Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-28

Recently IN Milan joiner was arrested and
severely punished for beating Madonna statue,
to which he had in vain prayed for the recovery
of his wife.
Some one asked the daughter of New York
or, who was about to marry his fourth wife,
who was going TO perform the ceremony. She
replied, 81 don't know, but | presume that it
will be DR.. Spring. He generally marres
father"
A carp 375 years old has died recently at
Chantilly in France. 1t belonged to a merchant
of that place, who bought it about year ago for
1900 francs. 1t began life in the reign of Francis
L., in 1887, and had belonged to thirty-two diff.
ierent masters. 1t was called Gabrielle and was
about twenty inches long
The sword of the Scottish hero, William
Wallace, which has been preserved since his
death in London castle until five years ago
when it was removed by the late marquis OF
Hastings TO his seat in Worcestershire, has been
carried back to its old home by the countess of
Loudoun, its present possessor.
Mr.. Nathan Peakc, an American gentlemen
who happened to be in Madrid on business, was
arrested on suspicion Of being implicated in the
conspiracy to assassnate King Amadeus, and was
put TO much Inconvenience and expense
thereby. But the worst of all was being
compelled to answer to the name, Nah-tahn-
pay-all-Kay, which the Judge insisted was the
the only form in which true Castiliau could
allow himself to utter the words Nathan Peake.
An extraordinary story is apparently gaining
credence in Madrid 1t is nothing more nor
less than TO the effect that King Amadeus was a
party TO what is supposed to be the asSassina-
ton hoax, and designed the same with view
to the favorable result of the dastardly attack.
He, says the report was much chagrined to find
one of his instruments killed, as he had no such
intention towards any but his horses. The iris
oners will soon be discharged, il is said. An
other sensation is that the attorney general has
discovered evidence duplicating the duke de
Montpensier in the assassination OF Prim, and
demands his arrest.
Another manufactured building material
called ap9nlte, is being successfully used in
England. This-an artificial granite or marble
is concreted in mold by the action of chic
ride of calcium or water glass, combined with Il
body OF spar or other material. 1t is said to
harden quickly, and to obtain an ultimate
crushing force of three tons per square inch,
equaling that Of grantee exhibits perfect sharp
ness and decacy OF molding, besides admitting
an exquisite degree OF polish and is also claimed
to be unaffected by exposure to the weather or
by acids, the cost of its production being actu-
ally less than that of scagliola or enameled
slate.
At a meeting in a frontier western settlement
several present were stoutly opposed to the Or
ganizaIion of Sunday school. Not being able
to agree, the meeting was breaking up, when
the chairman said he had a very important notice
to read to them. Quiet was soon restored to
hear this rather novel religious notice." Stray
eu-A ihiRt Dluch NUT lie nNu on a halter
when he left, and is branded on the left hin with
the letter 5. Any one returning said mule will
be literally rewarded The keen Sunday
school union missionary quickly announced
that lie also had very important notice 10 give
out; Strayed-A number of boys from their
homes near this place, this Sunday morning
They had guns and fishing poles on their
shoulders when they left They arc branded by
a holy God as Sabbath breakers. ANY ono re-.
turning said boys, andlplacing them in Sunday
school, Will be literally rewarded at the day Of
Judgment The tact of that missionary carried
the vote IN favor of Sunday school, and those
strayed boys were duly returned to it.