Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-12
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CITY NEWS,

Rev. w. F. Mallalieu has been away spending
his vacation, with his own team, recruiting be
tween here and Sandwich
The engineer corps connected with Mr.. Balls
office played aud defeated, at base ball, yester-
day afternoon, picked nine from the architect
offices of this city. The score stood 4S to 20.
There have been large accessiOns to the COM
pany at Sterling Junction camp meeting grounds
within the last few days. There will be preach
ing tomorrow by Rev. J. B. Bigelow and others.
The Sunday train leaves Foster street depot at
6 A. NJ, returning at p NJ.
The Rev. J. II. Madison, pastor of the Bethel
society in this city, was surprised on Thursday
night last by number of the members and at
tendants of his society. Mr.. Isaac Mason pre-
seutcd, in behalf of the company, number of
gifts.
Pleasant street is gaiy illuminated with feeble
lanterns at night during the paving now in
process; and, looking from Main street, they
have the appearance of a regiment of lightning
bugs marching in from Tatnuck.
The weekly band concerts in the open air this
season are of more interest than ever before;
and the nights for playing, thus far, have been
uniformly pleasant. The Worcester brass band
played to large audience, at the corner of
Main and Chatham streets, last evening.
Benjamin Thomas, Il twenty-siX years old
horse thief, who stole span OF ponies from
Perry & Appleton, in Burlington, Vt, last Mon
day, was captured in this city yesterday. He
put up at Netherlands stable, on Temple street,
and when he came for the team was taken in
,,1,o I,r, aud
turned over to Sheriff L. A. Drew, of Burling-
ton, Vt.
The fire alarm telegraph is all right again.
MIR. Brophy and the man who superintendent
the putting up of the line found yesterday THAI
the lightning had melted off the wires connect
ing with the magnets in boxes q and 81; and
by fixing those the circuit is closed and works
as it should. This is not an occurrence that
often binders the working OF the alarm; but,
like other things that lightning has been guilty
of, is "new departure"
The old high school building was raised up
about one foot and half yesterday, giving it a
present elevation of about two feet from the
foundation. The Messrs. Cavanagh have twelve
men at work with about two hundred screws.
They hope TO get the building upon rollers next
week 1t is IS feet long by so wide, and it
weighs about thousand tons, being the heayi-
est building ever moved in this CITY,
Leander did not walk the one hundred miles
tor which he set out, but "caved in" yesterday
forenoon, alter accomplishing the sixty-third
mile in about sixteen hours, having rested four
times, and eaten lightly once in four Eours 1t
was given out that he was stopped by the city
authorities on account of not having license
but that was not so; for, whatever the case
might have been in regard to the license, the
cost of it would have been trivial matter; and,
moreover, the city authorities would not have
interfered if he had voluntarily walked his legs
off. The fact in the case was that his feet were
terribly blistered, and he was in every way
badly used up man, and had to stop from sheer
exhaustion.
The thrty-fourth Massachusetts regimental
association will hold its sixth annual reunion in
this city, Tuesday, the 18th. The executive
committee Of the association have completed
the necessary arrangements for a pleasant and
successful gathering. All those who attend the
reunion will be furnished with Fl &c return tick
cts, on either of the following railroads: Bos-
ton and Albany, Connecticut River, Vermont
and Massachusetts, Worcester and Nashua, and
Fitchburg and Worcester. The regiment will
assemble on the cold camp ground" Camp
Wool" at 104 A. NJ, when the necessary bust
ness of the association will be transacted, after
which opportunity will be given for friendly
greeting, for the interchange of social feeling.
At two o'clock P. M, the cline will be formed"
and accompanied by appropriate music, the as
ISOLATION will march to the Bay State house and
partake Of dinner.