Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-11-10

/ There were ten deaths from violence in
New York city last week.
The New York Herald advertses eight COL
umns of situations wanted" three-fourths
of which are females.
In many places in Fulton county, n. Y,
snow was four inches deep on Saturday.
A person reading the names of 50 Young,
senior" and Young, junior" in an adver-
tsement, said the first was a contradiction,
and the second a tautology.
In Newburyport on Monday evening, a
daughter of Michael Foley, fine girl of
seventeen years. was so badly burned by the
explosion of q fluid lamp, as to take the skin
from her face, breast, and arms.
According to the late State census, it APP
pears that out Of population of three and a
half millions there are about ninety seven
thousand in New York who can neither read
nor write-one tbirty sixth part of the whole
The Moors have strong Partially for red
hair, and, it is said, envy the Saxons when
they hear them called the red haired nation.
The Moorish and Arab women often use red
due, and bind up their hair with red tape
The Raleigh IN. c. Standard reports that
throughout that State, and particularly in the
eastern part Of it, there hourishes a tree pos
sessing in an eminent degree all the qualities
OF the best imported tea, besides valuable
medicinal properties not to be found in the
oriental article.
bold robbery took place in Greenfield,
on Friday night. The store of H. E. Keuran
was broken into and robbed of clothing.
cloths, furnishing goods, &C.. to the amount
OF $4,000, general sweep being made of all
the best goods in the store
The Springfield Republican says that Mr..
Samuel Lawrence, of the firm of Lawrence,
Stone, Co., OF Boston, who fled to Europe,
just before the grand explosion of that con-
Germ last year, has returned, and is living in
Baltimore.
M. Falcony, French chemist, has potent.
ed PROFESS for preserving and embaming
dead bodies. He uses a powder, composed
chiefly OF neutral salt, mixed with sawdust.
which absorbs moisture, and so com bines
with the most deadly exhalations that no in.
jury can be sustained by person being brought
into the closest contact with the deceased.
The State Of Maine reports that seven ma
tivss of the Pine Tree State have been elect
ed to Congress this year from other States,
VIZ: Lvther G. Carter of New York, d. w
Gooch of Massachusetts, E. B. Washburn
and Owen Loveioy of Illinois, C. c. Wash.
burn and ]. F. Potter of Wisconsin, and A.
F. Grover of Oregon.
Queen Victoria, when she visits Balmornl
always gives bali to her domestics. Such a
one recently took place, when Her Majesty
mingled with her dependents, and Young
Prince Tired danced with a buxom house,
maid, and Prince Arthur whrled ROSY.
checked chambermaid with considerable vim.
The Salem Gazette relates that Sunday
evening meeting was recently broken up at
Danversport, by the loud snoring of an indi.
Vidual who had ensconsed himself in pecu
liar place. The pastor besought his hearers
to search out the disturber, and awaken him,
ont no one could put finger on him, and
minister and people, annoyed, puzzled, and
mysuied, incontinently adjourned. The
next day, the guilty brother exposed himself,
by remarking, " what grand place it is to
sleep in the singers seats, it is so dark and
warm, with soft cushions to lie upon, and no.
body to disturb fellow
There are now one hundred and ffty found
ling hospitals in France, which, saws the Lon
don Despatch, are sufficient to receive all the
children that are abandoned by their parents
in that country. One hospital in Paris takes
in about 500 children annually.
According to the late State census, it an.
pears that out of & population of three and
halt millions there are about ninety-seven
thousand in New York who can neither read
nor write one thirty sixth part of the whole.
were injured BY the falling into the water of
a baggage car from Fall River steamer. 1t
was recovered, but a New Bedford ladys
dresses were so seriously injured that she
abandoned pleasure tour and remained in
her native city.