Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-05-03
daurtester 9ailg Spy.
CITY NEWS.

A very handsome organ, of the Geo. Wood 6
Go. manufacture, is on exhibition at the sales.
rooms of Richards, Me:calf & Co.
The sale of reserved seats to Lucille Westerns
performances will begin at Muschall box office
this morning at II O'Clock.
The ladies of Grace NJ E. church will hold
social gathering at Washburn hall tomorrow eve
ming. The proceeds will be devoted to the fur
nishing Of their new church.
The large bouquet upon one of the tables on
the platform at the graduating exercises of the
high school was contributed by Mr.. P. L. Moen,
from his greenhouse.
Members of the Choral Union are advised to
secure tickets for the Providence excursion as
early as possible. They may be found at Rich
ards, Metcalf G. Co.'s music store.
Lieutenant Justin b. Willard, Co, A, 10th in
fantry, has just received his discharge from the
adiutant generals office, having cent in his
resignation when he left the city last winter.
Another collection of seventeen handsome Mich
igan horses passed through Worcester yesterday
morning, on their way to T. S. Sloan's stable, in
Leicester, this time a pair of splendid looking
black twin colts heading the procession.
The May (crminal) term of the superior court
will begin in this city next Monday. The in
vestigation of the grand jury will occupy three
or four days. Judge Ptman will preside dur
ing the trials.
Mrs. Emeline L. Rider, who died in this city
on Monday, from disease of the kidneys, had
taken no nourishment but water for fifty-four
days previous to her death. This is certainly
remarkable though not an isolated case.
The Baptist educational convention meets to.
day at the First Baptist church, on Salem street,
at ten o'clock A. NJ. The morning session will
be occupied with DR.. Lamson's paper on acade.
miles, the afternoon with Prof. Hamlin's paper
on science and religion; and the evening with
DR.. CaswelPs paper on educationa. institutions.
The public are invited.
Although Mr.. Hoppin has had his cork model
of famous English structure on exhibition at
Peck art gallery, 100 Main street, but two
days, large numbers of our citizens have been
in to see them. Every fresh visit reveals to the
beholder some new perfection and some new
beauty.
The next quarterly conference of the young
mems Christian association will be held to-mor-
row at Fitchburg. An extra train will leave
Foster street station at eight O'Clock in the fore
noon, and return at the close of the conference
in the evening", Fare to 20 aud return, one dol.
lar. Friends of the association are invited to
attend
Hon. Isaac Davis has sold to Charles L. Cor
ham & Co. a lot of land on Main street, 25 feet
front by ITO deep, adjoining the Peoples bank
block; price, 81 per square foot. The purchas-
ers will occupy, for the present, the wooden
building upon the estate for their music store,
with the intention of erecting brick block upon
it at future day.
The annual election of officers for Chamberlin
light battery was held last evening, Maj Titus pre-
siding. The officers chosen were: Captain, John
G. Rice; list lieutenants, j. Loring Baird and H.
Wallace; I'd lieutcnants, Lysander B. Nichols
and Samuel B. Maxwell. The resignation of
Capt. Reed and Lieut.. Fenner had been duly re-
,ceiycd at the adjutant generals office and their
discharges issued.
The children of the First Unitarian Sunday
school were very successful in their May-day
festival yesterday and last evening, netting
about four hundred dollars, which will 60
towards paying for tablets to the memory OF
those members of the school who died in the
were exceeding interesting, the little ones being
dressed in representation of various flowers, to
give little play which ended by the browning
of one of the members as May queen.