Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-09-11
General News summary.

rolling up in little balls upon her arms. In
her trouble, she applied to her brother, little
| older than herself for a solution of the mystic
ry. 1t was explained at once-to his satisfac-
ton, at least "Why sis, you're made OF dust,
and if you don't stop, you'll wash yourself all
away - This opinion coming from an elder
brother, was decisive, and the washing was
| discontinued.
George Minor, acting superintendent
of the National Observatory at Washington,
announces to the secretary of the navy that
on the night of the LIST instant a new asteroid
(the thirty first Of the system of small planets
| between Mars and Jupiter was discovered by
Mr.. Ferguson with the large equatorial Of the
observatory. 1t is at present near Egeria, and
is Of the same apparent magnitude as that
planet.
In defeating the great Turkish army
near Kars the Russians took 10 guns, great
quantity of munitions of war so staff and other
! officers, and $4,000 of the Turkish troops;
5000 Turks were left dead on the field Of
battle. The reported defeat of the Turks in
| Asia by Gen, Wrangle is also confirmed.
! The Russian commander near Kars was Gen.
Bebutof.
At the trotting match on Long Island
for three thousand dollars. the horse &" Grey
Eddy won in three straight heats, beating
Mac and Tacony, and making 2.33; 2.3l and
2.94 l-2. Mac was distanced in the second
heat.
John N Brady, lawyer in Broadway,
| New York, died on Friday morning, from in
| juries received at late hour, the previous
Saturday night, from gang of rowdies who
assaulted him. He was knocked down flight
of stone steps, and his spine fractured.
Daniel Ames, a revolutionary relic,
died at Montville, CT, on Tuesday week, aged
one bu}dred gears, one month and ten days.
lie was at the battle of Bunker Hill.
Mr.. Whittlesey, First Comptroller, of
tie Treasury, has sent in his resignation, hav-
/ ing 1T said, taken offence at the discharge of
fayorite clerk, and other interference Of the
! Treasury.
Another arrest was made in New
/ York on Thursday on a charge of smuggling.
! The amount is estimated at from $4,000 to
/ $4,000 The party is Capt. Serray of the
brig Ippogretfo.
| Six persons were burned to death du-
ring the burning of Mr.. Bartlett's house in
Morah, Essex county, N. Y, on Tuesday
night Mr.. B., his wife and four children
were the victims.
The New York Metropolitan Bank
refuses the notes of the Merchants Bank of
| Burlington Vt. The brokers having been re-
| quired, guarantee the notes of the Deep River
Bank, Conn, and the Columbia Bank, Me-
During the week ending the fourth
there were eighty-two deaths from yellow
fever at Savannah.
A destructive fire occurred in Column
bus, Ohio, on Thursday, and fourteen stores
and dwellings were destroyed. Loss unknown.
The MANCHESTER OF AMERIcA-PRoGREss
| OF THE MANUFACTURING INTEREsT.-A Low
| ell CMass.) newspaper gives list of the per-
sons and corporations in that city. taxed over
| fifty dollars. This formidable array of figures
| gives an interesting insight into the progress
| of the manufacturing interests Of America
| Notwithstanding the fact that tariffs have been
| changed-and, according to some politicians,
| the country has beenr il ed two or three times
within the past thirty years-we find that
| Lowell has increased and prospered to an al
most fabulous extent. The town was incor-
porated in 1926 and then had population of
about three hundred souls, and the valua-
ton of the property, therein did not exceed
one hundred thousand dollars. In 1880, the
population had increased to six thousand. In
was chartered as a city. In 1910, the popu-
lation had reached twenty thousand, and the
property valuation was over twelve millions;
and in 1850, the population was set down at
thirty-four thousand. AT present 1t is proba-
bly, nearly forty thousand. The valuation table
this year is as follows:
Valuation Of residents real and per- esate $3.50
corporationss' " 1l,4922O0
1" non-residents' l,54l,Ooo
Total. 'S a5
Last year. 2O,ooo,oZz
Increase. SIIS,ooo
Whole number Of ratable polls. 1864; last
year, ,632.
Whole number of persons taxed, including
non residents and corporations, $500.
The rate Of taxation is y cents per $500.
The Merrimack Company pays $4,000
taxes; the Massachusetts ten thousand; the
Lowell nine thousand; the Lawrence eight
thousand, and they ''Mills,' as they are called
pay altogether about seventy thousand dol
lars.
The highest tax paid by resident is twelve
hundred and thirty eight dollars, by William
Livingston, and the annexed list shows the
wealth of the place: =
n NJ Nbipple 81 1899 IS Isaac harrington. s2O3 50
Iohn Nesmi H. 1884 OS Josiah b. French .2S4 IL
Jonathan Tyler. 615 ID Horace Howard. .265 26
Sydney Spauding,. .57l 81 G. NJ. Short. .34S 40
P. o. Richmond. .551 As c. l.. Tlden,. 514 90
Il. Wentworth. 533 SO john Waugh. 923 so
Mrs NJ. S. Frenca 1882 Is Royal Southwick,. .23l Is
kJoshua Bennett, .323 % a. L. Brooks Co., go 10
John Weles .345 60 Stephen astles, .397 so
James Bowers, .244 Il Henry Emery. ....2l5 "a
f. A Hdreth,. .29S II William Fiske .S29 50
Nathaniel Wright. .4l0 II j. o. Green $50 81
W. w. Wyman,. 433 Sc j. A. Knowles, .... 24S 81
William Wyman,. 436 IS Joshua Swan,. FOB "a
G. IL. Carleon. BIS u L.. Is. Tying 26S 81
Elisha Davis, .20o As
+Those marked thus are the of sidents.
Lowell has thus in twenty years become
| the second city in the State i'll population, and
| the third in valuation. As an instance of
| American progress and American enterprise,
the example of this city is most cheering
| one, and worthy of all imitation. The prog
res of Lowell has excited considerable atten.
ton, and sometimes little jealousy on the
| part OF European manufacturers.
The COX CANT" Mr.. Jesse Wadsworth
of Milton, was swindled out of ninety five
dollars yesterday afternoon, in front Of the
Boylston market house-within talking dis
lance Of the 4th police station by what is
called the COX game" roguish trick often
practiced at Brighton. He had yoke of OK
en-, which he offered for sale. A couple of
thieves fell in with him, concluded bargain
for the animals. and in payment gave Mr..
Wadsworth a spurious note, which exceeded
the price of the oxen 800. He gave the fell
lows the required change and surrendered the
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