Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-08-05
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY


BOSTON AND VICINITY.
Fire broke out FRIDAY night III the sheu at
tached to the barn Of Mr.. Sias Frost, pear the
West Cambridge line, which, together with
the barn, containing about lily tons OF hay,
three horses, two cows, several pigs, carryall,
market wagon (new) new cider mil, farming
utensils, vinegar house, with large quantity
of vinegar and cider, hot bed, glass, &c, was
entirely consumed.
The six story brick building, corner OF
Green and Pitts street, Boston, was on fire
Saturday morning. and damaged to the
amount of $4,000 1t was owned by Ma
thane Whiting, TIE tenants suffered Sc
verey by the loss of their stocks of goods.
Bumstead & Co. lose $4,000; Leavitt & Co.
nearly as much more The entire loss is esIi-
mated al upwards OF $4,000.
Ellen Leary, employed as a domestic in
the restaurant OF Jameson & Richardson, came
TO her DEATH Saturday afternoon, in most
painful manner She Trad gone into :he cell
lar, where shaft from Mr.. Carriers engine
runs through portion, and it is supposed that
this mis- step caused her to be caught up on
the shalt. She was lifted from the ground by
it, and almost instantaneousy became man
gled corpse. Her legs were torn from her
body and, ere the alarm was given, that body
was a mass OF fragments She gave one awful
and heart rendng shrek, and was no more.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
During tempest OH the 18th ult., the light.
ming struck house owned by Mr.. John
Moorehead, in Mansfield, and the house, to-
gether with an adjacent shop, used as manu-
factory of shOemakers' trols, with portion OF
their contents, were soon destroyed by hre.
Mr. MOOrehouse was insured in Lowell, anu
he estimate his loss al about $1,000, which will
be nearly or quite covered.
The Republican says very sad case OF Sc
duction has just come to its crisis and publicity
in Greenfield. A daughter of prominent
and respectable citizen, herself the teacher IN
one Of the public, gave unexpected birth to an
infant while the rest of The family were at
church. The paternity belongs TO boot al d
shoe maker of foreign name and birth, who is
the head of a family occupying another part
of the same house in which the family OF the
| Young girl live. No one of her family knew
of her experience or condition previous TO its
development on the sabbath. The seducer
| and adulterer, who has thus plunged TWO
families into disgrace and woe, and brought
sadness upon the whole village, has made pro
vision for his Legitimate offspring, and fed
from the town. by consent Oh me nie''u' u
his VlcuW'
RHODE us ISLAND r..
tral rams, on tiie Faney f"is 'u. I'' 10
entered on fruay llgllt oi lass "eIN mus ls,'
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area 1ollarS aos'rae'eu hun 'iie e''"'s''''
ME- DAVIS. e..i
OIncer billiiisS' a''er SUM- "SeN' III ~ So,
arrested Ill this ci'y' va maj ,'..
| Brown, or gentleman "ho wears I'i''' he"'e
for robblng post once ooAes tu ms , po'Ss 80
sion were found NUMBER Oh e e iaAea ie'
centiy-also one eHecA Vi "a : .''l =,
Ter OF the "lnuilauI ooun:y D"nN' SUI . " =,
Connecticut, on tne MecI'','ics n"uN' saI'e "
New YORK, Tor $500, payaoie 10 tue oiHei .,
A. Richmond x Son lhere was also ioINu =
upon HIM NUMBER Oh post ONCE Aeys anu
list OF the owners oil se'erai posi- ONCE OoAes
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necucut mas ueeh appoIt'oreu 1,iio"s tie So
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Wlnuhaih county = ni'uu''SeA 0ou"'!'
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Inc Ocean nouse, ~ Nv i40 49,. " w., Us
NV ~ Iniilg' last 1I9.suay, uu.l"s she
| detached bea As~and caused such an amount
of damage that the house will prob .bly have
to be closed for the season. There were !
number of guests in the hotel az the time
many of whom were Injured, although fortu.
nately none were killed. Mrs. Cant. Colt had
one If her arms severely burned, and her
clothing partially torn from her person. While
child which she held in her lap was thrown
to the floor and escaped with Slight injury,
The sofa on which She sat was ,orn 10 ,,ierrs
Two young ladies from New London were
also considerably injured, one being severely
burned on the chest. These three ladies were
affected with deafness for some time alter
Mrs. Hidden, an elderly lady, was severely
burned. Margaret Conner was quite seriously
injured. Mary Curtis was engaged in iron.
ing. The fiat was Torn from her hand and
thrown violently against the wall, while she
escaped without harm A servant girl in an
upper room was knocked over, but received nc
other injury than having her mouth filed with
mortar in some mysterious manner
They are stirring up the traitors in Itch.
field. A fellow by the name of Blake, a den
list was compelled to pay respect to the
American flag The next day he met one Of
the committee of the day previous, IL. S
Spencer and gave him Gaming. Ii. B.
Graves, Esq, went to Mr.. Spencer's nssist
ance, and was met by heavy pitcher from
the DOCTORS office, which cut his face badly,
He shut himself up in the wood box, and when