Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-10-27
General NEWS Summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

hooION AND VICINITY,
Jonathan COttle, Esq, of Boston, has lust
commenced the erection Of a large building,
eighty feet long, sixty feet wide, and fl We sto-
ries high, to be used for the purpose of manu-
featuring and refining sugar.
middle aged woman named Catherine
| Stewart was committed to the iOmbs at Bos-
ton, on the evening of the 25th, on a COM
plant of assault and battery. During the eve
ming she attempted to commit suicide twice,
but was discovered each time in season to save
her life.
On the 26th the dwelling house of Hon.
Isaac Livermore of Cambridge was entered by
a burglar, who succeeded in obtaining valu-
able gold duplex watch. He narrowly escap-
ed with his life, as Mr.. l.. was close upon his
heels with pistols in hand.
On the 10th party of roughs attacked VIM.
Thomas OF Boston. They beat him severely,
and stabbed him in the left side, inhcting
dangerous wound
NORFOLK COUNTY.
As party of sailors were being taken from
Boston to New York on the Old Colony rail-
road, on the Path inst, one of their number
Tell or jumped from the train between Ne
ponset and Quincy. lie was probably instant
iy killed; but his body was not found till three
other trains had passed over it. TWAS fright
fully manged.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
On the 2lst, little daughter of Thomas
Ga'laher of Marlboro, while PLAYING near
well in the vicinity Of the Catholic burying
ground in that place, fell into the well and
was drowned.
Edward Lanergan of Charlestown fell while
engaged upon vessel on the 9th inst, and
received INJURIES which caused his death in
about thirty minutes.
An ENGLISH ,nap-,f ,,or .l,o Ua,.....-
hauled into the dock at Charlestown for re-
pairs last week, she being in a damaged CON
dltion by collision with another vessel
The Middlesex Co. Teachers Association
held its 22d semi-annual meeting in Woburn,
on the 23d inst, Geo. N. Bigel0w, of the
birmingham Normal school, presiding. Ad.
dresses were made by Revs. f. ID. Hunting
ton and Warren Burton, T. d. Adams of
Newton, Dana j. Jocelyn of Maiden, and
others.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
James II. Schneider, graduate of Yale
college in the class of 1860, and formerly A
teacher in the state normal school at Bridge
water, has been elected to Il chaplaincy in the
I'd regiment of U. S. colored troops, now To-
Gated at camp Casey, Va.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The whaling news from the Arctic Regions
is very encouraging to the New Bedford peo-
pie. 1t is estimated that the thirty vessels
which sailed from that port have taken 80, 600
bbs. of oil and 400 600 lbs. of bone, which is
worth at New Bedford the snug little sum of
one million six hundred and thirty-tive thous-
and dollars.
HAMPDEN COUNTY
The authorities of Springfield are building
a separate lookup for women at the CITY
Hall in that place. Hitherto both men and
women have been huddled together without
regard to decency.
Henry Stacy of Wilbraham, had valuable
bay mare, together with a buffalo robe. stolen
from him while he was in Springfield on the
24th inst.
valuable horse owned by Col Butler of
Wilbraham, WAS drowned short time agD,
and her mate was 50 badly kicked that She
was worthless.
William b. Cooley OF Palmer who was ar
rested and released several times few weeks
since for deSertOn and other crimes, has been
sent back to Newbern, N. c., where he had
enlisted in the heavy artillery previous TO
coming home on IA furough
The Thorndike (Palmer) company have
recently erected stone binding, so feet
long by 30 feet wide, for "A machine shop,
blacksmith shop and boiler house, which is
attached to the new mill. The chimney to
the boiler house is so feet high
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
A squirrel hunt in Belcherl0wn, thirty men
on side, wound up on the night of the 23d
with supper The company which came out
ahead had only 1876 the most.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
There are fifty students now in the Berk.
shire medical college at Pittsheld, much
larger number than last year. Many changes
III the faculty have also taken place.