Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-04-25
Q0(ouester aolsOnrsoap Nlunin9 april IS, 1850

was the 10th of August, 1853, and he was old
enough to take an active part in many OF the
exciting scenes of the Revolution.
Gerard Toole, the keeper of a liquor saloon
in New Haven, has been arrested for attempt
ing to destroy the building to recover insur-
ance on his stock Four fires were carefully
kindled in the cellar, but were extinguished
without serious injury.
RHODE ISLAND.
Pardon Jencks, the oldest citizen of Paw
tucket, died recently at the age of Sc years.
He was a man of great enterprise, and consid-
cradle wealth. Yet he had never been but
few miles from home, and with a single excep-
ton, when he went to Newport, never upon
railroad car or a steamboat The Jencks
family was once the owner Of nearly the whole
of Pawtucket.
The body of Swiss matchmaker, named
Emile Huguenn, was found drowned i'll the
water off Fox Point, Monday afternoon. He
occasionally INDUCED in spree, and it APP
pears probable that he fell overheard in a state
of intoXication.
The wretch John McLane, who committed
so gross an outrage on the young Hathaway
girl, near New Bedford, last Friday, was ar
rested in Valley Falls R. l., on Monday, and
will be returned for trial and richly merted
punishment.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The late Hon Beverly L. Clarke, minister
to Guatemala and Honduras, made a public
profession of the Catholic faith on the 18th
of December last, and took the baptismal
name oil Augustin. The report is credited
that Mr. Clarke was absolved by the church
from his marriage VOWS two days before his
death, that he might join the Order of the
Franciscan Monks.
Three persons were lately arrested and
Judged to be lunatics, because they tried to
enter the palace and call on Napoleon One
was commercial clerk who wished to present
him a copy Of a work on the physical consti-
tuition of the globe The second was farmer
who wished to show the emperor some re-
markable turnips. The third was a cook, with
patent method of roasting fowls.
The Grumbler, paper published in Cana
da, says that at rumored caucus of the OPP
position, 1t was fully resolved that unless the
Prince of Wales comes out empowered TO
effect a dissolution of the union between Eng
land and the Canadas, an attempt would be
made TO seize the citadel, and fire at the royal
squadron as it approached.
Jos phi L.. Ball, one of the solid men of New
burg, Ohio has been arrested for making and
passing counterfeit coin He had fine house,
farm, lots OF money that wasn't bogus, and
was a magistrate so that officially he could
free any Of his gang in the hands Of Justice
VIM. Ford, of Rushville, Ind. also a man Of
property and standing, has been arrested for
connterteiting.
The Tribune publishes a letter from Rome
reiteratng the story of Mrs. Brennan, the mis-
sing wife Of Capt. Brennan, being alive and in
Italy. She has been seen and recognized by
several individuals, and always in company
with a man calling himself Powell T. Wyman
a person of this name is now first Lieutenant
in the First Artillery, in which Brennan is cap
tain.
Miss Harriette N. Austin, editor of a ore.
form paper" in GAINESVILLE, N. Y, devotes a
long article to the subject of making up Here
is an important item :-"My pantaloons are
all cut at the bottom, like gentlemen's l like
them better than straight ones; and those
which some ladies have worn, full and gather
ed at the bottom, are unmentionable. My pat
tern was cut by tailor, his wife taking the
measure"