Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-12-09

The Inman company's royal mail steamer,
City of Brussels, has Just accomplished the last
est time ever made between Liverpool and New
York doing the distance in eight days and three
hours.
A friend of the family states that if NJ. Gam
BETA is to marry Miss Audoy, the announcement
is certainly premature, as the lady has not yet
been born. NJ Audoy has three sons but no
daughter.
Mr. W. T. Manning the cororer of her ma
iesty's household, has written to Sir Charles
Dixie, calling his attention to his Justification OF
the fact as to her majesty nOn-payment Of taxes
The queen has paid the income tax from its i'm
position in 1912 up TO the present time
The London correspondent Of the Dundee Adj
vertser writes: "Mr. Bright, in conversation
with a friend, has been giving his opinion OF Sir
Charles Dixie, whom he is said to have described
as a clever but hot-headed young man who
wastes his time and his talents in damaging the
cause he Processes to have at heart.
The use of electricity as an agent in dental
surgery is novel scientific application. Dr.
Bonwil exhibited at late meeting of the Frank
lin institute, an electromagnetic, which was con-
structed TO drive plugging tool for filling teeth.
BY its agency the work of dentistry is SAID TO
be greatly leSSencd, and the time OF an operation
considerably shortened,
The Swedish arctic expedition has brought
from Greenland twenty specimens OF meteoflc
iron, two of them of enormous SIZE One, now
placed in the hall of the Royal Academy OF
Stockholm, me lSures about forty-tWo square
feet, and weighs nearly wenty-0ne English tons;
another, which has been presented TO the
museum Of Copenhagen, weighs about six tons.
What is known to the inhabitants of Pitts
burgh as a Literary burglar has been success
fully at work at the Allegheny library in that
city. He seems to be an exceedingly skillm IN
dividual since he leaves no traces of any kind.
He works by night, or in the day time when the
librarian is at his meals, Just as the fancy sezeS
him. His last exploit was on Thursday last,
when be came in while the librarian was at DIM
ner and cleared the tables of the fresh maya
zines which had just been put out that day;
and vet there is not the slightest clue which
gives a hope that he may be found out.
The king of Siam has resolved to avail him
self of the knowledge and experience of the
English miners and men of science. Several
Cornish tin miners have been engaged to pro-
coed to Siam to work over the auriterouS de-
posts OF that country; and Mr.. Charles Iwite,
gentleman who has spent many years III
Paraguay, as min aral surveyor, under the late
President Lopez is engaged to go at once to
Sam, TO direct, in the first place, the mining
operations, and, during the hot season, when
work in the field is not possible, to give in
struction in geology to the youth Of Siam
Queen Victoria has sent TO Mr. T. Hughes for
transmission TO Chicago, copies of what are
known as the Queens Books" Her majesty
has added to the personal interest of the gift by
inserting her autograph in the volumes
Robert Browning also gladly contributes his
works, and the authorities Of the crystal palace
have offered space for the storage of couribu-
tons for the Chicago library. Judging from the
promises already made, considerable room will
be needed.
An intelligent store cat in Boston improves
every favorable opportunity to abstract five
cent nickel from the money drawer, and carry
inc it in his mouth to butchers shop near by,
purchases square meal" Just like anybody.
General Cissey and his friend General Fauvart-
Bastoul have just made pilgrimage to the
shrine of st. Anne in Notre Dame dAuray in
fulfllment of a vow. The two generals, during
the recent wat, promised that, should they be
spared the indignity of surrendering .hei; swords
to the enemy, they would, at the restoration of
peace, lay them at the feet of the patron saint
of RretnnS.