day or
two before.
Rev. Isaiah Huntley of Essex, charged with
forging papers to obtain bounty lands has been
honorably acquitted in the U. s. circuit court
at Rutland
The editor of the Windsor journal offers to
send his paper IL weeks for rs cents, paya.
Bile when Abe Lincoln is elected president, or
never.
PERSONAL.
Mr., Van Camp, OF the Ly IN. w Press.
Mr. Sentcll of the Waterloo Observer. Mir
Collins Of the Rochester Democrat and Mr..
Parker Of the Geneva Gazette, have each fol.
lowed TO The grave a child, stricken down by
the terrible nnlady known as diplheria, or ma
lignant sore throat
Rev Morris Brangnier, missionary to the