Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-06-22
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CITY NEWS.

at Browns news room, 81 Main street.
L. j. Knowles of this city started on his re
turn trip from San Francisco, yesterday after
noon.
Eddie, little son of 7 K. Fish, was knocked
down by a carelessly driven horse, on Exchange
street, yesterday afternoon.
The Boston and Albany railroad have a gang
of men at work in the deep cut with view to
prevent future accidents caused by rocks falling
upon the track
A car load of strawberries for Boston passes
through this city from New York on the owl
train every morning, and ditfuses pleasing
fragrance along the route.
The warm weather Of Yesterday created live
ly demand for ice cream, Berlin While alone
furnishing nearly one hundred gallons to his
customers from his mandatory at No. Pleas
ant street.
Yesterday was the longest day in the year ac
Cording TO the amanacs, and the hottest, so far,
according TO the unanimous and oft expressed
opinion of everybody who had occasion to be
out OF doors.
Quite number Of ladies and gentlemen from
this city were present at the class day exercises
at Harvard college, yesterday. Among the grad
yates are Asa g. Hapgood and Henry E. Hill
of this city.
The Worcester division Sons of Temperance
will give a strawberry festival in Temperance
hall this evening, which will be unusually at
tractiye, by reasons of the numerous prizes to
be distributed by vote.
Thomas Mathews, a freight brakeman ON the
Norwich and Worcester railroad had one of his
ribs broken and received other severe injuries
by falling from car on the way freight near
Plainfeld yesterday morning. He was taken to
Norwich, where he will probably recover.
Arrangements are being perfected by which
an extra train is 10 leave this city for Boston,
on Sunday, at twelve O'clock for the accommo-
dation of those who wish to attend the concert
in the coliseum Sunday afternoon.
At the second weekly exhibition of the horti-
cultural society, the first premium Of So for cut
CIRCUITS greenhouse. Mrs. Daniel L. fainter
was given the second premium.
Llley's new window at the corner of EX-
change street attracted considerable attention
yesterday on account of the great pains which
had evidently been taken to provide accOmmo-
dations for small panes in the sash. Perhaps
he did it on purpose.
William WEIGH, the insane man from East
Boston who surrendered himself at the police
station Thursday morning, was committed to
the lunatic hospital yesterday, where he will re-
main for the present, unless called for by his
friends.
The work of grading the grounds around the
high schoolhouse has just been completed, and
turfng is now in progress. Paths have been
laid out from the central entrance to the side
doors, and when the work is finished the yard
will present very fine appearance.
The Boston and Albany railroad completed a
temporary trestle work bridge at Chatham yes
terday morning, i'll place of the one recently
destroyed by fire, and an immense amount OF
freight, which had been delayed for the past
four days, passed over it during the day.
The following were the officers elected last
evening for the ensuing term of Wachusett
encampment, No. 10, |. o. of o. F.: C. p, Sam
uel V. Stone; H. p, U. T. Blake; S. W, A. II.
Fisher; Scribe, Edwin A. Warren; Treasurer,
Chas. B. Pratt; j. W., D. l. Moulton.
remarkably fine cluster of bananas, said TO
be the largest and finest ever seen in Worcester
was received by william II. Hackett, corner of
Maia and Thomas streets, yesterday. The
bunch is about the size of barrel, and the
bananas on it number about one hundred and
fifty.
Parties interested in securing a new location
for the Boston and Albany tracks, so that they
shall pass through the towns of Leicester and
Spencer, have begun to drive stakes for the pre-
iiminary survey. 1t is said that by the proposed
route the railroad win crossAthe highway twice
between .here and Valley Falls. We imagine
there would be some opposition from the resi-
dents of Webster square to such proceeding.
At the meeting of the Piedmont church, last
evening. plans were presented for a new church
edifice though no definite action was taken.
All the plans that have been offered can he seen
at the office of C. NJ. Dyer during the day until
abe next meeting, which is to be held next
Friday evening, and on Monday evening the
office will be open to afford those who are UNI
able 10 look over the plans in the day time, an
opportunity to examine them.
AT meeting Of the Plymouth parish last eve
ming the building committee reported that the
plans and specifications for the new church had
been completed and several estimates of the
cost of construction had been presented. The
result of the estimates show that the cost of the
church. including The land, according to the
proposed plan, will be from Sl25,00O to $780,
900, which is much more than has been antci-
pated. The committee h ave referred the esti-
mates TO subcommittee, who will endeayor
TO materially reduce the cost of construction.
The difference in cost between brick and stone
as building materials was stated at from five to
six thousand dollars. The meeting adjourned
for two weeks, during which time the committee
expect to be able 10 prepare more satisfactory
report.
School ExAMINATIoNs.-The annual exam