Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-12-28
Abbreviated D,spntcl,es.

There were in store at Chicago, on the 23d,
$3.50, 900 bushels OF grain.
Patrick HAYES was suiocated by gas at Chi
cdg0 while fixing street pipe on Tuesday.
A benefit Performance at Niblo's is being ar
ranged for Matilda Heron by Laura Kcenc.
A ferry boat succeeded in breaking Il track in
the Hudson ice, and the river at Poughkeepsie is
open again. The weather is growing cold again.
a well authenticated report says that the Chr
cago Republican will be merged in the Post,
Saturday.
There are further reports of snow slides, at
tended with loss of life, in the mining cauOus
Of Utah.
Frank Clarke proprietor of the GAINESVILLE,
Wis, Opera House billiard room, fell dead Sat
friday night from heart disease.
A special grand jury were empanellcd at Chi
cago on Tuesday morning TO investigate charges
of maleasancc in Office against city and county
officials.
1t is reported, on good authority, that all the
British troops, except few artillery, will be
withdrawn in the spring from Halifax, now the
only gafrisorted city i'll the Dominion
Several Nova Scotia vessels are quarantned in
the West Indies, in consequence of cholera re-
ports. The provincial government has applied
10 the Spanish consul, to have the restriction re-
nfOyed ut Cuba and Porto Rico.
The Ogden City, Utah, Mormon band, on
Monday, serGnaded Senator Sargent of Callfor-
MID, willie on his way to Washington, ID. C. He
made = speech denOunGiug poygamy and re-
ceived cheers.
All trains on the Central Pacific east of Sac
ramento and on the California, Oregon and
Fisaia branches are running on time. The
damage 10 the road by the storm was slight
Abundant rains insure bountiful harvests in
California in 1872. The wheat transportation
from Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys will
be sufficient, i'll addition to the Asiatic freights
passing overland, to ta1 the capacity of the
Central Pacific road and branches
Collector Mclean, of Chicago, has received
letter from Secretary Boutwell,, instructing him
to see the owners of the site of the old custom
house and post office. and ascertain what price
they would put upon the land provided the gov
eminent desires tO,purchase.
A special from Washington SAYS the desire to
know about the connection of ecu. Harlan with
the Wright Indian frauds very general among
politicians there, and as Wright is soon to he
brought into court Harans connection with
him win be incidentally explained The chance
OF ,Harlans reelection Is damaged by these
charges against him.
Steamship Florida, from New Orleans for
Apalachicola, sprung leak i'll the gulf on the
25d aud sunk The officers and crew took to
the boats and landed within twenty miles
of Mobile point, John Reed, cOored, was
drowned by the swapping of a boat in the
surf. The steamer was Valued ut $4,000; no
insurance.
A communication from the authorities of
CienfuegUs says; "The father of Doctor How
ard came here as a ColoDist, with his sons, and
received lands from the government as a recon-
pense. Subsequently he was appointed COM
mssary of police, and thereby became govern
ment official. Doctor Howard was always con-
sidered as Spaniard, but never held office,
being physician. On the 10th of January, 1870,
Doctor Howard took out police document the
same as is issued to SDauialdS, and made no OBJ
lection to it, 1t is, therefore, considered doubt
full whether Howard is an American"
Adyccs from Monterey TO the GOTH via Mat
amoras the 26th inst, state positively that GER
tain government commanders are in league with
the reyolutionists and will turn the entire border
over to them, Trevino and CaDales, governor
of Tamaulipas, are now consulting at Lemeras.
The attack on Mer is postponed. Queroga in
Monterey has his force furloughed for i've days.
Trevino's forces have mostly been given to Mar
tinez for a movement on San Luis Four thou
sand dollars has arrived here for the payment
of the troops, but $4,000 are due There is
much discomfort Strict or ierS have been is
sued against any goods going free from the
zone to the interior.
The authorities at Richmond continue to ar
rest and fine northern drummerS who sell goods
in that city by sample, without local license.
One of the police justices, in an elaborate opin-
ion, held that the Virginia statutes exacted an
equal tax from Virginia statesmen and those
from other states. Therefore they imposed no
discriminating burden upon the latter, aud they
did not fall within the principle of the late deci-
sion Of the supreme court Of the United StateS
in the case of Ward against the state of Mary
land in which the "foreign trades tax attempt
ed to be levied by this state was held to be re-
pugnant to the federal constitution, because it
did discriminate against the foreign trades, and
thus deny the citizens OF each state the rights,
privileges, &C., of the several states.