Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-11-27
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CITY NEWS,

Southbridge street this evening.
The display Of fruits and choice candies in the
window of Taft, Bliss and Putnams restaurant
was admired by many yesterday.
Ada Harland appears in Music hall this eve
ming as the ''Boy Detective" under the manage
ment of Morris Simmons
The members of Niagara hose No. 4 will hold
their annual ball in Horticultural hail. this eve.
ming.
HarpeTs Bazaar and the Waverley Magazine for
Dec. 7th, and the Young Ladies Journal for No
vember, have been received at Browns news
room, 511 Main street
The pastor of the lions NJ. f. church was
presented with Thanksgiving turkey and
purse of s12, by the members of his congrega-
tion Monday evening,
The regular monthly meeting of the directors
Of the city library. which was to have been
held last evening, was postponed until Satur-
day.
Rev. II. X. Peryear, of the First Baptist church
OF this city, has received a call to the pastorate
OF the church in Cambridgeport made vacant
by the death of Rev. DIR. Mason by the railroad
accident at Revere.
h'iAH" 'N-t'h Ae'iiihS t''ONb tulNN u ClOCh DGS-
terday afternoon and continued steadily till near
midnight. great part Of it melted as it came,
bat enough is left toglye wintersh appearance
TO the landscape.
Thomas Il. Holloway, a newly appointed
member Of the police force, was presented with
fine seven 0arreled revolver, last evening, by
his former associates at the establishment of J.
B. Lawrence & Co. c. c. Mcneil made the pre-.
senMtion speech, which was appropriately re-
sponded to by Mr.. Holloway
The entertainment given by the Martinettis
last evening was much superior to that of the
previous evening, and gave immense satisfac-
lion to a very small audience. The troupe
appear here again on Thanksgiving day, after
noon and evening. They deserve better pat
ronage than they have thus far received.
The contract price for the improvements at
the Jail in this city, is S193, 600. The general
contract has been awarded to A. I. Burgess,
who has sub-contracls as lollows C. II. Peck,
carpenter work, S27 600; H. c Flsh, iron work,
$4,000; Green & Jordan, plumbing and steam
heating. The work is to be completed previous
to Jan. I, 1874, and will be begun early in the
spring.
A young man named Norman Williams came
to grief at The hands of well known citizen,
whom he assaulted on Main street about eleven
O'Clock last evening. The young man received
thorough and somewhat striking exposition
OF the principles of the manly art, after which
his intended victim turned him over TO the
police authorities.
1t is reported on good authority that Music
hall is to be improved Immediately. The benches
now in use for seats are to be removed, and the
patent amusement hall chairs substituted The
stage scenery is 10 be remodellcd aud repaint-
ed, SO as TO better suit the demands of the diff
terent pieces produced The announcement will
be received with pleasure by theatre-goers, but
as a similar announcement has been so often
made, they will be inclined to doubt the state
ment until the work is begun.
MEDICAL MEETING.-The regular monthly
meeting of the Worcester north eclectic medical
society was held at The residence of DIR. Il. W.
Buxton, in this city, yesterday. After the read
ing of the records of the last meeting, the pres-
dent, DR.. Buxton read an interesting essay on
"Ihe Philosophy of Sleep, and when, how,
where, and how long to sleep" The meeting
was largely attended, delegates from other soc
cites being present and participating in the dis
cussion that followed. In the afternoon the
society listened to the details of cerebro spinal
meningitis case, reported by DR.. Nath Jcwett of
Ashburnham. The report OF the secretary shows
that the society is in a most fourishing condi-
ton.
AcCGDENT.-While Mr.. Edwin A. Warren
was riding on horseback through Exchange
street. yesterday morning, the horse took fright
at a passing train of cars, and reared, throwing
Mr.. Warren off and falling over upon him. He
was Immediately taken into the shop of L. w.
Pond, and afterwards removed to his residence
DR.. j. Marcus Rice was called and an examina-
ton showed that although no bones were
broken, he was badly bruised about the abdo-
men, For a time it was feared that he had sus-
tanned severe internal injuries, but later in the
afternoon he appeared more comfortable, and
the results Of the accident are not of as serious
a character as was feared.
PEOPLES CLUB CONCERT The Peoples club
arc unfortunate in the selection of evenings for
their concerts. The weather last evening was
stormy, and the audience at Mechanics hall was
quite small, though larger than at the previous
concert. The entertainment offered by the ar.
fists who took part was of a high order OF mu-
steal excellence. The ladies', Miss Ingraham
and Miss Addie s. Ryan, were listened
to with pleasure and warmly encored, while
Joseph P. Cobb, the well known Boston humor.
ist, appeared to good advantage in his humor-
GUS selections, and in quartette. Mr.. Chenery,
the tenor, also acquitted himself creditably The
same troupe, under different and more favorable
circumstances, would be sure of warm rccep-
ton and large audience.
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