Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-08-19
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.

dred thousand dollars, ana haNeo PiN'i
ion for portions of the investment lree Nun nlo''i
control of any other person wlia'eyeiI ,,h;e,,
are all the requests named III 'i,e WI,
The sixteenth regiment Col. Powell L. wy
man, which for some weeks past has Deeh en-
camped at North Cambridge, left their quar-
tiers, Saturday morning. and look up tleir
line of march for Washington. Inc troops
were greeted with much enthusiasm on the
route, and large crowds of spectators ana
friends witnessed their departure, Ihey look
seven days rations and sixty ihousahu car
trdges. ,...--....
On Saturday morning aparty OF ten persons
sailed from Boston for the missionary heiu III
India They were Rev. j. Is. Vlnton, heV'
w. w. Hicks, Rev j. D. Brown, and Kew u;
w. Thomas, accompanied by their wives, ana
Mrs. ]. M. Haswe, who goes to JOIN her nus
band missionary in Burmah and MISS Jane
M. Dawson, who expects to join her iaIher III
the same distant land. The destined heiu OF
labor of the missionaries is i'll northeastern III
dia, near Lucknow.
Nathaniel Faxon, for many years Il prohl'
nent and wealthy shoe and leather merchant,
died in Boston on Saturday at The age Oh eisl
ty-four years. He went to the city poor BOY,
worked industrously as a shoemaker ulat,ieu
a good wife, was prospercd as he lhcreaseu III
fortune.
Dea Samuel Creole, venerable and much
respected citizen of Boston, died on Friday
last at the age Of seventy eight years. ne
was graduate of Harvard college in tie class
of 1902, \ man of great practical beneVoiehce'
and amiability of disposition which Warmly
attached to him every one who knew hi'h'
He had held various public officers and was q
working member OF several charitable ana
other institutions.
Sergeant Buguey and eleven privates OF the
twentieth regiment, who deserted lot tie
purpose Of joining a regiment at New lork'
will be tried by court martial for that Of
fence, the penalty for which may be death
The men are now confined in the Jail IN Bos-
ton, awaiting the order Of the war depart
ment.
MlDDLEsEx COUNTY.
The new dwelling house in North Woburn,
in process of construction by james McteeIey,
was destroyed by fire last Thursday, having
been set by some stragger who had crawled
into the shavings for shelter. The loss was
between $500 and $4,000, for insurance on
which application had been made but not
completed.
Tie house in Melrose owned and occupied
by Hugh Mckay was totally destroyed by flre
Saturday morning, with its furniture and sur
roundings. The loss is estimated at 5000.
The family had been absent at a camp meeting
since Monday which leads to the conviction
| that the fire was caused by an incendlary.
The Lowell (carpet) corporation will shut
down entirely for the present, in about two
| weeks Only about One-half work has been
| done on the carpet looms for the last three
months and the cotton department has been
entirely stopped for longer period.
! ESSEX COUNTY.
Gen. Lander has been spending a few days
| at his residence in Lynn, with his wife. He
left Saturday for Washington, by way OF Prov
idenee, at which place he will visit Governor
| Sprdgue. Gen. Lander's father, while on a
visit to lis son, in Lynn, was taken seriously
| i'll, and remains there.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Some of the anxious relatives OF John D..
Glover of Quincy, single man with property
estimated from 100000 to $l50,OO0, attempt
ed last week to get out a writ de L.Rdtlco
against him, and to have a guardian appointed
over him. Glover is spiritualist, and while
suffering from a partial sun-stroke, was at
tended by one ortwo "healing mediums, who
were the subject of considerable neighborhood
gossip. Glover got well before the case came
on, and appeared in court with some thirty
witnesses to his sanity and the case was
dropped, the costs falling upon his meddling
| relative, who instituted the proceedings.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
.uIhe toS} voe B IS dEatlsi nF still another
OF the old Taunton Light Guard as nucleus
On the premises of Mrs. Gilmore, in Taun-
| ton, there may be seen a pear tree and an
| apple tree with a remarkable and a similar
| popularity. Each has blossomed twice this
| year. On the pear tree there are two sets of
pears--those which have been growing many
weeks and which are of considerable size, and
| others that are Of very recent growth and very
small on the apple tree is an apple far ad-
vanced towards maturity, and on another
branch are blossoms which have just uuiolded
and have not yet dropped from the tree
Taunton Republican.
MAINE.
| The monarch of the ems is growing on the
estate of II. Ingalls,, Esq, in Somerset coun-
| ty, Me. 1t is one hundred and eight feet high,
| thlrtytwo feet in circumference at the ground,
| twenty three feet and ten inches three feet
above, eighteen feet and two inches nine feet
| above, and continues the same until you reach
| the first branch, fourteen feet above the
ground. 1t is estimated that there are tCenty
cords Of rood IN 1t noW, Notwithstanding two
large branches have been cut off two feet
through, one thirty and the other sixty feet
above the earth, with two different swarms of
bees, each producing no inconsiderable amount
OF honey.
The house in Rockland, occupied by Mrs.
Hiram Stevens, was totally destroyed by fire,
on Sunday morning, together with the barn
adjoining There was no insurance. The
house was owned by daughter of Mrs. Ste
Vens, who had been enabled to purchase it
with her earnings las factory operative to
furnish a comfortable home for her mother
and it was nearly paid for
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The city of Manchester was visited by an
extensive fire last Thursday night, destroy
ing the barn Of George W. Thayer on Elm
street, and spreading in both directions TO the
store of Kidder & Chandler on the north. and
on the south to the sold ark" occupied by sew.
erai persons, carrying on various kinds OF bus
mess. The aggregate loss is estimated from
$1,000 to $4,000.
The house of Nahum Mason, in Wakefield
n. H., was recently struck by lightning, the
nu'd shlvering window, and seizng upon
tne steel hoops worn by a daughter Of Mr.
Mason, who was sitting in the middle of the
room, breaking round of the chair in which
she was sitting, killing dog at her feet dash
ing thence across the road to the pump, which
1t destroyed, dashing back to the shed, where
1t took the life of an unlucky pig, flying
thence to the cellar, where it set tile crockery
to dancing, and split the contents OF a vinegar
barrel. 1t soon after was cornered in drain,
and disappeared from sight.
RHODE ISLAND.
Frederick A. Dexter, the only son of Essex
w. Dexter OF Woonsocket, died at his fathers
residence last Friday. He was a member of
20. Il, first regiment, and was taken sick after
the battle Of Bull Run, of which he was par
ticpant