Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-30
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CITY NEWS.


OF the Dix street school house this evening
notice to members of the city council is pub
hshed in our advertising columns this morning.
The post office will close at O'Clock this
morning and open at 400 in the afternoon.
The Old South parish have meeting to-
night.
The Mazeppa base ball club will play their first
game of the season on the agricultural grounds
this afternoon.
tickets TO Martha's Vineyard and return over
the birmingham and Mansfield route will be
sold at reduced rates on and after June list.
At Music hall, this evening, Minnie Foster
will appear as "Matte Madcap, the Household
Angel" HHH
Mrs spauIdiug of Woodland street held the
lucky number in the presentation drawing at N.
A. Pympton CO. jewelry store.
The sewer committee of thirty five are re-
quested TO meet this Thursday evening, at the
office of the Merchants and Farmers insurance
company. full attendance is desired.
The public library will be closed to-day, but
the lower reading room will be open from nine
A. NJ to one P. NJ, from three to FIVE and from
seven to nine NJ.
The Barnabee concert troupe of Boston, as,
sisted by Mr. NJ. Arbuckle, the famous cornct
soost, is announced to appear at Mechanics
hall on Saturday evening, June s.
The Boston base ball club passed through
this city on the owl train this morning, on their
return from Troy, where they defeated the Hay
makers by score of ten to seven, yesterday
afternoon.
Inc last entertainment OF the season at the
rooms Of the Peoples club will take place this
evening, and programme will be presented
which will not fail to be appreciated.
tie appearance Of Sothern at Music hall on
Saturday evening in his great character of Lord
Dundreary, in which he has gained a world
wide reputation, is looked forward to with great
interest, and the tickets are selling rapidly
The programme ofexercises for to-day has al
ready been published and is familiar to all. If
the weather is favorable the observance of the
day will be one that will do credit to the city
The county com missioners have decided to or
der the cutting down of the hill on Lincoln
street, at the end of the horse railroad six feet
or more.
Mr. l.. j. Knowles and party, who left this
city few days ago on pleasure trip to Califor
MIA, were in Salt Lake City on the 22d and
called upon Brigham Young.
The second annual convention of the Catholic
total abstinence union will be held in the Catho-
aic institution Temple street, to-day. Delegates
are expected to be present from all the total alb
stlnence societies in the state.
A horse attached to light wagon, started on
a run through Main street yesterday afternoon.
After leaving the wagon in a damaged condi-
tion, near Central street. he continued his course
up Main until near Austin street, where he was
secured.
Mr. Benz. d. Dwinnell, our popular assistant
postmaster, will leave the post office on the first
of next month, TO return to his old business He
has taken an interest in the old and well known
grocery stand of Joseph Chase, with whom he is
about to enter into partnership. His departure
from the post office will be regretted by the
public, and bis host of friends will not be slow
to lind him at bis new location.
The Worcester and Nashua railroad company
have put upon their through line TO Boston, via
GIoton Junction, an elegant and easy-riding
new passenger car, with baggage apartment at
tached, OF OsgoOd Brsdley's make. Ii is soon
10 be placed upon the through line from New
London, Conn, to Lancaster, N. IL. This will
be great convenience for the approaching
White Mountain travel, as there will then be
no need of change Ofcars for either passengers
or baggage, from the boat to the mountains.
Among the memorial exercises in this city
will be the dedication of the elegant marble
tablets in the First Unitarian church (Rev. MIR.
Hallsl containing the names of the nine sol
diers from that parish and Sunday school who
died in the service, including Major Dexter F.
Parker, Capt. Joseph w. Grid and others. The
tablets were tasefully and beautifully executed
by Messrs. Tateum & Horgan, after designs by
MesSrs, Earle & Fuller, architects. The exercises
will begin at hall past two, and will include an
address by Mayor VIM, I. Harlow.
CITY MoRTALITY.-Phc total number of
deaths rep Jrted at the office Of the city clerk for
this city during the week ending May 25th was
fifteen, including one stilIborn, the smallest
number that has been recorded during the
present year. Eleven were males and four fe-
males Four died of measles, two of lung fever
two of diptheria, and one each of congestion of
the lungs, exhaustion, small pox, canker rash,
brain fever and heart disease Six were five
years of age and under, four Of them being one
year and under. Five were born in this city,
three of them being of foreign parentage
Eleven were natives of this country, five being
of foreign parentage. Two were born in Cana
da, and one each in ireland and Germany.
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MAY TRAINING.-The annual May training
of the militia companies took place yesterday
afternoon. The City Guards and Light Infan-
trxr nj Of -
about two O'Clock, and marched, under escort
of the Worcester brass band, toithe Foster street
depot, where it was expected Col. May of the
10Th regiment would arrive by the two O'Clock
train. As he did not come, the companies took
up their march to the new common, followed
shortly after by the 9Th Light battery, in two
sections The afternoon was spent in company
and squad drill and the annual inspection bv
Major brennan. The battery was inspected by
Capt Rice. About half-past five the line was
again formed, and the companies marched
through Highland, Main and Park streets, TO
Salem square, where the infantry companies
went through dress parade under the COM
mand of Major brennan. The militia showed
quite an improvement since last year, both in
point Of Numbers and in style in which the
different evoutions were performed.
CENTRAL DISTRICT CoURT--WILLIAMs J.
Thursday, Nay 29.-John A. Greenleaf, who
drove the omnibus which carried that party of
dancers to Auburn, week ago last Saturday
night, was fined 81 and costs for violating the
Sunday law.
Patrick Kelley, for threatening, was released
on the payment of costs after giving $50 bonds
to keep the peace for six months.
Daniel Howe was fined 81 and costs and
Frank Farrell SO and costs for assault and bat.
terry, and both paid. w
James Bohen, Thomas 0'Conner, Michael Nc
Cam, and james Ryan, each paid the usual as
sessment of SO and costs for drunkenness, while
BENJAMIN Curtis aud Jeremiah lifts were com.