Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-02-22
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Blessed are the juries who serve in New
York. Whenever they try people for high
crimes, they do it with becoming comfort to
themselves. murder case affords the high
est scope. The board of Supervisors have
had presented them a bill for refreshments fur
nished the jurors in the last Cancemi trial
which amounted TO $3.50 Among the items
are $50 for cigars and S33 so for brandy.
Piccolomini receives 81 900 a month, in adj
diton to the travelling expenses of herself,
family, and suite and her visit to this coun-
try is the joint enterprise of Mr.. Ullmann, of
the New York Academy of Music, and Mr.,
Lumley, of Her Majesty's Theater in London,
who, after expenses, divide the profits between
| them, which are said to have been, since her
arrival here, up to the close of her engagement
in New York, 900.
A Young New Yorker, Mr.. Morgan Living
ston whose tailors bill exceeded $500, had a
dun arrested for following him about wherever
he went, whether into saloons, hotels, stores,
omnibuses, &C., and annoying him on all occa-
sions, by thrusting his 'little account" into his
face, The Judge considered the style of COL
lecting improper and illegal
A fine-looking gentleman marched up Broad
way, in New York, last Friday, lavishly scat
tering gold dollars along the street. Its hard
ly necessary to say that large crowd followed
him. An officer demonstrated, and received a
shower of gold in his face. Unlike Danao,
the officer refused to accept this token of affec-
ton from the Broadway Jupiter, and put an
end to the liberal gentleman exploits by hand
cutting him, placing him on a cart and carry
ing him to the Tombs.
No organized effort has yet been made in
Philadelphia to aid in the purchase of Mount
Vernon, notwithstanding the regent of the
Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, Miss Ann
Pamela Cunningham, has, for the last six
months, been resident Of the city, and organ
lzatlons have been formed in nearly all the
leading cities of the Union.
A collision between two wood trains occurred
last Monday on the Grand Trunk Railroad,
near st. Christopher, about sixty miles from
Quebec, by which Anne Lafranchise, the con-
ductor was killed on the spot and Mr.. M'Kenzie
the engineer, had both his legs fractured in
shocking manner. A few other persons were
injured, but not seriously.
1t has been often predicted that the heavy
glass skylghts over the representatives Hall
in Washington were not sufficiently secure.
Early on Tuesday morning, from some I'M
known cause, heavy pane of glass fell from
the skylight upon the desk and chair of Mr..
Nichols Of Ohio, who bad moment before
left his seat.
On thursday last, the Ice at Pralrle du
Chen, on the Mississippi, was twenty-six inch
es thick, and covered with snow about six inch
es deep, with fair prospect that the river
above will remain closed until the middle of
April.
The cold has lately been so great in Madrid,
this winter, that a coachman was frozen to
death on his box, and three washerwomen
were found senseless by the side of the Man
Zanares.
The Trenton IN, J.,) Democrat says that
between thirty and forty of the inmates of the
State Prison have protested conversion during
the past year, and their daily conduct warrants
the belief of their sincerity.
NJ. f. Sanderson, of Newark, Wayne coun
ty, has copper coin bearing date l109, more
than seven hundred years ago. 1t is British
halfpenny.
An exchange says January 1st there
were in the Illinois State Prison six hundred
and sixty-one rascals, exclusive of the keepers
and other officials"
Coal exists in 81 of the counties in Illinois.
and over hundred mines are now worked in
81 different counties
The city of Louisville has purchased another
steam fire engine for So, 500.