Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-07-18
General News Summary.

In the reports of legislative proceed
ings, we frequently hear that bill has been
lost;" but here is an account of a bill "lost"
by rather unusual process The New La
Ven Register says
g 1t turns out that the law which passed
the Legislature, prohibiting circus and theat-
rical amusements is lost, and what is worse
cannot be found Gov. Button is confident
he signed it-left his room for a moment-and
1t hasn't been seen since OF course, the old
law stands for another year. We hope Par
son Train, who opposed the bill, has not car
ried it off, by mistake, i'll his capricous pock-
et Others suggest that it fell between the
three houses; but we give this insinuation
no creGence. 1t is goae-and that is enough"
Matt Ward, the murderer of Profess
sor Butler. has left the Arkansas Hot Springs,
after stay of several weeks, and has reached
Frankfort, Kentucky, with several members
of his fathers family. On his trial for muir
der he appeared in Court with crutches, seem
ingly much enfeebled, but at the Hot Springs,
by some curious metamorphosis like that in
the old French pantomime, the crutches be-
came useless and were thrown aside, and ac-
cording 90 the LouiSoiIe Courier, he mingled
freely in the giddy mazes ofcotilon and waltz,
apparently in high spirits; Neritable mira
Gle workers, those Hot Springs.
The watering places are much less
crowded this season than last. Saratoga is
is much less crowded than last year. So is
Newport, though filling up rapidly, and so
are Niagara Falls and Cape May The bust
ness relations of the country, and the general
prevalence of the cholera, have had the effect
to abrdge the pleasure travel this year from
one third to one-half
The hotel keepers in New York, and
the proprietors of places of amusement are
averse to having the reports of cholera pub
lished. The papers are not furnished with
the hospital news, much to their discomfort.
A farmer of Waterbury, CT, who was
on his return from New York, whittier hehad
been to engage laborers, stepped from tine cars
at StraHord, just as the down train was pass
ing to New York. The locomotive struck him
In the head and killed him instantly. He
was about 60 years Of age.
Rev. DR.. Hawks, it is said, was at
one time elected Bishop of Rhode Island but
he declined to accept the appointment, the
ground Of refusal being the meagre salary as
signed to the Office. His Rhode Island friends
reminded him of the promise made in the
scriptures that God would feed the young
ravens" The doctor replied that this was
u uSi Ohb I.lttO lit lldu HOWlleI6 SG6H promise
" to feed young Hawks"
The New Bedford Standard learns
that the whale which some time since stove
ship to pieces was taken by the Rebecca Sims,
of that port. Two harpoons were discovered
in him marked "Apn Alexander" The
whales head was found seriously injured, and
contained pieces of the ships timbers. He
had lost his wildness aud ferocity, being very
much diseased but upon being taken yielded
seventy or eighty barrels of oil.
Mr.. Leonard Eddy, Of Taunton, was
run over on the railroad, one mile from the
depot, on Thursday evening, 18th inst, by
the freight tram, as is supposed, and instantly
killed. His body was found several hours
afterward by persons walking on the track.
Within a few weeks the price of to-
bacco has declined at Richmond, Va, some
grades being some 81 and So per cwt lower.
The drought is disastrously affecting the crop
in Mecklenburg and Halifax counties, Va.
The colored citizens of this State
have Bodybuilding delegated convention in
New Bedford, to devise means for elevating
the condition Of their race, and the establish
ment of an industrial collegeat which colored
youth can be educated and acquire knowl-
edge of the yarious'mechanical trades.
The county Jail in Taunton was on
Friday entirely without occupants-for the
first time in a long period.