Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-06-14
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY

WIN. HAMPDEN COUNTY
~, " l,.Itn H. Lee, Respectable Ir;sb,,,, :;
H., m,' met with a fatal accident NJ Gran.
m 800, esu'y' while attempting to stem nm.
on Tram OF ears in motion. FoIlin,, ~, r.
- 'eg ,T ooln legs Were severed below tha
n I"oT III, ine now o. blood was checked hv
, uihulhs tne stnmps tightly with ropss ~
,ri,nr, w. HI ne was conveyed TO West6eld
where ne dled the same afternoon.
BRISTOL COUNTY
Inc encampment of Col. ID, N. Couch's ro,
lment IN Taunton is to be named ssCnmn oi9sI
Colony, IN honor of the section of the STATE
which has furnished the men for this com.
maud. The camp ground is pleasantly situa-
ted on the farm of the Bristol County Aericul-
tural Society.
Mrs. VIM. Borden and Mrs. Vernon Cook
were thrown from carriage IN Fall River, on
tuesday, III consequence Of the horse taking
fright and running. Mrs. Borden struck a
fence, and one of the pickets entered her right
cheek, tearing off the flesh and leaving the eve
bare She was also badly bruised.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
John l.. II. Sargent u young man nineteen
years OF age, and living AT North Boscawen,
n H., met with his death on Monday evening
last, whlle performing teats for amusement
WIN a common iron bar. The act which
caused his death was the attempt to leap over
The bar, which was standing in vertical DO
slton Having placed his hands on the top Of
the latal Instrument, he gave SPRING but his
hands Stripped, and he was impaled upon the
par ne iell to the ground, exclaimng, 81 am
bleeding TO death; | shall die" He lived
ABOUT 1orty-hve minutes Young Sargent was
an exemplary youth, and member of the
Christian church in Franklin.
Within six weeks Mr. john Abbott of Can
da, N H.. has buried his entire tamly-seven
children and one grandchilt, all victims OF dip
iberia. The eldest was but II years old, and
the youngest an infant.
CONNECTICUT.
Andrew Morse, a member Of Colts Iegi-
ment in Hartford, deserted, Tuesday evening,
and was subsequently found in the streets of
Glastonbury, naked and a raving maniac. He
was recaptured, and was to he returned to his
friends, who, ii was thought resided in Wor-
cester. lie seemed to be under the deluson
that he would be shot by his comrades il he
staid in camp, and wanted TO return ''to his
sister IN Longmeadow, who wouldn't shoot
him.
Woodruff Beach, of Hartford, have taken
a contract tor the engine and machinery of
one OF the seven sloops-ot'war ordered by the
United States government, to be precisely
similar to the engine and machinery of the
Mollcan, and TO be delivered at Kittery, Ne,
in four months from date. The contract comes
to something over 100000
In the new course OF study at Yale College,
established under the muniicent donation OF
100000 by Joseph L. Sheffield of New lla
ven, and designed to fit young men tor "A prac-
teal business life, class in military engineering
has been commenced. Prof VIM. A. Norton,
graduate of West Point, is the teacher, and
the instruction-will be practical
James Crowley was drowned in Derby, on
Wednesday while bathing in the Naugatuck
river. lie was engaged as track repaircr
Francis Bimey OF Hartford, was drowned near
Core mili while III the act OF setting an eel pot.
lie became entaugled in the ropes and fell out
OF the boat
DR.. Samuel Hobby of Greenwich, who was
killed Il few days since on the track of the New
Haven Railroad, was 81 years OF age. 1t is
said Of linn that after graduating at Yale Col.
lege he studied medicine, but his extreme
modesty induced him to abandon the probes
sion and engage in teaching school,
MISCELLANEOUS.
While Ned Buntline and his party were at
the Holiday Theater in Baltimore, last Satur.
day night, a-leeble voice in the corner Of the
arqueite liSped out "'rhree cheera Tor jeff.
Davis " which met with no response. A gen
tleman who was with Judson then waving his
hat, sung out in stentorian voice, 'Ihree
cheers Tor the Union" which was taken up by
the audience with loud vivas which made the
house ring again and again with the sounds of
loyalty.
The flourishing town OF Glarus, in Switzer
land, was the scene OF Il most devastating fire
on the 4th of May last. The fire ragged Tor
nearly two days, five hundred dwelling houses
Wero.L ,,ssl vtvrr- G94SvrI-
millions OF francs worth of property was de.
stroyed. Nearly three thousand persons lost
all their property, barely escaping with their
lives. Ten persisted in the conflagration.
recent advices from Hayti represent that
anything but an amicabIe feeling exists be-
tween the blacks and mulattoes, the former
being in favor of the present mixed govern
ment, under which they receive the lions
share OF the spoils and the latter generally Ia
yorlng French protectorate. Some dissatiS-
faction is also reported among the new colo
nlsts, who have settled there under the emf
grafton policy OF Gefiiard.
The White Cloud Kansas Chief says that
Capt. Montgomery, The scourge and terror of
r9tlians, is still at Topeka patiently awaiting
his time. His band are pledged to move with
hun on the first proyocaion. The whole In
dian country, including portion OF the south
western states, are filled with alarm by reports
OF his movements.