Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-06-17
CITY AND COUNTY

A FALSE ALARM of fire WAS raised about
o'clock, last evening hy some boys on the
street, calling out the whole department. The
expense to the city was only about $50.
SUNDAY SonooL CoNvENTIoNs,-'rhe Wa.
chusett Sabbath School Convention will hold
its next anniversary, tomorrow, in the Bap
fist church at Clinton, al O'Clock, A. NJ. An
essay will be delivered by Rev. l.. Williams
Jr., OF Holden, AMI an address TO the children
by Rev Kendall Brooks of Fitrhburg.
The annual meeting Of the Worcester Coun-
ty (Uuitarian) Sunday School Association will
be held at the Unitarian church in Clinton, on
Wednesday next, commencing at 0 o'clock, A.
NJ. Rev. DR.. I.ill OF Worcester will address
the children in the afternoon 1uT.
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EXCURSION TRAM TO BosroN on WEDNEs.
DAY NEXT, JUNE I9.-Our readers need not
be told OF the Aqualiil and Geological Gardens
in Boston but at this time, in addition to
their former attractions, they contain Icing
,ohale OF the species known as the Beluga or
Arctic, which, rs we have before state weighs
HOOO pUuANlS ilOeeulNs - NV 3" iSHS''''
1t is said 10 be the first one ever taken alive,
and must unqueslionaby be considered one OF
the greatest Of living curiosities In The same
tank is a sturgeon seven feet in length. A day
is all TOO short to give full examination the
contents of the gardens; but as the train will
leave here at A. NJ, and Boston at P. NJ,
very good beginning can be made. For school
children the through fare, including admission
to the gardens, will be only GO cents. and for
others rs, the tickets being good only on the
extra train. A band of music will be in at
tendance on the arrival at Boston to lead the
procession in its march to Central Court
Police CoURT.-0n Saturday, john Sulli-
van, for being drunk, was fired 81 and costs
and committed. Stllman Turner, for main
tanning sink drain nuisance, was fined 81 and
costs.
SUPERIOR Court = CIVIL TERM AT
FITCnBURG.-In the case of Allen b. Wood
VS. the Town of Westminster, the jury were
unable to agree. In the case OF Elbrdge
Wheeler versus Joseph B. Sawyer ct al,
the verdict was given 10 the defendants,
in review, for 1922 &C. John Ramsdel VS..
Alpheus P. Kimball, verdict for plaintiff, dam.
ages S94 65. S. L. Whitney VS.. Seth Twich-
ell, an action for the price of a COW, verdict
for plaintiff for 500 81. John Whitney VS..
Lyman Stone, an action for the recovery of
wages, now on trial. The court adjourned
from Saturday to two o'clock this afternoon.
The session of tine court will probably close
at the end of the present week.
PERsoNAL-HoD. Wnslow Battles of Mil
ford has been appointed quartermaser of Col.
Cass' regiment, and has commenced his du-
ties. tr.r
Geo. a. Torrey of Fitchburg was last week
admitted 10 practice as attorney and counsellor
at law in the courts of this commonwealth.
In the superior court sitting at Springfield,
on Friday last, Otis P. Abercrombie, formerly
a student in the law office of Devens & Hoar,
of this city, was admitted to the bar.
| Augustus Stowe, son of Martin Stowe of
this city, left on Saturday morning last 10 re.
join the Boston Light Artillery company,
which, according to the latest accounts, was
moving from the Relay House in the direction
of Harper's Ferry. Young Stowe, it will be
company vas stationed at Annapolis. He is
now fully recovered from his injuries, and
starts the second time for the war, with una
bated zeal and patriotism.