Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-01

On Sunday, Mr.. Gouldey, one of the suf-
ferers by the recent tragedy In New York, be-
ing left alone for few minutes, soon called
for assistance, and was found in a state of ex-
element and terror, He begged not to be left
alone. every noise hear about the door,"
said he, "mak es me afraid that Frank is COM
ing in to finish his work. The physicians
concluded to inform him of his sons fate
which was accordingly done.
In Detroit, on Thursday last, Michael
Mcnamara, keeper of drinking saloon, at
tempted to kill his wife and her daughter by
her first husband, named McQueena, by cut
ting their threats with razor. He was ar
rested.
A GREAT EsTATE.-The estate of Ebenezer
Francis foots up $3,4S3 800 80, of which the
cash on deposit is 81, POS 1858 50.
One cold morning last week, little son of
Mr. Chilean of London. G. W., in thought
less moment applied his tongue to the gray
frosted surface of an iron lamp post, and to
his own horror and to the establishment of his
psymates he was held fast. Various appli-
cations of warm tea, steam, &C., were made,
but without effect, when his father took out
his knife and cut the tongue loose.
A stalwart Kentucky drover finding him
htll III NbH 4OIhg y 10 lHuuCbu 10 ''uglb the
tiger" in one of the faro establishments of the
city. The "animal,' manipulated by one
johnson, scratched the drover so roughly that
he bled $4,000 worth, which so afflicted his
spirits that he complained to the police of his
loss. They separated Mr.. johnson and other
congenial spirits from their cards and occupa.
tion by immediate imprisonment, but finding
bail in $1,000 all were soon jovially about
the green baize again.
An Illinois paper a short time since spoke
of fellow who was SO very dirty that the
assessors of the town in which he lived set
him down as 'real estate
Mrs. Joanna Kilingeman, in suit against
the New York and New Haven Railroad
Company, for damages for the loss of her
husband caused by carelessness of their en-
poyees got verdict in the Supreme Court
at Westchester county on the ODD inst, for
the sum of $4,000. The company were re-
pairing a bridge across highway, and neg
lected to guard the approach to it, in conse.
quence of which the deceased fell through in
the night and wac killed.
On Wednesday last, q grey eagle weighing
fourteen pounds and measuring six feet ten
inches across the wings, and standing three
feet high, was killed at Hayfeld, Virginia,
by an overseer. When discovered he was
eating goose he had seized upon in the farm
yard. and after being shot in the head, made
battle with the overseer, who, to take him,
fred another load from his gun and killed
him.
A new telegraphc invention has been ex-
hibited in London. The model consists sim
ply of trough filed with water, on each
side Of which are two small copper plates,
the plates on the one side being connected
with common electric battery, aud il is
found that without any wire the electricity
passes through the water and makes signals
on the other side in the ordinary manner-the
theory being that the copper plates guide the
electric current in the circuit.
A case of inhuman cruelty by a stepmother
has been exposed in Nevada City, California.
She beat little step daughter, four years old,
in a terrible manner, till her own strength
failed, and then made the childs brother nine
years old, continue the beating. The little
girl died of the inAiction and the boy was
charged by his stepmothes with having beat.
en- his sister TO death, and owned it, having
been threatened with death if he told the
whole truth. But the facts came out, and the
cruel woman is likely to be lynched