Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-02-11

man III Sheffield went into the
woods with an OK team for load of rails. and
when ne returned, about dark, to the open
country, found that the snow storm which
was raging had utterly obliterated all traces of
the road There being no alternative left but
to remain all night where he was, he made
platform with the rails on which to exercise
himself, and when tired with stamping rest
ed on some cornstalks, which he had taken to
feed his cattle. In the morning, his neghbors
assembled and rescued him. Save that he was
very tired, hungry, and cold, he was un-
harmed by his perilous exposure.
The safe of the Boston and New York
airline railroad, whose possession has been so
holly disputed, has at last been opened by
compromise and key; but, unfortunately for
one party at least, it was empty. The coveted
books had been spirited away. For months
the safe has been amusingly guarded by two
parties, each against the other, the one having
possession of the key and the other Swapping
around the outside huge log-chaln, fastened
by paddock. That it should now be found
empty gives farcical edge and end to the
controversy. The whole affair is worthy of
history by barley, or some like caricaturist.
Francis Escarriage was garroted and
robbed in New York, about five o'clock
CuiAdl IuOIulHSy U1 Two negroes, one OF
whom was arrested and gave his name as J.
f. Ballard, waiter at the Lafarge Hotel.
William A. Hall was garroted on Saturday
night in Brooklyn, and robbed of his watch,
bosom studs and sleeve buttons, by one man,
who put the garrote arm about his neck, and
robbed with the other. AS soon as he was
relieved Mr. Hall fred a pistol after the rob-
Der, but without effect.
Naar MiddIaton MI, =; -
sixty or seventy years old, cutting new set
OF teeth, and also a negro woman, who says
she is one hundred years old, but supposed to
be about ninety three, wha never had tooth
in her head until within the last six months.
The French government promise a
liberal lie pension to the widow of Charles
Morey, who was shot by sentinel at Clichy.
The government expresses much regret at the
unfortunate occurrence, and will punish the
soldier who committed the fatal error.
Hon. William d. Merrick, for many
years prominent citizen of MARYLAND, and
for six years senator from that State in the
national Congress, died in Washington on
Friday last. He was Wing of the old school
until the last election, when his fortunes WERE
Joined to the Democratic party.
The president of the Wisconsin Senate
decided that the votes cast for Doolittle were
void, and consequently refused to certify to
Judge DIS election. The Judge will accord
lngly have to present himself at Washington
without any formal proof of title to the Sena-
torship.
AT Edinburg, Scotland, Dr. Dionisius
Wielobyoke, homeopathic physician Of con-
siderable eminence, whose income from his
profession was from $4,000 to $4,000 per year,
has been convicted of forging will, and sem
fenced to fourteen years transportation.
Of SO deaths in Boston, last week,
80, or one third were by scarlet fever, chiefly
among the children of the foreign population.
There were 437 deaths in New York, last
week, of which As were Of scarlet fever and
II of measles.
The Central Ohio Railroad, last year,
paid over $4,000 for stolen articles and now
seventeen of its employees have been arrested
for alleged robbery.
Norris M. Woodruff of Watertown.
n. T., one of the leading citizens of that viii
lage, died suddenly on Friday, 10Th inst, of
apoplexy, aged Ga. He commenced life as
tin peddler, and died millionaire.
John G SAKE delivers a poem, and
Anson Burlngame an grafton, at the next
commencement festival of Amherst College,
in August.
-Four millions of dollars have been
spent in the search for the unfortunate navi-
gator, Sir John Franklin.