Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-13
0Uortcster Daily Spp.
CITY NEWS.

The singers of Grace church will give concert
in their meeting house tomorrow evening.
Miss Jane Hosmer will appear in the Sea Of
Ice at Music hall tomorrow evening
TAYLOR & Thomas have just completed a set
OF new uniform jackets for the G. A. r. drum
corps.
Ocean Hose Co, No. ?, will hold their fifth an
nual ball at Horticultural hall, next Friday eve
ming
The First National fire insurance company
lose $1,000 by the burning of the Mcrideu MALE
able iron works at Meriden, Conn, Monday
night
bridges will give a hearing on the petition Of
Mayor Very, to construct a street through the
land of the commonwealth, near Lake Qainsiga-
mond, tomorrow morning.
There is talk of two additional tracks on the
Boston aud Albany railroad between here and
Boston The company recently notified parties
in Newton TO suspend making improvements
near the track of the road until the matter is
decided
meeting of the directors of the Boston,
Barre and Gardner railroad will be held in this
Il
a. NJ. TO accept the act authorizing the extension
OF the road to Winchendon, and to provide
means for accomplishing the work,
Bishops serenadcrs gave good satisfaction to
fair audience at Music hall, last evening. The
singing OF the company was hardly up to aver
are, but the jokes and burlesque sketches were
mostly new and well rendered
The last of the series of those popular private
assemblies which have been held in Hortcul-
tural ball. was largely attended last evening
On Wednesday evening Of next week, the gen.
tlemcn who have had charge of the arrange
nenl5 are to have complimentary benefit.
All who want a good warm supper tonight,
or a hot dinner tomorrow, can have their desires
satisfied at the fair and levee Of the Universalist
society, in the church vestry. Apautomime will
be one of the attractions this evening" and to.
morrow evening an amusing farce viii furnish
entertainment for the large crowd sure TO be
present,
Another small instalment of snow came yes
terday to serve as a reminder that the supply
IN tue clouds is not yet exhausted. Just enough
came to make the walking dlsagreeabie, and
afford Il slight pretext for a few owners of hight
slelghs to exhibit them on the street
The entertainment in behalf of the St. An
'lrew's benevolent society, in Waldo hall last
evening, was well patronizcd by the many friends
OF the society. The programme opened with
the Farce, III had thousand year" and was
followed by staging. After this the remaining
hours were spent in dancing to the music Of
PieHtice's band
The panorama of the burning of Chicago,
which had its final representation in Washburn
nail, lastevenng, has not met with the pecu-
mary success it deserved during its stay here
Possibly the numerous other entertainments of
musical and theatrical nature have had some
thing to do with the limited patronage given to
it.
In the municipal court yesterday, David
Neal, Patrick Sullivan and Dennis Carroll were
dned S. and costs, and John II. Key, Michael
Lyons and George Wright 80 josts each,
Tor drunkenness. All paid the exception
OF Neal, who was committed. i.NIlry 7. Murphy,
Tor second otfeuse OF drunkenness, paid fine
oil SlO and costs, and Ellen Leary 81 and costs
fer disturbing the peace.
The loud report, which was heard early Sun
day morning, was caused by an explosion of
gas in one of the furnaces at the Washbum
steel tire works, on Grafton street. This is
something which happens occasionally, and no
damage was done. Everything was so still at
that time in the morning that the explosion
probably seemed louder than it really was