Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-03-20

Ihe newspapers have story that Sem
ator Gwin, by means Of his wife, who was
formerly Mrs. Logan, has come into possess
sion Of nearly 100000 acres of land In Texas.
| On the death of her husband, Mrs. Morgan
should have inherited the property, but was
| cheated out of it, and commenced suit for
I its recovery, which suit was, for some reason,
abandoned But recently Dr. Gwin has re-
ceived q letter from Texas, informing him that
by decision of the Supreme Court, Of that
State, Mrs. G. IS title to the land is clearly es-
tablished. The most curious portion of the
| story is, that the letter, though anonymous,
turns out to have been written by Richard T.
Robinson, of Helen rJewett memory, whom
DR.. G. befriended when an outcast, and Rob-
insons wife has also reason to be grateful for
former kindness rendered to her by Mrs.
Gwin.
In the Superior Court in New York
city on Wednesday, Henry Carton of larry
town, obtained verdict of $3.50, in suit
against the Hudson river railroad company,
for damages on account of injuries received
from the explosion of boiler on the road
He was approaching the train with the de-
sign Of getting aboard, when the explosion oc-
curred.-In the Circuit court at Binghampton,
| VIM. II. Gates recovered 81, 900 of the New
York and Erie road, for injuries to his wife,
who was thrown to the ground because the
cars did not make full stop at the station
where she was getting out.
The Lynn authorities are doing all
they can to favor the Beard movement. Their
! last public act in this direction is the closing of
the barber shops on the Sabbath. This was
rather close shave for the tonsorial gentry,
one of whom rebelled, and stuck out his par
! ty-colored liberty-polc as usual. Whether he
had to cut his stick subsequently, is not
stated.
The machinery of the caloric ship
Ericsson was placed in motion on Wednesday
last, and produced nine and ten revolutions
per minute with only one engine, equal to the
same number of miles per hour. Her other
engine viii be in order by the first of April
1t is intened to send her to Havre or Liverpool
about the middle Of April.
Daniel Whitaker of Bennington, VT,
undertook to pay for suit of clothes in Al
bany. with bills on the broken bank of Ben
nington. 1t took him bueaa short time to make
the discovery that the money wouldn't go,
and that he couldn't--a police officer having
mixed himself up with the affair. Whitaker
had 81, 800 Of the bills about him.
Matthew Hale Smith, lately editor,
and also lecturer, against the liquor law, has
applied to the Suffolk North Association for
re-adInission to their body, with view of re-
Stunning his cast-otf clerical character, and his
request was denied by unanimous and very
hearty VOTE
In Philadelphia on Thursday, Eliza
beth Creamer, about Is years old, while car
rying loaded gun up stairs, got into dis
pute with a brother, who seized the gun while
she retained her hold upon it. During the
struggle the trigger was caught or struck by
the boys foot, the gun went off and the charge
entered the girls side, killing her instantly
The house carpenters in New York
city, have struck for an advance in their
wages. They held mass meeting in the
Park on Wednesday, at which about 1000
were present. The present rate Of wages is
$2,l2 per diem, and they demand 1925.
w. c. Beman, formerly employed in
the post office at Augusta, Georgia, has been
arrested on a charge of mail robbery. There
was about $500 found in his possession, be-
sides $1,000 expended by him which he could
not account for, He was held to bail in the
sum of $4,000.
]. r.. Currier has been found guilty of
tilC Oh nelSnDOT, hOytu W. DldCh-
burn, and burning his house in Goochland
county. Va. Currier betrayed himself by ex-
traordinary efforts to appear innocent.
Persons writing to agents in the De-
partments on personal affairs, must pay the
postage in future An official notice from the
State Department says that postage can be al
lowed on official matter only.
Adams & Co., have just added mag
nifcent banlSing-room to their splendid es-
tablishment in New York. Their rooms now
extend from Broadway, through to Trinity
Place.
A New Jersey paper says that the n.y.
drophobia prevails to an alarming extent in
Atlantic county. Several persons have died
within a few days, and number ofothers are
dangerously sick.
A Maltese colored greyhound has run
mad in Medford, and has bitten number of
dogs in that place. The animal is still at
large.
Rev. DR.. Todd, on being asked his
opinion of Edward Beecher's g Conflict of
Ages" said he had concluded there were three
sets of people in this world-saints, sinners,
and the Beecher family
A convention of printers,in session at
Springfield, H., recommended, almost unani-
mously, the employment Of girls in printing
offices.
Mr.. C. w. Drake, of Taunton, re-
reports that he had his pocket picked of $500
while in the cars from Nesponset, Saturday
last.
Senator Douglass was burned in effigy,
on the public square of his own city, Chicago,
on Thursday night. An immense concourse of
Germans were witnesses.
Mr.. Bronson has been invited to be-
come professor in the new Irish University
under the presidency Of the noted Rev. DR..
Newman.
In Heath, Michigan, James Glenn
cnts, i'll fit of madness, killed his father,
man Of 10 years.
Lone LEAsE.-One day last week, gen
tleman who can lay claim to being one Of the
oldest inhabitants of our city, called upon us,
and during the conversation We had with