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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-10-07

be of immense value to singers from abroad,
and prepare the way for q crcdtGblc perform
ance of this greatest of all the works by Men
des5ohn.
Music HALL TONIGHT Manager L. NJ. Les
lie brings his company to the theatre, this even
ing, with Kate Reynolds as the leading charac-
ter. Mrs Stoves "Pmk and White Tyranny"
Miss Reynolds own dramatization-will be
brought out, followed by a play founded on
Charles Reads Terrible Temptation" In the
latter piece Miss Emma Reynolds will support
her sister. Mr.. Leslie has the reputation of
travelling with frstclass companies, and Miss
Reynolds is well known to Worcester theatre
goers as pleasing and talented actress.
THE PEOPLES CLUB FArR.-Thc second and
last evening of the fair would have been equally
successful with the first, and probably more so,
had it not been for the rain, which kept people
at their homes. The attendance was, accord
ingly, not so large; but the entertainment was,
nevertheless, much better than on the first eve
ming, both in Mechanics and Washburn halls.
Excellent music was furnished in both places,
which served to make up in great degree for
the lack of interest caused by small attend
ance; and such as did come were lively and soci.
able to an extent which prevented the possible
ty of duness.
The trick pantOmime performed in Wash
burn hall deserves especial mention and praise,
inasmuch as il was written and arranged by
young man of this city especially for the oc-
casion. Mr.. Geo. f. Gale is the author, and
also takes the principal character. 1t cannot
be described in a manner to do it justice, it was
so well done and contained so much of irresst
ible fun. The musical part of the ent7r-
tanment in the lower hall was good, but
the fact that the performance of that beau
tiful little children's symphony was announced
as Thomas Orchestra" left a wrong impress
sion in the minds of the majority who heard it,
they didn't exactly know whether to consider it
a burlesque or not. The symphony was well
performed, and would have been as well apple
cated by all, as it was by some of the audience
had it not been for the error of Judgment in
giving it a deceptive name.
The pantomime was so well liked that the
performers who sustained the parts so admira-
bly, last evening, were prevailed upon to give it
again tonight in the same hall. An adycr-
tisement in its proper column gives
the cast of characters As further movement
towards disposing of the good things offered
last evening, copies of the "Open Hand" the
attractive little paper sold on both evenings, and
full of readable matter written and selected for
the occasion, will be for sale at the news rooms
and book stores of the city at five cents a copy;
the cooked provisions, cake, &C., which was not
consumed will be sold by auction in the hall at
fen o'clock this morning.
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Gd(urccstcr 9ailp spp.
CITY NEWS,

TheO. Thomas orchestra will give a concert
in this city on the evening of Oct. 30.
Read the announcement of the Bloomingdale
nurseries" in another column.
The sale of seats to Miss Lydia Thompson's
entertainment, next Wednesday evening, wilt
begin Monday morning, at seven O'Clock.
The Lyccum tickets will be sold at O'Clock
this morning, to he followed closely by Mr..
Coughs lecture on Monday evening.
Charity lodge No 10, l. o G. T., will hold a
public meeting in Temperance hall, next Mon
day evening.
The ladies of Grace NJ. f. church are making
preparations for another of their social gather
ings, to be held next Thursday evening, in their
vestry, on Walnut street.
Yesterdays business in the municipal court
was the highest for many weeks: VIM. OCon-
nor paid So and costs for assault and battery
and SO and costs for drunkenness. Edward
Carr, complained of for throwing stones, and
Lcmucl C.. Bclding, for adultery, were dis
charged.
The meeting of the teachers association will
be held in the hall of the Belmont street school
building, this afternoon, at 10 O'Clock. A
communication may be expected from Supt
Marble. A discussion of the topic Course of
study" opened by Mr.. Comins, of Belmont An
opportunity will be given the teachers to inspect
the new building. A full attendance is desired.
The singers of Worcester turned out in full
force last evening, it being the first rehearsal
under the direction OF Carl Zerrahn, preparatory
to the musical convention. The oratorio of Eli
jah was taken up, and under the skillful drill
ing of Mr.. Zerrahn considerable progress was
made in the right direction. After TWO more
rehcarsas previous to the convention an impc-
tus will he given to the great chorus which will
be of immense value to singers from abroad,
and prepare the way for a crcditablc perform
ance of this greatest of all the works by Men
dels5ohn.
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WEsTcHEsTER, Pa, Oct. 6.-Mrs. Amanda
Spence, cOlorcd, was shot and instantly killed,
last night, while in the act Of closing a window.
James Burrell, also colored, was arrested as the
assassin.
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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-06-07

