Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-03-28
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In a recent account of the public libraries
of Europe, Paris alone contains upwards of
million and half of printed volumes; nearly
as many as all those of Great Britain put to-
gether, and but little short of twice as many
as those of the United States ALI the other
States of Europe have many or few large or
small libraries, according to the progress they
have made in civilization. Thus, Prussia has
A public libraries containing an aggregate of
about 2, 480, 900 volumes Austria 49, with an
aggregate of nearly 100000; Bavaria, IS,
with an aggregate of l,326, 480; Russia, u,
with an aggregate of 1,236, 480, etc.
A Boston paper says that the Adirondack
Club, composed of philosophers authors,
Swans, artists, and ordinary human beings,
the prominent members of which are Ralph
Waldo Emerson, James Russell Lowell, Pro
fessors Agassiz and Wyman, are about pur-
chasing twelve thousand acres of land in the
wds of Adirondack, building commodious
camp-house, and making all convenient ar
engagements for their annual sojourn in the
woods. AS the land can be purchased for 125
cents per acre, it will be seen that the land
$4,000 acres of woods, lakes, ravines, brook
trout, bears and pantherS can be bought and
paid for without producing any great panic in
the money market.
A white man named Alphonzo Pearsal has
been arrested in Detroit 70 abducting a little
negro girl named Jordan, sixteen years old
He vows he is in love with her, and wishes to
marry her, and she reciprocates his affection
and seconds his matrimonial desires. But her
father believes it scheme to take her to the
South and sell her, and will not listen to it.
Aphonzo swears that if they keep him in Jail
two years he will as soon as he is released, fly
to the arms of his Jordan. His course of true
love refuses to run smooth. His Jordan is a
hard to travel.
AT Madison, Ind, on the 18th inst Stephen
Lanciscas shot a young man named Hollis
dead with pistol for dancing with young
lady to whom he had been paying attention.
The young lady had refused to dance with
Lanciscas on account of improprietes in his
conduct, whereupon he declared no one else
should dance with her. Hollis paid no heed to
this, and was therefore subsequently murder
ed at his hotel by the offended lover.
just before the train at Milwaukee started
for Chicago, on the Dist inst, young, and not
very bad looking man, was observed at the
depot to be intoxicated, and for few minutes
was the cause of considerable merriment
among the boys there. When the train was
put in motion, but before speed was up, the
poor fellow reeled towards the platform of the
his body in two-entirely severing the parts
One of those accidents which will happen
even in the best newspapers, occurred day
or two since in the columns of the N. Y. EX-
press The reporter gave a fine compliments
ry notice of lecture by Henry Ward Beech
er, which unfortunately was not delivered, the
speaker having forgotten his notes. The mo
tice" was very well, however, and we regret
to say that the poor reporter was discharged
by the indignant proprietors.
On the 23d, Capt Isaac G. Blanchard and
wife celebrated in East Stoughton the fftieth
anniversary of their marriage. All the chill
dren, grand and great-grandchidren were
present to participate in the festival. Two sis
tiers of the bride were present-one, Mrs.
French, land her husband, whose tftieth an
niversary marriage occurred on the same day
the other sister, Mrs. May, completed her sew
enty ninth year on that day.
John T. Milligan, keeper of the Charleston
Is. e. Jail, was assaulted on Saturday by one
of the prisoners who dealt him a severe blow
on the head with brick slung in a shirt
sleeve, and a desperate struggle ensued be-
tween the two, which would probably have
proved fatal to the jaior had not his son, lad
of fourteen, and negro prisoner, come to his
rescue. The assault was the result of a con-
spiracy by several of the prisoners to escape.
The Shelbyville, Ind, Banner says that
farmer of that place, who had horse of a
very homey color, recently sold him to
gang of gipsies for mere song. A few days
after, he was offered fine dark-brown steed,
for which he willingly paid round price, but
was shocked to find, after a short time, that he
had bought back his old sorrel, with the addi-
ton of thick coat of paint.
They have lusus nature at Cincinnati in
the shape of an Irish child seventeen months
old, who never cries or talks, but whistles in
stead. He doesn't whistle tunes, of course,
but his whistle is as clear as an adults. A
young locomotive, probably
Within an hour Of the receipt of the news
that the Boston Post Office was to return to
State street, the building now occupied by it
in Summer street was applied for TO be used
as a billiard saloon, as an industrial museum,
and as a sewing machine depot
The Pittsfield Eagle says "Wyanook" is the
pretty name of an aromatic preparation for
chewing made by C. d. Mills, M. d., and Just
now all the rage with the ladies bah and ex-
| tobacco chewers.
| The sales of cotton in New York, on Thurs
day, amounted to II 800 bales, valued at about
| 81, 100000. This is said to be the largest
business in cotton ever done in one day in that
market.
The Columbus (Ga.) Sun mentions the re-
ceipt of basket of beets, cabbages, and green
peas of this years growth.
| AT Wheeling, Va. Saturday morning, March
10, the roofs OF the houses were covered with
snow.
In St Louis, on Saturday the City Marshal
burned over $4,000 in counterfeit bills, taken
from rogues.
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JAPAS.-Every house in
Japan seemed to be overrn with children, in
some o! which | counted ten or n dozen, and
all Of about Me same size The birds in a nest,
the chickens in coop, the frogs in pond, are
not more compact and crowded than these hui
man beehives seem to be, and may add, or
more happy The average number Of the in
mates of each house in Japan is estimated ut