Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-09
Gdlurtesttr Daily Spp.
CITY NEWS.

The attention of ladies is called to the adver
tisement of Mrs. buttons New York branch.
The full programme for the promenade con-
cert and ball is published this morning. Gal
lery tickets are for sale at Bigelows.
The hospitality section of the Peoples club
will meet at the rooms at five O'Clock this after
noon A full attendance is desirable.
An advertisement in the interest of strangers,
and of respectable boarding houses, may be
found in our advertising columns from the Peo-
pies club
The Peoples club have a box at the loweren-
trance way to their rooms in which all papers,
magazines and other periodicals given TO them
may be placed. Contributions of this kind are
solicited.
The South Worcester omnibus will leave City
Hall at a quarter before seven, this evening, to
accommodate those wishing to attend the school
exhibition, and will return at the close OF the
same.
Members and friends of the Young Mems
Christian association will remember the social
at their rooms, this evening. Music and a social
time may be expected.
The ladies of the Central church will hold
social tea-party at their vestry, on Main street,
this Thursday evening, to which all their
friends are cordially invited
The free delivery carriers connected with the
Worcester post office delivered 42,O67 letters and
14O5O papers, and collected 2O,sl2 letters from
the street letter boxes, in the month of Feb
ruary.
The funeral of the late Deacon Caleb Dana
took place yesterday forenoon, at his late resi-
dence on Pleasant street. Rev. DIR. Cutler Oftici-
atng. There was a very large attendance, in
Guiding many of our oldest citizens from all the
different parishes.
Ann Mclaughlin, who was before the court
for drunkenness, yesterday, is held over on
complaint of larceny. Officer Foster suspected
that bundle of curtain fixtures in her posses
sion were stolen and by visiting several stores
where such things are sold, found that such
was the case.
Assistant marshal Wilson returned yesterday
from his trip to Maine with the thief Joseph G..
Lake, who was examined in Augusta on the
charge of breaking and entering in the night
time the depot in Gardiner, and stealing tickets
therelrom Mr.. Wilson was detained to appear
before the grand jury.
little boy six years Of age, a son Of James
Kingsley of South Worcester, met with pain
full accident by falling on the door step at No.
Foye street, yesterday afternoon. His left fore
arm, midway between the wrist and elbow joints,
was bent almost to n right angle. DR.. HubOn
was called, and found it necessary to complete a
partial fracture, in order to set the bone prop
erly.
At the last weekly meeting of the Horticultu-
raj society the following entries were made: Ho-
ratio Phelps: Pears-EaSter Beurre. J. c.
Lowell, West Boylston: Apples-Baldwin, Gran
lite Beauty, Rhode Island Greening, and Winter
Sweet Paradise. o. B. Hadwen: Apples
Orange. D. B. Comins Apples-Gravenstein,
HuhbardSton Nonsuch. ]. X. L. Pckford APP
pes-Bunch Russell, Puflball Russet. The library
will be open this afternoon at the usual hour.
The UNIvERsALIsT LEvEE, although it was
the second one held by that society this season
was in every way successful, as will be concu
siyely shown by the fact that four hundred and
fifty dollars were taken at the door. The tables
looked nice and were well patronized, and the
dancing, the chief attraction, held full houSt
until two O'Clock in the morning. The receipts
were probably over a thousand dollars.