Worcester daily spy., 1854-05-09
General News SUMMARY

| william Lewis.
General News Summary.
| An association has been formed in
Brooklyn with a capital of $3.50, 900, for the
erection OF iron dwellings, and property has
been purchased with view to the erection of
foundery. 1t is claimed that buildings such
as are designed for small families, can be put
| up for 5000 or 5000, or from one-half to one
third of the ordinary expense. There have
already been % buildings of the kind erected
in Baltimore and l6 i'll Philadelphia. The
| ceilings, wall, and floors are made of glass;
the latter being formed of beautiful pure
white sand, found i'll Connecticut, which needs
only to be melted under electric heat, and col
red, If desired, to produce it in that style.
A carriage, with three ladies named
Washburn, i'll it, was smashed to pieces at
Middleboro', on Saturday, by collision with
the railroad train. One had her leg broken,
and another was thrown from the COW catcher
to the cattle-guard her skull was fractured,
and it is supposed her injuries will prove fatal.
The steamer Excel has been bought
for packet in the Kansas river trade, which
will be the pioneer steamer of the territory, to
ply between Kansas at the mouth, and ''as
high as she can get."
Prentice, of the Louisville Journal,
says he did not denounce Matt. Ward, be-
cause his father had lent him money when his
office burnt down some time SINCE but he de-
MES any attempt to screen him.
Mr.. Washburn, the editor dangerously
wounded in a'luel at San Francisco, is brother
to the member of Congress from Maine.
The newspapers are now allowing the
wheat crops at the west to recover from the eff
re S1ftl tl,oh 7 n
ley very little is injured by freezing; and in
Ohio, where the seed is drilled in, the growth
is doing well. The breadth of land sown in
estimated to be one-fifth greater than last
year.
The Know-NothiRgs have started
paper in Boston. From the specimens we
have seen, we should judge that the editor
was in constant apprehension lest his holiness
the Pope should " steal away our hberties."
A new Methodist church is to be ded-
icated at Taunton, to-day.
A clergyman of Newark, N. j., has
fallen in with the beard movement. and adopt
ed the plan of allowing his capillary attach
ments to grow unchecked by scissors or ra-
zor. portion of his congregation are high
| lyscandalized. The clergyman has determined
to adhere to the beard, and the obiectors
among his congregation talk of agitating his
A young man, aged 20, named Mat
| thew Dougherty, was almost instantly killed
| on Thursday afternoon, in Newark, N j., at
the scissors factory of Mr.. Rochu Heinisch,
by the splitting of grindstone.
| A REMARKABLE INSTANCE of cumulative
misfortune is noticed by the Norwich Courier.
| The clothes of little girl four years old,
| daughttr of John Barry, of that town, caught.
fire few days since, and in moment she
was enveloped in flames. In her fright, she
ran out of doors to her father, who was at
| work near the house. the wind blowing gale
at the time. The mother followed, and in her
efforts to extinguish the fire, it communicated
| 20 her garments, and finally to those of her
| sister, who had also flown to the assistance of
the child. Mr.. Barry now found three of his
| household i'll flames, and in trying to get them
! back to the house, out Of the wind, the fire
communicated to the door of the house, but
not SO as to do any great damage. The little
| girl was burned so that she died in short
time. Mrs. Barry and her sister were badly
burned, but are expected to recover; both of
Mr.. Barrys hands were burned black, in his
| efforts to extinguish the flames, and small
boy, younger than the GIRL suffered shocking
| ly in his hands, by his efforts to assist
ACCIDENT AT NfAGARA.-Se Several days since,
wagon and two horses slipped over the bank
| Of the Niagara river, at the rear of the Clifton
| House, near the falls, and were precpitated
distance of one hundred and fifty feet, to a
| projection about two thirds down the precipice,
where they lodged. Singular to relate, one
| of the horses escaped without injury, while the
other was killed. The wagon was uninjured,
with the exception of broken axletree. The
living horsa xvae with ao7oo IL Io,,.o..1
to raft beneath, by means of ropes, and
towed thence safely to the landing place.
| A few days ago, some workmen in POUCH
keepsie engaged III saving locust log, which
was perfectly sound, and probably one hun
dred years old found in cavity in the centre,
live toad, seve" pounds in weight.
We copy the above from one of our ex-
changes and infer therefrom, that imprson-
ment and quietudc are very favorable to the
gro,oh as well as the longevity of toads. We
believe that those animals seldom attain to the
weight of seven pounds, when allowed the in
dulgence of the largest liberty.
An old lady, whose son was, about to
| proceed to the Black Sea, among her parting
admonitions, gave him strict injunctions not
10 Ddbhe III tiilt sea, 1or sne ulu not want Elm
to come home +" nigger. ."-Pu,sch.
Rev. Mr.. Parker of Concord, the oficia-
ting clergyman of tile society at which Presi-
dent Pierce worshiped before he was President
is about to leave his parish, because, out ofnsO-
ttUes Of deiicacy, he refused to sign the re-
monstrance against the Nebraska Bfll.
ALLEN HoUsE.-The subscribers to the AL
len Hotel Fund are particularly requested to
meet at the American House, this; Tuesday,
evening, at eight o'clock, to hear the report
of their Committee.
WILLIAM B. FOX, JR., Chairman.