Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-03-04
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

The presidency Of Harvard college, since
Mr. Feiton's illness and death, has been tenn
porarily filled by Rev. Dr. A. G. Peabody,
formerly OF Portsmouth, n. IL preacher 10
the university and Plummer professor of
christian morals, tine successor OF Dr. Hun.
tington.
Col. w. r. Lee visited both branches of the
state Legislature Saturday morning. He has
accepted the invitation Of the city government
OF RoXbury for Il public reception, and will
name an early day for the ceremonies
a lady while riding in South end omnibus
in Boston, on Sunday, had her pocket picked
Of 500
While the Rev E. NJ. Crane of Boston, was
observing the twenty fifth anniversary of his
wedding, Saturday evening, with few friends,
the members Of his church paid him a visit,
and presented him with box containing one
hundred and fifty half dollars, and his wife
with another box, containing twenty five dol
lars in quarters, with some valuable silver ar
licles for her table.
Thomas Cunningham was run over by a
team on the BroOkline Branch railroad Satur-
day night. lie was so badly mansled as to be
scarcely recognizable.
y woman named Hannah Hayes, was found
dead in the attic of a building on Cross rect,
Boston, Sunday night. She probably died in
fit caused by intemperance
On Saturday, as James Clark, of the firm
of Bradbury, Clark & Co, Boston, was stand
ing beside his horse and sleigh, lie was seized
with paralytic shock. lie was carried to his
home in Charlesiown, where he died during
| the evening.
On Wednesday of last week, an Irishman
| living in Boston, buried his wife, who died on
| the Monday previous. On Saturday he sent
| friend TO the city registrar's office, to obtain
| tor hInRa license to get married again. He
was probably ashamed to go there himself SO
soon after getting burial permit for his first
wife. When his friend was informed OF the
short time that had elapsed since his vile died,
he said he would have nothing to do with the
matter, and letl the registrars office without
the desired license.
a suit Tor SANDER, wherein the sum of ten
thousand dollars damages are laid is to be
tried next week. The parties are Erdix II.
Swift VS. Nahum Chaplin, both of Charlestown
The libelIuus words are said to have been ut
tered during the last municipal election, when
tile two gentlemen took opposite sides, and
were TO the effect that the plaintiff failed and
detrauded his creditors, at Ogdensburg in
1857 and also, that he owed certain person
large sum OF money, aud that this person
wanted TO get plaintiff elected to an important
office, from the salary OF which he was TO pay
the Indebtedness i'll insalments.
An alteration occurred in Boston, Sunday,
between E. G.. Sweeney and Il man named
Lynch, respecting house rent. From words
the parties proceeded to blows and it is alleg.
ed that Lynch drew pistol and fired at Swee-
ney the bail taking effect in the left eye of the
latter, and inAicting injuries which NAV uroye
fatal. Lynch has thus lar eluded arrest
MlppLEsEx COUNTY.
The total expense OF the fire department of
Lowell since the organization of the civ in
1886 has been S241 ,554 81, or an average of
over 5000 year
Farmers in the vicinity nj IoweII bo,ip 70
CONN Ain about the shntf supnIv of wnter tor
their cattle.
rssEx couNrv
The fl ,urond cram s,n,,. ar RovIov O.
Sons came near b4ing dastrov, Il law A. m
Thursday nioht On onnninu ,ha stora FL
dav mori,ing saws The Herald II wos fnn,d ~
be.densely filed with smoke and on srar,.hin,,
the ,,r,,,,;.as tor ,l, ,,a,,s, !; "a
Thar "a sna,E ot fire mr. ,,;aoo NJ TI,Iad -,
had 90, min the snitoor fIl.J viii snvr,lnst IL,
the counting room. burning throuph the f1onr
over "A space of some five feet but owinu IN
the room, heinz. nparIv mir tipht tha fire ehsd
gone out of itself-a very fortunate circum
stance. Had the fire originated in almost anv
other part OF the building it would most likely
have been consumed
NORFOLK COUNTY.
The Catholic church in Foxboro' was totally
DESTROYED by fire on Saturday nipht. AIthnnvI
the building was parliaIly insured. the loss is
heavy. as The altar and decorations uaintiuus
robes and turniiure were NOT insnrlJ
RRIsrot. corxry
The city government of New Bedford has
reduced The salaries OF the munirinal officers
to the tune of 5000 per annum. and the 10.
trenchmg process is not ct perfected.
UAMpDrN CouXTy
The barn OF David Bush. in sprinpfield
was set ON fire Sunday morning and mostly
consumed. L SIS 5000.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The town of Adams contains ten cotton
mills, being more than half of the whole nun.
Der in Berkshire county. The capacitv of
| most OF those i'm oo,tntion has been nearly
| doubled within a few years Six COTTON tu,.
tories M South Adams have been converted to
other purposes, or the water privileges aban.
doned.
MAINE.
Last week, house occupied by two families
| in the town of Mexico was comnatelv hurisd
by an avalanche OF snow In the moruinO The
neighbors on discovering the disaster. set 10
work to release the buried ones. BY tunneling