Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-06-14
aAurtester 4ailp Spy.
CITY NEWS.

Tie board of mayor and aldermen will have
special meeting this evening.
The ladies of Trinity church are to have their
strawberry festival Thursday eve, 22d.
The "Hibernans" will notice their meeting
advertised for this evening.
A patent has been granted to VIM. II. Warren
of this city on a slottng machine,
The funeral of the late Sheriff Knowlton will
take place at the First Unitarian church, this
forenoon, at eleven O'Clock.
The Manchester Mirror speaks of the large
quantities of granite paving blocks now being
shipped from Manchester to this city.
Among the names of the passengers in the
Malta, which sailed from Boston, for Liverpool,
yesterday, appears that of Waldo Lincoln, Wor-
cester.
A new horse-car, brilliantly painted red, white
and green, made its appearance on the Front
street route yesterday. 1t is easily distinguish
able from the others, and is comfortable one
to ride in.
The extra train from Providence Friday
night, will be the regular seven O'Clock train to
Uxbridge, and run through to Worcester only
on that night. Tickets to go and return, in
GLIDING admission TO the park So; to be had at
the Green street depot.
The festival at Webster square church, last
evening, was a splendid success, and by special
request will be continued this evening. Judg-
ing from the enjoyable occasion of last evening,
those who may attend tonight will have rich
treat.
M oil ali e al,
church, who some time ago declined the princi-
palship Of the Methodist educational institu-
ton, at Greenwich, r. l., has accepted an invi-
tation to deliver the annual address before the
literary societies of that seminary this year.
The Natural History rooms will be open to-
dav for the benefit of visitors, who will find
that lively porcupine among the inanimate
curiosites. The bristling fellow will not be on
exhibition after to-day, until he is presented in
approved artificial STYLE unable to eat apples or
'get his back up" as he now can.
The Grace church Methodists had an unusu-
ally interesting time at their strawberry festival
last evening. Young ladies, fresh flowers,
Strawberries and ice cream were attractions
that assisted in eliciting money with which to
purchase settces for the new vestry. Presiding
Elder Crowell and Rev. DR.. Cook principal of
Wilbraham academy, were present during the
evening.
Chief Engineer Green of the Providence fire
department. and two of his. assistants, were in
town yesterday, for the purpose of inspecting
the fire alarm telegraph, now being put up here
They were taken in hand by Chief Engineer
Gould and DIR. L. NJ. Monroe, who is superin-
tending its building. The alarm boxes are
nearly all in working order, and the connections
will be completed in a few days.
The Highland Cadets will start this morning
on their annual excursion, and will pass through
Boston this afternoon on their way to Bangor,
under the command of Major L. G. White.
They will arrive there at four o'clock, passing
through some of the principal streets, will
take the steamer Cambridge at $50 O'Clock, at
Fosters wharf, accompanied by the South East
on band.
The trustees of Phillips Academy, at Ando-
yer, have elected Mr.. Frederic W. TiltoD, now
superintendent of schools in Newport, to be
principal of the institution. Mr.. Tilton gradu-
ated at Harvard College, in 1862 with high hon
or, went afterwards to Germany, and was for
several years a teacher in the Highland military
school at Worcester. 1t has been stated that an
effort was making to secure Mr.. Tilton's SER
vices in a field nearer home.
The Odd Fellows from both the lodges in this
city, who went to Boston yesterday to take part
in the exercises of laying the corner stone of the
new hall there, appeared in the second division
of the long procession, arranged as follows:
Worcester brass band; Quinsigamond lodge,
No. 43, Noble Grand, A. L. Burbank; Marshal,
II. A. Richardson, sixty men. A delegation
from the Worcester lodge, No. Sc, VIM. H. Sea-
yer, Noble Grand, to the number of twenty-five.
They marched from the depot up Front and
through Main street on their return home, at
seven O'Clock.
An attempt was made at about eleven O'Clock
last night to rob a stranger on Pleasant street,
between the new UniYersalist church and Tow
ers boarding house. He met two men at that
place, and inquired of them the way to Towers.
After starting along, he noticed that one of the
men followed him, and just as he turned to see
what was wanted, he was struck in the face and
knocked down. Some one in the boarding
house heard the noise, and an alarm brought a
policeman to the spot in time to arrest one of
the fellows, who gave his name as VIM.
O'Duyre The other ran off with the strangers
hat They were both drunk.
SHOOTING ACCIDENT.-Henry Knight
young man about eighteen years of age, who
lives on Burncoat street, accidentally shot him
self in the left wrist while out cunning yester-
day afternoon. The wound was a very serious
one, the whole charge entering the wrist LAGER
ating it terribly. DIR. c. II. Davis attended
him.
MUNICIPAL CoURT.-There were eleven cases
before Judge Titus yesterday morning; John
Burke, for keeping open shop on Sunday, was
fined $40 and costs; appealed to superior court
and recognized in bonds of $500. Michael Shay,
keeping dsorderly house, fined SO and costs;
appealed and recognized in bonds of 5000.
Philip O'Connell and Timothy McGillicuddy,
single sale of liquor, fined SO and costs each,
and each appealed and recognized in 5000 bonds.
Daniel Foley, drunkenness, fined So and costs,
and put under 5000 to keep the peace; Winslow
Boyden, John Bruno, Joseph p. Faulkner, and
John c. Courtney, were each fined SO and costs
for drunkenness. Stephen Carroll was fined 50
and costs for that offence, and Thomas P. Proal