Worcester daily spy., 1871-04-19
nI,sceIInneoun Itens.

The emperor of Russia has revoked his ukase
abolishing hoggng in the police courts of Po-
land.
Over $4,000 copies of German newspapers
published in this country circulate in Ger
many.
Louisiana papers say that the present has
been, thus far, remarkably favorable planting
season. More corn and cotton are planted than
last year, and the seed is sprouting finely.
The Royal Albert hall, just completed in Lon
don will comfortably hold and seat no less than
seven thousand four hundred and eighty-two
spectators. The space for the orchestra accom-
mOdates one thousand performers.
Never, the Omaha Tribune is credibly in
formed, was there such a food of immigration
into Nebraska as at the present time The best
class ofimmigrantS are selecting Nebraska as
the state offering the richest inducements to
settlers.
The latest story about Kossuth is that he is
solacing his sickness and broken constitution
by translating Shakespeare into Hungarian.
His physicians have ordered him to rest; but
he says he could not live six weeks unles he
kept at work, which he regards as q necessity
of his nature.
suits against James Fisk, Jr., are hereafter to
be brought on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days, and that the New York judges will dis
miss the same on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays. A most convenient arrangement,
as the defendant can arrange his hours looking
house, Sound steamers, Judge Barnard and the
Ninth regiment.
A man was arrested in Buffalo last week for
stealing barrel of salt. When arraigned in
the court he pleaded destitution. "You couldn't
eat SALT" said the judge. "Oh, yes | could,
with the meat intended to steal" This reply
cost him six months. The judge had no appre-
citation of delicate humor.
NJ. Dupins, the Comptroller of the kitchen"
of Charles X, Louis Philippe and Napoleon Ill
i 7 At.xl
suicide at Versailles recently, because he could
not survive the humiliation of being comptroller
of the kitchen of "nobody like NJ. Theirs, and
nothing like the assembly"
The Scientific American says it is now impos-
sible to construct a burglar-proof safe, for the
thief with his cylinders of compressed hydrogen
and oxygen, can in few seconds burn holes of
any size in the hardest metal-his fire drill en-
abing him in few minutes to work his way
into the strongest safe that was ever con-
structed.
Somebody asserts that admission fees are to
be charged at fashionable weddings hereafter.
Imagine big fence posters: "Grandest Nuptial
of the Season. The lovely - to the manly
- Several novelties never before present
ed. New music, new dresses, new properties.
Tickets, 81; reserved seats middle aisle) so
cents extra. n. B All persons occupying re-
served seats are assured that their full names
will be mentioned in the society papers,"
Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines is just beginning to
reap the reward of her pluck in trying to obtain
possession of her New Orleans property. The
United States marshal there has just put her in
possession of several valuable tracts of land
within the city limits, with all the improve
ments on the property, under the decision of
the United States supreme court. The opposing
counsel in vain asked for delay in the transfer,
but the marshal had no option, and Mrs. Gaines
was made happy in the possession of her valu-
able real estate.
Compulsory education, it appears, is meeting
with some resistance in Scotland. One of the
members of school board was recently dis
cussing the question with an elector of a Scotch
town, who addressed him as follows: "Well,
master, and is this Bible truth what do hear
that you gentlefolks is agoing to eddycate my
children whether like it or notP The mem
Der of the board explained. "Well, master, you
say as how they must be eddycated; l says as
how they mustn't, and they shan't; I'll drown
'em first"
AT Rolla Missouri, recently, during the PEN
dency of a habeas corpus case in the court at
that place, the circuit attorney, one Harris, in
closing his remarks in opposition to allowing
the defendant, a woman, to procure bail, drew
from his pocket anG threw upon the table roll
of bills which, he said, had been given hirl to
influence his action in the case. This incident,
naturally enough, greatly astonished the Judge,
counsel and spectators. 1t is added that Harris
said he was poor man, but that no amount of
money could swerve him from what he believed
too rare, we may say, in even the best regulated
| communities.
There are in England no less than one hum
dred and fifty registered kennels of foX-hounds,
with staff, stud and equipments as complete as
| those of an army corps. Many of them are
supported by subscription, Others, as the duke
of Beauf0rts, are maintained at private eX-
pense. So enormous is the cost of supporting
and hunting these packs that not a few masters
of hounds expend from e2000 to E2500 per an
aradn OH fhair ~ Iuh oil for
the honor of the position. The clubs number
from one to three hundred members. Each
member keeps at least one horse and a hack,
many of them half dozen. AS good hunters
cost from E100 to E600, some idea may be had
of the eXtravagant cost of the amusement of
hunting the fox in England.
singular old gentleman named David
Tonkery, and known as "Old TOnkery," recent
ly died at his house in wild ravine near Mount
Riga, in the vicinity of Armenia, New York. No
one knew where he came from, but when he
came he brought money with him, with which
be bought tract of land about one hundred
acres in extent. He hardly ever spoke to any
body on any subject but that of witches, in
whom he believed so firmly that he would let no
black-eyed woman enter his house or indeed
come near it, for he detested them on account of
| their peculiar relations with the Old Harry.
| Moreover he kept constantly loaded rife in
which was a silver bullet, his object being to
slay any witch who might appear He had even
placed a water wheel over a stream running by
his den, in order TO shake witches to death. In
deed, it was the great study Of his life to free
himself from these pests to society. He never
harmed anybody except poor old woman, who,
in searching for lost COW, stood on fence and
looked over his ground. On that night storm
blew down grove ofhis chestnut trees; where
fore he watched for the old lady, caught her,
and cut cross in her forehead, 'to kill the
witches in her., as he said. When he died his
property was taken by the town authorities