Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-01-20
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

country be acknowledged.
The Cambridge city council have appointed
Joseph SaDderson chief Of police, and George
ID. Eaton chief engineer.
MDDLEsEX COUNTY.
! The next term OF the Lasel Female Semi.
nary begins Feb 30 See advertisement.
The people Of Brighton are being RECALLED
! with sensation Islander case. jeremiah Pratt
and wife sue Robert Fletcher for an alleged
SANDER affecting the good tame of Mrs. Pratt,
who is rather good looking lady and about
| 80 years old. Her husband is butcher by
trade, and has resided in Brighton tor some
| years. y large number OF Witnesses have
testified in the case, which will doubtless give
the old ladies OF Brighton chance to spin
| gossip for months to come.
The city OF Lowell has furnished fifteen
hundred men for the army and navy, Of which
S6S enlisted in Massachusetts regiments, and
1913 in Col. Frenchs regiment OF Maj. Gen
Buffers division. The remainder joined reg
iments out OF the state, or enlisted III the
| navy.
Mr. Joseph c. Getting who has been post
master at Marlborough Tor several years, died
at that place ON Friday morning.
ESSEX COUNTY.
A gentleman has recently changed his resi-
| dence from Newbury TO NewburypOrt, who in
doing so did not move out of the house or
change thing in it, There is another house
| similarly situated, in which the dividing line
| of the towns runs through a bed room occu.
pied by man and his wife; and the bed is
situated SO that tine man sleeps in Newbury
and his wife sleeps in ewburyport.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Commissioner A. S. Cushman Of this city
yesterday issued a warrant a"~'~'' -,Iceo.s
| Zepo Kellev a-:3l r. .. hathaway, both OF
this city, the former as agent and the latter us
captain OF the ship Tahmaroe, charging them
with fitting out said ship with the intention
of pursuing voyage for slaves. The parties
were held Tor examination in Boston on the
22d inst, under bonds oil $4,000 for Mr.. Kelley
and 5000 TOR Capt. Hathaway The COM
plant was made by order OF the United States
marshal, and service was made by Deputy
United States Marshal Cobb. The TahmarOo
sailed from this port July Sd, 1860, took about
100 barrels of spel m OIL aud was sold at Fayal,
Nov 26, 1861.-NeU Bedford Standard, l7h.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The eleventh annual report of the Ware
Savings Bank shows total amount OF de-
posts, January LIST, 1862, of 1884, O3o, being
SAC less than one year previous. The num-
Der of depositors was 1544 There has been
SSO44 of interest divided during the last year,
and the amount OF surplus interest on hand is
S32l9 Gain of profits in 1861, alter paying
dividends and expenses, S2569.
The Palmer journal says that on Sunday,
Jan. 18th, Rev. DIR. Vail, of the Congrega-
tona church, was crossing the railroad
bridge, ON his way to the afternoon service,
he slipped and fell upon the ice, breaking his
right arm near the wrist
The Palmer Journal tells the following
story :--"For several weeks past Stephen
HAYES of Palmer Cente" has heard mysterious
noises in his house, and last week he traced
them to his chimney, and made an opening
through the brick, which brought TO light
two turkeys which he had missed about
Thanksgiving, and supposed somebody had
stolen them. They had been in the habit OF
roosting on the chimney, and had got into
one of the fues, where they had been thirty
nine days They were not in very good CON
dition for killing when taken out, but the way
they have devoured corn since renders itpret-
ty sure they wi be in month or, So" We
thought this story rather big but profession
al gentleman to whom we read it is quite sure
that turkeys may live without food much
longer than thirty-nine days.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The last election OF the literary societies of
Williams College resulted as follows :-PhilO'
logian-Presdent, Frank H. Snow; vice pres
ident, Theodore S. Thompson reader, Julius
II. Cone; treasurer, Daniel S. Merriam sec
rotary, Hugh Doherty debaters for Adelphic
Union debate-frst debater, John II. Good
hue second Henry AustIce, Jr; third, Al
bert True junior orator, John G. .Daven-
porl. MISUNDERSTANDING, Samuel G.
Armstrong; vice president, James Bigelow
secretary, John H. AlOseley: Junior librarian,
Edward a. Wickes; for debaers at Adephic
Union debate-frst debater Patrick Garden;
second, Everett E. Lewis; third, VIM. Par
ker; junior orator, Eben HALEY.
The body of Andrew jackson Oakley of
New Lebanon, aged Al, was found at Pitts
field on the 18Th, in the basement of John
Feelgy's store, having fallen and died there in
an epiIeptic fit, brought on by intempeIance.
Mrs. Mehiabe Potter OF South Adams will
be 80 years Of age in April next. She enjoys
comfortable health, keeps about the house,
and makes her own bed.
VERMONT.
Hon AkAD SrEBBlNs, of Bradford, VT,
hung himself in is barn, on the 18th instant.
He had been i'll low spirits and out OF health
for some time previous to his suicide.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
a young lady at Lewiston quizzed some
dry goods clerks by calling for "mrthingale,"
and none of them knew enough to supply the
article, though t was abundantly displayed be-
fare their faces. Websters Unabridged Die
tonary defines ''farthngale" to mean hoop.
ed pettcoat or circles OF hoops used 10 extend
LllS pNttlCOttt'
RHODE ISLAND.
John Morrsey of Central Falls, was so
badly frozen on the oath ult., that he died on
the ~ inst.
The Providence Post says "A girl about
fifteen years old, named Allen, who lived with
! her mother at Dyervile, and was an operative
| in the mill there was so badly burned on
| Thursday evening, that she died at an early
| hour on Friday morning. She was alone in
| the house where she. lived and while passing
up stairs with lighted fluid lamp, one of the
tubes slipped down into the lamp, when the
| fluid ignited and flying upon her person, set
her clothing on fire. Failing 10 eXtinguish the
flames she ran out of doors, when her screams
alarmed the superintendent of the mill, who
| lived near by, and who went to her assistance
| but too late to save her life.
CONNECTICUT.
The registration returns OF New London for
1861, are as follows: Births, 2l0-males, "a,
females, ia sex not stated, 2. Marriages,
90-both parties American 60, both parties
foreign, 26, American male and foreign female,
l, foreign male and American female, 3, per-
sons OF color, /. Deaths, 178-males, 60, fe-
males, "a, sex not returned, 26.
Mr., Lorenzo Beckwith Of East Lyme, while
| butchering COW at Black Point, Thursday,
had one Of his legs broken by the cows fall.
ing on him. 1t is feared that it will have to be
| amputated
Rev, Mr.. Stone of Danbury, being recently
in Washington, attended diplomatic levee at
the White House, which he was informed was
| tor "toreign ministers" and considering him.
self one, was lucky enough to get the entree.
Col. Ladd of Sterling, fell dead on the 9Th
inst while walking by the side Of his team.
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