Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-03-01
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

Robert Carpenter has been before the su.
perior court in East Cambridge charged with
sending threatening letter to Frank Deming,
in which he claimed 10 have proof OF Demng' j
| criminal Intercourse with certain hotel keep.
er's wife in Franklin, and to keep the secret
| desired TO have $50 sent him Immediately. AS
this was Carpenters first offence, and as he
| had mother dependent upon him for sun.
| port, at the request OF Mr.. Deming, he was
put upon probation by paying the costs.
Three valuable horses have been stolen
while stapdlng in the streets of Charestown.
this week. One belonged to Mr. Hey wood, of
the firm of Haywood & Glines, and was val.
ued at $500.
1t is thought by those who pretend TO be
unusually sagacious in the premises, that the
legislature will not dj0urn until the latter part
Of April the first of May.
M1DDLEsEX COUNTY.
VIM. Forbush OF Lowell has been sentenced
to one years confinement in the house OF cor
rection, for entering and stealing money from
the post office in that city.
The Lowell Courier says orders have been
receie ed TO start up as soon as possible all the
machinery for fine work of the Boot CorDo
ration Mills in that city. The Company has
been running, recently, about half its machine
ry for This kind Of goods. They lave about
1000 bales of cotton now on hand-enougb to
last about six months, at the end of which
time there will probably be full supply fresh
from the south.
ESSEX COUNTY.
The Nickerson block in Gloucester was on.
tirely destroyed by fire Friday morning. The
inmates had barely time TO escape with their
lives. The fire was the work OF an incendi
ary
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
The locomotive "Waker," attached To tho
morning passenger tram on the Old Colony
railroad, exploded on Friday when nearing the
depot at Kingston, injuring the engineer and
fireman, but not seriously. a large MARI ot
the boiler was carried over 200 feet. Another
portion entered a house and lodged over the
fireplace.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Mrs. Mary Deiano, aged SO years, who was
| residing with her son-in-law Geo S. Howard
OF New Bedford, was recently left alone for a
lew moments with little child two years old
Mrs. Detano, who had received a pa,alyIic
shock some fifteen years SINCE and was nearly
| deprived OF speech aud the use OF her limbs
was left in her accustomed place near the
stove. The child got at some matches and set
the dress of Mrs Delano ON fire, which was
not discovered (she being unable to move or
give the alarm) until the smell of the burning
clothes arrested the attention of Mrs. Howard
who was down stairs. The side, face. and
neck OF the unfortunate woman were burned
in the most shocking manner, and she did NOT
long survive the injuries.
John Brayton OF Taunton and other
stockholders have demonstrated against fine
union of the Old Colony Railroad Company
with the Newport Railroad Company.
son of WIN. Meade Jr. of Taunton.
while coastlng in his fathers garden, slid into
the river, which runs at the loot of the hin.
and was drowned.
MAINE.
In Camden, Thursday last, Mr.. Norris
Mansfield was stabing his horse, when the
| animal inflicted terrible kick upon him.
driving one side OF his upper Jaw entirely from
its place, SO that it was held only by n few liy.
aments, disocating five of the front teeth. and
| decorating The face in a shocking manner. Tie
! wounds were dressed and the patient is in n
fair way Of recovery.
KEW HAMPSHIRE.
In Warren, early this week, a young man
named Daniel Hoyt, in attempting To iumn nm
to an engine when in notion was struck by
the step and thrown under the wheels lie
died before he could be removed from the
track.
CONNECTICUT.
We learn that Edward p Dunn. n vol.
unteer in the thirteenth regiment Comment.
cut volunteers, Co. Il, while at home in PM.
nam, on Through, on Thursday last, had
three fingers OF his right hand completely SOW.
cred, by glance Of an AK, while splitting
wood. He was to return to New Haven that
day, and was soon to leave with the regiment
for Ship Island. lie OF course is unified for
further service.
Washington's birthday was appropriately
celebrated in al! the principal towns in Wind.
ham county.
The amount of taxable propertv in pntnan,
is 1916 1877 The tax ON the dollar is AZ mills