Worcester daily spy., 1859-03-04
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In Cincinnati, few evenings since, little
son of DR., Laws went romping into the dining
room with pistol in his hand, while Mrs.
John II. Laws, young married lady, was sit
ting at tea, and in the course of his frolicking
the pistol was discharged and the contents en-
| tered the face of the unfortunate woman, the
the sfde, tAeeth and 5ElaqeInig ing
only reason why she was not instantly killed
She was severely wounded, but it is thought
will recover.
A body-snatcher came to his death in a sim
gular and shocking manner at Cumminsville
Ohio, Saturday evening. He had taken a
body from the grave and placed it in sack,
and it became necessary for him to scale
high board fence with his burden. 1t appears
that he placed the cord attached to the mouth
of the sack over his shoulders, and when he
climbed to the top of the fence must have
slipped off, his burden going one side and he
the other, bringing the cord around his neck
and strangling him.
Seven persons died in February whose uni
ted ages amounted to 100 years. Four of them
were negroes. Their names and place of
death were as follows ;-Covington, La, ''Pa
Cesar" coored, age 1873; Norfolk, Va, Sarah
Mallory, colored 120; Middletown, N. j., Eel
ply Schanch, aged 119, and Aunt Kandas,
l03-both coored Squam Beach, n. j., Han
nah Phillips, 108; Port Matoon, Nova Scotia,
John Maxwell, 102; Philadelphia, Mrs. Tracy
Gray, 100.
Two young rogues, fourteen years of age, in
Fall River, ON Monday stole one hundred and
forty dollars from the father of one of them,
and proceeded to Newport, where twenty-five
dollars of the money was invested in a new suit
of clothes; and the young hopefuls designed to
take passage in the evening boat for New
York. Fortunately, they had been tracked
and returned to their parents, who doubtless
gave the prodigals warm reception.
AS the railroad train from Newark, N. j..
stopped at Hackensack Bridge, on Monday af
teInoon, two boys were discovered on the ton
of one of the cars A brakeman told them to
come down, when they jumped upon the op-
poste track, just as the New York train came
sweeping by. They were caught by the cow
catcher and thrown about one hundred and
fifty feet. One was killed. and the other was
taken to the hospital.
Mr.. Stephen Masset (Jeems Pipes) narrowly
escaped death few days ago, while travelling
on the South Carolina Railroad. AT a point
about forty miles from Augusta, pistol ball
was fired through the car window, lust passing
his head. A similar outrage was perpetrated
few days previously 1t is supposed these
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ployes'
The police of New York are stopping street
begging The consequence is, that the cheap
boarding houses suffer for their usual supplies
OF cold ylctuals. One little girl, nine years
old, told the officer that she had, for several
years, collected enough with her basket to sup
py eaole lor OF SIX grown persons besides the
Tok,, CokL - 4.u...t:...- 1l--t
Clearfeld county, Pa. came upon a bear
trap, and never having seen one before, entered
it for the purpose Of examination. The trio.
ger shut him up, and remaining two days he
was nearly starved, when the owner examined
his trap, and found in it Dutchman instead
OF a bear
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