Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-10-11
CITY AND COUNTY
The Meeting Tonight.

hold their first representative meeting OF the
campaign at Mechanics Hall, tonight No
republican who is able to cross his door-sill
will fail to contribute something to its success.
The promise OF excellent music, eloquent
speeches, and the more than satisfactory re-
turns from Pennsylvania and the west, will
ensure demonstration worthy of the Heart
of the Commonwealth.
The WIDE AwAKEs.-At a meeting of the
wide awakes, last night, at Brinley Hall, it was
voted to accept an invitation from Millbury,
to be present at republican rally there, on
Friday night, Oct II. 1t was also unani-
mously voted to attend the grand wide awake
demonstration in Boston, on Tuesday night,
Oct, &c. and the following committee were
appointed to make arrangements for the Fitch.
burg Wide Awakes to night: Geo. II. Ward
Jonas Head and Thomas Earle who were al
SO delegated to look after the Millbury excur
sion. Capt a. B. R. Sprague, Edwin Bynner
B. +. Otis, and s. d. Tourtellot, were ap
pointed to make arrangement for the Boston
excursion.
The news of the victories in Pennsylvania,
Ohio, and Indiana caused so much enthusiasm
in the club that music was sent for and a
torchlight parade was resolved upon More
than eighty torches and handsome trans
parency were displayed, and the line of march
extended through many of our streets. Fire
works were displayed, and the wide awake re-
publcans halted under the Lincoln flag in
front of the Spy office and gave nine cheers
and "a silent Abe" for Pennsylvania.
Tonight the Wide Awakes must be at
Brinley Hall at 6 O'Clock, they are to receive
the Fitchburg delegation at the Lincoln Square
station, at o'clock. Those who are in want
OF uniforms, by going Immediately to j. II.
knights for a cap, and d. II. Eames for
cape, will be prepared to turn out tonight
THREE LIQUOR SEIZURES IN ONE AFTER
NooN.-The city police did thriving business
in the liquor Selling line yesterday afternoon.
AT about l o'clock Assistant Marshal Braman,
accompanied by three other officers, armed
with complaint under the nuisance act, made
a descent on the premises of ARENAS Ward
on Norwich street, opposite the depot. Here
they captured several jugs of liquor and sun
dry implements of the traffic, together with
MIR. Ward himself, and all were taken to the
police office and secured under lock and key
About o'clock Assistant Marshal Braman,
with officer Mowry, armed with like war.
rant, visited the premises Of Edward Parkets,
in Sydney Smiths block ON Exchange street,
where they seized sundry jugs of liquor,
with implements of sale, and arrested Parkers,
and all were dealt with as in the preceding
case. Parkers, however, showed fight at
first and struck at officer Braman with
large four gallonj jug, as the latter was about to
arrest him, but the blow did not hit him.
Parkers then struck at officer Braman with
his fist, cutting his lip, but his attempted re-
sistance proved Intellectual. AT about the
same time, officers BeaIl and Stearns perform
ed a like operation at the store OF Michael LOT.
tus, in the basement of lions church, adjoin-
ing the above named building, where sundry
liquors in vessels, with implements of the traf
tic were seized and with the keeper, safely
secured. Ward, Parkers, and Lotus, will
have their examination before the police court
this forenoon.