The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-09-09
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

An accident of serious nature occurred a,
y W"ohSoket Falls on the 25th of last month
. mr- DANIEL Lainson, employed IN the Wooiler
Factory OF Rnlns Thayer, while in the act o
suetchihg belt round the upIighi shaft. wa.
caught by the left hand and carried round will
great Velocity. There was large mole in The
( floor IN which his legs were cauyht. II vv,.
/ found hat nus rioht arm was broken in say.r,l
places, and his left thigh seriously injured and
also thal amputatlOn was necessary. Homes
| are entertained that the young man will re.
cover.
II appears from variety of observations
made on the mean temperature OF yarinns narts
ut the world that the mean temprratura of
London is about 81. of Petersbnrgh 81. of Paris
/ o. Vienna 81. Bordeaux 81. Pekin 30. Wash
lngt"n 56 Algiers y, and Grand Cairo %
Doctor in Paris has announced his discnv.
cry ct peTfci S0irem for the Calculus The
Academy of Science has chosen a board of
Commissioners to test this specific and reuort
The result To the Academy
In the year 1924, according 10 the statement
"i gentleman who VISITED every sugar planta-
tlnn IN the State of Louisiana. there werp
manufactured Of Sugar 81. 965 hogshesd.-nf
NioIaSses 1887 h"g>heads II is supposed that
the prodncts of 1922 will be more than those of
the preceding year.
A Paris Paper says =" We learn upon pocd
authority which we cannot doubt that the
principal Cabinets of Europe, have come To a
resolution I" recognize and Iegitimalise the
usurpa'i"n oi Don Miguel"
ONO Wool The Canal Boat " Pionecr."
SAYS the Cleaveland (Ohip) Herald of the Goth.
arrived Yesterday from Masson. brought
cargo OF Wo"l shipped by |. Brown & Co. and
consigned to A & A. Lawrence, Boston, Mass.
we believe it was taken FROM a flock of 4 500
sheep kept near Mas<lon.
Londnn Magazine says, that Prussic acid
has been obtained from the leaves Of Oreen
ten in so concentrated a state, that one drop
Killed dog almost instantaneously. strong
infusion of souchnng tea, sweelened. is as eli:
tectual in poisoning flies. as the solution of
arsenic generally sold for that purpose
MAIL RoBBERY. The Belfast Journal relates
that on Monday last, young man named VIM
bntirr, was arrested, examined and committed
tn Castine jail, 10 take his trial at The II
Circuit Court A"ir~ssscL next month. being
unabl. TO give bail in the sum of $1,000. 1t is
believed he gained access to the mail key in
the post office by false keys. which enabled him
tn ransack the mails The post master in Port
land informed the post master at Belfast that
depredatons had been committed, and steps
were taken " hich it is believed have detected
the offender
The Welland Canal Canad.- will il ;s said
be navigable early this month, for vessels of
100 tons, the largest of the Lake craft.
The Gardiner Chronicle states that shock
of an earthquake was felt in that place and the
vicinity on the night Of the 9th August, which
caused buildings to tremhle considerably.
NV ESGLASD GALAXY. This paper has
been transferred to the possession Of Mr.. Fred
erck S. Hill, and united with the Mercury.
Mr.. Hill and Nr. Xettell are joint editors or
the united publication. The gentlemen are
both favorahIy known To the public, and we
hope their united exertinns will receive support
commensurate to their deserts Courier.
POTATors. 1t is stated in a French Journal
tina, potatoes may be preserved fresh, firm and
well favored Tor two years. by burying them
in the earth to the depth of three and half
feet
MoDEsTY. The Editor Of the New York
Enquirer in speaking IF society of which he
Is member, says, " none but men Of unhnubted
talent and learning are admitted tn a member.
ship Pretenders are not to be found in its
ranks. Can this be said of any other society in
this country"
! In Pennsylvania. a few weeks since, Henry
! Keck was sentenced b. hinged for shaotng
| his father through the heart with gun. while
| in an intoxicated state. It was a horrible al.
! fair.
| FiRE. The Meeting house in Durham Me
| belonging tn the Society of Friends was burnt
on the 22d uIt. 1t was a large aud commndi.
aus building. and had been built only few
! yeats. The fire, it is thought, original ell from
blacksmith's shop in the vicinity Bah Gag