The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-08-11
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

YALE COLLEGE. A rebellion has taken place
IN the Sophomore Glass of Yale College, which
mas resulted in the withdrawal of 43 members
OF the class from the college. They have pub
Iished an expose of the facts which led to this
result We have seen no counter statement
from the officers of the institution
WESTERN RAIL ROAD At city meeting
| held in Boston, on Monday, ballot was taken
on the question of adopting the resolutions. for
applying to the Legislature for authority to the
city to subscribe million of dollars in West
ern hall Road, and it was decided in the afir-
532. -'"5'
ACCIDENT. man named Christopher Phil
Fps, belonging to Townsend, was killed on Tues
day last, near Hemmenway's tavern, in Pepper
ell, by the upsetting of horse and wagon his
skull was badly fractured by being thrown
against stone wall. We understand that he
was intoxicated at the time, and was driving
turlously down hill. He formerly belonged 10
Hubbardston, and was shoemaker by trade.
Concord Gazette.
Wool continues to advance. The prices
now, we should think, are Just about where
they were in 1924. One large flock of fine
MerIno, which last year brought 375 cents, has
oeen sold this year at 60 cents, the grower re.
ailzlng at the latter price about $4,000. Amer
lean Saxony commands 621 cents The lower
grades OF feeces are in great demand grades
bring so cents. The stock in this market is
extremely lightly. Y Journal of Commerce.
RErRIBUTrvE JUSTICE. The Ambassador of
n n nss'a IN Forsn having boon oosaoo;aotod tho
Emperor Nicholas demanded a signal repara-
ton. The Schah, in compliance, banished the
I High Priest, and ordered the noses, ears, and
tongues OF 1900 men to be cut off after they
had undergone the observation-disclosures paper. .
SINGULAR WAGER. A gentleman is said to
have laid wager to drink glass of water
every quarter of an hour from o'clock in the
morning till midnight, until the death of the
klEg OF England takes place. The bet was
laid and began the Cd of MAY, and on the
9TH June the individual in question was said to
hold out still, but his antagonist was presenting
him the glass of water with frightfui precision
The wager was for $4,000 sterling.
French paper.
| SUN FLOWER OIL is likely to become an ar
! tlcle OF extensive manufacture in this country
The American Farmer states that large din
ner party in the neighborhood of Baltimore, re-
Gently, consisting of gentlemen from town and
country, Salad, dressed with Sun-Flower Oil
was eaten, and was pronounced to be excel
| lenty well dressed, nobody suspecting it not to
be Olive Oil. By an improved mode of ex-
tracing the Oil, bushel of seed will weld
gallon of Oil.
| SHARKS. A few days since we spent an
hour, incidentally, at Faulkner's Island, oppo.
site Guilford, in the Sound. We found there
two gentlemen who had spent several weeks
( IN the various aquatic sports of the neirhbor-
hood, and who, for novelty, had adopted the
| singular amusement of shark fishing They
had provided tackle and apparel for the Dur
pose, and in one day, we were Informed, caught
upwards OF twenty of these I" sea lawyers"-
one of which, it was supposed, would weigh
nearly thousand pounds.-Nep Haven Her.
Some scoundrel, on the evening of Saturday
last, detaced the beautiful shade trees before
the dwelling Of Thomas B. Strong, ESQ.,, at
flttsheld, by cutting them in such manner
as to injure them materially, if not to destroy
them,
The Charlestown Aurora states that a con.
vict in the State Prison, lately cut his hand off,
to avoid work. Another drank blood, to spit it
out and get birth in the Hospital.
| The Masonic fraternity in PHILADELPHIA have
voted the free use of the Masonic Hail for the
Anti Masonic Convention which is TO be held
there the next month. This is the propos-
ed National Convention, to consist of delegates
from different States.
Rev. Mr.. Newell of Stow, states that the
greatest quantity of rain he ever knew TO fall
in one storm in so years, was from the 25th to
the Both July, being more than 4 inches.
The N. Y. Journal of Commerce states that
a man lately tried to burn his shop, by lighting
candle in his chest, which would have reach
ed some combustibles at midnight. His clerk
had occasion to return to the shop, and found
the preparations. The property was insured
for more than four times its value: the rogue
has fled.
At Charleston, Is. CO. 25th ult., black boy
put the butt end ofan old musket into the fire,
and attempted TO blow through it, The gun
was loaded, went off and killed him on the spot.
A young man was sentenced to months inn
prsonment in Paris last June, for having killed
his sister, fine girl, universally beloved, by
firing gun at her, not knowing 1t to be loaded
MICHIGAN STATE. In the Legislative
Council of Michigan Territory on the 9TH ult,
bill to provide for State Government in that
part the Territory lying east of Lake Michi-
gan was read the first time and laid on the
table.
The Tartarians greatest beauties have the
least noses, and the wife Of the celebrated Jen-
ghiz Khan was deemed irresistible, because she
had only two holes for nose