Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-07-18
Miscellaneous Items.

little lake in Chautauqua county, New
York, eighteen miles long, and from one TO three
miles wide Is said to be the highest navagible
water on the continent, but we doubt it.
An Albany ice company are losers TO the
amount Of $4,000 by some person who malicious
ly threw a quantity of kerosene over the ice
stored in their warehouses.
All of the New York Tribune employees are
said 10 have promised to vote for Mr.. Greeley,
with the exception of the man who has been
doomed TO Setting up" his copy. Revenge is
sweet.
A Florida correspondent OF the Savannah Re-
publican says that the Indians in the everglades
refuse to free their slaves, and swear that Sher-
dan will have to "ride the tail off every horse in
the army before they give up single Niger"
One of the most mysterious disappearance
OF the season is that of Capt. Little of Nash
vile, who went TO the Cincinnati convention,
was last seen at CovingtOn, and since then has
| been utterly beyond the ken of his family and
| friends. Numerous bodies found in the river
have been examined, but none identified as his.
| The last hope is that lunatic found in New
York and who is supposed to have arrived from
Europe may be he.
The Indian correspondent of the Pail Mall
Gazette, writing from Calcutta May d. SAYS: "a
good deal of cholera has, regret to say, shown
| itself in cantOnment in the northwest and the
| Puniaub, and there is too much reason to apere-
bend bad year Between thirty and forty
| deaths have already occurred, which is an unu-
sualy heavy death list at so early a season."
| The revenue returns of Great Britain for the
quarter as well us the year ending the Both June
| have been issued. During the three months the
national income amounted to Els, 1896, 507, net
! increase of rather more than a million and a
| half over the receipts in the corresponding
| period of last year. The revenue for the year
has been f76 ,266, OBS and this was a net increase
of 629 over that of the twelve months
| ending June 30, 1871. The chief cause of this
| increase was the income tax, which Welded
| more by E3 494 900.
A German poet has recently written a touch
| ing poem in which the hero is represented as
| devoured by an alligator, under palm-tree on
| the shore OF Lake Erie, in America. The heroine
hears Of the terrible fate oil her lover down in the
| everglades Of Florida, near the banks of Lake
| Superior, where she is living, and rusheS down
south to Lake Egie and lies in wait for that
crocodile, captures him, cuts him open, extracts
the bones of her dead lover, purchases rich
coffin and has him inferred in magnificent style,
IN Greenwood cemetery, New York, in the state
OF St Louis. The poem is truly affecting
Two Cambridge undergraduates "down" g,
| the long vacation, were recently summoned he
| tore the Brenttord mag istrateS and fined forty
shlllings EACH for wantc::iiiy knocking down an
olu geilueuiau u the street, at Ealing, Oil the
| evening OF the oath of June, causing INJURIES
| from winch he remained unconscious until II
| O'Clock the following morning The defence
| SET up was that the defendants had been at a
| cricket match, and were in Il hurry to catch the
| train,
The latest news from the Persian CULTS to the
effect that the hopes of good harvest have
been realized, and that corn is now selling at 4
| comparatively low rate. From the interior
however, no Improvement is reported The
| people OF leheran and lSpahan are still severely
suffering from famine. The correspondent of a
bombay paper, writing from BuShire, says thai
| the misery of the poor is most intense, and thai
human beings have again been killed and eaten
A correspondent of the LeYant Times makes a
| similar statement
The London "News," speaking of the Boston
| luMlee. says 1--WE are really entitled 10 little
| pride us to our national share in the success OF
the festival, and we cannot hut feel grateful fol-
| tue cordial reception which the people of Boston
| gave to the British uniform. The festival
| rldlculed as 1t was by so many scom(ul antic
| natOry CRITICISMS, seems to have been success
| The achievement of so gigantic musical per
iornance may perhaps be regarded as a pecu
| Harry American phenomenon" The article
| ends as follows; "For ourselves, we are glad tc
| learn tlat the uniform OF British regiment was
| welcomed with applause under the shadow OF
the monument on Bunker's Hill. We do moi
| profess to believe that eternal friendship i.
| sworn between the two nations because thu
| Grenadler Guards were cheered ON Boston com.
| mon. But we do profess to believe that sucI
| lnterchanges of kindly service and good feeling
nave their value in the relationship between ma
lions and states; and we are glad to know thai
the sounds ofEnglish Instruments have awak
| ened the echoes of American applause"