Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-11-30
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CITY NEWS.

There will be services at the Union church,
this forenoon, at eleven O'Clock.
The Peoples club room will be closed this
evening.
The post office will open at and close at
10 80 for the day
The horticultural library will not be open this
(Ihanksgiving) day.
Master Percy Rosele, the boy actor will APP
pear tomorrow friday evening, at Music hall
in the play of Butts The Boy Detective"
Some OF the railroad trains were more than
an hour late last night, on account of the great
rush Of travel on the eve of Thanksgiving.
Mr.. Geo w. Gill, with his customary generos-
ty, dealt out Thanksgiving gfts-turkeys, of
course-to his employees, and to many poor fami-
lies besides
Charlie Shay was disposed to make Jokes
about his small audience, at Music hall, last
evening; and the jokes were about all he did
make.
The new announcements by Messrs. Barnard,
Sumner & Co.. which will be found in another
column, are worthy ofperusal this cold weather.
Their stock Of goods for winter wear and house
keeping purposes is very large and varied.
A very crazy and indefinite fire alarm was
caused yesterday afternoon by the breaking of
one of the fire alarm telegraph wires in moving
house in the easterly part of the city. Some
Of the hose companies came out, and stood ir-
Iesolutely in the cold awhile before the exact
state of things was known.
Railing for turkeys on the night before
Thanksgiving is getting to be sort of national
game with people about here, and, in fact
throughout New England. Nearly every sa-
loon in the city had a season Of manipulating
dice last evening to determine the ownership of
the uncooked bird for the basis of thankful
dinner
Our pilgrim fathers would have been some
what shocked could they have been allowed to
revisit the earth last evening, and witness the
amount of drunkenness in the streets. Some
score or more, who were seen rceing about,
have ample cause to he thankful this morning
if they wake up in their own beds.
OF all the dances which took place last eve
ming, that of Hose four, at Horticultural hail.
was the best patronizcd. They had Barnard
and Richardson band for music, and their COM
pany of dancers was sweIled by members of the
various military companies, who appeared in
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ness of the scene, red shirts forming the most
striking feature, of couse.
The lower reading room of the free pub ic
library will be open today during the
hours that it is usually kept open on holidays,
viz; from 0 4. ". to / p. NJ, and from to and
to 9 P. NJ. Books of reference, magazines and
papers from the upper reading room can be had
upon application to the assistant in attendance
in the lower room. The library will be open to-
morrow and Saturday in all its departments
and not closed as it has hitherto been, for the
two days following Thanksgiving day.
The Germans celebrated Thanksgiving eve, as
has been their custom for several years past,
by dancing both at Frohsinn and Turn halls.
At the frst-named place Einigkeifs lodge held
sway, aud in the latter the Turner's danced to
the music of SouthIand's orchestra, with which
they were well pleased. The dancing was in
terspcrsed at about eleven O'Clock with fencing
exercises by two new members of the society
Julius Haas from Williamsburg, and Emil
Baker, who but few weeks ago came from Al
SAGE, Germany. Their performance was greatly
enjoyed