Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-06-05

The New York Evening Post has discovered
that the late James Gordon Bennett was not a
journalist.
female emgrant on a car coming west from
Toledo gave birth to a male infant in Michigan,
and alter crossing the state line to its twin
brother in Indiana. The passengers baptized
one Wolverine and the other Hoosicr.
Brigham Young has announced his resolve
not TO marry any more.
Minneapolis, Mimi, having had 5000 feet of
water mains frozen the past winter, will relay
them eight feet deep.
Mazzinis large fortune will be inherited by his
grandDiece, young lady of considerable liter
airy ability, and at present art-critc of daily
paper at Turin.
Several children were seriously poisoned near
Memphis, Tenn, the other day, by eating null.
berries in which locusts had deposited their
eggs. Neither birds nor squirrels touch the
| berries, although the trees are loaded.
A new cotton region has been discovered in
the Calezon valley, Lower California. Immi-
| grants from Texas passing through the valley
are supposed to have dropped the seed, while
travelling, as cotton of an excellent quality is
| now growing wild and in profusion.
Three young Chinese, who had been studying
in Paris only three months, have applied for a
patent Of new system Of telegraphy invented
| by them. 1t is described as simple and inge-
NOUS and likely to obtain great success, as its
| cost is very small.
The proposed bridge over the Hudson river at
PoughkeepSie, New York, is a stupendous I'M
| dertaking 1t will be composed OF five spans of
900 feet each, and will be 100 feet in height
| ms bridge will connect New England with the
| coal fields of Pennsylvania, by the building of
| only nine miles of railroad
| A historical curiosity has been dug up in
| pennsylvania, in the shape of the original deed
| by which William Penn conveyed West Jersey
| 10 certain parties III Dublin. 1t is dated in
| 1867, and has the autograph signature of the
| benignant Quaker, 'as plain as though it had
| just been written"
A curious and valuable tree is the Stillinoio
| Sabitera, or tallow tree Of China. Its most i'm
portant peculiarly is that it contains separately.
| in nearly pure state, the two proximate prin-
| ciples OF animal taow, slearne and elaine II
| has other uses. Its leaves are EMPLOYED as n
| black dye; its wood is hard and Durable and
| may be easily vsed for the blocks in printing
| Chinese books and various articles; and, finally
tue refuse OIL the nut serves for fuel and ma
nure
The July number Of "0ld and New" TO he is
sued June 10, will repeat the highly successful
| experiment of last year, and will be an cduca-
iional number. II will contain graphic &C.
| count of life at the famous Round Ujli school
established and conducted by George Bancroft
| and Dr. COgswcl; q comprehensive view of the
] whole range OF instruction now given at Har-
| ward university; other papers upon topics of
educational Importance, and college directory
| giving the name, locality, course of study fac,
ulty aud number OF students of l75 or more of
| the principal collegiate institutions OF the United
| States-beng an extremely convenient reference
| list.
A curious case Of assault and battery was
lately brought before the police tribunal nt
Marselles. 1t appears that diver, engaged in
investigating the wreck of vessel sunk in the
port of that city, discovered an object of some
value, which Inc put aside in a corner of q rock
for future disposition. Returning for the last
time beneath the surface, he went to secure his
plize, but at that moment two other divers at
tackled him and attempted to wrest it from him.
A lively fight ensued, which lasted until the
people above, alarmed at the confusion below,
drew the combatanis up TO the surface. The
ailrdy thus commenced, fifty or sixty feet below
the surface Of the sea, was ended at the police
ctatinn