Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-06-08

An honest Norfolk farmer, who had
seen ''Rchard the Third" performed one
night, waited upon the manager next morning
to say that if the gentleman who wente a
horse on the previous evening held his mind.
he hsd got an abundance of cattle in his
meadow, and should be happy to deal with
him.
The housebreakers' on Long Island
have become SO bold and expert that they will
remove almost the entire furniture and do
mestic utensils, clothing, &c., Sc, of a house.
without awaking the occupants, even going
so far as to take up carpets. Two or three
dwellings at Woodhaven and Cypress Hills
have been thus stripped.
AT Dumfries, Va, a few DAYS since.
Charles, son Of VIM. q. Merchant, ESQ.
while visiting his cousin, dressed himself in a
hooped skirt, and while amusing himself with
the girls, the skirt caught fire, and before it
could be put out the little fellow was so Sc
verely burned that he died in few hours.
"Mr. President" said member of a
school committee (out Westl IL rise to get
up, and am not backward to come forward in
the cause of edcation. Had it not been for
education, might have been as ignorant as
yourself, Mr.. President"
The swill-milk investigation in New
York is making queer revelations. On
Thursday DIR. John w. Francis testified that
cows confined in impure air, and fed upon
distilery swil live in state analogous to
deSIrtum tremenS.
A. J Farnham of Stafford, Conn.
has been obliged to leave that town in conse
quence of the indignation raised by his out
rageous ISLANDERS against severnbgirls of that
place. He was compelled to take oath before
magistrate that his statements were lies.
A party of four young men left New
York on Friday morning, on sailing excur
sion, and by some casualty the boat was over
turned and three Of the party found watery
graves, while the fourth held on to the boat
for five hours, when he was rescued.
A candidate for Congress ,in Pennsyl-
T vania, with an editorial friend, while stump
ing their district, last week, got belated and
asked to stay all night at roadside cabin,
but the owner thought they looked so like
horse thieves that he told them to move on.
1t is said that the Duke of Oporto.
brother of the king of Portugal. is to marry
the daughter of the emperor of Brazil. AS
the emperor has no male heir, the duke would
thus be eventually called to the throne of
Brazil.
Catherine Bronx, young lady of AL
bany, aged fourteen years, took small dose
of arsenic on Saturday, for the purpose of
Identifying her complexion, and on Sunday
morning was arrayed in a shroud for the
grave.
In Louisiana there are fifteen thou
sand square miles of fertile alluvial soil,
which lie below high water mark, and re-
quire to be protected by artificial embank-
ments.
A man who sold popcorn in the hall
OF the Chicago post office, not agreeing with
Mr.. Buchanan, but with Douglas, on the
| great national democratic principles Of the
day, has received notice to quit.
Two of the young BARRIERS, who few
days since garroted, robbed and murdered
| Hugh Downie at st. Louisa drover from
| lllinois-hAve been captured at Galena,
| WHITTIER they had fed. They have made a
| full confession.
One Of the horses that trotted the
twenty-mile race at Detroit, last week, died
the next day. The dead horse was beaten in
the race, having given out in the last mile.
The only living descendant of the late
President Monroe, is Samuel l.. Gouverneur
clerk in the treasury department. His
mother was the presidents youngest daughter
Elisha Mason, the last revolutionary
soldier in Litchheld county. Connecticut.
died at Litchdeld on Tuesday evening, june
l, in the Tooth year OF his age
Have you ever broken horse % in.
quired horse jockey " No, not exactly -
replied Smons, +" but have broken three nv
! four wagons"