Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-07-21

last. The bull had to be shot before he would
leave the corpse. A eaamitous fire in the
woods back of River du Lower st. Lawrence,
has been burning for week, and was still
intensely raging on the 10th inst 1t
had extended for fifty or sixty miles, in the
parish of st. Eloi, in the rear OF lie Verte,
containing about forty families, from twenty
five to thirty of whom have lost their all
houses, barns, cattle, crops, sc.
The Montgomery (Ala.) Mail of the 18th
gives an account of frightful tornado that
visited the neighborhood of that city the pre-
vious night, killing negro and blowing down
timber, fences, &C., and damaging the growing
crops to great extent. There was another
terrible blow day or two before between
that city and Mount Meigs, doing great dam
age to the crops.
r. M. Dewitt publisher of the confession
of Hicks, has commenced a suit against the
New York Express, for an infringement of the
copyright in re publishing the confession.
The wife of George Stahl, of Greenville,
Bond county, ILL.,, and her little son, about
two and half years of age, were found
drowned in cistern adjoining her house, on
the 18th ut. 1t is supposed that the child
fell into the cistern, and that the mother, in
endeavoring to rescue it also fell in, and both
persisted
In the city of New York there are 244 places
of religious Worship, as follows :-33 Baptist
Congregational %, Dutch Reformed, 3
Friends, 10 Jewish Synagogues, Lutheran,
81 Methodist Episcopal, 5 African Methodist
Episcopal, Methodist Protestant, l New Je-
rusalem, 46 Presby terian, United Presbyteri.
an, Associate Reformed Presby terian, Re-
formed Presbyterian, 81 Protestant Episco-
pal, 80 Roman Catholic Unitarian, Univer-
salist, Wesleyan Methodist, and 20 miscel-
laneous.
Coolies are getting numerous in Havana. A
letter from that city says 1--WE already be-
gin to see idle and worthless Chinese in our
streets in too large numbers for the safety of
property. In Havana and suburbs, at this
time, we have between $4,000 and $4,000 free
negroes or coored about 1000 slaves, and
$4,000 to $4,000 white persons-all told, nearly
10000"
A census taker in Philadelphia had to call
several times at a very respectable house be-
fore he could get the information required
by law. The last time he called, not only
was the information given, but the head of
the house asked the officer to take drink and
accept of $40 gold piece for his extra
trouble.
The fist public subscription concert in
England was performed in Oxford in 1885,
and was attended by great number of per-
oohS vi lam anu tdlell lTOll every DarU OF
England. The first in London took place in
1853. Concerts soon afterwards became fash.
ionabe and frequent.
In South Carolina, they have just had fear
full storm of rain, thunder and lightning and
hail, which has "peppered the cotton" dam
aged the trees and given all the crops some
thing of shock. Previous to this storm, the
corn was burning up.
According TO the laws of Minnesota, all for.
eigners, otherwise qualified, who have been in
the country one year, all persons of mixed
white and Indian blood, and all Indians who
have adopted the language, customs and hab-
its OF civilization, are entitled to vote for pres
idential electors in that state.
THE CROPS, &C.
The Michigan Farmer says the REPORTS
from the several counties of that state are such
as leads it to believe that Michigan will have
wheat crop superior in quality and quantity
to any grown for many years
The Rural New Yorker, noticing the wheat
crop of western New York, states that it is
more promising than it has been for many
years, and up to the present time there is a
prospect that this year the section of the,state
will sustain the character for producing wheat
which it had in times past.
In Ohio wheat is equal in quantity and
quality to any ever known and harvested in
good order. Oats fair and corn promising
we'll The grain crop of 1857 was about 1885,
100000 bushels, and will be more this year /;
25,000,000 being wheat These is more this
year.
In Illinois, the wheat is all secured, and
some of it marketed. The average Weld is
large and the quality excellent The surplus
for export will be greater than on any preyi.
GUS year One dollar bushel is paid at
Springfield for best wheat, and contracts for
future delivery at that rate.
In Wisconsin, at last accounts, everything
was favorable for an immense and unprece-
dented crop of wheat in this state. Harvest
has commenced, and it will be some days be-
fore the crop will be secured. The same re-
port comes from Iowa.
In Kentucky the wheat was all harvested
some days since, and much of it has been sold
The crop was very good.
The American Farmer states that the wheat
crop Of Maryland will be magnificent failure.
The fly, the Joint worm, and the army worm,
as well as the rust, have been making sad
havoc in the wheat crop of that state
In South Carolina and Georgia, the corn has
been seriously injured by the dry weather.
The Orangeburg Is. c. Southron says,
some of the most experienced planters appre-
bend great scarcity of corn" But they have
had great rain, in that quarter lately, which
may have improved things.
The Columbus (Ohi0) State Jounal SAYS
Most of the shearing of wool in this state is
already sold. The yield in Ohio will amount
to about 100000 pounds, and will Bring over
four million of dollars. Dealers commenced
buying from three to five cents less than last
year, but in some sections it has been sold at
an advance of last year"