Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-20
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CITY NEWS.

Ten carpenters are wanted at Falmouth
Heights See advertisement inside
An adjourned parish meeting will lie held at
the Church OF the Unity this evening, at which
full attendance of those interested is desired
The Wachuset encampment l. O. of o. F.
have adopted a new dress rcgalia in which they
will appear in public in few weeks.
a large number of persons of both sexes
were baptized at the Pleasant street Baptist
church yesterday forenoon.
The superior court for the trial of criminal
cases, adjourned from last Wednesday, will re-
sumo its sessions this morning with Judge
Scudder on the bench.
There has not been an arrest recorded on :hc
books at the police office for the last twenty
four hours, a very unusual state of affairs for
Sunday.
Mr.. Anthony Chase has sold the three lots on
Main street, at the corner of Chatham street, TO
Messrs. w. H. Dexter, franklin Whipple and
d. B. Maynard. The land will probably be
used for building purposes during the coming
season.
state Constable brennan, with posse of no
lice, went to Auburn yesterday morning about
two o'clock, aud arrested party of twenty, who
had gone from this city, while they were indulg
ing in social dance
The city council will hold a regular meeting
this evening at quarter before eight. 1t is ex-
pccted some member of the citizens committee
of thirty-five will appear before the mayor aud
aldermen 10 propose different plans for making
the sewer assessment.
Dewey IL. Nichols, a machiuist, employed at
L. j. Knowles & Co.'S loom works, fell through
a scutte down two stories at their shop on Sat
urday morning, aud received severe injuries
about the head, besides broken arm. He was
taken to the city hospital.
In the central district court Saturday, Amasa
T. Records and Lewis Coke paid fines of SO and
costs each for drunkenness, and Patrick Riley,
Lawrence Fagin, Andrew Daggett aud Timothy
tinnegaD, were sent to the house of correction
to work ont their fines of SO and costs each, for
a similar offence
The Irish band, under the direction of its able
leader, Mr.. NJ. T. Glare, paid Mr. John Carroll
the compliment of a serenade at his residence,
Saturday evening. They were received with a
"Ceadh mile failthe," after which they dis.
of the Emerald Isle" and Mr.. Glare gave a few
of Moore's exquisite ballads in his usual effect.
i've style
barn on Benefit street was entered early
Saturday morning, and valuable horse owned
by Mr.. L. E. Burden, severely beaten with a
pitchlork, Several large cuts were found upon
the horse which indicated that the person who
no tal
pitchiork as well as the handle.
Willie Maya boy about twelve years old, fell
from one of the pillars at the Salem street
school house on Friday afternoon, and, striking
his back on one of the stone steps, was severely
injured. 1t was at first feared he had received
internal injuries that would result fatally, but it
is now thought that he will recover.
The rain much needed and long expected,
came at last yesterday morning, aud continued
throughout the day in refreshing showers. The
churches were not as full as usual in consc.
queuce, but no one was found to complain at
being obliged to remain in doors. About mid
night the wind changed, and the moon came out
from behind the clouds
The play of ga Leap in the Dark" performed
at the theatre Saturday evening by Yankee
Locke's company, was sensational piece of the
most pronounced character. The plot abo unded
in incidents of Il striking nature though some
Of them were decidedly improbable. There was
lots Of fun in the performance, and the manner
in which the different parts were sustained gave
good satisfaction 10 fair sized audience.
A beautiful oil chrome, called "The Two
Pets consisting Of a golden-haired, blue-eyed
girl of four years, and a Newfoundland dog, is
given away with american Homes" the popu-
lar magazine, for only 1925 per year. The
chrome is worth twice that sum- An agent of
the publishers, Charles H. Taylor & Co., is now
in Worcester, and we hope he may be kindly
received during his canvass for subscriptions.
One great feature of this magazine is that the
chrome is delivered when the money is taken.
The effects of the severe cold weather Of
March last is quite noticeable at the Blooming
dale nurseries in this city, where upwards of
four thousand evergreens, and many of them
were considered the hardest of the species, are
either killed to the ground or are in a badly
damaged condition. Mr.. Diapers extensive
fields of strawberries, raspberres and blackber-
res also suffered severely, and fully one-half of
the canes for this years fruiting are winter
killed
Quite a serious disturbance occurred near the
corner of Mechanic and Church streets early
Saturday evening. A drunken man was being
taken to the station house in wagon, when
some one in the crowd began to throw stones
at the officers. Marshal Sibley undertook to
arrest the man, but was assaulted and roughly
handled by the crowd, which had increased to
the number of six or seven hundred, Other
officers soon arrived and put an end to the dis
turbance by dispensing the crowd, and arresting
the ringleaders. One of the marshal's arms
was slightly spraned, but otherwise he is none
the worse for the affair.