rs to secure the sympathies of young readers,
to whom the story is particularly addressed.
The third series of "Bible Sketches" by
Samuel B. Green, B. A., relate in familiar
style, for the edi6cation Of young people, the
leading incidents of Christ's life, with illus
trations from Eastern customs, and explana-
tions calculated to impress the minds of
those for whom the book is particularly in
tended.
Both of the aforementioned works are
from the Riverside press of Hurd & Hough-
ton, and are published by the American Tract
Society.
The June number of The Proof Sheet,
published by Collins & McLeester, contains
sketch of our Democratic contemporary the
Age, with other interesting matter.
The Penn Monthly for June, published
by Porter & Coates, contains several ably
written articles and some excellent book re-
views.
The June number of The Journal of the
Franklin Institute is filed with valuable and
interesting practical and scientific papers
which discuss the latest discoveries, inven-
tions, and Investigations.
The June number of Our IScboolc7ay VisS-
tor presents an attractive array of stories,
sketches, and poems suited to the tastes of
young readers.
Tile Coaclmakers' International Journal
for June contains a number of practical arti-
cles of interest to the coach-making
fraternity.
From the Central News Company, No.
sos Chestnut street. we have received the Nav
number of The st. James Magazine.
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HIGHWAY PRoPosALe.
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES,
~ SEWERS, ETC.
rrv OFFICE OF CHIEF COMMISSIONER, a
r-e No. 104 SoUTH FIFTH STREET,
pxrrr prrrA lime r. 1S1l.
NOTICE To TO 'CsoNTRGCTORs.

A
PHILADELPHIA, June 3, lS7l.l
-.r- NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. 80.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received az the
office of the Chief Commissioner Of High
ways, until IL o'clock M. on FRIDAY, 9th
instant, for the construction of sewers on the
line of ~t.s.es
SERGEANT STREET from the northwest
curb line of KENSINGTON AVENUE to con-
meet with the sewer now constructed on EMER-
On COATES STREET from TWENTY
FIRST STREET to TWENTY SECOND
. On IN BRANDYwINE STREET, EIGH-
TENTH STREET to NINETEENTH STREET,
and from TWENTIETH STREET. to TWENTY
on FfLBERT STREET from SIXTEENTH
STREET to point about sixty-three feet east
of SEVENTEENTH STREET, said sewers to be
constructed in the usual form, with a clear
inside diameter of three feet. Tn
I'D On 81 RUCE STREET, from the east side of
THIRTY-FOURTH STREET to the west side
of THIRTY SEVENTH STREET, to be four
feet in the clear inside diameter. 1rst
With such manhoes as may be directed by
the Chief Engineer and Surveyor. The under
standing to be that the sewers herein adver-
tised are to be completed on or before the 31st
day of December, 1871, and that the contractor
shall take bills prepared against the property
fronting on said sewers to the amount of one dol
lar aud fifty cents for each lineal foot of
front on each side of the street as SO much
cash paid; the balance, as limited by ordinance,
W Dc palu Oy buo CITY; anu Tue COuhdSGOi WILL
be required to keep the street and sewer in good
order for three years after the sewer is
finished.
When the street is occupied by a city passen-
ger railroad track the sewer shall he constructed
alongside of said track in such manner as not to
obstruct interfere with the safe passage of the
cars thereon; and no claim for remuneration
shall be paid the contractor by the company
using said track, as specified in the Act of
Assembly approved May s, 1866.
Each proposal must be accompanied by GER
tificate that bond has been filed in the Law
Department as directed by ordinance of May
25, 1860.
If the lowest bidder shall not execute
contract within five days after the work
| is awarded, he will be deemed as declining, and
| will be held liable on his bond for the differ
| ence between his bid and the next lowest bid
| der. Specifications may be had at the De-
| partment of Surveys which will be strictly
| adhered to. The Department of Highways re-
serves the right to reject all bids not deemed
| satisfactory.
| All bidders may be present at the time and
| place of opening the said proposals. No al
| lowance will be made for rock excavation,
| except by special contract.
MAHLON H. DICKINSON,
$685. Chief Com'r OF Highways.
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RESOLUTION TO PUBLISH A LOAN BILL.
ReSolced, That the Clerk of Common Council
be authorized to publish in two daily newspa-
pers of this city, daily for four weeks the ordi-
nance presented to Common Council on Thurs
authorize loan for the construction of culyerts
and for police purposes" and that the said
Clerk, at the stated meeting of Councils after
the expiration of four weeks from the first day
OF said publication, shall present to this Council
one of each of said newspapers for every
day. ia which the same shall have been
made. 6224t
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CITY ORDINANCES.
OMMON COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA
~. CLERKS OFFICE ssa-rttffy
PHILADELPHIA, June Q, 1S

