Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-07-17
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CITY NEWS.

Dt luuGtlS ptll at the StutlOn mouse DplpU
fitted up with new furniture in the shape of
rough boards fol the city boarlers to sleep on.
Tue democrats of this city talk of suspending
Greeley and Brown flag across Main street in
front of their headquarters in Goulding's block
Ellen g. Foley, the youngest of the little girls
who were so severely burned by the kerosene ex-
ploSlon in QuinSigamond Village recently, has
since died OF her injuries
The Salem street Sunday school and society
20 to Moosehorn lake tomorrow morning at
hall-past eight O'Clock for their annual excur-
sion.
new eighteen inch cylinder engine No. 2O2,
to be called the st. Louis, will make its first ap.
pearance on the track of the Boston and Albany
railroad tomorrow.
Miss Hannah p. Dodge, formerly of the Dread
in this city, and more recently of Kalamazoo
college, has been added to the corps of teachers
ut the Baptist academy at New London, III
About thirty forlorn looking cmigrants from
the steamer Palmyra at Boston, passed through
this city for New York on the boat train last
evening.
Miss Carrie Carter who was the ''No. So" at
the examination of candidates for admission to
NhN otuOblJ Has DtClI Inc Name
of John Dean should have appeared in the list
OF those granted denomination.
The board Of mayor and aldermen hold
meeting this evening to make assessments upon
estates benefited by the extension of Prescott
street. Hearings will be granted parties wish
Ing TO appear.
The daily shower occurred as usual yesterday
afternoon, and as people are getting accustomed
to this sort of thing, no great Inconvenience
was occasoned by it except to visitors from out
of town who had neglected to bring their UNI
breas.
The Worcester brass band are very busy Just
now pracicing new pieces for the Colt excursion,
and persons in the vicinity of Harrington corner
have an opportunity 10 notice that they do this
preliminary work very thoroughly. The Colts
start next week. Tuesday, with every prospect
OF an agreeable party and pleasant time
Some of the members of the Choral Union,
having caught the excursion epidemic, which is
raging so fcrcey just now, are talking about
going out for day of pleasure. MoOsehOrn
Lake, Rocky Point and Lake Quinsigamond
have been suggested as nice, but no definite
action has been taken, and there is but slight
probability that anything will come of it,
DIR. Wheeler of Lincoln, Mass, has been in
vited to take charge of the city hospital, tempo
rarily, to fill the vacancy caused by the resgna-
ton of Dr. J. e. Park. DIR. Lincoln is gradu
ate of Harvard college and for a year held the
position of house physician in the Massachusetts
general hospital He has recently returned from
Germany where he has been engaged in the
study of medicine
Efforts have been made by the Father Mathew
Temperance society to arrange for a visit of the
Irish band to this city previous to their depart
are for home, but as passage has been engaged
for them on next Saturdays steamer, the
scheme has been given up as impracticahle. If
such visit could have been arranged for the
band would have been sure of a rousing re-
ception from their warmhearted and patriotic
ceuntrymen residing in this city.
A fellow, Just drunk enough to be ugly,
amused himself early last evening by pitching
cobbles and other paving material into the door
OF a saloon in Washington square. A man and
woman inside the store were somewhat injured
by being struck by the missiles, and looking
glasses, candy jars and window paneS were de-
molished to an alarming extent. The fellow
made himself scarce before the police arrived at
the scene, but will probably be arrested and
made TO pay for his sport.
The New York papers contain accounts of
man by the name of Henry Gales, said to be-
long in this city, who committed suicide by cut
ting his throat at the Summit house in the
Bowery. They further state that he was in that
city on business some weeks ago, but lost his
money by gambling and dissipation and then