Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-26
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CITY NEWS.

The officers association of the 35th regiment
Z. S. colored troops, will hold reunion at the
Bay State house, on Thursday, October 10Th.
Van Buren, Dorr, Henry Smith aud Benjamin
Baker were fined three dollars and costs each for
drunkenness, in the municipal court yesterday.
WIN. A. & w, A. Stone have removed TO No.
sos Main street, as will be seen by their adver-
tiscment in tO-day's Spy.
Rev. Mr.. Phillips, who preached acceptably
last Sunday for Plymouth society will occupy
their pulpit again tomorrow.
The Church of the Unity is to be closed for
the next three Sundays. The members will
meet with Rev. Mr.. Halls society during that
time.
The moonlight evenings next week are to be
improved by sails with music on Lake Quinsiga-
mond, as will be seen by Mr.. CoIburn's notice
this morning.
At the meeting of the State Guard, last even
ing, the resignation of Capt. Ball, of Co. Bon
account Of the pressure of private business
was announced. The battalion voted to have
the annual excursion in the early part of De-
tobcr.
McsSrs. H. Z. Hezekah and R. Muckleston
are canvassing the city for advertisements for
patent atlas-shapcd pictorial card advertiser.
The book is to be completed in handsome style,
and three copies will constitute the edition,
one for each of our hotels.
The marble tablet "in memory of Thaddeus
Maccarty, for 81 years pastor of the first church
in Worcester" etc., ETC.. which has for many
years been feature of the interior of the au-
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no longer. The remorselcss rcnovating move
ment which Invested the exterior of the church
of its ancient appearance, has also laid hands
on the marble tablet, and torn it from its old
place at the left of the pulpit. 1t has been re-
set in the vestbule, in the wall, facing north, at
the first landing of the gallery stairs.
In accordance with instructions from the
board of aldermen, to inlorce the city ordinance
in relation to tbs erection of wooden buildings
within the fire limits, the city marshal entered
complaint in the municipal court yesterday
morning, against Mr.. George CromptOn, who
has been erecting and altering wooden buildings
quite extensively, and he was brought before
the court He pleaded nolo contendere to
charge of violating the ordinance, and was fined
$40 and costs
Stephen Hartwell, one of the trio of drunk
ards who could not pay the fine imposed in the
municipal court on Thursday, and had conse-
qucntly to be locked up in Jail for a term of
forty days, was victim Of misplaced conf
dencc, if his story is true He says that he
came from Wauregan, a factory village on the
Norwich road, with months wages in his
pocket, and that on his arrival he made the &C
quaintance of man who showed him the beer
shops, made him drunk, picked his pockets, and
left him for the police officers Stephen is too
much of "hat' to travel with months
wages in his pocket; but the wages with which
he will start out next month will not tempt
sharpers, and he will be comparatively safe.
The THEATER, which had been closed for
nearly two months, was opened last evening for
the play entitled "Pump, or Way Down South"
The piece is a curious One-a mixture of drama
and negro mnstrelsy, with the latter predomi-
Mating There are some pleasing scenes and
passages in the play; but those intended by the
author to be of the most importance were pro-
duced in a manner that made them little better
than burlesque. "Pomp' is a plantation ne
gro, introduced at about the time of emancipa-
ton; he has love for his master and family,
and will not leave them; he follows them north
through varying fortunes, and saves the life of
father, daughter and son on several occasions,
and finally all hands get back to ode ole planta-
ton" all right The house was well filled, and
the boys in the gallery acted worse than ever be-