Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-07-02


nounced.
The railroad commissioners have not yet made
a decision in regard to the location of the pro-
posed union depot, and as Mr. Converse, one of
the commissioners, retired from office on the list
of July, it is possible another hearing may be
necessary before final decision is given.
The westerly house in Mr.. J. II. Walls new
block on Elm street, which was recently put up
at auction, but not sold, has been purchased at
private sale by Mr., c. S. Turner, superintendent
of the Worcester and Nashua railroad. The
price paid has not been made public.
S. Il. Bonnell of this city is to accompany
Prof. Seelye of Amherst college on his trip round
the world. Prof. Scelye is to be absent about
ten months, while Mr.. Bonnell is to remain
nearly eight months longer, They are intend
ing to start on the 18th of the present month.
The weather still continues the standard
topic of conversation, and people of a mathe-
NAUTICAL turn of mind amused themselves yes
terday in calculating how hot it would be on
the fourth if the mercury continued to rise
During the middle of the day 95 degrees in the
shade was reported in various parts of the city
Mr.. Henry j. Leland, one of the most popular
members of the police force, | resigned his
position and accepted an appoi tent as fore
man Of a room in the extensive j manufac-
tory of Brown & Sharpe, at Pro .-ence. Mr..
Leland will take with him the best wishes of a
host of friends whom he has made by his gen.
tlcmanly conduct while on the force.
The following gentlemen from this city were
among the floor managers at the grand jubilee
ball given in honor Of the chorus at the coliseum
last evening: Mossrs. Charles Atwood, Samuel
Porter, Charles Stowell, j. A. Titus, Alexander
Stocking, Putnam W. Taft, +. c. Thayer, Chas.
Wilder j E. Benchley, and E. B. Fairbanks.
Patrick 0'Leary, assistant foreman of hook
and ladder company, No. 2, was last evening
presented with beautiful silver trumpet by the
members and friends Of the company. The pre-
scntation took place at the engine house on
Thomas street, Capt.J. Hennessey acting in be-
half of the donors, and MIR. O'Leary replying
for himself After the ceremonies were COM
peted at the engine house the company were
invited to Mr.. O'Leary's residence and partook
of a collation..
The entries for the trotting on the Agricul-
tural park on the afternoon of the fourth are
published in another column on this page. It
will be seen that the liberal purses offered by
the managers of the park association have been
fully appreciated, and it is safe to say that the
display of horsehesh will be better than any,
thing ever offered in this city. The two-ffty
race will be closely contested, and the running
race open to all horses is likely to prove interest
= ing and amusing.
Al the meeting of the Quinsigamond lodge
l. o. o. F., held last evening" the following Off
GERS were elected for the ensuing term; N. G.,
Geo. L. Kirby; V g., Henry A. Allen; Secre-
tary, M. A. Maynard; P. Secretary, G. A. Ho-
mer; Treas, Avery Davis; W., D. L. Moulton
Con, L. b. Berry; o, g., Geo. L. Estey; l. g.,
G. S. Hadley; R. S. N G., U. T. Blake; L. S.
N. G., {. NJ. Stockwell; R. S. V. G., A. NJ. Ed
dy; L. S. V. G., p. H. Stearns; K. S. S., Geo.
c. Wilson; L. S. s, W. o. Buck; Chaplain, B.
p Rice.
The city of Portland, on Saturday, declined
to extend any further aid to the Portland and
Ogdensburg railroad, and at the same time
voted to guarantee the bonds of the Portland
and Rochester railroad to the amount of
$45O,000. This action makes the city interested
in this road in the sum of S., 800, 900. The
link with the Nashua and Rochester, which is
under lease TO the Worcester and Nashua rail-
road. A meeting of the directors of the Nashua
and Rochester railroad was held in this city on
Saturday, and it is expected work will be begun
on the line at once,
A forsaken looking woman, who, with pair
ofgreen spectacleS over her eyes and an infant
in her arms, has been about the streets during
the past week grinding dolelul tunes from an
asthmatic hand organ, which bore placard an
nouncing that the performer was a poor blind
woman, and the mother of ten fatherless chill
dren, turns out to be fraud. She was pursu-
ing her avocaton at the Western depot yester-
day afternoon, when Officer Comings, suspicious
that all was not right, found upon close exam
nation that the spectacles covered a pair OF
good eyes, and that the supposed infant was
nothing more nor less than a rag baby. She
left town for Springfield in the afternoon train,
with quite sum of money which some bcnev-
client individuals had contributed to relieve her
imaginary distress.
DREAD INsTIrUTE.-The graduating exer-
cises Of the senior class of this institute were
hpiN ~ WV AiiSi Dhplloh NhhlSH ldsb bNShllEs
The attendance was not large, the weather un-
doubleday keeping many away. The exercises
were opened by prayer by Rev. II. X. Pervear,
followed by an interesting order of exercises
from the members Of the class, the valedctory
address being delivered by Miss Abbie S. Davis of
this city. At the close of the class exercises the
members of the graduating class, five in num-
her, were each presented with a diploma by
II. R. Greene, thciprincipal of the school, The
address to the graduates was delivered by Prof.
Heman Lincoln, D. d., OF Newton, and the ex-
ercises concluded by singing the doxology and
abencdiction. The small number of graduates
was owing to several of its members being I'M
well, and the desire on the part of others to re-
main auother year.
RAILROAD AoclDENT.-The express train for
this city from Providence met with an accident