leB PHILADELPHIA, June 2, 1871.
In accordance with a resolution adopted by
the Common Council of the City of Philadei-
phia on Thursday, the first day of June, 1871,
the annexed bill, entitled San ordinance to au-
thorize loan for the construction of culverts
and for police purposes" is hereby published
for public information.
JOHN ECKSTEIN,
tn.ct Clerk of Common Council.
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FlNANClAL.

ElNANolAL.- -
R.I.I
HuIiI uuu
rsxzxr S,ENTm wNwr~-
q 8s&@ SSS%S - &S0&W D9s
Free of Taxes.
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1r,oT.roN SAIL DUCK AND CANVAS, OF ALL
L nnmbers and brands. Tent. Awning, Trunk
and Wagon-cOVer Duck. Also, Paper ManufaO.
tnTeru' HrieF Feata from thirty TO seVenty-ldI
snoSns ,.il1 PaulIns Beltng. &aR 1winA etc.
-'1' JOHN ". EVKRMAN
No 10 CHURCH BuessfQel htoEesk
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JOHN EChS 1 Elm,
Clerk of Common Council.
AN ORDJNANCF


TO AUTHORIZE A LOAN FOR THE CON-
STRUCTION OF CULVERTS AND FOR
POLICE PURPOSES.
Section 1. The Select and Common Councils
OF the City of Philadelphia do ordain, That the
Mayor of Philadelphia be and he is hereby
authorized to borrow at not less than par, on
the credit of the city, from time to time, four
hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars,
First. For the construction of cul-
verts, one hundred and twenty-five thou
saud dollars. Second. For the purchase of
ground and the erection and extension of build
ings for Police Station-houses, three hundred
thousand dollars. For which interest, not to
exceed the rate of six per cent. per annum,
shall be paid half yearly, on the first days of
January and July, at the Office of the City
Treasurer The principal of said loan shall be
payable and paid at the expiration of thirty
years from the date of the same, and not before,
without the consent of the holders thereof; and
the certificates therefor, In the usual form of
the certificates of City Loan, shall be issued In
such amounts as the lenders may require but
not for any fractional part of one hundred dol
lars; or, II required, In amounts of five hundred
or one thousand dollars; and it shall be ex-
pressed In said certificates that the loan therein
mention, and the interest thereof, are payable
free from all taxes.
Section 2. Whenever any loan shall be made
by. virtue thereof, there shall be, by force of
this ordinance, annually appropriated out of the
income OF the corporate estates and from the
sum raised by taxation, a sum sufficient to pay
the interest on said certificates; aud the further
sum of three-tenths of one per centum on the
par value of such certificates so issued shall be
appropriated quarterly ont of said income and
taxes TO a sinking fund, which fund aud its ac-
cumulatioDs are hereby especially pledged for
the redemption and payment of said certif-
Gates.
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LEGAL NOTICES.

TN THE ORPHANS COURT FOR THE CITY
Il AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA.
Estate Of JAMES QUIGLEY, deceased
The Auditor appointed by the Court to audit SETTLE
and adjust the account Of JOHN MELLON admin
istrator de bonis non OF JAMES QUIGLEY, de-
in the hands Of the accountant, will meet the
parties interested for the purpose of his appoint
ment, on TUESDAY, June 1S, 1sTl at O'Clock p.
City Of Philadelphia. INMAN HORNER,
b81 WIN 81 r.r Auditor.
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JAY COOKE & CO..

