Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-02-04
GLEANINGs By THE WAY.

On Tuesday, quite party of young men
left Springfield on skates, for Hartford, intend
ing to make the entire trip down and back on
their irons.
The Cubans propose the abolition of slavery,
as last resort to save their island from the
rapacity of the United States. That will do
it effectually
For presuming to get drunk, Eliza Murphy,
late of New York, was beaten to death with
heavy strap by her husband John, who pulled
her out of bed to administer the correction.
An Indian has been discovered in California,
five feet and a half high, and weighing only
sixteen pounds, being a mere skeleton, but in
good health and lively. This is supposed to
be the veritable "Lo, the poor Indian"
The trial of Henri Jumpertz for the murder
of Sophia Werner, whose body was packed in
barrel and shipped from Chicago to New
York in March, 1856, has been commenced in
Chicago.
The cloak of religion is to be known some
times by the fine nap it has during sermon
time.
Somebody advertises for agents to sell
work entitled "Hymenial Instructor" A CO.
temporary adds, "The best hymenial instructor
we know of is a young widow What she
don't know, there is no use learning"
Biaggio Fugacci, an Italian, was shot dead
in Cincinnati on Saturday night, by a colored
man named William Beekley. The two had
been on a spree together, and quarreled about
woman.
a recent English critic ventures the remark
that ''the great intellectual merit of the Amer
leans is acuteness their great failing, conceit"
The Mayor of Cincinnati has had census
of the drinking saloons taken, showing total
If civ hmm ar,5a irrbt aifr
What is the difference between seamstress
and groom One mends the tear, while the
other tends the mare.
The horse-rake was invented by coored
man at Hampstead Plain, Long Island and
who died in 1921.
Powers, the sculptor, has received an order
for a statue, in bronze, of Benefits "Nary
Ann" So says the Boston Post.
The name of newspaper man in Montreal
is E. Pickup, just the name for the business
The Bombay Times says the 32d Regiment,
which gained such glory at Lucknow, is now
only 2l5 strong, 400 having died since May,
1857; of these, 235 were killed in action
The regiment should be sent home.
A Yankee doctor has got up remedy for
hard times. 1t consists of ten hours labor
well worked in.
At the late Democratic Convention, at
Frankfort, KY, there were 672 delegates, who
consisted of 2 eX-Governors, IA Generals, 493
Colonies, 81 Majors, 35 Captains, and 10
Squires. The candidates were all Colonies.
From the success of Mr.. Barry's Cataract"
at the Boston Theatre, says the Boston Tran
script, some time will doubtless elapse before
it is removed from the public eye.
When one sin is admitted it is generally
found that it has a companion waiting at the
door, and the former will work hard to gain ad-
mission for the latter
A Mr.. Timberman, of Cincinnati, Ohio, hav-
ing lost some money, went to a fortune teller
to learn who took it. Acting upon the advice
OF this impostor, he accused respectable citi-
zen, with his wife and her sister, of having
taken the money, and they have instituted
proceedings against him for SANDER, laying
their damages at $4,000.
E. E. Lockwood of New Haven, was awak-
ened by his wife, on Sunday night, with the
information that some intruder was in the
house. Immediately after, man with dark
lantern entered the ROOM Mr.. L. jumped
after him, when the fellow ran out and locked
him in. Mr.. L. then went out at the back
door, but it was too late.
Capt. Travis is supposed to be the most ex-
pert pistol shooter in the country. A South
ern paper says that the other day he performed
the feat Of shooting an object of half dollar
from each Of the hands of man, placed at ten
PAGES from him, at two consecutive shots.
Petitions are circulated in Barton County,
Mo-, requesting the Legislature to prohibit the
introduction Of any more slaves into the State,
and to preserve the soil for the enjoyment and
support of the free white citizens
A resident of GAINESVILLE Ohio, says the Gin
cinnati Gazette, recently bought sorrel horse
of Pennsylvania raising, which. was twenty
hands high, and weighed 2,400 pounds. The
price paid was 81, 1000.
The Philadelphia police recently discovered
beggars' boarding house in that city, where
only professional" were taken to board
Upon the roof of the house, they also found
various stolen property which the enterprising
mendicants had accumulated.
A liquor dealer in New York named John
McArdle appeared before Justice, Thursday
morning with his nose in his hand, which one
of his customers had bitten off The liquor
must have been very bad to lead to such dis
gushing outrage.
Seven head of cattle were lately destroyed at
Independence, Iowa, by eating sorghum stalks
that had been pressed in mill. The stalks
are so yitreous as to act on the stomach like
glass. A post mortem examination showed
the coatings of the stomach in some instances
cut completely through.
During the month of january, up to Satur-
day night last, there were q 900 applications
for relief filed at the office of the Superintend-
ent of out door poor Of New York. Fifteen
thousand were relieved, at a cost to the city of
$4,000 in money, and 1000 tons of coal. Near
ly all of those relieved protested that they were
out of work, and had been so for long time
The distress which prevails in some of the
townships Of the County of Bruce, in Canada,
is represented as almost appalling. There are
hundreds Of families verging upon starvation
many of the best and thriftiest farmers are des-
titute of the wherewithal to carry them through
till another harvest-the crops of the past year
having almost proved total failure.
During the intensely cold and memorable
Monday night of Jan. 10th, Mrs. Albrich of
Haverhill, who had two or three days before
presented her spouse with twins, left her bed,
in delirious state, and with no covering but
her night clothes, went to the neighboring
woods, where she was found nearly two hours
afterwards actively walking in circular path
which was beaten hard by her bare feet.
On Saturday last, one of the passengers by
the Arago, physician of some eminence in
Europe, was admitted to the New York Hospi-
tai, suffering from severe stab in the abdomen.
inflicted by his own hand on Monday of last
week, when the Arago was within five DAYS
sail of the port He is supposed to have at
tempted suicide while in fit of arrangement.
He is said to be on his way to the West, where
he has large property.
FIRE AT QUINcY, AND SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
Tuesday evening, a barn, belonging to Mr..
Thomas Nightingale, at Quincy Point, was dis
covered to be on fire, and was totally CON
sumed together with its contents