Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-06-13
General News Summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.


George Ii. Prescott has been arrested in
Boston for the larceny of $S03 81 from Holt
Stedman & Co., and held in $500 for trial in
the superior court.
\ fellow in soldiers clothes has been tray
cling about Boston, visiting the families of
soldiers with story that they (the soldiers)
were sick in some hospital, and wanted money
to get home. The Herald says that Mr.. Fla
herty received a visit from him with such a
story about his son just as he had read a let
ter from the absent boy. The fellow being
confronted by the letter, walked away. Look
out for him.
Barnum has arrived in Boston, and will
give his personal attention to the opening of
the great national dog show at the Aquarial
Gardens on Monday next.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
The three large ice houses in Melrose, be-
longing to Emerson 4 Simpson, and contain
ing more than three thousand tons of ice,
were set on fire Wednesday evening, and al
most entirely destroyed. The stock Of ice
was rendered nearly worthless by exposure,
smoke, &c.
ESSEN COUNTY.
A little boy two years of age, named Geo.
hammond, living In Salem, attempted to
drink from kettle Of boiling water, on the
next day.
George Dickinson, a colored man aged %
years. was drowned in Salem on the lIth.
The camp at Lynnfield was opened We'd
nesday. There are $50 recruits there already
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Mr.. Darius Dunbar of Bridgewater, adver-
tises in the Middleboro Gazette for a meeting
of his creditors at his house. ''to enter on
some arrangement of their lawful claims" as
he says he is mot able to discover how he
can pay his just debts lcithom disposinq OF
has property"
Michael Larry, eight years of age, son OF
John Larry of North Bridgewater, was drown
ed on the 10th.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Alfred NJ. Osgood of New Bedford has been
appointed agent in New Orleans for the ice
companies in Boston, who are shipping ice
there, and has gone to that city to take charge
of the business.
MAINE.
The house, barn and other buildings of Da-
vid j. True at North Yarmouth were burned
on the 9th with most of their contents. Loss
$1,000; insurance $675.
Eight brick stores arc in process of cree
ton at Augusta-elegant structures, and Il
portion Of them with iron fronts of good pat
terms.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
a movement is being made in Nashua IN
repeal their city charter and go back into the
town system.
RHODE ISLAND.
| Hon. Alfred Bosworth one of the associate
| justices Of the supreme court of Rhode Island.
died at his home in Warren, on the 10th.
The yearly meeting of Friends, at New
port, commences on Saturday next.
CONNECTICUT.
Hon. A. ID. Baldwin died at Greenfield Hill,
Fairfield county on the Sth. He had been
sheriff of the county, member of the state
senate and was prominent man in his sec.
| ton.
The Middletown schooner A. Il. Douglass.
which left Philadelphia on the LIST for Boston,
with cargo of COAL sprung leak and sunk
| when off Barnegat, N. j., in nine fathoms Of
water. The captain and family, the mate and
a boy were drowned, but Edward Donahoe
escaped by clinging to the masthead, which
was three feet out of water, for two days and
one night when he was picked up.
PERSONAL.
An old and esteemed citizen of Rutherford
county, Tennessee, Mr.. Isaac Burleson, liv-
ing about six or seven miles this side of Muir
freesboro', believing that he was on his death
bed, sent for the provost marshal to admins
ter the oath Of allegiance to him, in order
that he might die true to the flag of America.
Gen. (late COLI Richard Ashby-killed at