Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-16
Miscellaneous Dispatches.
Domestic Notes.
ITEMS FROM NEW YORK.

ITEMS FROM NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Feb. Is Jacob I.uxemberger
shot andlustantly killed Frederick Myer at Sing
Sing yesterday, and then shot himself IN the
head and stabbed himself three times with a
bread knife. Luxemberger has been paying at
tentioI to Miss Myer for the past two years, and
yesterday she refused to marry him. He has
been arrested, but the wounds will probably
prove fatal.
Col. /. II. Baker, editor of the jackson (Teun)
Telegraph, is in this city making arrangements
for trip Of the members of the Tennessee press
tothis city and Boston.
The Midland railroad has leased the Middle
town and Crawford railroad, running through
the richest agricultural districts in Orange coIn-
ty, for twenty-nlne years, taking possession as
soon as the road is completed, which will be
about July 1st.
The reported removal of Rev. Thomas Farrell
from the st. Joseph's Roman Catholic church,
in consequence of letter in favor Of Italian
unity, is confirmed, the suspension TO date from
Ash Wednesday. The members of his eongre-
CATION have protested against his removal.
schooner was discovered yesterday off Hog
| Island lee, frozen in. Of the crew, consisting
| of three men and a boy, two of the men were
frozen to death, and the Others nearly frozen and
| starved
The shovel brigade is out in full force to-day,
and the streets are being rapidly cleared ofsnow.
Ihere Is more ice in the North river and in the
| Swallows of the sound than before for fifteen
years. by the flow of heavy ice fields down the
bay, some damage has been done to the shin
ping. me steam irigate Narraganset, which
mas oeen lying at anchor of Governors island,
mas mad to put into the dock. Several haroes
and lighters have been damaged by the ice.
The gross earnings OF the Columbus, Chicago
and Indiana Central railroad .duriug the past
year were S3,600,00
The Montreal express train, which was Ia
leave this city last night at II o'clock, left thr.
ty-dve minutes behind time. On reaching the
bridge at Spuyten Duyvi creek the engineer
slowed down, when the Yonkers train, which
was behind, came laundering round the curve
at full speed, A collision took place, which al.
| most totally demolished one car, and smashed
the platform Of several others. The engineer OF
the fonKers tram jumped off, and the conductor
was thrown down the emoaukment while sew.
eral passengers were thrown from their hunks
and severely injured.
AFFAIRS AT ALBANY.
| ALBANY, Feb. 15.-At the investigation be.
fore the committee on charities last night of the
charges made against the childreD's aid society
Henry Ffiedgon testified that the reports of the
society were cooked up to make good show; that
the children are neglected en- route 10 the west
not properly fed, and allowed to escape on the
way; That charges of gross Tampering with the
ais ol girls by the societys officers were not
llvestlgaled by officials and that in short the
analls are oadiy msmanaged and the money
inisapPi opildteq. Miss Ross, former matron,
testlhrd that the girls found much fault win
the 1000 furnished Mr.. Tracy one of the MA
Gers, tesuned that be had large experience in
taking children TO the west: thar as a gonerai
rule they had behaved well aud prospered there
and that be had personal knowledge Of MANY
instances in which the girls married respectably
aud the boys became comparatively wealthy: he
also denied generally the charges of misrepre
Sentation and extravaganza. Chas Brace, {
secretary Of the society, 10 refutation of tbt
charges, insisted that the records aud accounts
OF the society were very carefully kept ant
truthiully published in their annual reports. D
Il. jacques, on behalf Of the society, invited tn
committee TO visit the institution during the re
cess and inspect the books. The investigator
will be resumed on the 18th inst.
Foreign Notes.