Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-12
General News Summary.


iOoAON AMI NlSlNlIl.
Ninety-nine persons died in Boston the past
week, of whom fifty-six were children under
five years of age. Two of the individuals
deceased were between eighty and one hun
dred years.
| a little daughter of VIM. Hall, of Boston,
was drowned in the basin OF one of the small
| fountains in the Public Garden, Sunday after
noon. Mr.. Hall went out to take walk with
the child, and met a friend, who also had a
child with him. While the two men talked
together the children strayed away, and before
they were missed the child was drowned.
On Thursday last Mr.. Albert c. Sprague of
North Bridgewater, was kicked by a horse in
that town, and so severely injured that he was
brought to the Massachusetts General Hospital
in Boston for treatment 1t was thought that
he was ''doing well" until Sunday morn
ing, when he suddenly sank and expired.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
The school committee of Lowell have re-
dHced the salary of the male and female prin-
cpals of the high school 500 each, and that
of the assistants $50 each.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
The house Of Mr.. Stephen Harlow. situated
in that part of Middleboro' known as .'the
Lowiands," was struck by lightning on Friday
afternoon, and Miss Mary Harlow, who was
IN the act OF descending Il flight of stairs, was
instantly killed. Her age was about forty
years.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
A wealthy, accomplished, and patriotic
young lady, offers to fill the place of any one
OF the young gentlemen engaged as clerks in
one OF the leading dry goods establishments in
Springfield, and give him her salary during
bis absence, if he will enlist in defence of the
country.
The total valuation of property in SPRING
tield for 1862 is $9,770,9S0, of which S6,7l9,-
800 Is real and $3,05l ,48O personal estate.
Increase of valuation from last year. S289.-
500. The rate of taxation is 50 on 500; last
year, SS 20 Number of polls sop; last
year, 4OO0. Poll tax, 81. The city tax to be
raised tins year Is $G7 900; county, $3.50;
state, SlS,4lS; total, 500, 1858.
VERMONT.
Jas. Merrill, Esq, cashier of the Rutland
Co. bank, and Mr.. John Sullivan also of Rut-
land, have each been recently brutally as
saulted in that village. Some of the villains
have been locked up in Jail, and the rest
ought to be.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Inc house and barn of Daniel Farnum. near
Concord, were entirely consumed bv fire ON
the 9TH inst. Forty tons of hay and A very
valuable horse were destroyed. Insured for
| $500. wi
Marshall (olfe of Concord, years of are
was drowned in the Merrimac river at can,
| cord on the afternoon of the 9Th.
Mrs. Hannah Bickford of Durham az
| years Of age, has recently performed n iour-
ney Of two hundred and fifty miles will
horse and carriage, holding the reins herself
| RHODE ISLAND.
Two men, named Vim and Gallopher
were drowned in Woonsocket, SATURDAY,
while bathing in the Blackstone river. a
man named Annanias Clifford was accidcnt,IIg
shot in the abdomen by an associate willis cx.
amining loaded pistol. Result doubtful
CONNECTICUT.
man, named Hugh Rafferty,, fell in n a.
IN Norwich, Saturday, and died in a few min,
utes. He was supposed to have experienced
sunstroke. He leaves wife and two chill
dren in Mystic. VIM
Samuel Pond and daughter, and Mrs. Dan
lel White, of New Haven, and Miss MARI
Patrick, of Milford were all severely ininra1
III New Haven, on the Sth, by eaping from n
carriage at the mercy Of runaway horses
The editor of the Stafford News Letter II
X. Small, wakes jubilant over the fact that he
has found an "itenl" at last. He refers IN
the list of births for further partcnlors
"SmaU faYors," &c.
Mr. VIM. A. Greene of Norwich, has sent
hye sons to the war. The following is the