Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-02-03


At Chicago, Frederick Shaffer has confessed
that he was the murderer of the Prussian noble.
man, Calvin V. Panwitz, residing near Dwight
Ill.,, Jan. 23d. He placed the body on Il com.
post heap, came here, and assumed the name Of
the victim.
Shortly after the occupation of the city oil
Strasburg by the German forces it was proposed
to replace the magnificent library DESTROYED
during the terrible bombardment. Books were
sent to the library from all parts of Germany
and it now contains upward of 0,000 volumes
all collected by voluntary contributions.
The Doylestown, Ohio, Democrat saws thai
DR.. Lewis lectured in neighboring town on
physical culture being very severe on wheat
bread, meat diet butter, etc, and very eulogiSiC
| of Oat meal mush and uneavened breakfast
| gems, but disguised his fair hostess in the
| morning. however, by passing his plate three
times for well buttered beelsteak, and utterly
| declined TO taste the mush she had prepared at
| SO much trouble.
The great robbery at the Monte de Pieta at
Florence, was affected by means oil tunnel,
sixty yards in length, dug from the hiding place
of the thieves to the jewel department. where
| the great ladies Of Palermo kept their jewery
| for safety sake. Happily, the affair was discOv-
cred before it was too late, and the greater por-
| ton of the Jewels recovered, being found in the
| tunnel, which was half the height of a man,
and carefully supported by beams and planks-
| a work of considerable art, which it must have
| taken some months to execute.
1t is worth while to know how to stop bleed
| inc from the nose when it becomes excessive.
| Ii the finger is pressed firmly upon the little
| artery which supplies blood TO the side of the
face affected, the result is accomplished. Two
small arteries, branching up from the main ar
teries on each side of the neck, and passing over
the outside Of the law-bone, supply the face with
blood. If the nose beeds from the right nostril,
for example, pass the finger along the edge OF
the right jaw till the beating of the artery is felt
Press hard upon it and the bleeding will cease
Continue the pressure five minutes, until the
ruptured vessel in the nose has time to contract
The New York Evening Mail says:
All our rich people have become wild lately
on the subject OF descent; armOra bearings
are the fashionable study, and New York is
blessed with that sweet boon. Il herald'S college.
DeBrett and Burke are faithfully conned by
every ambitious nobody, and If among the role
OF Britain'S nobility can be found a name which
in any way resembles his own, joy fills his
breast, and straightway Gimbrede hath au order
For two weeks does the armora fever rack our
nobodyS soul; the coat-oi-armS he hath stolen
rises ever before him; but at last the disease
comes to the surface and breaks out over paper
carriage-panels, silver and all his household
goods in griffins, dragons and "chmeras dire"
''the outward and visible sigh Of an inward and
SPIRITUAL snobbishuess.
POStmaster-General CreswelI has directed that
the new regulations on newspapers sent by mail
be strictly enforced. No name or memorandum
can be made on newspaper inside the wrapper
on which the address is written. 1t Is barely
permissible to mark an article with pen or pen
Gil. More than this subjects the paper to letter
postage, and the yoateT of the law to a fine
No printed card, handful or advertisement, no
written notice, letter or slip of any kind whatSo-
ever must be folded in the paper. 70 do any
of these things is TO violate the law. Printed
slips pasted on the outside, or folded in papers
and periodicals, soliciting notices, are also yo-
lationS ofthe law. Senders Of transient papers
can send bundles OF printed matter by weight on
transient postage charges, but must not send
any written matter in such bundles.
Evidences multiply to show that Knoxville is
built over an immense cave. The Chronicle, of
that city, says tina: in digging cisterns at the ho-
tells the bottom fell OUT and what were in
tended for cisterns made excellent sewers Sim
liar results followed excavations on other prem
ises. The other day public cstern, designed
TO hold $500 barrels of wate", had been COM
peed, and seven feet OF water had been pumped
in. Within five minutes after the depth of the
water had been measured, 1t hid all disappear
ed. Further investigation showed that part of
the bottom had fallen in, and the water run off
somewhere into the interior of the earth. As
far as scenery and the lay of the land are CON
cerned, Knoxville is said to be u delightful
place. The developments which we have noticed
do not render it, however, desirable location in
in the event of an earthquake shock