Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-06-21

Fesuvius lava is in such demand for iewelry
that another eruption is desired to supply the
market.
Florida is the only state in the United States
without daily newspaper.
The total annual circulation of newsbanprs
printed in the state of New York is 492. no .SBS
being twice the number printed in any other
state
The captain of Massachusetts whaler, ON n
recent voyage, took from sperm whale which
he captured IN the South Pacific, an iron be-
longing 10 the ship Catawba, of Nantucket
winch was lost some twenty years ago.
Crops OF every character IN Texas, writes a
correspondent, are not only good, but are really
excellent. From inquiries | learn thai the
wheat will not yield less than 30 bushels per
acre on an average. Oats are the best | ever
saw. Corn now from five to seven feet in height,
with a prospect Of a heavy yield. Cotton is
very fine. and large improvement over last
year. Rains are abundant aud timely.
Among the killed in the recent battle at Mon
terey was Ezekiel Steele, an American, who was
known throughout Mexico as the pioneer cotton
manufacturer He was in that country before
the Mexican war with the United States and
Mexico, during which he rendered assistance TO
Gen. Taylor. He had taken command of a regi-
ment under Gen. Treyino During almost the
whole battle he fought desperately, lost three
horses, and was finally killed.
An eel, thee feet long, and weighing five or
SIX pounds, was taken out of an Albany water
pipe. The apertures 10 the strainers in the
pipes are not larger than pipe stem, and the
fish must have entered the pipe through one of
them when il was very young and grown to full
size in the pipe.
heroic Detroit woman saved herself and
children from the bite of rabid dor, the other
day, By seizing and bestriding the animal and
holding him in such a position that he could not
pie she then dragged him 10 the gate, flung
MN out, and shut and bolted the gate All
tempting to get in, the dog got his head fast in
the fence, and, help arriving, was soon dis
patched. Though the brave womans dress was
covered with hecks of green loan, she was not
seriously injured.
The Repubiquc Franchise gives the following
summary OF the result Of the trials of the com.
munist prisoners: Sentenced to death. 70: hard
labor, life, 2l2; transportation of the first degree
S9l; of the second degree, 2000 detention, f16g !:
Imprisonment with hard labor 60; imprson.
ment of three months and under, 8O5. impris.
onment OF three months and upward, 1873; i'm
plisonment to periods exceeding one year 1898:
punishment, 29l total, 8415 acquittals 211o'
being ut the ratio of about twenty per cent
At Metz recently, little girl, Twelve or four
teen years old, was playing ball on some walk
where there happened TO be Prussian general
accompanied by couple OF aides The child
ball happened to roll between the legs of the
general. lie picked 1t up, and holding il our 10
the little girl said to her; "Come and GET II, .
NO" replied she; 81 do not want it," "Why
not SAID ne general "Because you are a
Prussian." 81 am not a Prussan--I am a Ba-
yarian.N "Ah,' said the little girl, "a servant
Of the Prussans, then. You can keep my bali .
She went away, and the general, Transferring
ms anger to the unucky ball, which was not 10
blame, tramped on and burst it,
The ship Blue Jacket was burned on the OH
OF March, 1869, in about CD degrees south latj.
tnde aud 60 degrees west Longitude, between the
Falkland islands and Cape Horn, on her vow.
age from New Zealand to England. The figure.
mead OF the Blue Jacket was lately picked up at
the little island of Rottnest, near Fremartle
western Australia, Il distance of 5000 miles
from the point OF disaster. The time occupied
ID trayerslng the distance was about two years
and half, making mean rate OF six miles and
half a day. This incident throws some light
on tue direction and speed of the ocean currents
between South America and the western coast
Of Australia.