Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-09
CITY NE VS..

Mr.. and Mrs Moore will reopen their dancing
school, at 24O Main street, this afternoon.
The ladies will bear in mind that the MILL
merry openings of fall styles occur to-day and to-
morrow.
An omnibus, for the accommodation OF those
who wish to attend the Shrewsbury fair, will
start from the corner of Main and Pleasant
streets tomorrow morning at s o'clock.
Prof. Geo. E. Gadwin of the Technical school
has been engaged to take charge of drawing
classes in the Springfield public schools, begin
ming on Friday next.
A Greeley and Brown flag is to be thrown
across the Bloomingdale road, from the works
of the Washburn iron company, Saturday eve
ming.
Front street is again partly blockaded, this
time by huge piles of dirt from sewer excaya-
tons. There is a prospect that the street will
be permanently open to travel previous to the
completion of the Union depot.
The apprentices drawing class of the Ne
chanics' association began its winter term in
Washburn hall last evening under very favora-
Bile auspices. The class will be under the in
structon of Prof Gladwin.
LIZ shrewsbury dIulCio Club VIII hOitl lio
annual cattle show Thursday. The procession,
that always forms an attractive feature at this
fair, will include representations of different
public characters.
Tde bridge on Green street, near FoX's mill,
S''being torn up to accommodate the workmen
engaged in wallng in the old canal. The work
on the sewer is nearly completed, and the water
will be turned into the new channel before
long.
The October number Of the Worcester County
Musical Gazette, a sprghtly little quarterly
published by Richards, Metcall & Co., has made
its appearance. In addition to the usual
amount of reading matter, this number con-
tains full particulars regarding the coming les-
tival in Mechanics hall
There was not a great deal of excitement
about town last evening in regard to the west
ern elections. Small crowds gathered about the
telegraph offices, and occasionally INDUCED in
feeble cheers, but the returns received up to
midnight were so meagre and indefinite that
very little enthusiasm was manifested by either
party.
The Lyceum course will be opened by Mr.
Cough tomorrow night. AT his lecture last
year over eight hundred tickets were sold for
the evening only, and the accommodations will
be nearly as good this year for those who pro
cure evening tickets. The supply of season
tickets is nearly exhausted, as certain portions
of the hall are reserved
Friday evening there are to be three Grant
and Wilson flag raisngs. Good speakers and
music are expected to be present, and the Tan
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will probably be on Harvard street, where the
residents have subscribed literally 10 defray the
expenses. The Tanners will proceed TO Lincoln
square at the conclusion of the Harvard street
raising, and from there TO Austin street.
Those entertaining little people, Gen. Tom
Thumb and wife, Commodore Mutt and Minnie
Warren, will appear this afternoon and evening
at Mechanics hail. They have but recently
returned from their European tour, and their
temperance in this city will doubtless be
cordially welcomed.
The Tanners will go to Lowell this afternoon
to attend the grand republican demonstration
there this evening. They will leave on the 4 3: 20
train over the Nashua road, accompanied by
the Worcester brass band, and return by special
train. The officers of the newly formed regi-
ment will appear for the first time in their new
uniform, consisting OF gilt raglan cape, and a
Grant hat trimmed with gold cord. A very
large number of tickets were sold last evening"
and the regiment will doubtless appear with
full ranks. Other parties who desire will be
allowed to go and return on the same trains.
SUDDEN DEATH.-Mr. William Savage, con-
ductor on the owl train of the Boston and
Albany railroad, died very suddenly at his resi-.
dence, No. q Crown street, in this city, last
evening. Hew apparently in his usual health,
and was sitting on sofa reading paper when
he fell dead instantly. Mr.. Savage had been
connected with the railroad for many years,
and was universally esteemed. His sudden