Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-31

lady living at Nottingham, near Brighton,
Eng, was recently fined f5 and costs for cruelty
in leaving 40 cats and 90 dogs in her house UNI
provided with food.
An Iowa farmer was shot by his dog the other
day. Jumping out of his wagon, on returning
from hunting trip, his dog jumped after him,
striking the hammer of his masters gun, which
was immediately discharged, the contents enter
ing his skull, killing him instantly.
A reconnaissance just completed by compe-
tent engineers demonstrates that the Missouri
river is nayigable above the falls for good
class OF steamers 275 miles beyond Fort Benton,
the present head of navigation. A line of
steamers is to be Immediately placed on the up
per Missouri to run in connection with the in-
iShed portion of the Northern Pacific railroad
making a direct eastern outlet for the entire
trade Of Montana.
Some curious statistics about small birds have
recently been laid before the English house of
commons The thrush is said TO work from 2.BO
IN the morning until 8 80 in the evening, or nine
teen hours. During this time he feeds his young
2O5 times. Blackbirds work seventeen hours
The male feeds the young "A times and the fe-
male % times per day. The industrious tit
mouse manages to spread AIT meals a day be-
fore its vOraciOus offspring. According to one
naturalist their food consists largely of cater
pillars. These statements, and hundred more
quite as curious, were made in an eloquent plea
Tor law TO protect small birds from being
shared and shot
Mr.. Spurgeon is said to have been much an
nOyed by an error lately made in his literary
organ, The Sword and Trowel," known among
the irreverent in ''the trade" as the ",lhe Soap
and lowell" Among the advei tisements in this
paper is one which sets forth in somewhat full
some phrase the attractions of the weekly pubi-
cation of Mr.. Spurgeon's sermons. At the end
OF this advertisement and without any break
except colon, followed the words: ENTIRELY
ana ehectually cures scurvy, ringworm, itch"
&c. An Irish paper recently, by similar over
sight, transferred the dress of the bridesmaids
to the archbishop officiating at q fashionable
wedding making the description read thus:
Ills grace was attired in white tarletan," &C.
An Alabama paper says: Last week whilst
one OF the hands of Mr., Dan Prtchett was plow-
ing on his plantation, about four miles from
Clifton, the ground suddenly gave way and en-
guphed the mule and pillow, swallowing them
up before tue eyes of the amazed and startled
negro. The occurrence took place within about
30 yards OF Goose creek. Mr.. Prtchett heard the
cries OF the negro and rode up Immediately to
see what was thel matter; the negro told him
that his mule and pillow had sunk under the
ground. He looked and only saw a small hole
put getting OFT his horse and looking into the
hole be saw the mule and heard his groans. He
sent for number of negroes and commenced
WORK to eXtricate the poor mule, whose groans
and cries were heartrending. They dug and
aug, but 10 no avail, for when they reached the
mule he was dead. For years this very same
field has been powed, and this sudden and mys.
Sterlons disappearance of the mule is nexpli-
caoie, ana has been a.source of much comment
in this county,