Worcester daily spy., 1871-07-17

"DIsCHARGED WITHOUT COMPLAINT" -
These words are frequently written in the books
of the police office after the names of persons ar
rested for trivial misdemeanors, and the idea
conveyed provokes neither comment nor second
thought; but when death precludes the formality
of entering a complaint before the court, mean
ing is given that sets one thinking in serious
vein The words were written Saturday morn
ing after the name of James F. Hervey, arrested
Friday evening for drunkenness and locked up
in the police station for trial Saturday morning;
but when Saturday came, Higher Tribunal had
disposed of James F. Hervey's case, and for the
undertaken to prepare his rigid body for the
grave was the only action to be taken in regard
TO him. He was about thirty-six years of
age, cutter, who formerly worked in
Houghton's shoe shop, and was consid.
cred one of the most desirable of the craft be
fore rum got the better of him. He was thrown
out of work about eight mouths ago, and since
that time has been going to the bad very fast,
disregarding the earnest entreaties of his father
and friends to quit his dissipated ways and do
better. He has been arrested before, has been
taken home, and kindly dealt With; but all to
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Friday night, it availed him nothing, and lie
was locked up. AT midnight Capt. Howe mo-
ticed that he breathed heavily as he lay on his
back on the hard bunk of his cell, but that was
not uncommon enough to create surprise:
but when he was found dead in the morning
the fact was remembered. physician who
was called in pronounced the cause of his
death to be apopexy, and when his father
came and heard the facts, he remarked that
twice within a few months James had been
taken by similar fits and alarmed the family by
his deathly appearance. His body was removed
to the undertakers and prepared for burial and
thus Frank" as he was known, was "dis-
charged without complaint"
CHURCH OF TIE UNITY.-At the adjourned
parish meeting on Saturday evening last, Hon.
George W. Richardson presiding, and II. A.
Marsh secretary, the report of the committee on
proposed alterations and repairs of the present
church edifce was further discussed, after
ne was an adjournment for two weeks
to- sction of the city government in
reference Wy extension of Maple street to
Elm street, be. SNsking final action Joseph
Mason, Esq, anu',' on. Henry Chaplin gave
expression to the predominant sentiment of the
meeting, as to the impoicy of taking final ae-
ton on the matter, at that time, in considera-
ton of the decided sentiment in the community
at large, and growing stronger every day, in
favor of the proposed extension of Maple streess
inasmuch as the committee of the city govern
I ment, who had asked the church to defer their
action, would report in favor of that extension
as a public convenience and necessity.
WIN. s. Davis, Esq, referred to the provisions
of the fire limits ordinance, as directly prohib-
tive of the proposed raising up of the church
edifiee, which is awooden structure. Mr.. Davis
read, among Others, the fifth section of that
ordinance, which provides that ''no person shall
construct an additional story under any wooden
building now erected within said limits, nor
shall any person raise up or elevate any wooden
building therein, so that the under sill thereof
shall be more than three feet above the level of
the street."
1t was then voted, in order to test the legality