Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-12-05

he Chlcdgo Democrat, OF Tuesday.
says that woman arrived in hat place few
days previous, with the dead body of her hus-
band, which she was taking east Tor burial
pn the route she fell IN with young man,
and, on the arrival of the cars at Chicago,
they went off together, leaving the dead body
OF the husband i'll the depot, where it has re-
NAMED since.
The Shasta Courier gives an account
Of a man in that county, now actively engag.
ed in mining, who has with him four grown
sons, besides forty five sons and daughters
back in Pennsylvania. His present wife is
No. 8. The old gentleman offers to bet
small farm that he viii die the father OF Just
exactly half hundred children.
The Pittsfeld Eagle says that man
in one Of the mountain towns bought some
fine looking goslins at that place Just before
Thanksgiving, but while congratulating him
self over the purchase, he made the discovery
that thirteen pounds and thirteen ounces of
salt constituted the internal arrangements OF
the five.
The large starch factory, with all its
contents, owned by Me ssIs. John and George
Noyes, located near what is called Perkins
Mills, at Walden, VT, was entirely consumed
on Sunday last, together with about thirty
tons OF starch, two tuns of nails, &c. Loss
estimated at from $4,000 to $SO0O-no insur.
ance.
The pope being hard pressed for
money to maintain his secular government,
has sold Tor $4,000 the magnificent tiara
winch Queen Isabella Of Spain presented to
him only last spring The Christians of Spain
are highly indignant at an act showing so
slight regard to their queen.
A man named Peter Leeley has been
arrested in Pittsfeld for passing counterfeit
bills Of the Phoenix and Mercantile Banks, of
Providence. An accomplish named Samuel
Hubbard escaped. These fellows ale sup.
posed to be part of an extensive gang who are
carrying on business in Massachusetts and
New York.
There are five hundred millions more
OF heathens than of Christians in the'wo,ld.
For this mighty mass it was recently stated
at an anniversary in Berlin, only fifteen hun
dred missionary stations exist, and only 81
societies have been formed to promote their
conversion.
Wendell Phillips, in his lecture on
Slavery last night, said there was nothing too
high or too low for it." that 1t grasped alter
a Webster and grubbed after Douglas" and
he might have added, got them both = Chiea-
90 journal.
FIVE fat porkers, the property of Mr..
Nye Of Granville, (Neeham were stolen Last
Saturday night. The animals were slaulhtor-
ed on the premises before being taken away.
Several hen.roosts in the neighborhood have
also been robbed within few nights past.
A very brilliant diamond has been
taken from tunnel in Table mountain, Cali
lorna, valued Mt $l2O, and the gold hunters
ithe vicinity now keep look. out for dla.
monds as well as gold.
In Candia,N. ii. ,on Tuesday evening
an old lady known as Mrs Captain French
was 80 badly burned by her clothes taking
hfe' that she died on Thursday. She was
upwards of eighty years old.
A man sixty-one years old, recently
applied to the Boston City Registrar for his
MIN marriage certificate. His Intended bride
Is "a, aud this il her first marriage.
Dlanora Salviati, who lived in Flor
ence some three hundred years ago, was tho
mother'ot hity-two childien Of whom never
less than three were produced at birth.
Between Saturday and Monday morn.
ing, 10000 barrels OF -four. 4,427 sacks and
o2J bushels OF wheat and 1894 sacks OF corn
arrived at this port from New Orleans.
In Meade County, KY, Martha Chap.
pc has recovered $1,000 damages from Gen.
lieNell, Tor breach of promise OF marriage.
The amount collected and forwarded
TO the sufferers at Norfolk and Poitsuoutb
| oy The city Of Philudell sia, was $40, 86G %.