Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-12-19
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CITY NEWS.

Benz Goddard & Co. announce their holiday
goods this morning, See advertisement,
The new high school house will be dedicated
on Saturday, December Both.
The Providence and Worcester railroad com
pany has declared a dividend of five per cent,
payal January1.
Ne James Fitch, of Sterling, lost his pocket
book, with money and valuable papers, while
coming to this city yesterday morning,
Rev. W. T. Mallalieu will deliver his new lee
ture, entitled the "New Era, at the Webster
square church this evening. The proceeds will
be given to the church.
Mrs. NJ. II, Bixby late OF Youngoo, Burmah
will speak at the chapel of the Main street Bap-
list church, in behalf of the women's mission
society, this evening, at "a o'clock, All utter
ested are invited to attend.
Our advice to persons unsteady inclined is to
20 to the concert to be given by the celebrated
English VocalistS, at Mechanics hail. tomorrow
night They will there hear the best ballad and
part singing they ever listened to in their lives,
Rev Edward Z. Hale, who stands at the head
of American story tclers. appears in the Iy.
ceum course on Thursday evening, with Ice
ture-stoFv, entitled "He did his Level Best" 1t
will be well worth hearing.
TIC Boston theatre management will give an
excellent entertainment in the Music bail on
Monday next (Christmlsl. The piece to he
played will be duly announced, and the seats
viii be ready for sale en- Saturday morning at
the box Office
Perhaps is not generally known that there
N,-as ola ~ - 4. "a
but there was, and it came from box 16. The
cause Of the alarm was the falling of stack in
Earl Jones foundry, on Southbridge street;
and but for prompt action a fire would very
z ely have happened.
A basket of unwashed clothes left unguarded
1.-THE side entrance OF the Bay State house, last
Aening, so tempted VIM Mailer that he grabbed
them and bore them Off to the home of tiBsiy
accompIice, But the Mailer was nailed, the
clothes rcgrabbed and the actomplice brought
signing 10 the halls of municipal Justice, where
the clothes, steaer and receiver are retained
In the municipal court, yesterday. James
OConor received a sentence Of three months
IN the house of correction for larceny on one
complaint, aud one month additional on anoth-
er. Dennis O'Connor, for making single sale
of liquor, paid SO and costs; Richard Heating,
common drunkard, So and costs; Dennis Lee
and Peter G. Kane, drunkenness, 40 and costs
each; John Cummings, assault and battery, dis.
charged on payment of costs
The West Upton express team, consisting of
four horses and heavy wagon, met
with an accident on Saturday, by which
Che rear whcel-borsc. the best one of the
four was killed, The horses were stand
ing near Stewards boiler shop, when they sud
denly became frightened and ran upon high
bank just south of the junction, overtuming the
heavy wagon, killing one horse an I frightening
the leaders so that they broke away and ran,
The public schools will not be in session this
afternoon, hut the teachers arc TO assemble at
Natural History hall TO hear MIR. Walter Smiths
views on the proper method of teaching the art
OF drawing. Mr.. Smith arrived from Bpstop
last evening, and was met at the deput by Su-
perintendcnt Marble, who took him up to the
Belmont street school house to see the drawing
class, and spent the evening with him. He ex,
pressed himself we'll pleased with the method of
teaching in practice at our evening schools, and
commended most heartily The interest he saw
manifested in the work Mr.. Shortrdge, SUI.
pcn0tendent of schools in indianapolis, Ind.
was also in the city last evening, and visited the
drawing school with Mr.. Marble
In speaking OF the DIiddcboro bank robbery
an account Of which appears among the Ply
mouth county items on the fourth page, the
JoSton Journal says :-"The robbery is supposed
TO have been committed by two mon who keep
gambling saloon in Worcester. They were
seen IN Taunton on Saturday morning each
having bundle under his arm, by man who
had heard Of the burglary, and suspected them
as the guilty parties, but made no attempt to ar.
rest them. They were tracked as far as Paw
turket, where all traces Of them were lost"