Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-01-28
General NEWS summary
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

lS-SiGClSus VIZ : JOnn d. DWl1t, AVIAN OrOCKer,
VIM. Il. Faulkner, Peter b. Brigham and
VIM. ID. Brigham. The net income of the
road amounted to S254, JAG % the past year.
The second of the legislative agricultural
meetings, Monday evening, was devoted to the
consideration of breeding and raising neat
stock Brief addresses were made by
MessrS. Flint and Wetherell of Boston, Ken
dali of West Boylston, Tower of Lanesboro,
Hon. Josiah Quincy, Jr., and others.
MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
John w. Ward, of Chelmsford, was stopped
by hghwayman, Saturday night who with
pistol at his head demanded his money or his
life. The horse loosened himself from the
grasp of the rutian, who Immediately fired,
the charge (small shot taking effect in Mr..
Wards left arm, and shooting away a large
part Of the left breast of his over and under
coat.
The shoe mandatory of L. T. Jeffts, in
teltonville (Marlborough), was entered by
burglars early in December last, and robbed
OF Sl2O worth of goods and stock; and on
Thursday night last the same establishment
was again entered and robbed of articles to
the amount of $40.
The house of f. Duser, an officer in one of
the Massachusetts regiments at Newbern, was
entered and robbed on Friday last, the burglar
taking advantage of the absence of the family
zen of Lowell, died quite suddenly Monday
morning, from the bursting of blood vessel.
The dwelling house of II. B. Proctor, in
Lowell, was nearly destroyed by fire Satur-
day night. 1t was insured for S575.
Mrs. Susan NJ. Banks, one Of the superin-
tendents at the Tewksbury almshouse, died
last week. from injuries received at the late
boiler explosion.
The depot of the Boston and Worcester
railroad, at Newtonville, was broken into,
Sunday night, and robbed of the carpet in the
ladies' room. The robbers were seen on the
highway, dropped their plumber, and fled.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Albert w. Davenport, who enlisted in the
Both regiment from Newburyport, while on
picket duty on the banks of the Rappahan-
| mock, Wednesday night, slipped from the
steep side into the stream and was drowned
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Two burglars visited Dorcester, Monday
night, and carried their operations with a high
hand. They first visited the hause of Mrs.
Cummings on Bowdoin street, taking away a
what not which was subsequently found in
the street. They stole some clothing from
the house of Samuel b. Pierce, aud thorough
ly ransacked the whole house of BENJAMIN
Sumner, finding however only few articles
OF indifferent value which they could steal
They were traced to Boston and lost in the
purliweS of the North End.
The quarter century anniversary of the set
Element Of Rev. Joshua Emery of North
Weymouth was celebrated by appropriate re-
ligious services last Sunday, and season of
social testlvity on the day following
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
DR.. M. S. Mead of Mortified was thrown
from his carriage on the Goth inst, fracturing
, his collar bone and suffering other injuries.
Rev. Ephraim johnson of Pittsfield, hear
ing that one OF his sons in the army was sick
: in hospital and that the other had lost a leg
at Fredericksburg, started Immediately to their
relief On the way he met the dead body of
one OF them returning home, and, hurrying
on to assist the living son, was robbed of his
scant purse, and reached Washington only to
learn that the second boy was dead and bu-
ried. Kind friends assisted him, and prom
ised to send the body home; but when the
coffin came by some mistake the body was a
strangers.
/, CONNECTICUT.
Daniel Shugrua, who robbed the Uncas
bank in Norwich some time since, got bonds
: and Skedaddled, was arrested again Monday
= evening, at house of i'll fame in that city.
When found he was in closet, covered over
like the fat knight of Shakespeare in buck
basket with an abundance of unclean linen
RHODE ISLAND.
The laborers on the Newport and Fall River
railroad have recently, in their excavations,
cut into an ancient Indian burying ground.
1 supposed to be two hundred years old, on the
farm of Mrs. George |. Bailey in NIddetown,
. The skull of an Indian, with large quantity
of hair, copper kettle, a war club, beads,
&C., were among the relies brought to light
They have also dug up about twenty skele
I tons, which have been found laid in regular
order on their side with their face to the east.
Many relics have been secured by those who
} were present while the digging was progress
c ing and many others have been lost bv the
! un-historcal proclivites of the laborers en-
gagged on the road. The grave of the Indian
whose skull had been preserved, was filled
with various articles which gave evidence
that he was of high rank-perhaps Miantono-
mi himself.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The statement of Jefferson Boyer, of the
Pennsylvania legislature, charging Simon
Cameron with an attempt to bride him, is elab-
crate and circumstantal. Some of his deal
ings were done with friends, and some with
{ Cameron himself. The first offer for his vote
was $4,000, which Boyer thought was not
enough-the last $4,000, which Cameron
thought rather high but promised to pay as
soon as the election was over. Bower boasts
r as if he had been engaged in creditable bust
ness, that he visited Cameron at his house and
his hotel, and received him at his own room,
where the corrupt bargain was arranged in
S general aud detail. When it was completed.
) Boyer says, "Simon Strengthened up on his
chair, rubbing his legs with his hands, say.
, ing, Well this ends it, l will be senator, and
you shall never regret it, e addressing him
self to me)-1 will be the most powerful man
2 in.that senate; the entire state of affairs of
] this government will be changed nothing is
more certain than that the south will gain her
independence, (this sounded like treason
S and then we will hold the control of the gov
eminent, and l will be able to serve my
friends and so we parted again, to dream of
southern confederacies and Winnebagoes for
senator" Boyer voted for Buckalew.
Henri Jumpertz who was two or three
years since tried for the murder of a young
n woman at Chicago, and acquitted, has turned
up at Vicksburg, where he is reported to have
fought bravely as one of the 18th United
States regulars.
Thomas B. Florence of Philadelphia pro.
e poses to establish at Washington newspaper
{ to be called the Constitutional Union," the
first number of which is to be issued on the
22d of February. 1t will be the central organ
of the democracy.
"One O'Clock" is the name of a daily pa
per just started at San Francisco-taking its
title from the hour when it is published.