Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-02-22
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

BOSTON AND VICINITY.
Hon. George S. Hillard is engaged to read
Washington's Farewell Address at Faneuil
Hall to day.
The provision store OF Oscar Foote in North
Market street, Boston, was considerably dam.
aged by fire Friday morning. Loss estimated
at $4,000, insured for $4,000.
The trial of Alvin Finch in East Cambridge,
charged with numbering Mrs. Cahoon and
daughter ut HollistOn, has resulted in a verdict
OF guilty of manslaughter. His counsel in.
tends to move for a new trial, on the ground
that the verdict was against the weight of ties.
timony. which clearly indicated that the pris.
oner's temporary insanity was in no sense de-
lirium tremens, but well defined madness
The steamer Mississippi Capt. Fulton, with
troops tor the Ship Island expedition, weighed
anchor at half past twelve Friday, and pro
ceeded to sea.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Mrs Jacob Rogers of Newbury, now in her
seth year, can stand at her door and call to
five generations of her descendants. During
the last season, besides attending to her
household duties, she picked 800 quarts of
huckleberries, 200 quarts oil goose5erries and
10 bushels of cranberres. She walked from
two to five miles Naily TOT gather and bring
home this fruit. Mrs. Rogers is widow, and
would prove mainstay tor several years 10
some young man of the class that have ''more
than they can do to take care of themselves"
In the abduction case at Salem, Amos r.
Nickerson and Edwin P. Smith were convict.
ed by the jury Of taking by force the boy Rice
from his legal guardians at Nahant in 1860.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The establishment of the Taunton Iron
Works Company, located in Weir Village, has
capital stock Of SCI 500. The wares turned
out here are wrought iron piping or tubing
for steam, gas and water also stoves, ranges,
furnaces and hollow ware in general-all of
the most desirable and most durable materials
and workmanship. In these branches OF bust
ness the company usually employ about one
hundred and thirty men, and their annual
trans letlons amount to from 100000 to
$500, 600
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The telegraph has already informed us of
the death in battle of Capt. Henry A. Hub
bard, OF the Ludlow company, in the twenty.
seventh regiment, Burnside's expedition At
the time of his enlistment Capt. Hubbard was
law student in Springfield. He was for two
years student at Amherst College. but fin.
ished his academical studies at Union. and Ills
law course was nearly completed when he
took up arms for the preservation of the
Union. He leaves at Ludlow, his native
place, young wife, TO whom he was married
Just previous to his departure, a father and
mother, and we believe brothers and sisters.
on whom this sudden and affective blow will
fall with crushing effect.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
During late gale 400 feet of the tin roofing
of Kellogg hall, Williams college, was blown
of, taking with it the jet of the building and
| one chimney.
Rev. j. T. Huntington, rector of the epis.
copa church at Great harrington, was thrown
| from sleigh at Norwich c., few days ago
and badly injured-Rev, DR.. Gale of Lee slip
ned on tile sidewalk on the 14th and fractured
| his left arm.
At Lee, an infant daughter Of Mr.. Michael
Mcdonnell was burned, recently, while its
mother was buying meat at butchers cart,
so severely that she died in u few hours.
When the mother returned to the house she