Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-02-02
General News Summary.



William Wilson, man about twenty-eight
years old, committed suicide in cell of the
| third police station in Boston, on Friday eve
ming.
woman named Ann Pollard, who has
been nurse in a government arsenal in Ar
kansas, has been arrested in Boston for lar
ceny from the United States government. She
had about fifty dollars worth of sheets, towels,
| &C., in her trunk.
| A nest of burglars and receivers of stolen
goods was discovered by the Boston police at
No. 10 Purchase street on Thursday. A large
amount of property was recovered, and sever
| al arrests were made.
| MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
| We learn that Messrs. Clark of Cambridge
have recently disposed of their magnificent
refracting telescope to the University of Chi
| cagO. This is the instrument, it will be re-
membered, with which Mr.. Clark discovered
the companion star of Sirius and for which he
has just been awarded the La Lande prize of
astronomy by the French Academy of Sci
| enCeS.
Three lads, while playing on the ice at Fac
tory Pond, Assabet Mills, broke through and
| were all drowned before aid could reach
them. They were sons of ARENAS Whitney,
John Saunders, and George Flood of Assbet
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The Palmer journal knows of dog in that
| place which will dance the polka and schot-
tische on its hind feet for half an hour at
time, keeping time to music. He likes to do
it so well that if one commences whistling a
tune where the dog Is, he will commence
dancing on his own hook. He also walks
about on his hind feet about as well as ordi-
nary dogs on four legs. He is canine curl
osity.
| BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Robins were heard and seen in Pittsfield on
the I'd inst An experienced wcodman says
he has often seen the robins in December but
never before in January.
| In Pittsfeld in 1862, there were 290 births,
l49 males and 13l females; marriages, 81;
deaths, 1877, twenty zone being over 70 years,
including seven over so.
| MAINE.
little girl of Ambrose Hamlin, Of Deer
| Isle, aged tour years, was burned so badly by
her clothes taking fire. on the 18th ult, that
| she died the next day.
The Portland Press learns that the ordnance
department are about to mount some fifteen
Dahlgren guns at one of the forts at the en-
trance of that harbor.
The State Historical Society met at Augusta
on Thursday, and John A. Poor of Portland
delivered an address on Reuel Williams
CONNECTICUT.
A little son of Thomas Saunders of Nauga-
tuck aged about four years, was badly scald-
ed on Monday last by overturning upon him
self a kettle of boiling water, and is not ex-
pected to live.
At New Milford, Saturday evening, stable
and eight buildings on Railroad street were
burned, including the stores of Messrs. Booth
and Jennings. Mr.. Warner, a fireman, had
both legs broken by falling chimney.
RHODE ISLAND.
Gen. Burnside arrived at Providence Sat
urday morning. He declined public recep-
ton, but thousands thronged the railway sta
ton and the square adjacent, to greet him.
He made brief speech in response to mayor
knights, who welcomed him in behalf Of the
populace. His many friends will call upon
him at his residence to-day. The general
was in the rear car, and was accompanied
only by Mrs, Burnside and Miss Swan,
friend of the family. He was dressed in plain
citizens dress. The enthusiastic multitude
clustered around the car in great numbers,
and made the air ring with their cheers.
MISCELLANEOUS.
1t has been a3certaned that the following
officers and men of the Monitor were lost
when that vessel foundered, a short time since;
Norman Atwater and George Frederickson,
acting ensigns; r. w. Haws and Samuel A.
Lewis, engineers; John Stocking, James
Fenwick, VIM. Bryan, petty officers; Daniel
Moore, Robert H. Howard, Jacob Mickles,
VIM. Allen, VIM. Eagan, Robert Cook, Thos.
Joice, Robert Williams, George Littlefield.
Sixteen in all.
A notorious fellow, named DR.. J. V. c.
Bradley, of Saratoga, eloped last week with
the wife of Mr.. John Orr of Providence, of
that county, each leaving companion with
| one child. Bradley had been doing the coun-
ty some service in its Jail, and after his liber-
alton, loafed about without any visible means
of support Before he ran away he went to
his wife, the daughter of a respectable citizen
of Galway, who was living with her father,
and told her he had got situation; that she
must pack up all her effects and he would
send team and get them, and would also
come for her and her child with horse and
cutter. She did so, and he sent and took off
all her effects, stripping his wife and child OF
all they had in the world, except clothing nee.
essaTy for them to wear on the journey. Mrs
Bradley got all ready, and Ire finally came and