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Fire –
The Salem Gazette of the 19th, says the Auburn Messenger, relates
the alarming circumstance of a fire in the State prison; it
originated (by accident as it is supposed) in the paint-shop,
communicated to a pile of 400 cords of wood, and the shrieks of 600
confined men, threatened with suffocation and death, were awfully
appalling; no prisoner however escaped, and the flames were subdued,
after an estimated damage to the State of some $3000.
[The Adams
Sentinel (Gettysburg, PA), Dec 31, 1828
Contributed by N.
Piper
The cattle
distemper—pleuro pneumonia—is spreading in Massachusetts, and
Legislative
action will be taken in the matter. It is made the
duty of owners of cattle suf
fering from the pleuro pneumonia to
notify the Select-men of the town, or the
Mayer and Aldermen of
the city in which they are kept; these in turn to notify
the
Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, who shall have power to order
the
destruction of animals thus infected. Stock thus destroyed
are to be appraised,
and their value to be paid to the owners.
An appropriation of ten thousands
dollars is recommended for
this purpose
[Frank Leslie's Illustrated
Newspaper, 03/24/1860]
Contributed by a Friend of
Genealogy
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