Worcester daily spy., 1872-11-30
dWOrtester 9aiIp spp.
CITY NEWS.

Fairbanks & Piper's column is forced from its
place on this page to the fourth, by the rush of
telcgraphic news this morning.
AT one O'Clock this morning the mercury in
dcated twelve DEGREES above zero.
Hon. Geo. F. Hoar left for Washington last
evening to resume his congressional duties.
The Worcester district preachers meeting
occurs at Grace church next Monday at 1Ol AN.
The attendance at the five or six churches
open Thanksgiving day was rather small. AT
the Old South the house was comfortably filled.
There were the usual number of Thanksgiving
dances in this city and the adjoining towns on
Thursday evening.
Laurel street NJ. f. church is undergoing eX-
tensive Improvements, both in the audience
room and yestry. The audience room is to be
completed to day.
Harrington Putnam, the well known amateur
oarsman CT this city, walked from the city hall
to Boston common Thursday in ten hours and
6prty-iye minutes.
s1he clothing store owned by Robert II.
70 aung, on the corner of Southbridge and Madi-
sor@ streets, was broken open Thursday night,
: :, and pair of pants and several small articles
stolen.
One of The dodgers at the station house last
night was found to have pint of Gin, the same
amount of whiskey, twelve plugs of tobacco and
pipe upon his person. His pocket book was
empty.
Billy horse belonging TO Mr.. j. A. Dodge,
the veteran hackman, died on Thanksgiving
night. "Billy" was one of the pair of bays
which Mr. nnJrn tbn
hours, and was also a veteran of seven years
service on theshack.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Q. Spaulding celebrated the
fifteenth anniversary of their marriage on We'd
nesday evening, Rev. Me. Parry, in behalf of
the company, presented, among o her articles, a
china set and a silver tea service in a neat
speech, which was appropriately responded to.
Frank X. Lateur, hack driver, living in
Slides block, Bloomingdale road, died sudden
ly at half past five o'clock yesterday morning of
heart disease He was IS years old, and leaves
wife and three children. City Marshal Sibley
was summoned in his capacity as coroner, but
decided an inquest unnecessary.
The halfpast nine O'Clock train from Nashua,
Thanksgiving day, ran over a horse and wagon
owned by man named Gatfney, Just above the
Garden street crossing in this city. The horse
was killed, the wagon smashed, one axle going
through the bottom of the baggae car, knocking
over The baggage master, and the train was de-
laycd half an hour.
Charles c. Rice, the victim of the brutal as
Sault which occurred on Pleasant street some
three weeks ago, is still in critical condition.
He has been removed to his home, but is unable
to give any clear account of the cause of his in
lufies. Dr. Bates, who attends him. regards
him as dangerously injured, from the fact that
he has been so long partly unconscious.
The Springfield Republican OF Thanksgiving
morning has the following amusing but harm
less little item: There is tacit understanding
between the Worcester coal dealers and those of
this city, that if the latter win keep out of Wor-
ceSter they may have the trade of every station
this side. This very accurately measures the
difference between Springfield and Worcester
trade enterprise.
big job has Just been completed at the deep
cut in the Summit on the Worcester and Nashua
railroad. About fifteen hundred feet of solid
rock, wide enough TO admit of an additional
track, and from thirty to thirty-tve feet deep,
mas 'SNu uuS away anu INC uOuDlc track
through the cut is now in daily use. sub
stantial highway bridge has been built over the
cut by the railroad company. The entire cost
Of the work is nearly 100000.
Thomas Sullivan, twentyone years of age,
was found lying in the road on Canterbury
street, about twelve o'clock last night, under
the influence of liquor and benumbed with the
cold. He was aroused with great difficulty
aud delivered to Officer j. d. Barker, who
brought him TO the station house. Both ears
were frozen, and had he been left in his position,
another death from exposure, brought on by
the use OF liquor, would have been the result
before morning.
Among the entertainments to be given next
week arc Monday evening, lecture by Rev.
W L. Mallalieu, IN the Grace church course on
The Blues and the fifth lecture of Professor
Denton's course in Horticultural hall; Tuesday
evening, Morris Brothers MINISTRIES in Mechan-
les hall; Wednesday evening, Mr.. Edwin Adams
in the play Of "EnOch Arden" at Music hall;
Thursday evening, lecture by Mrs. Mary Liver.
more in the Mechanics course; Saturday eve
ming, concert by Mr.. Benjamin T. Hammond and
the, MendelSSohu qulnlette club, in Washburn
hail,