Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-06

New YORK, Feb. 5.-Yesterday morning an
other terrible accident occurred at the bridge
which carries the PaYonia horse cars over the
east mouth of the Bergen tunnel. Car No. 10
of the West End line was going down the de-
scent, with man at the brake and horses al
tached. In descending it gained such momentum
that neither horses nor brakeman could stop it,
and on reaching the lower curve it ran off the
bridge, and falling twenty feet, was broken into
fragments. The horses went over with the car
and were so badly injured that it became neces
Sary to kill them Owing to the early hour
when the accident occurred, there were but five
passengers in the car. These were, however, all
seriously, and one, it is thought fatally injured.
This is the third accident of the kind which has
occurred at the same place.
Maurice .. Crawford, twenty-five years old
shot himself this morning, in a paroxvsm of
jealousy concerning his mistress.
-Four vessels, of which three are steamers, are
now loading at this port with provisions for
France. They will take out nearly ten thousand
barrels each of pork and flour. One of the
steamers is the Ontario, of Boston, which lately
took a cargo of arms from this port for the
French government.
Elnathan Hendrickson, farmer, Hopewell, N
j., was instantly killed last night by a kick of
mule, which he was leading to drink.
The New Jersey temperance alliance has elected
Franklin Deyereaux general agent for the ensu-
ing wear.
The attaches of Booths theater presented Mr..
Booth with service of solid silver on Friday
evening, the second anniversary of the opening
Of the theater.
The office, furniture and effects of the late
Farmers aud Mechanics life insurance company
were sold at auction Yesterday, for less than
$1,000, not one-sixth what was paid for it less
than year ago.
Thomas Wilson and John Gilligan, impor. ers,
this city, have been held in SO, 900 bail each
their books and papers seized, and their store
taken possession of by treasury agents, for
smuggling. Large quantities of dry goods
valued at $4,000, which were mostly silks and
laces, were seized with the store. The purser
and steyedore of steamer Europa were also COM
mitted, in default of $4,000 BAIL for completely
in the same transaction.
AT meeting of the commissioners of the sink
ing fund OF New York city yesterday a resolu-
ton was adopted requesting the mayor to adopt
all legal measures to Vacate the proceedings
taken for the proposed widening of Broadway
from 34ti to seth street. The assessment for
this widening will reach S50O0,000 81, 900 900 to
come out OF the city treasury and 81 100000 out
OF the Central park fund
The case in which the Adams express COM
pany and James Alden sought TO force the Bos-
ton, Hartford and Erie railroad company into
involuntary bankruptcy, in order to obtain
debts owing to them by the company, has been
put over by Judge Blatchford to await the issue
OF an order granted by Judge Woodruff, requir-
ing tile petitioners, the express company and
Alden, to show cause why they should not be
eDjoined from prosecuting that suit, owing to
questions OF jurisdiction, and the fact that they
have already filed bills in equity in the United
States district court, seeking to obtain the
amounts alleged to he owing them.
woman named Mrs Jane Richmond was
found in an empty garnet in York street. Brook
lyn, yesterday morning, insane, and about to
throw an infant child out of the window. She
was secured and taken to the lunatic asylum,
and her infant and two other children provided
for. Her husband was killed by an accident a
few months since, and both the woman and
children were nearly dead with starvation and
cold.
There was a rumor afoat yesterday that
James Mace was shot during a row with Will
liam Varley and others. Varley states that there
is no truth in the report, and inquiry at his
place of business failed to discover anything re-
garding the affair. 1t is thought that there has
been "scrimmage," but that the affair has been
smothered