Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-05
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CITY NEWS.

There will be no service at the Central church
on Fast day.
The trustees of the Worcester horticultural
society are reminded of the meeting this after
noon at four O'Clock.
The Worcester county commandery of Knights
Templar have a notice among the advertise
ments.
The Mazeppa baseball club will play their
first game this season, with a picked nine, on
the agricultural grounds tomorrow afternoon.
The ladies' benevolent society of the First Uni
tartan parish will meet ut Mr.. Salisbury's, this
afternoon, at o'clock. Gentlemen are invited
in the evening. Tea from to O'Clock.
The amusement for this evening will be given
at Music hall by the Brooklyn Ministries, who
come with good number of well-known per
formers, and give every promise of superiority
over most travelling troupes.
Birch, Wambold, Bernard & Backus' San
Francisco MINISTRIES, from New York city, will
appear in Music hall, Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings, April II and IL.
The Peoples club rooms will be open to the
public tomorrow Fast day. afternoon, from
two till five O'Clock, In the evening it will be
open to boys only, as usual on Thursday night.
The embezzement case against Messrs. Sutton
Wheeler was up in the municipal court again
yesterday, and was postponed until the 22d.
Peter Duffee was sentenced to three months in
the house of correction for assault and battery.
The Temple of Honor received visit last
evening, from some of the officers of the Grand
Temple, and the evening was agreeably spent in
listening to addresses from the visiting brethren
and from members of the Temple here. A
strong desire was expressed to have the visit re-
peated.
Horticultural hall will be the scene of a brilliant
and pleasant gathering this evening. The ball
of company B, State Guard, will mark the
virtual close of the dancing season, and will be
largely attended Military men will appear in
uniform, and Barnard & Richardson's orchestra
will furnish the music till three O'Clock in the
morning, at which hour the festivities will close.
The Whitney manufacturing company of this
city, OF which our friend George G. Whitney is
an active partner, hes purchased the good will
oil the Union paper box company of L. N. Gates
Son, and the Wheelock paper box business,
carried on in Rice's block. When Mr.. Taylor's
new granite block is completed the business
will be carried on there in spacious quarters
leased for the purpose.
B. ID. Dwinnell has assumed the duties of
assistant postmaster, and Gen. Pickett will find
in him valuable and popular aid. Qurtermas-
ter Dwinnell was one of the most faithful,
obliging and efficient officers in the service
during the late war, and his army associates,
one and all, agree that it will be impossible for
disagreement to arise between him and the pub
lie without placing the latter party entirely at
fault. He will be popular at the post office.
FAST NIGHT CoNCERT.-The promised Fast
night concert by the Worcester Choral Union is
attracting large public interest, as shown by
the demand for tickets at the opening sale at
Leland Co.'S music store yesterday morning,
nearly three hundred seats being taken during