Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-25
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CITY NEWS.

Tie National cOrnet band played last evening.
A special and important meeting of the State
Guard is advertised for tonight.
The First National bank of this city has re-
Gently changed $780, 900 United States bonds of
1862 for the new government loan bonds.
The City Guard Light Infantry and battery
companies are busy getting ready for muster
next week.
George NJ. Rice, Photographic artist, of this
city, was upon the camp meeting grounds, yes
terday, taking views of many of the tents and
cottages, and also of the meeting during the ex-
ercises at the public stand.
Extensions to patentees in this city have re-
Gently been granted las follows To Benaiah Fits,
for improved arrangement of feed rollers for
planning machines, dated Aug II, 1851; John
Toulin Tor improvement in vibrating shears,
dated Aug %, 1851; Timothy F. Taft, improved
shears for cutting metal, dated Aug. Is. 1851
The alarm Of fire yesterday forenoon was
caused by slight kindling Of fame in an old
junk storehouse on East Central street. There
was no need of the engines, the fire having been
eXtiuguished by private efforts before the fire.
men arrived.
the first time this season. j. G.. Campbell,
great Ethiopian dramatic delineatOr," with "a
large and talented dramatic company" will
bring out "Pomp; OF, Way Down South" in
which Mr. Campbell appears as Pomp, "a pic
ture of fidelity, truth and gratitude"
In the municipal court, yesterday, John
Healey was fined $40 and costs for assault and
battery; johanna Sweeney, charged with being
n common drunkard, was discharged; Lena
Hartley was sent to the honse of correction for
one month for a second offence of drunkenness;
VIM. A. Goodell, Stephen Hartwe and John
Baker were fined for drunkenness Hartwell
was committed on non-payment and the other
two paid.
HoRTICULTURAL.-rh following is Il list Of
contributions to the weekly exhibition of the
Horticultural society: Newell Wood of Millbury
exhibited pears, Dearborns seeding; j. C. Low
ell of West BoyIston, Fox grapes and pears Of
the Clapp's Favore and Tyson varieties; d S.
Burgess, pears of the Doyenne Boussock and
Clapp's Favorite varieties; Mrs. C. w. Hamilton,
two stands of very choice roses, and dish OF
equally good pansies; +. j. Kinney, Wilson's
Eagle backbcrrieS, purple top turnip, two feet
in circumference, and Trophy tomatoes; II. r.
and L. F. Kinney, So varieties of wild flowers,
and Il specimen of fungus % inches in circum-
ference; Henry E. Kinney, cnt flowers; Mrs.
A. ID. Foster, cut bloom of rare cactus; ]. X.
l.. Pck1ord, pears, for name, ''Rostiezer." A
gratuity Of two dollars was awarded Mrs. c.
W. Hamilton, and gratuity of one dollar to
Daniel S. Burgess.
The New STAINED GLASS WINDOWS have
been placed in the Old South church, and the
fresco painters are nearly done with the audi
ence room. The windows present very somhre
appearance from the outside, the groundwork
seeming to be nearly black and the diamond
figure the hue of red clay; but from the interior,
looking out to the light, the effect is very diff
ferent, and much more pleasing, the ground
color being light greenish gray, and the da-
mond-shaped figure delicate salmon color.
The fresco work is in the hands of gentle
man who lately came to this city aud estab-
lished himself in that line-Mr. James NJ. Ter
nan; and the inside of the Old South is his
first large job. The tint of the walls is purple
and that of the ceiling lavender, with Pompean
style of decoration and Greek border. The
decorative frescong back of the pulpit is of
pattern new in this city, and presents a striking
appearance. On a ground work of gold are
ornaments of Il dark purple, checked off da-
monding with intersecting lines of yermion
and green.
THE ELEVATORS in Chollars new furniture
establishment are models of convenience and
safety. The one for use in taking patrons to
and from the various floors is an elegant af-
fair, finished with inlaid woods, a mirror, and
fine upholstery, and forming handsome little
car, capable of carrying half dozen persons
up and down. 1t is supplied with the new safe
ty rachel arrangement by which it will stop i'm
mediately at any point should anything break.
The freight elevator, capable of sustaining 800
pounds, is constructed on the same plan, and,
like the one for passengers, can be operated
on the car or at either landing, and stops itself
at each floor They were built by Mr.. Jerome
Wheelocl OF this city, who applied an improve.
ment of his own in the spring. He also built
the compact little fifteen horsepower double
cylinder upright engine, located in the base
ment, and run especially for the purpose of
operating the elevators The fact that these
elevators have all the advantages of any built,
CNGI III at Siult lilllt 81 COii-
structed as TO render the falling of them i'm
possible, makes them invaluable in this extensive
establishment.
ANOTHER CONNECTING RAILROAD LINK
special meeting of the stockholders of the
Nashua and Rochester railroad was held
in the City hall at Nashua, N H., yesterday
Thursday afternoon. AS is well known there,
this proposed road will be of importance to the
railroad interests of this city, as it forms con-
Meeting link between Halifax and New York by
the way of the Worcester and Nashua road.
The stockholders from this city were represent
ed at the meeting yesterday by an attendance of
twenty or more, and the meeting was presided
over by +. ii. Kinnieut of this city, president
of the board of directors. The action of the
meeting upon all matters brought before it
showed marked unanimisy, and the idea of ac-
celebrating the construction of the road nv au-
thorizing the leasing of the same for a
period of not less twenty years, met with hearty
approval, after the stockholders understood that
guarantee of six per cent on their stockIwould
be given. The Worcester and Nashua railroad
corporation will probably be the essees and the
construction of the lme-which is less than fifty
miles in length-will undoubtedly be pushed
ahead. The mayor of Nashua spoke, giving
much encouragement to the project in behalf of
that city, which has subscribed TO 100000 of
the stock. The Worcester and Nashua railroad
corporation takes 100000 more; and some
til ing over 100000 has been taken already by
capitalists. Several heavy subscriptions were
made yesterday.
A vote was taken on the act of the legislature
of the state of New Hampshire, approved June
30, 1871, entitled, "An act in amendment of an
act passed June session, A. d. 1868, entitled an
act to unite the Portland and Rochester railroad
company and the Nashua and Epping railroad
company, aud to constitute the Nashua and
Rochester railroad" and it was accepted. The
several acts passed by the legislature of New
Hampshire, relating to the Nashua and Epping
railroad company and the Portland and Roches
ter railroad company, were also adopted;
and the board of directors was authorized to