Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-05-11
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CITY NEWS.

lions to-day, ana report tomorrow
A dramatic performance will take place at
Saenger halle, next Monday.night, for the bene-
fit of Herr Richard Hahn.
The Peoples club will give their usual weekly
entertainment of readings and music at Natural
History hall this evening.
Prof. Thompson, of the Technical school, gave
lecture in Lowell, last evening, as a prelim-
mary step toward establishing schools for free
hand and mechanical drawing in that city.
Mr.. jeremiah Murphy was surprised at his
residence on Bluff street, Tuesday evening, by
about forty of his friends, and presented with
costly China service
A young woman employed in Fox's mill, and
boarding at No. 16 Millbury street, caught her
hand in gear yesterday afternoon, and had
two fingers quite badly crushed. DR.. Francis
attended to the injury.
A silver ballot-box, presented to Damascus
lodge Knights of Pythias, by Geo. McFadden-
can be seen in the window Of e. A. WaTen's
apothecary store.
Miss Emma Slocomb was surprised last
evening, at her parents residence in Mission
Chapel, by large party of her friends, who
presented her with bouquets of flowers and
very handsome writing desk.
There will be a social gathering at the Young
Mems Christian Association rooms this evening
when Mr.. and Mrs Muuroe will take part in the
musical exercises and there will be other attrac-
tions interesting to the public.
The Worcester county homeopathic medical
society held its quarterly meeting yesterday, at
Good Templars' hall, Foster street. DIR. Hackett
of Fitehburg and DIR. Warren of Palmer were
received as members. After day of pleasant
intercourse, medically and socially, the society
adjourned to meet three months from date at
the same place.
On Tuesday evening, the friends of Mrs. Joel
d. Stratton, TO the number of over forty, sur
priscd her at her house on Sever street, and pre-
scented her valuable silk dress-pattern and
package Of money, all of which was thankfully
received. After partaking of refreshments, the
remainder of the evening was spent in singing
and general social time.
Messrs. N. H. Merriam, T. X. Earle, Alanson
Wilcox, L. P. Goddard, c. D. Tucker, John l..
Parker, G. G. Stowell, A. L. Kneeland, Jonathan
Luther and VIM. A. Smith have been chosen
delegates from the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation here to the national convention to be
held at Washington the last week in this month.
At the last weekly meeting of the Horticul-
tural society collection of nineteen species of
wild flowers, almost all being neatly and cor
rectly named, was received from Herbert R..
and Lorenzo F. Kinney, two lads, aged twelve
and nine years respectively. 1t is intended to
award liberal gratuities to contributors during
the season of native plants correctly named.
The library will be open this afternoon at the
usual hour.
At meeting of Scotchmen held at Lincoln
hall Tuesday evening, to make arrangements for
he celebration of the the centenary anniversary
of the birth of Sir Walter Scott, the following
committee was chosen to canvass the matter
and report at a meeting to be held on the 23d
Messrs. Charles Stewart, James Weir, Jr.,
George Weir, William Watts, Andrew Hare,
James Spiers, G. L, Patterson, Charles Stewart,
I'd, William Anderson, Alex. Foulds, and Jas.
Weir, Sr.
EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE.-The eghty-frst
annual convention OF Episcopal clergymen and
lay delegates Of the diocese of Massachusetts,
began yesterday in Springfield, Bishop East
burn presiding. Preliminary thereto mission
airy meeting was held Tuesday evening, when
addresses were made by Rev. Drs. Packard OF
Lawrence and Miles of Taunton, on the impor-
lance and necessity of home missionary work.
Yesterday forenoon, Rev.IDr. Brooks, of Boston,
preached the annual sermon, and Bishop East
burn delivered his annual address in the after
noon.
The sessions of the convention will continue
to-day.
MUNICIPAL CoURT.-The following cases
were disposed of by Judge Williams yesterday
Michael F. Moran, Joseph d. johnson, Daniel
Healey, Chas. Robinson, and Chas. St. Clare for
drunkenness, were each fined So and costs;
Daniel Healey and Henry Leonard, for disturb
ing the peace, were each fined $40 and costs
Leonard was also fined IS and costs for drunk
enness; Michael Barrett, for being present at
dancing on the Lords day, was fined $40 and
costs; Elbridge G. Wheelock, Geo. H. Blake,
Samuel Stratton, Geo. D. Hall, and Myron j.
KEENAN, were each fined $40 aud costs for liquor
selling.
The widening of Front street will work quite
Charles Prentice has already moved back his
brick block, corner of Spring street, and will,
the coming season, build an addition to it on
the west side, of the same height, with a large
store in the basement. Mr.. II. s. Prentice, who
owns the next building west is going to move
it on to the rear of his lot and erect four-story
block between that and the street, with stores in
the basement and the upper portion for dwell
ings.
Mr.. S. D. Harding is adding another story to
his block on the corner of Front and Trumbull
streets. Mr.. George Sessions also contemplates
the addition of two more stories to his block on
the opposite corner, and the building of another
block on Trumbull street, with frontage of one
hundred feet, adjoining his present block, both
of them to be of uniform height with the GU
ropean House," all of them to constitute one
solid block five stories in height.
MEETING AND ANNUAL DINNER.-The Wor-
cester District Medical Society met at the rooms
of the medical library on Pearl street yesterday,
to the number of about fifty. The officers elect.
cd for the ensuing year we're: President, DIR. C.
A. Wilcox of Uxbridge; Vice President, DR..
Thomas H. Gage; Secretary aud Treasurer,
DR.. j. S. Park; Librarian, DIR. Geo. E. Francis.
An able and ingenious address was delivered
before the society by DR.. Emerson Warner of
this city 1t treated of mind and matter, and
the superiority of the spiritual over the material
organization, as shown by the teachings of ma
ture, and was listened to with great interest.
The annual dinner was eaten at Mr. George
Towers new establishment on Pleasant street.
In fact, the members of the society regard this
annual dinner as one which nobody but Mr..
Tower can get up just right; so he has Toasted
them for several years. They declared that yes
terdays repast beat all previous ones; but this
was probably owing to the elegance and con-
venience of the new house.
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