Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-29
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A boy got lost in an Illinois corn-tield the
other day and wandered about for twenty-four
hours before he was found. Corn-helds are not
triiing affairs in Illinois.
1t is estimated that the receipts of cotton in
Memphis will amount to 575,700 bales by Sep
TENDER l, placing that city third in rank in the
cotton market.
The Journal of Chemistry says persons who
are accustomed to use tea leaves for sweeping
carpets, and find that they leave stains, will do
well to employ fresh cut grass instead. 1t is
better than tea leaves for preventing dust, and
gives the carpet very bright, fresh look.
On August IL, train went through the
Mount Gems tunnel, between Busoleno and
Bardoneche, with perfect success The opening
of the tunnel will take place on the 18th of Sep
TENDER next.
A La Salle ILL.,, paper says: "Joliet can now
truthfully boast of the greatest water power
east or west. We had the fall, and now that
the deep cut in the Illinois and Michigan canal
is completed, the Chicago river furnishes an al
most ineXhauStible flow of water, giving us Il
wafer power unequaled in the east or west"
The money for cotton premiums, amounting
to $4,000, offered by citizens of st. Louis, and
to be awarded at the St. Louis agricultural and
mechanical fair in October, has been subscribed
and paid to the committee. There have also
been raised 1880 TO be used in giving the cotton
growers in attendance suitable and grand ban
quet, at which Gov b. Gratz Brown will make
an address. Among the judges to award the
premiums are many of the most prominent
business men and planters of the south.
Gen. Pope has recently issued from his head
quarters pamphlet regarding the case between
himself and Fitz John Porter. 1t is illustrated
by the plan of Pope's battlefield of August 30,
1862, and makes very plain case against Por.
ter. The quotations Of orders contained therein
have been submitted TO the war department for
verfcation, and Porter's own acknowledgment
of his movements that day and the reasons
sI,p Ha To
of his ncapacity or cowardice, if not of some
thing worse.
King Victor Emanuel, according to the Paris
Journal, had a narrow escape from being killed
while hunting recently in the wood of VasaVa-
rancho, in the valley of Aosta. He was sudden
ly attacked by two wild bOars, one of which
ripped open with his tusk the stomach of the
kings horse, His majesty was saved by his
suite, but received a slight wound in the thigh,
The following problem has been submitted to
the Cleveland Herald; Miss Smith was married
to Mr.. Jones recently, while she held the office
of post mistress, The question is, "Who held
the office after the ceremony was performed
Certainly not Miss Smith, for there no longer
was q Miss Smith, And certainly not Mrs.
Jones, for no such postmaster was known to
the department." The Herald says: eve give
itup. The fact is, the institution of matrimony
is becoming quite inconvenient in these days of
woman's rights"
This fine anecdote Is told by the North Wales
Chronicle: While fishing at Llanrwst, Lean.
ington gentleman landed salmon weighing
twenty-five and One-half pounds, and had it
conveyed to the hotel with the intention OF din
Ing on one-half of it, On the salmon being
opened it was discovered he had gprged an eel,
weighing about two and one.quaFteF pounds
The eel was dissected, and a one and three-qua
ter pound trout was brought to light. The trout
was cut open, and inside were found eight min
nows making the total catch of ten fish, The
search was not further pursued,
Ali the the New York morning papers of yes-
terday had editorials headed "The Massachu.
sets Murder" "The Latest Massacre" etc, re-
terring to the railway accident at Revere Satur.
day night, The Tribune says; "This was no
accident, it was slaughter. There must be no
faint-hearted triding with such accidents, The
recklessness which causes them is brutal
crime, and must be dealt with like murder, bur,
gary and arson," The World says of those to
blame for the disaster, that the verdict of hu,
manity upon them will anticipate that of the
Massachusetts jury wherever the telegraph bears
the story. If this be not murder, murder most
foul most unnatural, most camorous to tod
and man for justice, then it were as well to
strike out at once from all legislation the useless
statutes which pretend to hedge with pity and
win power the lives Of innocent men, The
Herald places the blame on Conductor Nolan,
ana says 1t now remains to be seen whether
massachusetts can grasp the subject with the
same regard for the protection of human life as
New York has grasped it.