Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-05-15

The large cotton mill of the Blackstone
Company, at Blackstone, is now in full OPP
Grafton.
Mayor Tiemann of New York has
begun against the unlicensed milk
dealers, and on Wednesday eighteen were ar
rested and fined.
A chaplain was once preaching to a
class of collegians about the formation of
habits. "Gentemen,' said he, ''close your
ears against bad discourses." The scholars
immediately clapped their hands to their ears.
The largest and purest nugget Of gold
yet discovered and which weighs l45 l-3
Troy, will he exhibited at the Crystal Palace,
near London, this month. 1t was found at
Bendigo, Australia, Is feet from the surface.
Its computed valueis $86,OOO
Intelligence has been received from
Hawaii, Sandwich Islands that the veteran
missionary, Rev. Asa Thurston. was Thrown
from his horse on the Sth of February, and
very seriously injured. 1t was feared his in
juries would result in permanent paralysis.
A little son of Mr.. Green, paper
maker at Woodville, N. Y, jumped into
vat filled with boiling lime water, which had
straw on the surface. The father jumped in
and recovered him. The child died, and the
father was terribly scalded.
Kingston (Jamaica) papers of the
29th OF April state that meeting had been
held in Kingston to encourage the emigration
OF 'tree colored and black fugitives from the
Southern States of the American Union"
Anthony Hardness, the pioneer man
ufacturer of locomotives at Cincinnati. died
in that city on the 10th inst. Mr. Hardness
was S. years of age, and native of Rhode
Island.
Sheriff Bush of WestfeId made a
seizure OF one hogshead, ten barrels, four
jugs, and three demijohns of various kinds of
liquor, on the premises of l. H. Hudson, last
Saturday; and the Neaos Letter saws this is
the largest quantity ever seized by one officer
in Western Massachusetts.
A strong armed woman at SMYRNA.
Delaware, logged fellow severely on the
pizza of the hotel, for seducing her husband
to the tavern, where the pair would indulge
too freely in drink. She then offered her arm
to her husband and conducted him home
At the end of March, the number of
factories of beet root sugar IN France VAS
three hundred and forty-one; the product of
the previous season amounted to nearly three
--AANENSAS
time, the importation of sugar from the French
colonies materially increased.
M ALBERT, Louisiana editor, was
dangerously wounded in the hip at Fort
Adams, Miss, in duel with brother editor,
two weeks since. An incident in the matter
marked the dealing of the two principals.
Perceivlng that M. Aubert would be obliged
to remain at Fort Adams for some DAYS, his
adversary, Mr.. Superville, kindly offered to
attend to the editing of the Yigilant until he
recovered sufficiently to return.
On the 9TH inst, George Miner of
Newtown persisted in walking on the track
of the Aousatonic Railroad, after the whistle
OF an approaching train was blown, and be-
fore the train could be stopped the engine
struck him and hurled him violently ON the
track, injuring him so badly that he lived but
lew honrs. Another man who was with
him stepped off the track when the signal was
given, and thus saved his life.