Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-19
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CITY NEWS.

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The Worcester and Nashua railroad company
have completed their second track to Sterling
Junction, and trains will probably begin to run
on both tracks next Monday.
The old high school building has been raised
up 81 feet. The required height of u feet will
probably be reached to-day, and the building be
put on rollers on Monday, for the progress
nOrthward.
Melons, sweet ripe melons, of various species,
are piled up in front of Putnam's eating house
on the west side of Main street. Their size puts
the stock of smaller fruits in the shade; but the
peaches and bananas are none the worse for
that.
young Canadian FrencLman, by the name
of Edmund Maynard, had his nose broken and
his face otherwise badly bruised, last night, by
jumping from the six O'Clock train for Boston
after it had started. He is shoemaker, and
belongs in Spencer. He is the fourth hospital
case the railroads have furnished within few
days.
At the meeting Of company B, State Guard,
last evening, it was voted TO request Major
Jameson to call battalion meeting at an early
date, for the purpose of considering the matter
of having the annual excursion this season. 1t
was also voted to fine members absent from
drill meetings, on Monday evenings, twenty-five
cents for each absence
The travel to the Vineyard this season eX-
ceeds that of former years by many hundreds.
The through passenger and baggage car via
South birmingham, is found to be a great con-
venence to travellers, who take the 9:25 train
over the Boston road and ride through to New
Bedford without change. Returning, parties
can leave Oak Bluffs at 10 40 p. M. and arrive
home at O'Clock on the steamboat train. The
time table is published in another column.
The fall meeting of the Springfield club begins
next Tuesday at Hampden park, Springfield,
and will continue three days. Premiums
amounting in the aggregate to $11 900 have
called out the largest number Of entries that
has heen made this year. The horses entered
are among the best in the country, and with the
well known enterprise of the club everything
will be conducted in such manner as to give
general satisfaction. A list of the premiums,
with the number of horses entered for eac h
purse, together with other particulars, may be
found in our advertising columns.
A novel and most faithful Spy carrier, it ap-
pears has been put upon one of the northern
routes in this city, in the person of an intelli-
gent spaniel dog. This animal, belonging to a
farmer near BARRIERS Crossing, comes regularly
to the appointed place near the crossing every
morning before the passing of the Nashua
train, and taking the paper in his mouth as it is
thrown out by the express man, diligently con-
veys it to the residence of his master. The faithful
canine, after receiving his charge, watches the
train with much apparent interest till it is near
ly out of sight, and then, giving significant
wag of his tail, darts for home, with telegraphic
speed.
WORCESTER AcADEMY.-Duringt the present
vacation the building occupied by this institu-
ton is undergoing considerable repairs. A new
session room and recitation rooms are in prepar-
alton and those formerly used are being re-
fitted A further account of the school will be
found in our advertising columns.
MUNICIPAL CoURT.-In the municipal court,
Yesterday, Patrick Gunigle was sent to the
house of correction for three months, for a
second offence of drunkenness, and Martin
Spelman was fined SIS and costs for second Of
fence. John Harratry was fined S. and costs
for illegally transporting liquor. Patrick Arch
er was sent to the house of correction for three
months, for fornication, and Anna Loring, his
companion in the offence was sent there for two
months. Randall Hackins, Andrew Harper,
Peter Gallagher and Michael Nelligan each paid
fines for drunkenness. George H. Downes was
before the court on complaint of drunkenness,
and was ordered let off on payment of costs but
he could not do that, and was committed.
The POLICE FORCE TOO SMALL-With its
large and rapidly increasing population and
wide extent of territory, our city has one great
apparent need; and that is more policemen.
The want is felt more and more as the manufac-
turing villages on the outskirts grow larger and
fill up with population not the most orderly
At present, although the force is worked to its
utmost capacity and at the best advantage, a
greater extent of territory is left unguarded
than can be looked after by the number en-
plOyed as patrolmen.
There are only twenty-four patrolmen in all,
and six of this number are on day duty, leav-
ing but eighteen men to patrol the city at night.
Eight of these are required to guard Main
street. and that is only looked after between
Lincoln square on the north and wellington
street an the south, leaving greater part of the
first and second wards unguarded, as well as
New Worcester and a mile of Main
street. For the whole amount of terri
tory west of Main street.-The first, seventh
and eighth wards-there are but two men, a
feeble show indeed; while on the east side and
to the south-wards two, three, four, five and
six-including the very worst localities, such as
Mechanic and Front streets, Washington square,
"Pine Meadow" "Scalpintown," the Adriatic
Mills and the Island" there are but eight men,
and these of course cannot traverse one quarter of
the streets that should be patroled in those
localities. Another turbulent quarter, from
which we constantly hear of fights, Sunday
brawls, and other crimes, is that around North
street; but there are no men to station there for
they must be kept on the beats where they are,
and there they are too few. .#.
The force should be doubled; but if that is
not deemed expedient, at present, such addition
should be made as would give to the thickly
settled portion of the city men enough so that
in case of trouble one would be within call As
it now is this is impossible, let every man attend
as promptly as he may to the duties of his beat.
1t frequently happens that at midnight
night some poor frightened woman comes sadly
and alone to the station, covering black eye
with her old faded shawl, or a tattered gown,
and shrnkingly asks for an officer to take care
of her drunken husband, who has beaten and
turned her from the door, and is at that time,
perhaps, endangering the lives of the babies
she could not take along with her. This is no
bit of pathetic fancy but a fact, that may
be realized dozen times a month, if any
doubter will spend few hours each night at
the station. On account of the scarcity Of
men, too, fights occur often times in the south.
ern and eastery portions of the city where
knives are drawn, men are stabbed and shot,
and the offender, if not too drunk, is out Of the
way before an officer can be procured.
The subject of two branch stations-one
somewhere in the vicinity of Lincoln square and
another in South Worcester-has been preached
several times, and movement cannot be toe