Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-01-29
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CITY NEWS.

The city council will meet this evening.
Divorce is the play at the thcater tonight.
See F. NJ. Leach's advertisement of apples.
Rev.J. o. Peck will deliver the opening lee
turc OF the Grace church course this evening.
Members of company d. 4th Massachusetts
h'ayy artillery, will hold meeting in Horticul-
tural han this evening
A slight accident to the engine Of the Satur
day afternoon train from Providence caused the
train to lie half an hour behind the usual time
of arrival in this city.
The new brass band, to be called the Father
Mathew temperance band, is making good PFC
gress under the leadership of Mr. Glare. The
members have just been measured for new
uniform.
The fact that Messrs. Kuowlton Brothers,
crockery dealers, have taken the spacious store
in Fag9's block, formerly occupied by Clark,
Sawyer & Co., is made apparent by two OF the
handsomcst signs on Main street, the handiwolk
Of Fred. Revere.
By the carelcssness Of some one connected
with Clare & EmcIson's establishment, in
Crompton's block, several hundred dollars
worth of damage was done on Friday night.
The water was no turned off, and, consequently,
flooded the rooms below, rendering work in
Fishes printing office impossible for time, be-
SIDES injurng his stock and machinery. In
Hatcll's flour Store the damage amounted to
two or three hundred dollars.
A rousing temperance meeting was held at
the Catholic institute on Temple street, last eve
ming, at which an address was made by Father
O'Reilly, of Holy Cross college, and also brief
nv,
crowded, and at the close of the speaking thii-
tyfve men, thirty boys and twenty ladies came
forward ana signed the pledge, nearly all of
;hem for life. The ladies are about TO form Il
temperance society OF their own.
The noon prayer meetings at the rooms of the
young mems Christian association are still held,
beginning at twelve O'Clock, and closing quar-
ter before one. The members of the association
are DESTROYS of calling the attention Of mer-
chants, mechanics and others to the opportun-
ity thus offered to mingle, for a brief time, in
devotional exercises with those who there, at
the noon hour, pause in their business to join in
prayer and eXhurtaton.
A brakeman on freight train on the Provi-
dence road was knocked from a car by abridec,
near Uxbridge, on Saturday afternoon. The
train was stopped, and the unfortunate man
was taken aboard the engine and carried to
Providence. The extent of his injuries could
not be determined at the time, but it was the
opinion of our informant, who saw the acct
dent, that lie would live. The portion of the
bridge where the mans head struck was strange
ly battered and splintercd.
Some eccentric traveller through our city has
wandered on lor9ctlul Of his baggage, which
was brought TO the police station last evening
by Officer Pierce, who found it in the doorway
of one of the stores on his beat. 1t consists of
small black trunk, with brollcn-ribbcd UNI
brea stuck through the handle and tied in by
tow string, which also served as Il lock TO the
trunk. The contents were examined with the
hope Of finding 4 clue to the abscnt-mindcd
owner, but to no purpose, for no name appeared
upon anything in the trunk, the contents OF
which were made up OF an odd boot, badly
worn, paper Shirt-bosom, tract on "GhC
Duration of Future Punishment" and few
small articles in the Old clo' line, 'of value to
no one but the owner"
MIR. Stearns of Holden left his team
htched in front of Lane Bros. grocery store
Saturday evening, cox cring the horse carefully
with blanket, and leaving n robe and another
blanket in the buggy. On returning for the
team the blankets and robe were gone, and
the poor horse was shivering with cold. Later
in the evening Officers Eaton and Hewlett dis