Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-11-08
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Three hundred thousand roses are required
to give yield of one ounce of ottar or oil of
Toses.
twenty-five lunatcs in the Zurich Asy-
lum, Switzerland, are the victims of table,
turning and spirit-rapplng.
There is no other vice or folly that re-
quires so much nicely and skill to manage az
vanity; nor any which by i'll management
makes SO contemplate figure.
A dispatch to the New York Post, dated
the day after election, states that Gerrltt
Smith retired in disgust, the night before, at
" his usual hour, half-past nine
1t now appears that Hon. William A. How
ard of Michigan is defeated. We regret this
extremely, as Mr.. Howard has been one of
the very best Republicans in the two last
Houses. His district (the Detroit) has all
ways been close.
A man who has just died of yellow fever
in the hospital at Galveston, confessed on his
deathbed to the murder of man on a Gal
weston steamboat. for which crime he was
tried not long ago and acquitted.
The remaining Indians in Florida have de-
termined to become citizens. Fifteen of them
visited Mimi, Florida, on the LIST inst, and
announced their intention to settle, live in
peace, and be governed and protected by the
laws. They are engaged in clearing land near
the town for agricultural purposes. Three of
them could read and write.
Steeple chases and hurdle races have been
taking place at Montreal lately. During one
of the latter jockey was thrown clean over
his mare, and falling on the crown of his
head it was supposed he was killed, but he
jumped up, remounted, and though ''grog-
gy," finished the heat.
The frigate Sabine, the largest sailing frig-
ate in the world, has just gone to sea as the
flagship of the Brazilian station, and, con.
trary to all precedent, without midshipman.
1t is the first time that one of our national
vessels has put to sea without a supply
of ;" young gentlemen intended for commo-
dores, ETC., in future. This is pronounced an
important innovation.
A match has been made between Ethan
Allen and the celebrared trotting horse
/" Lantern" which will throw into lively ex-
cItament all the turfmen in the country
Each horse is to trot in double harness with
any other horse the owner may choose
Ethan Allen may be mated with running
horse or trotting horse. Lantern may ex-
ercise the same privilege.
Two farmers, neighbors, living in South
field, Mich, were such bitter enemies that
they never spoke to each other but to q uarrel.
and frequently exchanged blows. On a re-
cent Sunday COW belonging to one of athe
men strayed on to the others premises. The
owner Of the COW proceeded with loaded
gun to reclaim the animal, and was met by
his neighbor with a club, who ordered him
off. Upon this, the owner of the COW lev
elod his gun and fred, killing his neighbor
almost instantly.
At Detroit, young man named Henry
Lewis has commenced suit against young
lady named Mary Ann West, to recover some
! so worth Of wedding F." fxings" which he
bought for her, recently. She don't want to
marry him, and she is bound to lose no money
by the operation. He alleges they are his,
having been obtained by her without consid.
GRAFTON. Per contra, she declares they are all
hers, and has replevined them. And thus
the matter stands at present.