Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-16
Miscellaneous HE ms.

The American students at Leipsic are spoken
OF as a bad lot, scarcely night passing with
out the arrest of one or more of them for rotous
conduct about the city.
Two African slaves. with their faces much tat
toed driving with long rens pair of oStrches,
are among the present sensations of Paris.
Work on the tunnel under the Detroit river is
progressing finely. On the east side workmen
are out over 900 feet from the shore, working
through stiff blue clay, and finding little stone
On the Canada side work is pushed out over 300
feet.
A careful analysis by Prof Chandler of Co.
lumbia college, New York, made by request of
the postmaster general, sets at rest the current
story that there is anything poisonous or hurt
lu in the several ingredients or processes used
in the paper, printing or cumming of postage
stamps.
The latest received number of the London
Times records four fatal railway accidents
three on the Great Western and London, result
ing in four deaths and injuries to eight persons,
and one on the Caledonian railway, resulting in
one death. For one days record this showing
is fully up to the American standard and on
such little island!
I. F.Jurant, New York banker and million
aire, returning from Saratoga in the palace car
few days ago, got drunk and abused his wife
and child SO outlageOusly as to provoke the in
reference of the passengers This so exaspera-
ted him that he drew revolver and fired hap
PLY without damage to anybody. Arriving at
Troy the policemen took him off to Jail, much
to the relief of his wife.
There is said to be a man living in Waco,
Texas, who has been married five times and is
the father of fifty legitimate children-thirteen
boys by his first wife; eighteen children, boys
and girls, by his second wife; ten by his third
wife; six by his fourth, and three by his fifth
wife. Twenty of his sons served in the cOnfed-
crate army, eight Of whom were killed. seven
died natural deaths, and the remainder are still
living.
1t appears from the St. John papers that the
Bay State excursonsts came to grief there on
Friday, it being found out that there were only
100 paying passengers out of the 900 on board
and tina; the provisions and funds were both
used up. Notwithstanding the fact that many
made arrangements with the steward for their
own food, the party divided, and about half of
the whole number chose their own way of re-
turning back TO Boston,
On the 9th inst. q singular accident hap
pened TO the westward bound express on the
Chicago and Northwestern railway, ten miles
west OF Dewitt. A heavy thunder shower had
washed away portion of the embankment over
small culvert, the latter not being able to carry
off the water fast enough, so fierce was the
storm and so deep the ravine. The dirt was
washed away for distance of twelve feet in
length and fifteen feet deep, leaving the rails
intact over the ehasm as they were joined by the
patent fish plate joint" The express thun-
dered along at the rate of twenty-five miles an
hour, passed on TO the suspended rails, which
bent underneath the heavy weight, but did not
give way. Such was the velocity of the train
and the tenacity of the rail joints and car COUP
llngs that every car of the long train actually
passed over the chasm although there was no
support under the twelve feet of rails The
trucks of four cars were forced from under them,
however and left side by side over the chasm
and Just as the rear car got safely over the rails
gave way, and prccipitated the trucks into the
ravlne. NO person was injured, but IL was one
OF the most remarkable escapes on record
William Fowler Of Riyes, Mich, was bitten
last week, while binding oats in the field, by Il
rattlesnake. He az once applied his mouth 70
the wound and began sucking out the poison, ut
the same time hurTying towards the house where
he had aquart of whiskey. He applied some of
this, mixed with little salt, to the wound, and
drank the remainder. In short time all evil
dence of the bite had disappeared except small
red spot, and Mr.. Fowler returned to his work
in the field unaffected by the great amount of
whisky which under ordinary circumstance
would have made person dead drunk
A IIindOo priest called In all the members Of q
large family, one of whom was known 10 have
committed theft, and thus addressed them
cake each Of you one of these sticks, which are
Of an equal length, and put them under your
pillows tonight. J do not Mt present know the
offender, bnt you must return the sticks TO me
tomorrow morning, and the one belonging TO
the thief will have grown an inch during the
night" The family retired to rest but, before
he went to sleep, the man who had committed
the theft, thinking to outwit the priest, cunning
lycut off an inch from his stick, firmly believing
by this means TO attain the length Of the Others
next morning The sticks were returned, and,