Newspaper Items from Worcester County, Massachusetts

Worcester County, Massachusetts Newspaper Items

Gettysburg Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
November 27 1822 Page 1
New York, Nov. 15
Fires
We learn, with regret, that the Cotton Mill, in Sutton, Mass., belonging to Mr. Asa Waters and improved by Messrs. Leland, Morse & Co., with the grist mill attached thereto, was entirely destroyed by fire, on the 5th inst. With the buildings, a considerable quantity of yarn and cloth was also destroyed. The fire originated in the picking room, probably from the passing some hard substance through the picker. Loss estimated at $14,000. – Prov. Journal. [submitted by Nancy Piper]

The late Israel Walters, Esq. of Charleston, has bequeathed the income of $10,000 to the Leicester (Massachusetts) Academy, so long as it shall continue to be located in Leicester, and in case of its removal it is to be given to the Town of Leicester, to be devoted to literary objects. – Balt. Amer.
[The Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, PA) 5 Nov 1823 Page 2, submitted by Nancy Piper]

The Drying House, owned by Messrs. W. & D. D. Farnum, in Waterford, Mass., was burnt on Monday last; loss estimated at $2000.
[The Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) January 21 1829, submitted by Nancy Piper]