Philadelphia, New York, Washington,
FINANCIAL AGENTS NORTHERN PACIFIC
R.R. co.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-10-27

Fashionable follies are usually destrRc-
tive 10 those only who indulge IN them
but revelations recently made In Lon
don show how the health of the poor
may sometimes be made the price Of the
Injuries Of the rich. Ladies' have taken
10 wearing in their hats little tufts Of
artificial grass, sprinkled with glass
beads 10 initiate devdrops. In the man
ufactnre Of this kind OF adornment a
virulent poison called Schcile's green,
in employed, which In a compound OF ar
senic and copper. The color in applied
by women and children. who earn only
N pittance by the work, and who by in
haling the fumes og the poison become
dangerously sick, snd even die. "A re-
porter OF one OF the London daily pa-
pers has been irquiriag into the matter,
and as the result Of his inquiries, pub
lished the following paragraph
+" IL is simple work and soon learned,
but great deal Of il must be done 60
earn any money; and thus plenty Of the
busted arsenic Is imbibed BY these vic
TINS OF "a mode. Our commissioner
visited family engaged in the prepara-
ton Of this grass of death. Little.
pinched. white faces, duh eyes circled
with red. inflamed lids. perpetual ca
tarrh, and constant wheeEe In the
throat, marked every member Of the
group. These painfal symptoms excite
little notice, but always occur when 90
large order for grass il obtained by such
household What II more serious in
the experience of these scatterers of
deadly dewdrOps ON deathful herbagc
is when the eara bleed IL Ain't good
sign; many in our line gets IL. said the
mother Of the family. But the coughs
the worst. The cough from these sham
pastures had killed beautiful little
gal last year She went ON steadily be-
dewing the devils grass as she told her
story, and the little girl beside her who
had the bleeding ears stopped them by
piece OF wadding from her brother Joe's
cap. and went on too. Sneexing and
mopping their running ears In the midst
of the arsenic dust, the family could
make twelve shillings n week out OF the
business. They had to work early and
late though, and work MI hands, bleed
ing or not bleeding, coughing or mot
coughing, 20 earn as much nm tins.
When asked why she exposed herself
and her children thus 10 certain DEATH
the mother answered: The oniy trade
we should find II we cut this would be
starvin'."
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the earth some distance from na, and
then rebounded. falling again within %
few feet 0f where Ii struck. Then, from
paTalyzing fear, the crowd broke forth
into shTieks Of terror, women ran wildly
about screaming aud actually tearing
their hair, aud rlsh was made for the
spot where the man had .struck the
ground There was an indentation not
less that eight or ten inches deep, and fill
esl with blood aud brains which had burst
from the skull then. like a cannon bah
let drop from an immense height, il
crushed into the earth. The dead man
was then taken up and carried 10 the
Albert House where the poor wife, who
had often safely trayersed the air with
her husband, cared for IL.
The excitement In the town was of the
most fearful and intense description, nm
may readily be believed. Those MhO
had come ont for pleasure returned
hoIne In sorrow, and the town wore the
aspect of place which had been visited
by some fearful calamity in which its
own interests had suffered There waa
no more of Ihe fair that day, and the
of the dreadful occurrence
viii long be \ story told by the inhabi-
tants when those who Witnessed il shall
long since have died
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A clergyman I'm Massachusetts, who
haS seen his three ecure and fAms wna
complimented ON his hale and youthful
locks the other day. Smiling, In touched
his handsome brown hair and repitndi
ssYon know they have way Of helping
old men little these days. ''Nhats
said his friend, sshave ron been c0loring
your hair fn - Yes, replied he
have been doing what / once thought
nothing would induce M 70 do. ] hnye
been turning my grey hair brown, and
win tell Won how / was brought 10 II
After leaving NV position at ---, pro-
posed 10 ro back into the ministry. and
become a parish minister. Accordingly
as i had an opportunity. preached 10
nnuae few destitute churches. and wna
rratitled to hear at the conclusion of me
services, that the people were wrM
pIeaped with nav teeching, and bMt fcr
INV grey hair would I've glad tn have lne
Cor their minister; but they could mot
think OF 40 old q man. wen, while 4
