Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-22
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CITY NEWS.

II. F. Ball had three fingers taken off by a
machine at Rice & Grifin's, on Thursday.
The ball of the Mazeppas was well attended
last evening.
A misty moisture, some lightning, and few
umbrellas, were noticeable on the street last eve
ming.
The target shooting and other festivities OF
Capt. Jameson's company will take place on
May Sd.
The sale of house lots at old Camp Scott Is
advertised for next Tuesday. The long time
given for payment is one of the advantages OIL
buying these lots, which will be sold cheap
A little girl eight or nine years old, BY the
name of Warren, whose parents live on Hudson
street, fell down stairs in the Pleasant street
school house yesterday afternoon, and hurt her
head so badly that she had TO be carried home.
The Temple of Honor is making arrangements
for most interesting public meeting, at Me
chanics hall, next Friday evening. About five
hundred members of Olive Branch Temple, with
the full American brass band, are expected to be
present.
In the municipal court, yesterday, Daniel G.
Gaines was sentenced to the house of correction
for one month, for larceny, and George Curtis
was sent to the same institution for one month
for vagrancy Sanford Wallace was arraigned
on a charge of larceny from the Boston and
Albany railroad corporation, and was held in
$500 for his appearance on the Goth inst.
The list of patents last issued contains
goody number of names of Worcester inventors
Following are those given G. S, Barton, ex-
banding pulley; L. j. Knowles, steam pump;
A. G. Goes, mode OF forming the heads of wrench
bars; A. B. Couch, hanger for revolving shaft
ing; c. W. Small, reverberating reed cell for Or
gan or melOdeon; G. c. Taft, drilling machine;
N. II. Warren, shaping machine.
The same company is with Letfingwell that
he came with a few weeks ago-Lina Edwin's-
and the same irresistible stream of drollery from
that great comedian himself kept the theater
lively with laughter. Ii is one thing to learn
funny things and say them off mechanically
and quite another to crowd in the wit as Letting
well does, assisted by his faculty for pulling
that mouth of his all over his face, first one
side of his nose and then on the other. The plays
last night were ga Victim of Circumstances"
and "Romeo Jaf1er Jenkins" Tonight he will
appear in Billiards and "Cinderela."
The reading and singing at Natural History
hall, last evening, included some new pieces,
which were greatly enjoyed. Mrs. Brown, Mr..
+. Knowton, Haywood Blood, J. S. Rogers,
Mrs. Babbitt, and Chas. A. Chase gave readings.
A selection from the Biglow Papers, the piece
read by Mr.. Chase, seemed most to please the
audience. Miss Mary Stone sang three songs,
but it is not necessary to praise her singing, for
it was such as the listeners couldn't get enough
of. When the programme had been finished
they insisted upon hearing her once more The
yosemite Quartette" were also encored. This
is a combination of the voices of Messrs. r. H.
Goodwin, P. L. Ryder, Vim. Barber and Chas
A. Parker. Their pieces were new, and they
sang well together. Several Others also contrib
uted to the musical part of the entertainment.
THE New YORK CIRCUs.-Monday this well
known exhibition visits Worcester, giving per-
formances afternoon and evening, The enter
tainments offered by this famed metropolitan
establishment cannot be eXcelled. During the
morning professional parade will be made
with the new chariot containing Prof. Boswold's
famed brigade band of twenty-five elegantly
uniformed musicians Twelve tiny and hand
some ponies, attached to a fine carriage, will
also appear with the band chariot which will
be drawn by a team of twenty-four fine horses
SUPREME JUDICIAL CoURT-GRAY, J.-Yes-
terday was occupied in the consideration of di-
vorce cases and the hearing of motions. De
crees of divorce were made absolutein the cases
of Willard G. Clahin VS.. Martha N. Cla1in;
Louisa o. Foster VS.. Henry c. Foster; Mary Al
len vs.. David G. Allen; Mary Connolly VS.. Pat
rick Connolly; Julia Allen VS.. John II. Allen,
the latter for desertion.
Wealtha J. Casnavant VS., Daniel Casnavant,
of Atho, divorce a vinculo decreed, litellant to
resume her maiden name and amony in $3.50
with S25 costs decreed to her.
Ellen j. Colvin VS.. Adm A. Coyin divorce
decreed and libellant allowed to resume her
maiden name.
Louisa A. Wilson VS.. VIM. Wilson, divorce
decreed nisi, and custody of minor children de-
creed to libelant.
Lbels were dismissed in the cases of Isabella
Boyle vs. James Boyle, and Benjamin Nurss VS.
Emma f. Nurss.
James F. Hervey was granted leave to marry
again, and petitions for leave to marry again
were dismissed in the cases of VIM. Merriam,
Sarah A. Gates, and Fannie A. Metcalf.
The court adjourned to Monday next, at 10 IA
A. NJ, when hearings in divorce and equity cases
will be in order.