Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-06-08
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CITY NEWS.

There will be Sabbath school exhibition and
strawberry festival Mt the Laurel street church.
this evening.
Among the graduates at the naval academy
Tuesday was Charles W. Bartlett, of this city,
who stood No. six in a class of forty-eight The
class have been granted a leave of absence.
Mr.. Chas. Baker, of the firm of C. Baker &
Co., lumber dealers, fell from car while over
looking the unloading of lumber yesterday
forenoon, breaking his collar bone.
All the schools will be closed on Friday and
Saturday, by vote of the school board, and the
teachers will attend the county teachers associa-
ton, to be held at Fitchburg, beginning at 10
A. NJ. on Friday.
The Quinsigamond lodge of Odd Fellows go
to Boston next Tuesday to be present at the lay
ing of the corner stone of Odd Fellows hall.
The Worcester brass band will go with them.
According to the report at the meeting of the
Massachusetts total abstinence society, at Bos-
ton, yesterday, fifty prominent gentlemen in
this city and county have signiied their will
lingness to sign call for the formation Of
county society, auxiliary to the state society.
1t was generally considered by the people of
the city that the rain of last night accomplished
a great amount of good; and certainly the farm
ers in the towns around us will be encouraged to
hope for better crop of hay than they had ex-
pected to gather if the days of heat continued.
A boy named ATulcahey, fifteen years of age,
who was doing night duty at the Quinsigamond
wireworks, got caught early yesterday morning
in a coiling wheel, cutting his head, dislOcating
one elbow, and otherwise badly bruising him.
Dr. Hubon dressed his INJURIES and he is doing
well.
Mr.. Harry McGlennen of the Globe theater,
Boston, was in the city yesterday making ar
rangements TO come on the 26th and 9th, with
Charles Mathews and company from the Globe.
} This excellent theater has never before sent
company here, and the announcement will be
gratifying to many. On the first evening the
play will be Married for Money"
At the last weekly meeting of the Horticul
tural society wild flowers were presented by
the young Messrs. Kinney, and:by J. c. Lowell
of West Boylston. A very choice collection of
pansies was exhibited by Geo. Cruckshanks,
gardener to ]. c. Within of Whitinsyille. The
library will be open this afternoon,at the usual
hour.
day, and one on Green street threatened serious
things. horse belonging in Hendricks stable
overturned the carriage in turning the corner
of Franklin street, throwing gentleman and
lady to the ground and severely injGring the
latter. The runaway team then struck and
tipped over carriage in which Capt. Cum
min9s and Patrolman Fayerweather were riding,
throwing them violently out Their team was
righted, however, and the horse held; so that
no serious damage resulted to it or the men.
The lady was taken into Cleveland's eating
house and cared for by Dr. Hubon.
The subject of unhealthy piles of rubbish,
undrained sink-holes, and many worse breeders
of disease, which exist in certain localities in
this city, was brought before the board of
health last evening in the form of twenty com
plants from the city marshal; and such nui-
sances will be looked after. The city, as arue, is
more free from such offensive places than most
cities of its size and business character; but
some people there are whose own inclinatiOns
will never lead to neatness, and as their filth
cannot be tolerated to the annoyance of the
good people around them, measures will be
taken by the authorities to compel such careless
ones TO clean up their premises and be respecta-
BILE in the matter.