Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10
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CITY NEWS.


Mr., r. B. Henchman has leased the premises
recently vacated by the Universalist church, and
will fit up the same for a carpet warehouse
The Natural History society and Peoples club
have their annual excursion to Hoosac tunnel
to-day, leaving Foster street station at 80
A. NJ
The old high school building was started from
its foundations yesterday, and raised up three
inches. 1t is to be raised up seven and one-half
feet, and then to 90 northward about one hun
dred and thirty feet.
There were two cases in the municipal court
yesterday morning. John Draper of Berlin was
fined ten dollars and costs for selling liquor, and
VIM Carnegie was fined three dollars and costs
for drunkenness; both paid.
The PAYERS struck into Pleasant street yester-
day morning, and for several days will keep it
in a blockaded condition. Both the sidewalks
and the street, as far up as Chestnut street, will
be put in order; and there was need enough of
it.
An lrishman came TO the assistant marshaPs
office last night with a new complaint. He said
that the neighbors' children had been "baly-
raggin" his wife; and wanted them arrested.
They had been calling her names; that's "bal-
lyraggn."
Another attempt to walk one hundred miles
in twenty-four hours will be made by Mr. Lee
ander tomorrow evening, beginning ut halfpast
Sc zen O'Clock. Should the weather be unpleas-
ant the start will be postponed till the same hour
Friday evening.
The commissioner of patents has extended
the patent of Beniah Fits, Of this city, for an
arrangement of feed rollers for planning ma
chimes, and of Baxter D. Whitney, of Winchen-
don, for machine for smoothing planed wood
en- surfaces.
The second track OF the Worcester and Nashua
railroad will be completed and ready for use be-
tween Worcester and Sterling junction next
week. This will greatly facilitate the running
of extra trains during camp meeting and mus
ter, when it is expected there will be great
rush of travel.
The EBAY State Excursion" which is the name
taken by the party which MIR. Peckham has
been engaged in getting together started for a
trip to the provinces Tuesday on the steamer
New Brunswick. 1t consists of about two hum
dred and fifty persons. The party included Rev
Asa Bulard, d. D., and family, MIR. F. Tudor and
family, and Mr.. H, H. Lincoln, the well known
master Of the Lyman school. The Germania
band of fifteen pieces will provide the party with
music, and u fine quartette will furnish vocal
music.
The Worcester county homeopathic medical
society met Yesterday at the Lincoln house, the
president, DIR, Brooks of Clinton, in the chair
There was large attendance and an interesting
meeting. DR.. Smith of New York was present
as guest of the society. The appointed pa
pers BY Drs. SpOoner of Ware and Brown of
Leominster, on classical medicine, and DR.. Hunt
of this city on Opthalmia, were read, and the
forenoon was spent in their discussion. At
noon, MesSrs. Williams & Wall, of the Lincoln
house, fulfilled their part of the programme in
very creditable manner; they did full justice
to DR.. Chamberlain hospitality, and the society
knows that it takes a good hotel to do that
The afternoon session was occupied in the exhi-
bition of new instruments and medical appl
ances, and a general interchange of opinion on
the prevailing diseases. At4P. NJ. the society
adjourned to meet in Worcester three months
from date