Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-10-04
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND VICINITY. 4.


WIN. Hinton OF Worcester master of the
ship Parthenia, was fined $50, in the United
States district court at Boston, Thursday, for
brutal treatment of Walter Buchan, one of his
crew, while ON Il late voyage troAl Calcutta.
He was charged with assaulting him with Il
handspke, and compelling him to remain on
deck when he was i'll. Buchan died on the
passage.
The office of L. I. Porter, state liquor agent,
in Boston, was robbed Wednesday afternoon,
of $500 or $500, by party of acute rogues
Mr.. Porter had hls pocket picked, Tuesday,
of a wallet containing some twenty dollars in
money.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY
Benjamin Tilden president of the Harvard
Bank, Cambridge, fell from the horse car on
Monday evening, upon his head He was
taken up i'll an unconscious state, and remained
so Tor some time. His friends are anxious
about thy -i,eeIIlt of The accident
HIst mathematician III America, and perhaps
in the world, was delegate to the Worcester
convention. lie is a democrat in politics, and
this was his first appearance at a political
meeting.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Rufus A. Peck of Stoughton, A private in
the Webster regiment, was accidentally killed
in the camp at Jamestown, on the 22l ult
lie was assisting to kill some cattle, when n
beam which sustained two OF the slaughtered
ANIMALS, broke and fell upon hi, head. He
was faithful soldier, and worthy and blame
less man.
The Essex North Association of the Ortho
doX church, was formed at lwley one hum
dred years ago. and it is proposed 10 celebrate
the event III that place Oh Tuesday, Oct 10TH
There is to be preaching by Rev Messrs.
Spading and Fiske, OF Newburyport
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young men from the best families in the city.
have voted to volunteer for the war with their
present organization, George NJ. son of the
venerable Col. Whipple, is captain of the
corps.
NANTUCKET.
Capt Reuben Baxter, formerly an active
and successful ship master, both in the mer-
chant and whaling service, died at Nantucket
Monday, at the aye of So years. He retired
from active pursuits, several years ago, upon
an ample fortune.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
One OF the curiosities exhibited at the fair
of the Housa:onic Agricultural Society in
Pittsield, last week. w an "Improved Hub
bard Squash, grown by II. II. Harris, OF Sal
isbury, CT, which weighed 1909 lbs! In the
side shows girl eighteen years OF age was
exhibited by her agent. Her weight is 628
lbs The female had beautiful and intelli-
gent face, not of unusual size, and would have
been highly attractive, disconnected from lis
mountain of fat.
CONNECTICUT.
While five little girls Were walking on some
logs in the canal basin at New London. a few
days since, the logs rolled over, precipitatiur
four OF them into the water, the logs immedia
atelr closing over them. Two were drowned.
and the others were with great difficulty res.
cued
The bans connected with the Connecticut
Literary Institution at Sufiield were DESTROYED
by an incendiary fire, Tuesday night, with
hay, grain, provisions stored there, and other
contents Loss about $l500-supposed to be
insured.
A gentleman i'll Connecticut marriages always
to raise d tolerable crop Of peaches every year.
This season he has had II very good supply.
The reason he assigns for his success, is his
habit of cutting back the branches of his trees
few inches every October.
MISCELLANEOUS.
London Times Russell, who has been SPEND
ing few days in illinois, shooting prairie
game was arrested near Wilmington, at the
instance OF residents in that vicinity, for shoot,
ing on the Sabbath. The statute pronounces
the act misdemeanor and imposes a fine of
five dollars, 10 go to the education of poor Or
phan children.
Some of the letters left by the rebels at
Munson's HILL are very rich One from
young lady in Georgia hopes that her lover
will get "Rnken's Skelp," for then she hopes he
will be permitted to return home. All OF the
letters complain Of the very hard times which
the country people are experiencing.
The Rev. A. X. II. Boyd, pastor of an es
tablished church in Edinburgh, late OF Dunn
fries, Scotland, is the author of the well re.
ceived anonymous work entitled "Recreations
OF Country Parscn," consisting of papers
originally contributed to Frazer's Magazine.
Mr.. Boyd is the contributor, in the same vein.
10 the Atlantic Monthly.