Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-29
Miscellaneous Dispatches
nsNse.tic News

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LOUIS hlclniClGcrS broom mandatory and
two adjoining houses on Washington avenue.
BUoo6hn, were burned LAST night Los SlO. 900.
Among those fatally injured by the accident
% BSrnum'S circpS WAGON yesterday was little
Tommy Walsh, 4 well known circus performer
The wounded we've brought to Bellevue hos
pItal. lhe eo7oners jury acquitted the railrSa6
employees OF all blame CeDSlin. the driver u
the wagon, was not asleep as reported, bus was
unable 70 stop the males. friEhtened by the bell
and whistle OF the train,
One Of the small poN patients st Long Island
City became delirious on Tuesday evening, e.
capped from bis keepers, and rushed into several
saloons, stores and houses, the occupants fleeing
NJ his approach.
The Erie railway company yesterday ordered
all the unused locomotives TO be put In q con-
dltion TO begin transporting coal by the first OF
MAY.
vein of anthracite coal has been discovered
in the stone quarry Al Monroe, on the Erie road.
There are valuable iron mines az the same place,
and company has been organized 10 make
further inv eStigauons.
Over twenty valuable cows, owned by MeSsrs.
COrkey and Deyine of Centrevile, Westchesier
county, have recently died from some epidemic.
Several days ago large numbers of the beasts
were driven from their pastures and turned loose
upon the Unionport common. The disease,
which terminates fatally in a few days. was
transmitted, it is believed IN the clothes of a
man from the infected district in the east. He
was taken into the employ of Corkey only a
short time since.
Arrived, steamship India from Glasgow.
COLLISION AND DEATH BY DROWNING.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, N. Y, April Craftsmanship
Sunnyside run down a fishing boat at Hyde
Park last night, and Abraham Atkins was
drowned. He leaves wife and four children in
destitute circumstances. The fishing boat had
its light out.
NAVAL ORDERS.
WASHINGTON, April 2S-Commander Chas.
II. Cushman of Maine has been ordered to COM
mand the Wachusett, preparing for service at
New York. Lieut.. Ii. r. Baker of Massachu-
sets has been detached from the Pacific fleet
and put on waiting orders.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF AN EDITOR.
LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 28.-J. NJ. Ruth,
manager of the Tribune, was found dead in bed
yesterday morning. He left note for his wife,
who was visiting in Leavenworth, stating that
he had taken a prescription OF quinine, at the
direction of DR.. Mendicott, and requesting her
to have his body examined if he died. A par
tial examination of the body showed traces of
poison, and DR.. Mendicott has been arrested
Dr. Mendicotts wife died very suddenly last
summer, and he is suspected of having poisoned
Ruth to clear the way for obtaining his wife. 1t
is stated that Mrs. Ruth has been arrested for
knowing something of the transaction. She
obtained a divorce from her former husband in
order to marry Ruth.
NEWSPAPER LIBEL SUIT.
CHICAGO, April 2S.-MisS Linda Gilbert. one
Of the managers of the lottery scheme for the
benefit of abandoned women, has commenced a
libel suit for $4,000 against the Chicago Post.
Edmund Garfield, of the firm of Es & J. Can
field, lumber merchants, fell down stairway in
Morrison block yesterday, and was almost in
stantly killed. He was once one Of the wealthiest
citizens of this city.
THE LYON STATUE.
ST. LOUIS, April 27.-The county court to day
issued an order for the payment of S5000 appro-
priated some time ago for an equestrian statue
of Nathaniel Lyon, now being made by J. vii.
son Mcdonald of New York. Connecticut has
appropriated $4,000 for this statue.
NAVIGATION OPEN TO LAKE SUPERIOR.
DETROIT, Mich, April 27.-The St. Mary's
river is clear of ice, and navigation to Lake Su.
periOr is open.
A violent hail storm passed over this city this
afternoon, intictng large amount of damage
THE TEHUANTEPEC CANAL.
KEY WEST, April 27-United States steamer
Kansas has just arrived from theTehuantepec ex-
ploring expedition, and confirms the report that
practicable route for canal across the
isthmus of Tehuantepec has been found.
