Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-25
dNurtester Daily SPY,
CITY NEWS.

G. F. Bailey & Co.'s quadruple combination
will exhibit in this city Monday, May Sth.
Capt. Jameson publishes a notice this morn
ing for company B, State Guard.
A pleasant evening was enjoyed by those who
witnessed the dramatic entertainment and
Joined in the dance at Turn hall, last night.
The First National bank of this city have de-
clarcd semi-annual dividend of six per cent,
free of government tax, payable May list.
The hour at which the sale of those lots on
old Camp Scott will begin to-day, may be seen
by referring TO the advertisement.
Lent's circus performed on the New. Common
yesterday and it did not rain And behold, the
tent was filled with the people of the city and
the country round about.
The new ward room for ward two cannot be
used for the vote on the beer question in May,
as incorrectly stated in yesterdays paper, as the
warrant has been issued for the meeting at the
old ward room.
Brewers city package express, is new enter
prise just started by which bundles may be de-
livered in any part of the city for a trifing sum,
The headquarters are at No. 10 Foster street,
and orders may be left at nine other places in
different parts of the city.
Mr.. S. L. Staples, at 2S2 Main street, desires
us to say, that he has not relinquished the
grocery business for music teaching, but is pre-
pared to furnish to those who may desire,
competent instructor, as advertised in our col
umns yesterday morning.
The fire, the alarm of which woke the echoes
at an early hour this morning, was in Cherry
Valley, and burned according to the hasty
word we were able to get concerning it) one of
the large factories in that village, owned by Mr..
Bottomly and operated by Mr.. L. B. Stone.
The attendance at the choral union, last eve
ming, was large, about two hundred singers
taking part in the rehearsal. Much interest is
manifested, both by the active members and the
older and retired members of former years, in
the proposed excursion to Providence on the 9Th
of May next. The evening was mainly occu-
pied in the rehearsal of Hayden's mass in c, and
Wilder's original and thrilling composition the
Crock of Ages" which arc TO be sung at the
concert in Providence.
Part of the committee having in charge the
public temperance meeting, at Mechanics hall
on Friday evening, visited Providence yesterday
and found that much enthusiasm prevailed
among the members of the Temple Of Honor
The Morning Star, Of that city, says: ''The
Worcester people expect to entertain, next
Friday evening, five hundred members of the
Temple of Honor from this city, together with
the American band. We have no doubt that If
they are favored with pleasant weather, the
number of cxcurSionists will be even more than
half thousand, and they will find the Worces-
ter people as hosptable as any city on the face
of the globe can boast Of"
The organ in the new Methodist church, to be
dedicated to day, built by j. D. Moore, of this
city, has two manues and two octave pedals,
contains thirty-three registers-musical and me-
chanical-and among them are three sixteen
foot tones, bourbon bass on swell manuel,
double dulcana in the pedal organ standing in
the towers, and post of the centre. The largest
pipes are eleven inches in diameter and eighteen
feet in length. The remainder of the front be-
ing all speaking pipes, are open diapason. The
other pedal stop is an open diapason, of wood
sixteen feet. The swell organ is large, and is
operated by balanced lever and two composition
pedals. The case is of blacK walnut, twenty-five
feet in width, ten feet in depth, and twentyseven
feet in height. 1t has tower at each end,
rising above the base, and connected by an iron
bracket and belt of black walnut. When COM
pleted, the case will be filled with oil, and the
pipe decorated with gold and colors. The organ
is not finished for want of time, but will be used
in part at the dedication. The delay in regard
to it was caused by the fact that the builder
could not get the design of the case at an earlier
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