was going through this experience. an
old friend suggested that / should color
NV hair, and thus remove from the eyes
Of the people the reproach Of being en-
old man. Aud consented finally, %
make this experiment. And what do
Won think The very first time that 1
preached with brown hair upon my hoad
/ was greeted with @ cali to settle in the
ministry, and / have ever since been the
happy pastor of united and apparently
happy people. So much for the color
of ones hair-so much i'm proof that
there In something in looks after NIL, not
withstnnding the old proverb that looks
nre nothing and behavior is all.
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THE PURPOSE or Foop. For what is
TODD given : To enable us to carry on
the necessary business of life, and that
our support may be such IS our work
requires. This Is the use OF food. Man
eats aud drinks that he may work there
fore, the idle man forfeiss his night TO his
daily bread; and the apostle lays down
n rule both just and natural, that, :. il
any man viii not work, neither shall he
eat !" but no sooner do we fall into
abuse and excess, than we are sure TO
suffer for II in mind and In body, either
with sickness or i'll temper. or vicious
inclinations, or with all of them nt once.
Man is enabled 10 work by eating what is
sufficient he is kiadeyed from working,
and becomes heavy, idle, and stupid, II
he take too much. As 10 the bodily dis
tempers that are occasioned by excess
there is no end of them.
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A combat took place ai Madrid, in
Spain, between the celebrated elephant
PlEarr0 and d wild bull. The eEcitemnnt
among the populnce 0f tho Spanish cmpi-
tai, for days previous 20 the fight, WAS
tremendous. The price 1f seats In the
nmphitheatre rose 20 fabnlnna figure,
aud the ticket-oflice was besseged by .
crowd Of buyers, IN which tbs nobility
and the commonality. the rich and the
poor, hustled each other regardless 0f
rank or the want of II, aud only intent
upon securing place whence 10 witness
the strange spectacle.
When at length the eventual day af-
rived, the amphitheatre was packed 10
ifs utmost capacity. There was some
10y play of the aaaai lJnll-flghting order
but the spectators bad come Tor sport ut
d different kind, and soon grew clhmnr-
onM f0r the elephant. The barrier gates
were md length thrown wide open, mnd
the immense form VI PiEaEro wma mnen
slowly advancing into the ring. TO his
hindlegs waa attached massive chain,
the other end of which waa ImmrAiaAely
secured by means Of ring 10 post
which had been firmly planted ia the
centre Of the amphitheatre. This pre-
caution was necessary becanse Rixafro
Wa subiecs 30 violent fts Of anger. dur
ing which he was liable 10 do . great
deal Of mischief.
To the intense disgust Of the audience,
the combat was very tame. The buA
was apparently awed by the immense
siNe Of hiR opponent and Pixarrn cared
NO little for his antagonist that he occn-
pied himself with picking up oranges
and cakes thrown 90 him from the boxes.
Al length, irritated by darts and fire.
crackers, the bull made u desperate
charge but, being thrown back ON hiR
launches by the vi0lfnce of the shock,
he could not be induced 10 renew the
fight. After standing stu few minutes,
aa II 10 recover from hts astonistment.
he SUNK, thoroughly intiniidated. into
corner, from which neither fireworks
nor the irritating red naantel could make
him stir. A second buil succeeded IN
inhicting a slight wound on PiEar0's
trunk, but. like his predecessor, soon
gave up in despair.
The singular combat was renewed the
next day, with just as tame results. The
bulls were apparently peFplexed 10 know
what 10 make OF monster from whose
hinge bead they rebounded M il they had
charged against a solid wall. After Une
ur two attempts they would retire, and
nothing could drive them To make nn-
other charge. As for the elephant, he
took things In a very cool and pliioscph-
ical manner, and ate his oranges and
drank his wine, which was freely sent
him from the boxes, with the dignity
BETTING a monster of his ilnportnnce
and proves But as no man was killed,
and as none Of the brute antagonists
received a serious wound. the gentle
audience came 10 the conclusion that q
ball and elephant fight was very tame
and uninteresting affair. Something
better was expected Of Pizarro. who i
known 10 be vicious-talnpered beast.
I'm one Of his fits Of fury he once made
raid through the streets of Saragossa, In
the course al which one OF his tuSks were
broken. Az Madrid he seemed 10 look
upon his antagonists NJ worthy only of
passive contempt