Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-08-15
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leave of absence for six months and a purse
of $1,000 to enable him to visit Europe for the
restoration of his health.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Quite A sensation was caused in gambling
hole in Greenfield, one night last week, by the
entrance of a wife in pursuit of her husband.
Some present skunk behind the counter, others
covered their faces, and there was quite stir
among the fancy gentlemen present-Gdzette
and Courier.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
One day last week, store keeper in New
! Hampshire, dropped a lighted candle into
keg OF gunpowder, which began to burn, but
with great presence of mind he dashed into it
a couple quarts of his best rum, which ex-
tinguished the fire and saved his powder
That powder will be capital for salutes by
minority parties, on the occasion of great vic
tories during the coming campaign.
During the thunder storm in Hampton, on
Wednesday, 8th inst, Mrs. John Brown, an
Irish lady, was instantly killed, whilst at pray
err having just made the remark, that if the
| Lord was to take them, she knew of nothing
better to be doing than to be at prayer. She
leaves four small children to the care of her
| husband.
There was family meeting at Hollis, N.
| H., last week, at which nine children visited
chi dren and great grandchildren with them,
so that tlirty-tive children were seated at the
table. All OF the females among the children
in the family, 1t is stated, are singers and
players upon the piano and melodeon, and all
the males singers and players upon musical
instruments with one exception.
The house OF the Rev. J. C. BIodgett in
henslngton, was struck by lightning and con-
sderably damaged last Wednesday during the
! Dl.,l,r
uncOnsciously ran into the streets, his arms
extended, and his face upturned to the clouds.
Other houses in the vicinity were struck
On the night of Saturday last, Mrs. Smith
Davis, in Lake Village, was SO frightened by
a cry of murder near her house that she
went into commissions and died the next
morning. She had been married but one
year, and the day Of her decease was her nine.
teenth birthday.
RHODE ISLAND.
Edward Burns, recently arrested in Proyi-
dence on the charge of poisoning his wife.
child, and mother in-aw, and VIM Mckinley.
subsequently arrested as an accompice, have
| been bound over for trial in September in Bris.
tol county. lie had quarrel with his mother
ln-law, and is supposed 10 have put arsenic in
their flour
Colonel L. Bigelow Lawrence and the Mar
quis Lousada, IL. b. NJ. consul at Boston.
went fishing from Newport Monday, and
caught no less than six sharks. The largest
was hooked up by the gallant Colonel. and
! hawed into the boat by the united efforts of
himself and his companion. 1t measured sew
en- feet long, was very thick, and weighed
lOO pounds. 1t was brought to the Ocean
| House in the evening, where crowds of fash
ionables visited it, The Colonel says he means
"to rest upon that fish, and go for nothing I'M
| der.
Geo. I. Suker, a merchant-tailor doing bus
mess i'll Providence, was waylaid OH CORTLAND
street, by two men, about II o'clock Monday
night, knocked down, and robbed of 1915.
No trace has yet been discovered of the per
petrators,
CONNECTICUT.
Thomas Mckarnan was complained of by
Flora Anderson, at New Haven, Friday, as the
father OF her child. He refused to marry her
as agreed. Thomas is white, Flora is black,
while the baby, like Mr.. Douglas. takes mid
die ground"
Some boys in Bridgeport amused them
selves, last Friday evening, by flying kite
with Chinese lantern attached to its tail.
Many citizens were out watching the eccentric
movements of the "meteor," and much learned
counsel had been expended before the mystery
was solved
MISCELLANEOUS
On the 4th OF July last, at high noon, a pat
riotic traveller reached the summit of the Sier-
IA Nevada, solitary and alone. Thinking 1t A
tit place to celebrate the glorious Fourth, he
dlsmouned, seized his revolver, and blazed
away. 1t was as noisy demonstration as he
could make under the circumstances. being all
alone, nearly 600 feet in the air The celebra-
ton being over, he mounted and logged into
| Utah.
ChaS. Burr, the nearest male relative of
Aaron Burr, died at Saratoga last week, aged
10 years. Charley Burr" till within seven
years was as poor as a church mouse, and
peddled almanacs in the streets of Albany.
His rich father died in 1858 without making a
VIII, and his whole estate, valued at S250, 900,
descended to Charley his only sou and heir,
who retired to the family mansion in Sarato-
ga, where he died.
Mary Gwin, young servant girl has been
arrested at Rye, near New York, on suspicion
Of being implicated in the death of refused
lover named Nichols. The last seen of Mich
| OILS he was in pursuit of a boat containing
Mary and Jacob Chatham. The body when
found was in an advanced state of decompos-
ton. The Gwin girls friends think Nichols
was intoxicated and fell overheard
On Monday afternoon man was killed at
Delta Grove, near Philadelphia lie belong.
ed to an excursion party from Philadelphia A
! quarrel took place, in which large number
were engaged and were cut badly. Bends
was the name of the man killed. The muir
derer attempted to escape, but was ought
Some proof impressions of rare engravings,
taken before lettering, have recently been put
in the London market, and the prices obtained
startled veteran purchasers. "frhe Judgment
Of Paris. by Mare Antonio, was sold for $1,000,
and copy OF MoIghen's Last Supper"
brought $3.50.
Thaddeus Hyatt is on his way to Kansas, to
inquire into the condition OF the people, who
are said to be on the verge of starvation from
failing crops. He has instituted no suit against
the sergeantat-arms, but intends to prosecute in
the several state courts Individual senator's who
voted for his imprisonment.
The French legation has lately visited Bos-
ton to approve the purchase by well known
horse dealer of five superb Vermont horses
tor the stables of the French emperor, who
already possesses twenty-four specimens of the
same breed. The new horses are fifteen hands
high, having a fine action and a speed OF not
less than $50. They are OF the emperors
favorite color, deep bay, as are nearly all the
emperors stock of four hundred, and their
tails are of the natural length, with one excep-
ton. The cost was between $1,000 and $1,000
pair.