Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-03-18
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AT lake Providence La, last week, young
man named VIM. Watkins was murdered
while attempting to punish negro, who crush
ed his skull with piece of rail; James Fox,
an Irishman, was killed by a stab in the back
from hand unknown; and man, name not
given, was shot in the abdomen by one Stew
art Mcguire, who shortly afterwards fled
What New England town can furnish three
murders in one week?
Leather belts, grain side to pulley, will drive
thirty-five per cent more than flesh side to
pulley, forty-eight per cent. more than rubber
belts, one hundred and twenty-oue per cent.
more than gutta percha, and one hundred and
eighty-one per cent. more than canvas-show-
ing that the best arrangement for betting is to
use it with grain side to the drum or pulley,
and have the pulley covered with leather. The
next best pulley is said to be polished iron, es-
pecialy for quick motions polished wood
next, and rough iron least in value.
The Richmond Dispatch says that an intel
ligent gentleman of that city, recently from Gu
ba, says that, Except among few persons en-
gagged in the American trade, the opposition
there to tilibusterism and annexation is univer-
sal. They have no more desire to be annexed
to the United States than Louisiana has to be
annexed to Spain" "Of all sections of this
country" adds the Dispatch ''the South is the
very last that should disturb the rights of
Spain in Cuba"
AT the recent term of the Criminal Court at
Portland, Me-, Emma Bush and Anna Cady
were convicted of larceny upon four separate
indictments, and the former was sentenced to
six years and the latter to ten years hard labor
in the State Prison. Upon receiving her sem
tence, the woman Cady told the Judge that she
hoped he would be sent to the State Prison to
help her serve her time out,
AT a recent meeting of the Detroit Histori-
cal Society, it was stated that French resi-
dent of that city died few years since, at the
age of one hundred and sixteen years, during
one hundred and four of which he never drew
a sober breath The old fellow must have
been walking demijohn.
Two villains fired frame building, one of
the largest in the city of Detroit, while fancy
dress ball was in progress, at midnight. 1t
was fortunately extinguished without gener-
al alarm. -Four or five hundred persons were
in the ballroom above.
To all letters soliciting his subscription to
anything, Erskine had a regular form of reply,
viz "Sir, feel much honored by your appli-
cation, and beg to subscribe the read
er had to turn over the leaf-"myself your
very obedient servant, &C."
The Boston Express says that a Baptist
clergyman and his wife, who reside in this vi
cinity, have the pleasure of daily gathering
around their Preside four daughters, who were
born in four different quarters of the globe,
viz: one in Europe, one in Asia, one in Africa,
and one in America.
Mrs. Catherine G. Ogler of Chester county,
having brought suit against the Pennsylvania
Company for $4,000 damages, sustained by
the loss of her husband, DR.. Ogler who was
killed by the cars about a year ago, the arbi-
traitors gave her $4,000 damages against the
Company, and the costs.
Another defalcation has been discovered in
Illinois. j. p West, late Sheriff and Collec-
tor of Mason county, in that State, has disap-
peared, and the signers of his bond are holden
to the State for deficiency in the amount of
State revenue collected Of about 81 900.
A preacher, in the course of a sermon, was
comparing the state of the unconverted sinner
to that of man in boat away from land with
only one oar. He was suddenly brought up
with severe round by an old sailor who
jumped up and asked-"Couldn't the fool
scull 2"
A druggist sent his Irish porter into dark
ened cellar soon after, hearing noise, he
went to the opening, ard called out. Patrick,
eye"' roared Pat, "but it's my nose that's
skint intirely."
The War Department has forbidden the ar
mory at Springfield to exceed its appropria-
tons, and consequently nearly forty workmen
were dismissed on Saturday last, and the wa
ges of those who remained were reduced 10
per cent.
In recent fight in California, between a
LAWYER and doctor both armed with broad.
swords, the lawyer cut off the doctors left
hand, and the doctor genteelly amputated the
lawyers head. Sharp practice
illustrated with cuts said young ur-
chin, as he drew his pocket knife across the
leaves of his grammar. illustrated with
cuts p reiterated the schoolmaster, as he drew
his cane across the back of the young urchin.
= A French chemist has discovered the means
of removing, instantaneously. from the hands,
the stains produced by nitrate Of silver, in
photography. 1t is simply to put lnseed in
the water used
The underground railway via Detroit is said
to be doing an active business Just now. On
Friday last, twelve chattels, all the way from
Missouri, crossed the river at Detroit in the
direction of the North star.
A singular work is in preparation abroad.
1t consists of book of parodies on all manner
of dead and living poets, to be called "Rival
Rhymes"
The oldest man in Pennsylvania, Mr..
Sweeny, over whom has passed one hundred
and twenty-five winters died in Butler Coun-
ty, in that State, on the 18th ult.
Counterfeit twenty cent pieces of the new
Canadian coinage have made their appearance
The dies are very good.