Foreign Notes.
FRENCH MATTERs-ARREsTS-F ETC
PARIS, April 26.-The declaration of Bismarck
that the northern forts shall remain in the
hands of the Germans gives great satisfaction to
the communists.
The gems d'armes in St. Denis are becoming
and the loyal national guards there
have been organized. The cure of St. Denis has
been arrested by order of the Prussiaus. The
cause is not known. Seguin GOuschef, of the
war office, attempted to reach Versailles, but
was arrested at the outposts. DIR. Dubois ex-
planned that Seguin was a staff officer, arrang-
ing the positions OF the advanced posts, and he
was arrested also, but afterwards liberated
The correspondent of the London Times has
been arrested. 1t is stated that while the Prus-
slams hold st. Denis the Northern railway will
remain open and carry provisions to the city.
AT two O'Clock this morning heavy musketry
firing was heard in the direction of Bas
Meudon. In this attack the Enfants Perdus
lost very severely. The gunboat Fancy was
disabled and returned to POnt de la Concorde
at live O'Clock this afternoon with difficulty,
All hands were kept pumping the vessel. Fight
ing at Bas MendOn continues. The buttes of
Montmartre are being heavily fortified
On Monday night balloon started secretly
from college Rollin.
REPORTS AND RUMoRs IN LONDON.
LONDON, April 2S.-The Versaillists vester-
day expelled the communists from an impor.
tant position III the village of Les Monlnieaux.
and occupied it in considerable force.
The Paris commune has forbidden reauisitions
on the property of foreigners.
the Mot dOrdre OF last evening alleges that
the people Of Toulouse have risen in insurrec-
ton, and that many of the streets are illed with
barricades.
The Versailles batteries at Courbevoie vester.
day bombarded the Maillot gate and Arch de
Triomphe. The communists have established
battery on the road to Asnieres for the purposp
of bombarding Genniyeller, Colombes and Cour-
bevoie.
The bombardment Of the southern forts ves-
terday was feebler than formerly. The calibre
of the Versailles guns is small. The fury of the
comDatants is increasing. The Free Masons will
plant their banners on the ramparts of Paris on
Saturday and assist in the defence of the CITY.
The governor of lnvalides has been arrested.
The official statement of the losses of the COM
munlsts 10 tuesday sums up 5000 killed and
wounded, besides 5000 prisoners
There is rumor that the Versailles army
have taken the advanced works at Fort Issv
that the barracks OF the fort are entirely DESTROY
ed, and That there Is breach in the walls at
least five yards square. The communists have
established batteries at the st. Owen gate in
Montmartre.
LONDON, April 2s.-In the house of commons
last night Dlsraei, Notwithstanding the conces-
sion of the government, made an unsparinr at
tack on the budget. He said that the govern
ment, in frantically abandoning its other nro-
posals to save six pence on incomes, had aban
doned its dependence on indirect taxation.
While he deprecated further imposts on agricul-
ture, he equally deplored leaving the deficiency
to increase year by year. He said that the
chancellor of exchequer, in 1853, erred in giving
up indirect taxation, and he now sought To re-
place them by additional direct taxation,
The chancellor of the eXchequer, Lowe. de-
Tended the reconstructed budget, and accented
the postponement of its consideration to Mon.
day next.
The name of the winner of the one thousand
guineas' race at Newmarket was "Hannah."
The government has suspended the operation
of the writ of habeas corpus in one district of
the county of Westmeath, Ireland.
CUBAN MATTERS
HAVANA, April 27,-The journals published
the copy of letter captured, written by Senior
ALBANIAN in New York and addressed TO Ces
pedes, wherein he makes some terrible charges
against the Quesadists, CASTILLO, editor OF the
Democratic Jose Armas and Mad Villaverde,
The publication of the letter has caused intense
excitement among the Cubans and Spaniards,
The original letter is exhibited at the secretarys
once ALBANIAN says that he resigns his posi-
non because of the luminosity Of the Quesada
party.
Fretty styles in bonnets and hats at ROche's, the
largest assortment in the city. Goods up to the
times
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