Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-07-10
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CITY NEWS.

The TurnVerein society will have their annual
picnic at Davis cottage next Monday.
The contract for building the Memorial town
hall in Oxford has been awarded to Mr. Thomas
G. Learned of this city.
Rev. VIM. NJ. Parry, late of Nottingham, En-
gland, has accepted the call extended to him by
the Old South parish, at a salary of $4,000.
The telescope and electrical machine, near
the city hall last evening, furnished good deal
of harmless amusement to those who had
nothing particular to do.
The semi-annual meeting of the Odd Fellows
Mutual Benefit association OF Worcester county
will he held this morning at ten O'Clock, in Odd
Fellows hall.
The announcement of the annual excursion
of the Lyceum and Natural History society APP
pears this MOI Iing, from which it will he seen
they are to visit Moosehorn pond on Saturday
The people residing on Orange street have
reason to congratulate themselves that at last
the sewer through the ledge is completed and
deceutly inferred.
The BrUsnihan estate on Spring street. com
prislng house and 100 feet of land, was sold
yesterday morning by auction for $500. Mr.
Patrick Driscoll was the purchaser.
Front street at its lower end is now no thor
oughfarc, owiuSi to the combined efforts EOf the
highway commissioner and the horse railroad
company, and young street has been opened
in the rear of the buildings on the south side.
The aesthetic monkey of tradition, who colored
his tailsky blue, is walled if not outdone, by
a little dog of this city, who proudly waves
over his back tail as roSy-hued as Aurora's
fingers His modest satisfaction in this adorn-
ment and the admiriug envy with which he is
regarded by less favored dogs are a pleasing
spectacle.
The advertisement of the route to Oak Bluffs
and Falmouth over the Mansfield and Framing
ham and the Taunton branch railroads in anoth-
er column, sets forth the advantages to be gain
cd by this route, and should be read by all who
intend visiting these localities during the sum.
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The Unvcrsaists had a very pleasant excur-
sion to MoosehOrn lake yesterday, and brought
glowing accounts of the beauties of the place.
The day was spent in sailing, dancing and the
usual variety of picnic amusementS, seasoned
with little specchmaking, in which Rev. I.
E. st. John, Rev. Albert Tyler, Col. p. W. Taft,
and Mr. MecOrncy, superintendent of the Sun
day school, took part.
Yesterday afternoon, while Mr.. Daniel IL.
Camp, carpenter, was engaged on the roof of
Bishops block in fixing the support to the
Grant aud Wilson flag, which hangs across the
street, the board on which he was standing
broke and he fell through a scuttle distance
of about ten feet. Two of his ribs were broken
but he was not otherwise injured, and will I'M
doubtedly recover in short time.
The residence OF Mr. N. Elliot on Holden
street, in the northern part of the city, was
burglariously entered about two O'Clock yester-
day morning, and articles of wearing apparel
to The value Of over $50 stolen. The burglars
effected an entrance by forcing ont a window
screen, after which they searched the lower part
OF the house, fortunately overlooking the closet
that contained the silver ware. On Sunday
evening an attempt was made to force an en-
trance to house on Lincoln street, but the
thieves were frightened away before their opera
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