Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-01-15

Eg The Catholics OF xbmy, on Saturday, pur-
chased the Baptist meeting house in the square, in
that city, for the sum Of $4,000 The church is
quite new, and was built few years ago at a cost
of over $1,000
EF The health of Washngtonis unusually had.
Alarge number of the citizens and visitors are down
with the grippe.
EY The house and land of the late Hon. Harri-
son Gray Otis, on Beacon street, which has renain-
ed vacant since his decease, containing about 900
feet of land, sold last week for $50 000 TO Sam.
uel Austin, ESQ, for his own use.
50 The National Era, that noble champion OF
the Free Democracy, is gaining subscribers at an
unexampled rate. Its editor says he has no time
for anything but ''opening letters and writing ed
itorials." Success upon success to him.
~ One of our exchanges says that half
mourning is positive luxury TO the ladies, and
that many Of them would like to keep flock Of
cousins shut up like chickens in a coop, to wiring
the neck of one, whenever they were tired of CAV
coors, and wanted a change to half mourning. ae
R- DR. Johnson was asked by lady what new.
work he employed upon. Il am writing no.
thing, just at present. he replied. 'Wel but Doc
tor, said she, IF could write like you, should all
ways write, merely for the pleasure Of it, sPrav,
madam retoried he, do you think that Leander
swan across the Helespont merely because he was
fond of swimming!'
ES- Virginia has exported to other States with
in twenty years 2S2 900 slaves. The African slave
trade is PIRACY What is this
EdF-A wholesale manufacturer OF cabinet furniture
in this vicinity who lately figured rather largely in
the money market, has recently decamped, leaving
sundry creditors minus some 1000 We have
heard Of one house that suffers about $4,000
Boston Post.
EY A Rev. Richard Knll now breaches, every
Gundax ac ~ nna If ,tT
don. The novelty attracts overlooking houses.
Metallic lace is one of the inventions Of 1882
1t is made of fine wire, by the use of the same
machinery as is employed for ordinary cotton
lace 1t is said to be very beautiful fabric.
GXf- Ahmet Pasha, who recently died at Alexan-
dFia, Egypt assured an English traveller, that in
one he had lost thirty of his children, by ia
lantile complaints. This calamity reduced the num-
Der Of his offspring to one hundred and thirty
ie ~ An English paper informs us that sin the
State Of New York, the farmers use the labor Of
sheep to churn their butter They select poor one,
and nut IL upon kind OF tread mill. II takes day
or two 10 get 1t into harness. Il soon learns jumps
upon the machine, performs its task, leaps OF, IL
then ,gel les, and returns with aacrily to its work;
and. when once fully attened, il Is sold, and lis
nIace suppIied by a lean onel" This piece Of news
i headed "a Yankee Dodge" We have seen il
in dozen of the English, Irish, and Scotch papers,
LEY Mr. Newell, one of the persons injured by the
accident on the railroad at Andover, died on Tues
day. at the residence Of his son, Charles Stark New
ell, Esq, in Lawrence. .5tH iH
CT Col J. M. Fessenden and his son visited Mi
chael Lavety, in the lock up in the basement Of the
court house, on Tuesday, and The son Instantly iden.
tilted him as one Of the four burglars who entered
and robbed his chamber on the morning Of tho 9TH
iust.--Bosion paper
T. Steamer Asia, Capt. Harrison, sailed from
New York on Wednesday for Liverpool, with ~
J psrscngers, and 5000. 900 in specie