Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-05
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ETA in fines and law fees, but is still obdurate.
The fine was repealed.
Some of the river counties In Iowa, where
timber is scarce, have a large number of home
Stedders who live in sod houses, and burn the
rank river bottom grass for fuel. They twist it.
when dry, into ropes. Thus prepared, il
gives out an intense heat, and has lasting quail
ties
There was an auction sale of American and
foreign postage stamps in New York on the 10th
of November. Among the stamps sold were
the following, mostly confederate and proYi-
sional, which realized very high prices: &c, Lv-
ingston, Alabama, S25; &c, Mobile, SIT; Athens
Georgia, S14; carriers stamp, Franklin's head,
sis; Sc, Marine, Virginia, IS; Marine, Vir-
ginia, $40; SC, Brattleboro, IS; &c, Baton Rouge,
La, s. so; 1Oc, Nashville, Tenn, IS; &c, Nash
vile, Tenn, 81 5) sc, Macon, Ga, SIS.
California papers tell of the taking of a full
twO-horse wagon load of trout at one haul of
seine, by two Spaniards, at the mouth of Pesca-
dero creek. Legitimate sportSmen are justifia-
bly, indignant.
A curious Spanish custom is that, when one
of the very few Spaniards who are not of the
nobility is raised TO the peerage, he informs all
his friends of the fact in a ceremoniOuS note,
hoping that they "will kindly express their sat
iSfaction at the intelligence"
The London Field thus notices the death of
famous dog: "On the goth of October Miss
Aglionby's well known mastiff Wolf expired at
Blackpool, whittier he had accompanied his
mistress, whose constant and faithful compan-
ion he was. His illness was jaundice, and
though attended by Mr.. Lawson of Manchester
and Mr COPELAND, they were unable to save
him. He was five years old on the 9th of last
August, and was (along with his famous broth
er Turk bred by Miss Aglionby in 1867. Fields
King was their sire, and their dam Hilda was
by Nichols Quaker, out of his Venus. Wolf,
though not very cons family shown, was the
winner of twenty-five prizes, all of them being
first prizes, except on the few occasions when
he has met his big brother Turk"
a rather curious piece of intelligence from
Central Asia relates to the outbreak of mu-
tiny at Chodshent. The cause of this emeute
was no other than somewhat summary pro-
ceeding OF the authorities in endeavorng 10
protect people against the ravages of smallpox,
one of the scourgeS of the region. AccOmpa-
MED by so many Cossacks, the Russian govern
ment surgeons would enter village after village,
and, pOuncing upon the inhabitants, man,
woman or child, wherever they might find them,
insert the beneficent virus. At Chodshent the
terror which preceded and followed the medical
eaYacade led to open resistance. Fancying the
enIgmatical punctureS intended to mark those
sought out for transportation to Russia, the
people rose against the COsSacks, killed a couple
of them, and also massacred one of their own
elders pressed into assisting at the hateful cere-
mony. Alter this the rest can be imagined. A
Russian force having entered the city, two of
the rioters were executed, nine were sent to the
olUtIldH IullCS, ttI UbillSlSu 10 INC NOItn IOlC,
and several thousand fined. Of those baniShed
two were killed by their escort before they were
well over the borders of TurkiStaH.
LITERARY MEN IN THE GOVERNMENT SER
vICE.-The death of Mr.. Fonbanque who had
been the chief of the statistical department of
the board of trade for many years, and the re-
tirement OF Mr., Tom Taylor on handsome
pension, from his secretaryShip at the local
government acts office, suggests (says the INDIE
pendent) a reference to the men of letters who
hold similar posts. If all literary men were
to act as Mr.. Fonblanque did when he received
his appointment, it would scarcely be desirable
that they should have office conferred upon
them; for the brilliant editor of the Examiner
had no sooner secured his 81 900 q year at
Whitehall than he gave up literature entirely,
and devoted himself exclusively to statistics
Fortunately, there are men who, while dis
charging the the official duties incumbent upon
them, still continue to cultivate literature in
their hours of leisure. A conspicuous example
is Sir Arthur Helps, the clerk of the privy coun-
Gil, an office from which he derives e1700 year
Sir Henry Taylor, the author of Philip Won Arte
vclde, has f1000a year as one of the senior
clerks at the colonial office, and Mr.. J. w. Kaye,
who began his literary life the editor of the In
dian journal, issued by MesSrs. Smith, Elder
4 Co., and whose works on Indian history
are so highly valued, is the political and secret
secretary at the Indian office. Mr.. Dasent, for
novels aud good translations from the Morse, is
the second civil service commissioner, at a
salary of f1200, while Mr.. VIM. Michael RoSset-
ii, the poet and critic, has 9S00 a year as an
assistant secretary at the inland revenue office.
W. Rathbone Greg, who succeeded Msculoch,
the political economist, as the head official at
the stationery office, enjoys CISCO year, while
Mr.. Herman Merivae has f2000 as permanent
under secretary at the Indian office Mr. Gallon
is director of works at Whitehall; Mr.. Frank
BuckIand has 9700 year as an Inspector of
salmon fisheries, and Mr.. Lionel Brough :E60O
as an inspector of coal mines; Mr. F. T. Pal.
grave Is an examiner at the education council
office, and Mr.. Matthew Arnold holds the post
of inspector of schools; Mr.. c. Pencil, the pis-
catorial writer, gets G500 as the inspector of
oyster fisheries, while Mr.. j. Glaisher and Mr..
Edwin Dunkin do not get more between them
for inspecting the stars; Mr.. Henry Reeve, editor
of the Edinburgh Review, has very snug berth;
while offices are also enjoyed by Mr.. J. K.
Planche, Sir T. Duffus Hardy, Mr.. T. Walker,
Mr.. g. Scarf, and other writers whose names are
less familiar TO the general public.