Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-11-03

the Cambridgeshire Handicap, at the New
market Houghton Meeting, that was to have
been run on the 9th of October. In this
meeting Prioress and Babylon are both en-
gaged-the former being weighted at 2 lbs
less than in the Cesarewitch, but carving
really lbs. more, in consequence of an addi-
ton Of lbs, as penalty for her victory in
the Cesarewitch Gin all 98 lbs.), and Babylon
running at 70 lbs.
Barnum has made a compromise with
his creditors; and is again free man, and, it
Is said, a rich man. He has had agents
in the field for the past year buying up his
notes, and it is said and believed, that the
arrest on the eve of his departure for Europe,
was all ruSe-that he had some stiff credi-
tors who would not.seil out, and the Europe
an plan was to bring them to terms-and it
did, and the last dodge of the great show
man is regarded as the great hit Of his life.
The foreign papers, some days ago,
stated that Miss Catherine Hayes, the singer,
has lately married a Mr.. Bushnell. The Sun
day Times says that he was her business
manager in California and Australia and that
before marrying he was under the necessl-
ty of visiting this country to procure a d.
vorce from his wife, which he accomplished
quietly, and without her knowing much about
it, in Connecticut.
As the steamer City of Cleveland was
going from Detroit to Cleveland few nights
since, she ran into a flock of ducks which
were winging their way through the dark
ness. The glass of the large locomotive lamp
was smashed to pieces, two of the ducks and
pretty small bird being caught in the lamp
Three other ducks were picked up dead on
the deck.
Mr.. Charles Cane, weaver in the
Naumkeag Mill, Salem, came to his death on
Monday last by drowning. having thrown
himself into the water while laboring under
an attack of delirium tremens. He was a
very Incorporate man, and was about 40
years of age.
An old woman caught fishy young
man picking her pocket at Toledo She
made hullabaloo, and he Joined, after ask
| ing ,'NVhat is the matter, motherY Before
| people found that he was not her son, he
had vamosed beyond danger.
The editor of the Hartford Courant
has been shown two loaves of bread made re-
| spective!y of -four which cost in New York
| So 80 and So BARREL 1t was quite as good
as bread made from the 80 -four. The bread
was made as an experiment by person who
became disguised with Hartford prices.
Enoch Hale Burt, a young man of
promise, from Westhampton, in this State,
who was on his return to his home from Cali.
tornia, was among the lost passengers Of
steamer Central America, He had been abb
sent three or four years.
When Brown, the director alike of
funerals and festivals in New York, was con.
doled with, one hard winter, on account of
the infrequency of parties, he made the mem
orablo answer. eyes, but we try to make the
funerals as cheerful as possible.
Sure, and Pm an heir to an immense
estate under my fathers will When he
died he ordered my elder brother to divide
the house wild me; and by st. Patrick he
| did it-ior he tuck the inside himself, and
| gave me the outside
WANTED, at TINS office, copies Of the Daily Spy Of
June J. 2 o. 10 aud TO- 10 complete ale. Thoss having
them, will confer great favor aud be libsraly compen
! sated by sending them to Us, forthwith.