Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-11-23
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CITY NEWS.


The lyccpm lecture committee inform MS that
they expect great treat in the lecture OF Hon.
William Parsons this evening.
The sale Of tickets to Thco Thomas grand
concert VIII open this morning at nine O'Clock,
at the music store of Richards, Metcalf & Co.
The nest public temperance meeting at the
Summer street chapel will he held on Sunday
evening,
The increased attendance at Horticultural
ball renders it necessary for Col. Bachelor 10
give three lectures daily-1i A, NJ, and P. NJ,
Exhibition closes Saturday.
The fuance committee Of the Boston aud Al
hany railroad have decided to issue only II mil
lion aud half Of bonds. The bonds have
twenty years to run at seven per cent. interest.
The attcution of school teachers is called to
the notice Of the superintendent of schools IT,
garding the Gettysburg exhibition in another
column. Bnt three days remain ia admit the
pupils Of the public schools,
Tickets Of admission to the levee and reunion
OF the State Guard, al the new armory, on Fri
day evening, Dec, S, are now for sale by the
members. The names of the committee on re-
frcshmcnts will be published in an advertise.
mcnt, Tomorrow, and the full programme will
be announced in few DAYS.
The entertainment IN the veStty Of the Uni
versalist church, on Friday evening, is in the
bands Of well known amateurs OF this city,
which is a sufficient guarantee of its success !;
and ali who enjoy an evening with the light
drama will avail themselves of this opportunity
Mr.. and Mrs. John + Sutton were pleasantly
surprised, at their residence in New Worcester,
on Tuesday evening last by gathering Of some
one hundred Of their friends aud rcighbors, who
presented them with an elegant China tea set
and several articles Of silver ware, MS a memcno
Of the aftccntb anniversary Of their marriage.
\ meeting Of ladies interested in the success
of the present movement to secure to woman
through the action Of our next legislature, the
right to vote the approaching presidential elcc
ton, will be held at the house of Mrs Harrison
Bliss, u Main street, on Friday next, at 2!
O'clock N, The question for special consider
alton will be, aid for the forthcoming woman
suffrage bazaar in Boston. If, at the time an
nounced it should be stormy, the meeting will
not be held TILL the next comfortable afternoon.
The book store of l. II. Bigclow was closed
yesterday and emblcms of mourning on the door
made known to the public the death of the pro-
prietor. The news was received with very general
sorrow, for Mr.. Bigeow had won the sincere
friendship Of many persons, and was universally
respected. He succeeded to the firm of Grout
& Bigelow about three years ago and until the
beginning Of his sickness, which dated from a
cold taken last summer, enjoyed excellent health
In the putting down Of the southern rebellion
he had an honorable share, going away among
the first volunteers from Worcester, and subse-
qucntly serving as an officer in the 51st regi-
meut He was, at the time of his death, drec-
tor of the Mechanics ASSOCIATION.
Among those who paid fines for drunkenness
in the municipal court Tuesday morning, were
two men who were found in helpless state Of
iutoXjcation before light--one with 1869 in his
pocket, and the other with S175. One was
marble-worker and the other stone-cutter,
each on his way to Chicago, where men of those
crafts arc in demand just now. They paid their
fines Of SO and costs without even grumble.
and went on their way rejoicing that they had
been taken bodily instead of having had their
money taken.