Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-02-17
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CITY NEWS.

The fine residence of John D. Warren, Esq,
on State street is Offered for sale.
The third assembly of the City Guards will
take place at Armory hall, Monday evening.
Samuel B. Parsons, of this city, has been
commissioned by Gov. Washbum a justice of
the peace for Worcester county.
Abbott & Rice have sold the premises on the
Old Millbury road, known as the "Farm," to
Jonas Bartlett for $4,000
The Howes book store has been sold to Geo.
C. Holden, formerly with L. II. Bigclow. An
advertisement to that effect appears this morn,
ing.
The coronePs jury, after hearing the facts in
the case of the death of the Lawler boy on the
Nashua road, Thursday, rendered a verdict
clearing the employees of the road from blame.
Messrs. S. NJ. Patterson & Co., of Lowell,
whose hahdiwork embellshed Mechanics hall
last evening, have been engaged to trim it for
the grand Masonic ball on the 2Sth.
The superior (civil) court, Judge Bacon pre-
siding, sat yesterday to hear motions, settle ex-
ceptions, &c. The court will sit again to-day,
aud adjourn sine die.
Conductor T. B Sergeant, of the Boston and
Albany railroad, and for five years in charge of
one of the owl trains on that road, has been ap-
pointed superintendent of the new Boston, Barre
and Gardner railroad, and will soon enter on the
duties Of that position.
About twenty of DR.. L. A. Abbott's friends
and patients met at his residence, on Summer
street, last Monday evening, and surprised him
with the gill Of any easy chair, a bronze bracket
lamp and roll of greenbacks. The evening
was most pleasantly spent.
Mr. Richard Powers, residing at No. II Bluff
street, attended Wedding with a party of
friends on Tuesday evening, and on returning
home fell as he was entering his house, aud died
almost instantly. DR.. J. Marcus Rice, coroner,
was notified. and viewed the body, but did not
consider an inquest necessary.
An enter ainment by the boys of the House of
the Angel Guardian was set down in the United
Irish course fer Thursday night, but it was not
given, for the reason that the boys are not al
lowed to travel and give performances during
Lent, This fact was overlooked when the en-
g cement was made
Al the adjourned meeting of the Worcester
county auxiliary Bible society, held yesterday,
at the rooms Of the young mems Christian asso-
citation, netting was done except 10 adjourn for
two weeks more. The officers of the society
have thus for the third time deferred action for
the purpose of awaiting information from New
York.
call appears among the new advertisements
this morning for mass meeting Of the colored
citizens Of Worcester, TO take place in Temper
ancc hall, Foster street, next Monday evening;
the object of the meeting is to give an expression
of gratitude to Hon. Charles Sumner for his
efforts in the national senate i'll behalf of the
cOlored race
Prof Dickson will deliver the opening address
at the public temperance meeting, at Summer
street chapel, tomorrow evening, and will be
followed by other speakers. At the close, the
pledge will be presented for signatures. 1t is
believed by the managers of these meetings that
much good will result from them, and they cx-
tend a cordial invitation to all friends of reform
to he present.
The new tariff of rates on the Providence and
Worcester railroad is to 90 into effect the first
ofnext month. The a yerage reduction of pas
senger fares is not far from fifteen per cent
though in a few instances the rate is to be I'M
changed. No second-class tickets will be sold
The freight rates on coal, pig iron, moulding
sand and articles of like character, will be 81
per gross ton, in quantities of 100 tons or more,
instead of s 80, as at present, and the rates on
other goods have been somewhat reduced.
MUNICIPAL CoURT.-Chas. Lee was before
the court, yesterday, on two complaints for
larceny, and was sentenced to the house of cor
rection for two months on each, making four
months term; Timothy DAILY, for single sale of
liquor, was fined SO and costs. Jas. c. Snow,
John Doherty and Thomas Donahoe were each
fined for drunkenness.