Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-09-26


killed at Burlington, n. j., has been indicted
for manslaughter. There was no bill found
against DR.. Heineken, or against the railroad
company, except so far as the company may
be implicated by the finding of the bill against
the engineer. The grand jury also presented
bill against Jabez Kingdom, ticket agent at
the Burlington railroad depot, who stands
charged with keeping watch and some mon
ey. the property of Mr.. Loveand, of the firm
of Loveland, Greene Company, of Illinois.
Miss Clara Haskins was found dead
in her bridal dress and chamber near Match
ez, Mississippi, on the I'd inst. After being
dressed by her bridesmaids, she requested
them to retire for short time, and when they
returned they found her lteless upon her
couch, with an empty phial containing prus-
sic acids clasped in her hand She had
adopted the desperate alternative of self. de-
struction rather than marry a man she could
not love, in obedience to parental authority.
The steamship Ariel, which started
from New York, on Saturday, on a race with
the Arago across the Atlantic, had the start
of her competitor. The Arago passed the
battery two minutes in advance, but the ARIEL
passed the Arago just outside of the NarroWs.
and when the Arago discharged her pilot off
Sandy Hook, the Ariel was three miles ahead.
A paper-mache manufacturer in Eng
land has submittedto the authorities a model
hut of that MATERIAL intended for camp use.
The paper. mache pulp lie mixed with rags,the
result Of which is paper plank, much strong
er than wood, all but uninhamable,a non con-
ductor Of heat or cold, and impenetrable by
wet, as well as very durable.
We have alluded to the case recently
tried at Buffalo, n. Y, where a man was
tried for an attempt upon the life of his wifes
seducer, and acquitted on the ground of in
sanity. A medical commission appointed to
inquire as to his insanity, have reported that
he is sane now, and he has consequently been
discharged from custody
A prisoner twenty years of age, nam
ed Abraham Bradley, escaped from the State
Prison at Charlestown, Friday afternoon. He
had for some time been out of health, and had
been accorded unusual privileges. He escaped
from the yard. A reward Of $50 is offered
for his apprehension.
Francis ]. Webb, of Philadelphia,
husband of the " colored Siddons," has been
refused passage to Rio Janerio, in the bark
Sam Slick, Capt. Mayo, on account of his
color. Mr.. Webb has letters OF introduction
to respectable residents at Rio from Governor
Kent,of Maine, and other respected gentlemen
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New BUILDING MATERIAL.--The Cleveland
Herald speaks Of a new kind of bricks which
have been introduced there for building pur-
poses. They have the appearance of granite,
and are made Of sand aud lime, and the blocks
subjected to a great pressure while in nearly
dry state. In size they are ten by four and
ave inches, and followed, the indented part
being seven by one and half inches. Alter
the bricks are formed into shape and pressed,
they are subjected to the action Of the atmos-
phere, and soon become as hard as rock, and
insensible to the frost or rain. These bricks
cost twenty dollars per thousand; but the in
yentors say that they arc cheaper than clay
bricks that cost but three dollars. because
they furnish 80 smooth an interior surface that
no plastcring is NECESSARY, and being followed,
! the walls do notrequire TO DO furred.