Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-04
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CITY NEWS.


Tony Pastors combination troupe will APP
pear at Music hall Tuesday evening.
Workmen were engaged yesterday in making
smooth the rough places through Main street.
About one hundred Canadian brickmakers
passed through here on their way TO Providence,
yesterday forenoon.
Gov. Washbun has signed the bill recently
passed by the legislature, incorporating the
Peoples club of this city.
The San Francisco MINISTRIES of New York,
who performed so acceptably last summer, will
appear at Music hall Monday evening. Re-
served seats are now on sale at the box office.
A man named Woods, who has been boarding
at No 204 Southbridge street, left very suddenly
yesterday morning, taking with him watch
and chain and three dollars in money, the prop
erty Of fellow boarder.
Samuel T. Cobb of Boston, from the grand
lodge of Good Templars, will address the people
of South Worcester at school house hail, this
evening, on temperance and the beer question,
at eight o'clock.
The announcement of the result of the Gin
cinnati convention created considerable amnse-
ment on the street yesterday afternoon, but
there was no enthusiasm, and very little interest
manifested in the news.
1t is reported that man fell from the inward
boat train on the Nashua road, between Sterling
junction and Oakdale, last evening. Section
men were sent back to look him up, but nothing
further has been learned in regard to the acci-
dent.
public meeting for consultation, in regard
to the recent sewer assessment, will be held this
evening in Horticultural hall. The direct inter
est which is felt by most of our citizens in this
measure will doubtless ensure large gather
ing.
There will be an open-ar temperance meeting
on the common, near the Old South church, TO-
morrow afternoon, at four O'Clock, to be adj
dressed by Samuel T. Cobb and others, and
mass meeting at Mechanics hall in the evening,
at hafpast seven, at which Rev. Mr.. Knowles
of this city, Rev. E. D. Winslow Of the legisla-
ture, and S. I. Cobb will speak,
A petition is in circulation among the me-
chanics and artisans of the city, TO be presented
TO the school board on Tuesday evening, asking
that body to recommend an appropriation of
$4,000 for the support of the evening drawing
school, in accordance with the report of the
committee at the meeting in the interest of art
education.
The trustees of the technical school have en-
gagged Mr.. James Cruikshank of Chelsea, the
landscape gardener, to lay out walks around the
buildings, and otherwise improve the appear
ance Of the grounds by setting out trees and
flowers Any contributions of plants, shrubs
or flowers would be very acceptable to the rus-
tees.
Henry c. Varnum of Lowell, an insaue per-
son forty years Of age, escaped from the lunatic
asvum about half past nine o'clock last night.
He is about five feet ten inches in height, dark
complexion, dark beard and hair. He was
dressed in a nearly new dark mixed Scotch suit,
and is supposed to have gone in the direction Of
Lowell.
Mr. A. G. Goes and wife, Mr.. John P. Marble
jerome Marble aud daughter, l.. j. Knowles
and wife, and their neice Miss Lila Knowles,
are to-start for California on Tuesday. MIR. s.
X. Haywood will start few days afterward and
join the party at Chicago. They intend to be
absent about two months, during which time
they are to visit the principal places of interest
in California.
The friends Of Mr.. and Mrs George w Whit
ing, to the number of fifty, gathered at their
residence ON Carroll street, on Monday evening"
to celebrate the twenty fifth anniversary of their
marriage, bringing with them numerous and
valuable presents. The presentation speech was
made by Albert Tolman, Esq, in whose employ
Mr. Whiting has been for the past twenty-five
years. PoemSI were read by DR.. Buxton and
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