Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-09-18
General New. SUMMARY.


A week or two since, man wearing
ore of the white hats currently appropriated
to the know nothings, Glanced to be walking
by all Irish shanty in Dalton when two Irish
men, and tie son of one of them. came out,
the latter demanding if he were a know moth
ing, but instead of answering, he quietly
"leveled the querist; the farther stepping
up to continne the investigation, was served
in like manner, and the third one then coming
forward, received a " back handler" and not
liking the sample, left for parts unknown,
while the wearer of that hat walked on, and
no "questions asked "
Governor Price, of New Jersey, has
offered a reward of 5000, for information that
will lead to the discovery of the murderer or
murderers of Thomas McCarty who was
killed during the riot at Newark, 9th inst. A
reward of $500 is also offered for the discovery
OF the persons who took part in the destruc-
tfon of the Roman Catholic church, at the
same time and place.
The deaths at Savannah, during the
week. ending on Tuesday last amdunted to
2l0, of which l29 were from yellow fever
On Tuesday the total number of interments
reached 81, including "a from yellow fever.
Among the dead were the Rev. Joshua Payne,
of the Methodist church, and the Rt. Rev.
Edward Barron, Catholic Missionary Bishop,
of Africa.
The amount Of capital invested in
railways in Great Britain at the end of 1853,
is estimated at G2Sl ,OO0, 900, ISL 400, OOO,-
000) against 1894, l65, $50 in 1852. The to-
tai number of passengers conveyed on British
railways i'll 1858 was upwards Of one hum
bred and two millions (102, 2S6, 660). The
aggregate receipts from all sources OF traffic
were Els, O25,879.
A young man and young woman were
found among the rocks, near the Falls at
Patterson, n. j., on Monday morning, where
they had lain all night, having fallen down
precipice on the night previous The woman
had both her legs and one arm broken, and
the man had his back and ibis broken, and
was otherwise injured.
The proprietor of Wilder's hotel in
Boston has been fined eight dollars and costs,
for iorebly eiecting from his premises man
whom he had forbidden to enter them, the
court deciding that, the premises being a
public house every body had the right to
enter, provided no tresPass was committed.
The Norwalk tCt.) Gazette, says that
Noah Lee, who has been somewhat extensive
ly engaged in counterle ting, in the vicinity of
Norwak, has turned States evidence, and
implicated a number of Sersons, heretofore of
high moral and social position, in his opera
tons.
The Ne% York Times thinks it is not
best to extend the fugitive slave law to Cana
da till it works a little better on this side of
the line that ''young sla, cry has work
enough at home before extending his opera
tons across the lakes.
The cholera has broken out at Pitts
burg with great violence. 1t is impossible to
give the number of cases, but there were IS
deaths during thirty six hours. Some well
known citizens were carried off after but three
or four hours sickness.
Connecticut has % clock factories, employs
1879 hands i'll the manufacture, has$ 900, 600
capital invested, and makes annually 100000
clocks. One fourth of these time keepers
find a market i'll England.
Bishop Wainwright of New York, has
been very low with tpyhus fever for the last
few days, and much fear is felt for the result,
but the report of his health Saturday morning,
was more favorable.
The shock of an earthquake was sem
sbly felt at Easton and some parts of Cecil
county, Maryland, on Wednesday last, accom-
panied by noise like distant thunder. The
same shock was felt at Wilmington, Della
ware.
DR.. George Buchanan, of Hillsdale,
Ohio, who had been celebrated for admins
tering morphine largely to his patients, came
to his end recently by taking an overdose of
his tayorite medicine.
The trotting match between One Eyed
Joe and Garrett Davis, for $4,000, came off on
the National Course, Long Island, Thursday,
and was won by the former.
The bark Harvest, at New York from
Liverpool, sustained considerable damage in
the gale of the 18th inst, during which Is
passengers were washed overheard and drown
ed.
In Charlestown, on Wednesday last,
there were twenty one deaths. from the fever.