Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-27
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CITY NEWS.

uOTnluE.
One or two farmers in this vicinity began
blowing more than week ago.
Maggie Mitchell will play Fanchon and Pearl
of Savoy on the evening of her visit to this city,
the 3Oth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moore will give soiree at Hor
ticultural hall tomorrow Tuesday, evening.
The tickets (Which are necessarily limited in
number) can be had at s. r. Leland & Co.'S
music store.
The railway committee of the legislature will
visit Worcester, by appointment this afternoon,
to see what can be done towards the removal OF
herailroad tracks from our common and neigh
boring streets, An investigation will convince
them, we think, that the track ought to be laid
in some other locality.
D. F. Estabrook has sold his clothing estab-
lishment to Messrs. Taylor and Thomas, young
men of ability and experience, who will be sure
to maintain the high reputation of this stand.
Mr.. Estabrook's card will be found in another
column.
The city government will meet this evening.
Eight gamblers on the ord'S day were locked
up yesterday. They were found in a house on
Southbridge street, with the money on the table,
IN the cenJfe OF INC group
The Peoples club has fixed the time for its
theatrical entertainment for Wednesday eve
ming, and advertised the performance. The
public will thus have an opportunity to con-
tribute to their own enjoyment, and also to the
funds in the clubs treasury. Tickets are for
sale at L. II. Bgelow's and Leland's.
The engine Sachem, while taking up the first
passenger train from Norwich, Saturday morn
ing, and when near North Grosvenordale, broke
her dry pipe and became helpless. An engine
backed down from this city and took the train
in. The Sachem was towed to Norwich by first
express down.
The Church of the Unity was filled to over
flowing last evening, Rev. Mr.. Shipper preach
ing most excellent sermon on the significance
of hell. The musical exercises were of a supe-
rior character, the choir singing, among other
pieces, Lift thine eyes" from Mendelssohn's
"ElUah; "Quis est Homo" by Rossini; o
cor amoris victima," by Lambillote, and "Cujus
AMMAN" As usual, one hymn was sung to
an old and familiar tune, in which the congre-
cation joined.
A horse belonging to Higgins Bros, the paper
hangers on Maple street. became uneasy while
left standing near their store, Saturday after
noon, and in turning around in the rear of Geo.
L. Bliss eating house overturned the wagon
and became so entangled in the wreck that it
was necessary to saw the thlls off before he
could be extricated In falling, the animal mar
rowly escaped pitching through the back door
and into Bliss cook room.
Tn IYrN5Cn nEppr Hon n Waldn in
coin in writing TO correct an error in the Gazette
relative to the report of evidence before the
railway committee, says in a communication to
that Journal:
The only material error is in the statement at
tributed to me in relation TO the discontinuancc
of the Jtnction depot Instead of saying that
the Boston and ALBANY railroad company would
ask leave to discontinue that station, stated
that it was no part of the plan so far as that
company was concerned to abandon that sta
ton, but that we should ask leave to discontinue
stopping our express trains there. did, how
ever, in another part of my evidence, express
my individual opinion that in view of the fact
that only about $4,000 Worcester passengers, all
told, purchased their tickets at the junction de-
pot last year, it would better accommodate the
public and benefit the city more for the Boston
and Albany road to make station at James
vile instead of stopping the train at the juno
ton. The bill as prepared by Mr.. Nelson pro-
videS for the continuance OF the junction depot
as a local station, and the company represent
will not attempt, nor does 1t desire to change 1t
in that particular.
Music IN THE CHURCHES. - The various
church choirs of the city closed their yearly en-
gagements yesterdays and next Sabbath will
begin anew; some with changes in one or more
parts, some remaining the same as last year,
t1rfb a pomOlptp Oization
First Unitarian: Organist, -; soprano Mrs.
e. H. Hamilton; Alto Mrs. A. II. DAVIS tenor, b.
F. Hammond; bassO, Roswell Parish.
Church of the Unity: Organist, s. X. Leland /;
director and tenor Seth Richards; soprano, Miss
NJ L. Ingraham; alto, Miss Hutchins; basso, MIR.
Mason.
Stearns; soprano, Miss Mary Stone; alto, Mrs.
Susie Kirby; tenor, j. E. Benchley; basso, VIM.
Central Church: 0rganist and director, C. L.
Gorham; soprano, Mrs. Doane alto, Mrs. Thomp-
son ;-tenor, DIR. Gould; basso Lyman B. Vaughn.
Union Church, Organist and director, b. D. Al
len; soprano, Miss Nellie Fiske; alto, Miss Munger;
tenor, E. p. Knight; basso, A. e. Cutting.
Salem Street Church oTganis L. MeFrisd
Lottie Pratt; alto, Mrs. e. p Knight; basso, H. p.
Cooley.
and basso, A. C. Munroe; soprano, Mrs. A. e. Mum
roe; alto, Mrs. Spaulding; tenor, Mr. Rice.
First Baptist: 0rganist, Lyman Barr soprano,
Mrs j. Fl. Clough; alto, Mrs. Rugg; tenor, E. A.
Wood; alto, Jefferson Eaton.
Trinity Methodist: 0rganist and director, J. D.
Moore; soprano, Mrs. Willard; alto, Mrs. j. d.
Moore; tenor, E. A. Babcocki basso, Mr. May
nard.
Plymouth: organist, Henry S. Rice; director, j.
A. Titus; chorus choir.
Main Street Baptist: organist and director, E. B.
Story; chorus choir.
Main Street Methodist Director, G. W. Elkins
chorus choir.
Pleasant Street Baptist: Director H. II. Rich
chorus choir.
All Saints: Organist, Fred. A. Chase; director,
l. N Mptcalf: bow choir.
ST. Paul's Organist and director, C. p. Morrison
chorus choir.
j. Il. Murray. Chorus, choir.
St.Annes: Organist and director, Miss Agnes
Power.
Notre Dame: Director, P. Il. Baribeault.
Mr. Albert S. Allen has been engaged for a
year to play the organ in the Unitarian church
at Upton. He has for two or three months past
supplied vacancy for that church.
Mr. Geo. B. Allen leaves the organ of All
Saints church, to take the position OF organist
at the First Unitarian church in Lowell.
Mr.. A. V. Hill, who for the past year has d.
rected the music and played the organ for the
Plymouth society, has an engagement to play
the organ this year for the First Baptist church
in Lowell. On Saturday evening, at his last
rehearsal here, be expressed his appreciation OF
the support given him by the choir, and salts.
faction at the improvement made by them while
under his direction. Mr.. G. B. Metcalf respond.
ed with an expression of the regret felt by the
society that he was obliged to discontinue his la.
bors hers.
An IMPROVEMENT IN SWIVEL PLows.-An
improved swivel pillow has just been completed
at the works of the Amesplow company in this
city, which promises much toward introducing
that implement to farmers for more general use.
The advantages of the swivel pillow in turning
the sod evenly, without leaving ridges and dead
burrows, is coming to be more and more appre-
ciated, although they have been used for mum
Der of years, without having superseded the