Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-11-13
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CITY NEWS.

Regular meeting of the city council this eve
ming
Ten shares Of the Boston, Barre and Gardner
railroad stock were sold at auction by B. W
Abbott, saturday, at GO.
Henry Ward Beechcr lectures tonight, Eve.
ming and season tickets can be obtained at the
bookstores.
The ladies of the Universalist society are to
hold their first levcc of the season on Friday
evening Of this week. Our readers will not for
ret it.
The Grand Army post OF this city attended
the funeral of J, II. Beard Yesterday. lie was
member of Co. c, 2jth Massachusetts rcgi-
mcnt.
Some one, who had evidently been gazing into
n glass until Il late hour, Saturday night, fell
bodily through one of the large panes in Skin
nel's drug store as lie amblcd gaily along on his
winding way home,
All persons who were awarded premiums at
the recent fcrncry exhibition, can obtain them
by applying at the Office of Strong & Rogers.
Those nor called for within ten days will be con.
sidered as donated to the society.
The exhibition of the great historical paint
ing of the Battle OF Gettysburg will begin on
Wednesday evening, at Horticultural hall, ar
rangements having been completed by the Grand
Army post here with Col. Batchelder, the painter
Of this wonderful battlc,sccne
Prof. VIM. G. Richards, who is to give two
scientific lectures in the mechanics course this
season, will also give the school children of the
city an opportunity to see the beautiful and
startling experiments, which render his lectures
so successful and entertaining, at a matinee
Wednesday afternoon. The regular lecture will
be given Wednesday evening.
Saturdays was the smallest days work done
in the municipal court for many weeks Two
cases of drunkenness comprised the business
Joel K, Mase was fined SO and costs, and Tim
othy Daily S. and costs. Joel paid, but Timothy
will have TO take his Daily bread at the county
Jail until the amount is liquidaed by labor.
The bogus preacher and teacher, known as
Rev. Chas. II Cutlcr, Walker, Smith, Seymour
NC, was visited in Jail Saturday by a Lowell
officer, who wants him as soon as he can be
spared from our courts. Seymour is the name
he went by in Lowell, where several parties
have strong desire to see more of him as soon
as possible. Cutler and Walker are names
which arc of no account to HIM under present
circumstances.
Some people fastened to recognize winter,
Saturday, and even yesterday, by trottiug out
their slcighs and jingling round the streets on
such sleighing as few q Ikes of snow and a
lively imagination together created But no
such haste has been displayed in complying with
the law providing for the making safe of slip
perry sidewalks. A head may be as readily and
thoroughly broken by strip of ice a yard wide
and running across the walk, as by mile of the
same uncertain footing The fine for ncglccting
TO comply with the law is twenty dollars The
cost of complying, twenty cents more or less,
according TO the size of the estate.
People tiockcd to Trinity church last evening,
TO the praise meeting, in numbers that filled the
house to Overlooking, SO that hundreds who
went were unable to get even chance to stand
IN the vestibulc and hear the volume of sacred
song that filled the large audience room Tae
pastor Rev. Mr. Malalieu, with the assistance
of the di cctor of the church music successfully
inaugurated this most commendable movement
three weeks ago, at which time Prof. Tourcc
came from Boston and directed the singing.
gan, three brass pieces from the National coruct
band and bass VOL arranged in font of the
pulpit The singing of familiar hymns lasted
until hall-oast eight The erroneous idea that the
church isnot strongly built is set at naught by
the test of the multitude which crowded every
available seat and standing-place last night.
Among the entertainments for Wednesday
evening is the play "Mcrchant of Venice" at
Music hall, with Mrs. Macready as Shylock.
The dramatic critic Of the Tribune thus speaks
of this actress, who has never been in our city:
"Mrs. Mlcready is, we believe, the only lady
who has ever attempted to play this part but
her ShytOc6 may, all the same, be an able work.
She is Il woman of talent and Of ample stage eX-
perience. We are told that she will use the cane
which Edmund Kean and afterwards Charles
Kean used in playing this part. The relic it is
said, was presented TO her bv the latter actor in
emphatic token Of his appreciation of her per-
Torrance OF the jew. Mrs. Macready will ACT,
between the 18th aud 18th of November, at
Providence, Worcester, Bridgeport, New Haven
and Hartford"