Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-04
Abbreviatcd Dispatcbe.,

Gen. Sherman is at Syracuse.
Senator Sherman made speech in Cincn-
natl, yesterday, on change.
At Troy, yesterday, Haymakers, thirteen
Bostons, twelve.
Three deaths have lately occurred from small
poX at Salt Lake and vicinity.
The insurrection in Albania has been sup
pressed.
Representative Starkweather of Connecticut is
in Washington.
The expenses of the government during the
month of July were $13,142,769 "a.
The sloop-of-war Portsmouth of the South
Atlantic feet has been ordered to return home.
The Ohio democratic state convention will be
held at Springfield, October 4.
The dentists continued their convention, at
White Sulphur Springs, w. Va, yesterday.
Engineers continue to examine the wreck of
the Westfeld.
Reports from the Indian country are contra
dictory.
Excitement in New York over the city frauds
does not abate.
At Cleveland, yesterday, Forest Citys, 10; Mu-
tuals, 5.
1t is rumored that Gen. Luperon is marching
against Cape Haytien, and trouble is antici-
pated
The governor of Jamaica has annuled the
contract with the Pacific Mail steamers to stop
at Kingston.
The New Hamburg disaster is said to have
cost the Hudson River railroad company $780,
O00
The French post of1ce.authorites are about
arranging the money order system with England
and the United States.
The British charge d'affaires at Teheran tele-
graphs that the famine is over, but that proVi-
si0ns are still at an eXorbitant price. .
Five thousand dollars for each person slaugh
tered by such accidents as occurred on the
Westfield is the amount fixed by the statute.
There are signs everywhere that the French
socialists are preparing for another outbreak.
Its probable site will be in Italy or Spain.
Harry Choate won the billiard championship
of Ohio in agame at Springfield on Wednesday
night, beating Jacob Garrett thirty points in a
score of 1900.
Mr.. Robins, a London lawyer, has arrived in
New York with 100000 left by Horatio Ward
to be divided between four individuals for the
support of orphans of the late war.
1t is reliably asserted that there is every ndi-
cation that the ballot bill now before the Eng
fish house of lords will be defeated by that house
on vote being taken.
Nothing additional has occurred in the Bout
well-Pleasanton trouble, but it is known that
Gen. Pleasanton will vacate his Office in day
or TWO.
j. W. Jones, for many years stationery clerk
of the United States senate, who was stricken
in the secretary's Office with paralysis, died at
late hour Thursday night.
1t has been determined to appoint j. Bancroft
the claims of this government under the treaty
of Washington.
Secretary Boutwell, has directed the assistant
treasurer at New York 20 redeem 81 100000 of
the three per cent certificates, upon which inter
est will cease on the Both of September
Secretary Boutwell, has instructed the inspec-
tors to spare no expense in arriving at the cause
of the Westfeld disaster. He says he will, if
necessary, obtain experts from Europe to ex-
anime the boiler.
The New York yacht club will start on their
summer cruise from Glen Cove for New London
on Sunday. On Tuesday they will proceed to
Boston via Vineyard Haven and Provincetown.
After sailing in the regatta at Boston, the feet
will go to Newport and remain there several
days.
Don R. Ebartoz and K. H. Cabanne, who
represent themselves as members ofthe NewY York
Cuban junta, arrived on Wednesday night at
the Clifton house, Canada side. Ebartoz claims
that there have left, within the last "a hours,
from Canada 400 volunteers for Cuba and that
another batch of volunteers will leave Montreal
for New Orleans in a few days.
The number of deaths from the New York
accident is now estimated at from Seventy-nlne
to ninety-three. Michael Kelly of Brooklyn
died on Wednesday from injuries received by
the explosion. Several persons are still miss
ing, including Bernard Gillespie, Staten Island
tailor Twenty-tour victims of the explosion
still remain at Bellevue hospital. Six of them
are in a very low condition.
The recruiting officers of the army have re-
ceived instructions from the war department TO
be more particular in examining persons pro-
posing to enlist and the standard of height now
required is five feet six inches, instead of five
feet FIVE inches as heretofore. The army law, it
will be remembered, reduced the army to 10000
men after July 1, and the government can now
get more men than required for the service but
only the best men are accepted.