Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-12-18

"A man lCdpcu from du express Train
On the Central Railroad few days since. as
it was passing the Herkimer depot at fearful
rate of speed. He was hurled along. heels
over head, distance of fifty four feet upon
the ground, before recovering possession of his
natural locomotive powers. His face was
scratched doing the feat. He deliberately
walked to stream of water near by, washed
his face and went about his business
Capt. Samuel Somers recently killed
near his residence on the river st. John, Fla,
| an old tigress and two half grown tigers. He
also came in sight of the old male tiger several
times, but was afraid to shoot at him. The
tigress measured eleven feet six inches from
the tip of the nose to the end of the TAIL and
1t is supposed would have weighed three or
four hundred pounds.
A man met daughter of Edmund
Dorr in the streets of Albany on Saturday
evening, and attempted to place his hand over
her mouth, but she turned her head and
screamed, and the villain fled, leaving a plas-
ter on her cheek of such strength that its re-
moval brought the skin with it.
Antioch College, Ohio, Of. which
| Horace Mann is President, fouIishes admira-
bly,. 1t has now about four hundred stu
dents. The admission of females works we'll.
characterization into obedience. The sexes
mutually polish the manners and stimulate
the scholarship of each other.
One of the rich merchants of New
York "a man of fortune of a million and
half-a resident on tie Fifth Avenue con-
necIed with one of the first houses in New
York, on Monday was carried to the Insane
Hospital. He is another illustration of what
a Q1f v oh 1,,, e
the danger of over attention to business.
The Albany Knickerbocker says that
altered two dollar bills on the fremont Bank
of Boston, purporting to be tens, are in crcu-
lation. These are the very best altered bills
ever offered, because the red letters ara print
ed across. The face Of the bill is exactly the
same as the genuine.
Andrew Marshall, an old colored
preacher, died at Richmond Va, on the 9th,
aged one hundred years He was one of the
most gifted of his race, aud by many excel
lent traits OF character won the esteem of all
who knew him.
1t is reported that the invention OF
Col. Barrows, New Bedford man, of the
rotary steam engine, is about to be applied to
line of steamers now building to run be-
tween Boston and New York.
An enterprising but ignorant South
American has sent to an Albany locomotive
shop for one hundred 'cow- catchers'' He
expects to use them in taking the wild cattle
on the plains of Paraguay, in place of the
lasso.
The submarine lantern recently in
vented by Messrs. Gould and Lamb of this
city, and now under experimental test by
government authorities at Washington, has
secured gold medal from the American In
stitute.
They are playing "Uncle Toms Cab
in . at the Wheeling (Yirginia) Theatre. and
the papers OF that city say that it draws
"crowds of admirlng auditors"
The population of Indianapolis, Indi-
ana, is 10000. Nine years ago it was only
1000.
DR.. E. P. Grosyenor of Newburport,
physician with an extensive practice, died
suddenly of the heart complaint on Saturday
afternoon.
1t is singular that of the six hundred
delegates to the Southern Convention, only
eighty-four voted on both sides of the propo-
siuon to reopen the slave trade.
1t is singular fact, that when the In
dian swears he swears in English. There are
no oaths i'll the Indian vernacular.