Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-07-10

NEW YORK, July 9.--An officer of Jersey City
on Friday arrested Andrew McCord, a custom
house inspector, and John Leighton, employed
on the steamer Oceanic, of the White Star line
on suspicion Of theft. The men had a large
quantity of white lead and cloth with them 1t
was subsequently discovered that the goods had
been stolen from the steamer Oceanic. The
justice before whom they were taken committed
them for trial.
About eleven O'Clock yesterday morning
freight train upon the Morris and Essex rail-
road ran into a coal train, nea. the Hoboken
depot. Four coal cars were wrecked, and the
engine and some of the freight cars badly dam
aged.
The body of the young man found lying in the
woods on the Palisades, on Thursday evening,
has been identified as that of Edward Minlos,
belonging to an aristocratic and wealthy family
of st. Petersburg, Russia. He had recently
been dismissed from situation as chief book
keeper of wholesale drug house, and being
left without means probably led him to commit
suicide. An examination to-day showed that
he had shot himself by placing the muzzle of
the pistol in his mouth. The body will be fit
tingly inferred in the HobokenI cemetery.
David johnson, alias Taylor, alias Tyler, was
arrested yesterday for swindling Messrs. Bishop
& Rein, Jewellers, in the Fifth Avenue hotel out
of gold locket and chain valued at 1925. He
hired a room at the Fifth Avenue hotel, and call
ing ut the establishment of the above firm, Sc
to his room. He received it from the messenger,
took it into his room, slipped out of another
door and escaped with the property. When ar
rested considerable property was found in his
possession, which he had obtained in this man
ner. Nearly all the principal iewelry firms
have been swinded by the prisoner, including
Tiffany & Co., Ball, Black & Co., kirkpatrick
& Co., and others.
Mayor Hall emphatically asserts that such
measures have been taken to prevent o riot be-
tween the Orangemen and Catholics that it is a
physical impossibility. Yet it is known that
several Hibernian clubs have made arrange
mentS for target shoots, and intend to meet the
procession of Orangemen.
William A. AspinwalPS new iron steam yacht,
"Day Dream" was run into yesterday by a
tug boat, and so badly damaged that it is
thought useless to attempt to repair her.
Daniel L. Willis, paper box manufacturer in
this city, residing in Jersey City, committed
suicide yesterday, by cutting his throat with q
| razor. 1t is supposed that the recent loss oil
| four thousand dollars by specializing caused
| insanity.
William Gamble has been appointed secreta-
ry of the Jersey City fire insurance company, in
place of Alonzo B. Dean, who recently mysteri.
ously disappeared.
Mrs. Finlay, step-mother of ex-Attorney
General Stanbury, died to-day in Jersey City,
| aged 1902.
1t is rumored about town that the reason why
the managers of the concern had been speculat
ing largely and loosely in Wall street, and that
| they have been compelled TO burst up through
the effects of the disastrous black Wednesday.
terrible tragedy occurred at 81 Oliver street
| yesterday, which will probably terminate fatal
| ly, 1t appears that John Heating had dispute
with Mrs. Wells about some trihing matter in
which her son, George Wells, took part and at
tempted TO strike Heating, but was prevented
Shortly after they met, when Wells again at
tackled Heating, and, drawing large iaek-knife
plunged it into his abdomen. The unfortunate
man was conveyed to hospital. He was found
to have received dangerous wound, fully four
inches deep. His chances of recovery are very
slight, as internal hemOrrhage has already set
in. Wells was arrested and held to await ex-
animation. >
The body of James McMullen, aged seven
years, was found floating in the North river, off
the foot of Twenty-frst street.
The master mechanics of Brooklyn, compris-
ing maSops, builders, stone cutters, plasteTers,
contractors and workers in iron are forming an
organization similar to the trade exchange of
New York.
Three sailors, who had been inveigled on
board the bark Helen DrummOnd, Friday after
noon, by New York runners, leaped overheard,
rather than sail in the vessel They all reached
and IN safety.
Pursuant TO instructions of Archbishop Nc
CloSkey, the Catholic clergy of this city deliver
ed to-day, in all the churches, and all the
masses, appeals to IL congregations not TO in
terfere in any way with the Orange procession.
The appeals seem to have had good effect upon
the Irish Catholics generally, but the Fenian
element, which combines in its ranks a vast
number of members of the ancient order OF Hi
bernianS, seems far from quoted.