Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-11-19


A rumor emanatius from a good source as
serts that square dances will be more in favor
next winter than they have been for many
years. Young married ladies are said to have
been instrumental in bringing about this social
reform.
a Kent county, Mich, man has for the last
six months furnished Detroit with Eastwood
honey, made from the juices of the wood mixed
with honey.
An Illinois man, while drunk, fell from a
wagon and died The man who sold him the
whiskey compromised by paying to the dead
mans heirs $1,000.
a Strasburg dispatch to Paris paper states
that on the LIST ult about fifty Alsatians returned
from Nancy, having repented their opinion OF
France as future home. 1t was stated that a
large number Of those who had left Alsace want
ed to return, not having met with a very cordial
reception in France.
Bismarck was recently called upon by Rus
sian lady, who asked him for his autograph.
After the chancellor had complied with her re-
quest, she said TO him, "Prince, may ! use
your autograph for a noble purpOseP Ger
tainlv," he replied; "but what is it2' My
brother has been exiled to Siberia; let me write
an application for his pardon over your name,
and the car will grant it" Bismarck consent
ed, and Alexander IL. Informed him, when at
Berlin recently, that the paldOn had been
granted.
A remorseless Terre Haute man ''is keeping a
-
father in England. continued by his grandfather
in the same country, and on the voyage across
the Atlantic to this country, and by him kept
up in the United States till Just before his death,
when his son, the father Of the present diariSt,
took up the task and brought it down to 1927,
when the present keeper began it,"
The question as to whether or not the Inflated
Amy Robsart was buried in ST. Mary's church,
Oxford, has at last been set at rest by the vicar,
Rev. J. BurgOn, who lately found in the BOdlean
library evidence which satisfactorily demon
strated the fact and pointed out the exact spot
where the remains lie. A new inscription in the
topmost Of the three steps leading to the chanCel
says: Gin a vault of brick, at the upper end Of
the choir, was buried Amy Robsart wife of Lord
Robert Dudley, X. g., Sunday, 22d September,
A. D. 1860"
Capt Barrett, United States navy tchief of
construction at the Brooklyn navy yard), is the
inventor of an ingenious fire eXtinEuisher,
which consists of horizontal perforated tube,
TO be placed on the summit of the roofs, and
connected with the water supply pipes OF the
building. Under the cOrnice is receiver pipe,
which receives the water from the roof and casts
it over the side of the building, thus flooding It,
This invention, which can be applied to any
building at a very small cost, will remedy in
part the objections to too high structures. 1t is
not intended to eXtinguish CONGREGATIONS, but
TO prevent the James from spreading by keeping
Il wet surface for flying sparks and cinders.
Few people are aware that the nickel, from
which our smaller coins are made, comes from
a single mine, which is the only one in the
country that IS worked. ms mine IS situated
IN Lancaster county, IA. 1t has been worked
for seventeen years, and developed to depth OF
200 leet: Inc lehgth OF TINS lode IS between
2OO0 and SOOO feet, and 1t produces from 400 TO
600 tons per month, employing in the working
OF the mine force of 175 men. In the arts,
nickel IS rapidly growing into favor as suhstl-
tute for silver in plating steel, iron and other
metals. Its commercial demand 1t rapidly III
creaslng, ana as II much cheaper than silver, 1t
VIII undoubtedly be adopted IN the manulac-
ture OF many articles as substitute Tor that
more precious metal. one mine, the Mlnela'
Motto tract, MISSOURI, was WORKED from 1891 to
1893. Inc ore was the sulphuFet, associated
with lead ana copper ABOUT SlOO,OOO was re-
ailzed from the Groupings OF the VEN. Crop
pings OF nickel ore are found also IN Madison,
Iron and Wayne counties, Mo. The refined
metal IS worth 90 per pound.
The Swiss Times tells story current IN Italy,
andiwhich IS to TINS ehect: NJ. Paul de Cassag-
nae, VINO edlts the fTehcn journal lie rays, Is
very 0Itter IN MS treatment oil lctor Emanuel,
tne ltaHah parliament, hatlon ana army, and
ms attacks SO greatly e4clted Oehefal Angeln
that Inc iatter went TO farls 10 get MN to h9ht
d9el; lie sent the chaIlenge as soldier and
an ltallan merely not mentioning the alleged
insults 10 MS king nor pretendlnS 10 represent
ANYBODY but himself. NJ. DE CaSSagnac one OF
the pest shotS III Europe, 0Y the way-relused TO
accePs Tue Gnaliel is unless olShor Ahgellhl
would aVow hlmsell the &Veh%er OF some outrage
TO ms nag or KING AS the general had come to
LarIs entirety on ms own account ne eouis not
mus aVoW hilhsell, ahu' 10 provoke duel, ne
sueck the eulior' was nevertheless sun refused
70 h@ht, ana the quarrel was taken up by two
gentlemen attacned 10 the corps oil lie rays,
Inc nIst chose PistoiS ana was Shot DEAD; the
seconu preferred Tue sword ana was carried