Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-02-05
GLEANINGs BY THE WAY.

The Chester en- Herald and Press de.
scribes murder which was committed in the
vicinity of Rsden, ST. Glare county, Jan. 90
A man named Beadle went to the house of
his neighbor, Mr.. Levi, with whom he had
had some difficulty, made noise in the yard,
which caused Mrs. Levi to open the door,
when Beadle, in the dark, taking her for her
husband, shot her in the breast. She lived but
short time, and alone, with the CORY form of
his murdered wife, did the wretched husband
pass the remainder of the night, fearing to leave
the house lest something of the same sort
should be administered to him. The murder
er escaped.
The New York detective police have recent
ly been ordered to do night duty, commencing
at midnight. The force for this purpose is di-
vided into four squads. They wear citizens
dress, and are armed with revovers and clubs,
and are expected to be more efficient in pre-
venting crime and detecting criminals than
ordinary policemen. The first night, Wednes-
days adventures, altogether, were very anus
ing, one of the officers having narrowly es-
capped being shot by burglar. They were
also mistaken for a party Of garroters, and
posse of policemen in uniform pounced upon
them, and came very near Juggling them to the
watch-house.
VIM. Prescott Kinds, of Philadelphia, de-
SSoSNhJ ASlO Oil CotdlS NiiuSu uJ OVER Il IlllllOn
of dollars. He gave thousand dollars to his
minister, eleven houses to his wife, fifteen
houses to married daughter, and an odd doz-
en- or so to another, unmarried to be held in
trust until her majority.
The prodgious Bonner is going to publish a
book of poetry, containing the names of poets
rejected by Dana in the Household Book of
Poetry" Among the poets thus to be perpet-
uated, is James Gordon Bennett! Is it posi-
bic that Mr.. Bonner intends to embalm the
"Lines to Mary Ann ?''
The Westminster Review is in favor ofpay-
ing members of Parliament ES00 or G1000 a
year They now get nothing, although there
is law which allows them to exact pay from
their constituents.
A letter has been received in Salt Lake CITY,
under date Of the 18th ult, giving deplorable
account Of the severity of the weather in the
neighborhood of the South Pass For four
consecutive days the mercury stood at eighty
degrees below zero. Some fourteen or fifteen
mules at the Sweet Water Station had perish
ed, and seventeen men were badly frozen.
A New York letter says grand festival is
to be given on the 10th of February, at the
Metropolitan Hotel, by the principal leather
dealers OF the city, who are an important body
IN the mercantile world there as well as here.
Inc ran River News says that the runner of
the Merchants Bank in Providence, made an
other visit TO the Pocasset Bank in that place,
on Friday last, and received $4,000 in specie
for bills of. that institution. The Providence
bank in question has made itself peculiarly
obnoxious by such unwelcome calls.
A medical imposter in Buffalo has been do
ing thriving business lately, by pretending to
be the Getty yaccinator," going from house to
house representing that the small pox was
dangerously prevalent, and persuading people
to be vaccinated at his hands, his fee for each
operation being one dollar
Mr.. Gait, the American sculptor, is at Flor
ence, and will soon commence his statue of
Thomas Jefferson. In consequence of the I'M
usual amount Of snow on the mountains this
winter, he may have some difficulty in obtain
ing suitable block Of marble at present.
The latest advices from Havana state that
the growth of the cane is large one, the quail
ity excellent; but the work of getting it in is
more than usually behindhand.
A girl named Martin, sixteen years of age
was burnt to death in Marysville, N. Y, by an
accident resulting from reading in bed.