Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-28
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CITY NEWS.

The banks will be closed on Thursday, Me
mortal day
call for the ninth district convention, to
choose delegates to the Baltimore convention, is
published this morning.
Alex Johnson's drum corps left this city for
Newport yesterday morning. They made fine
appearance on the street in their new uniforms,
and did some excellent drumming.
About forty-fiye of the friends of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Jerome met at their house last Friday
night to celebrate their wooden wedding"
Many articles were left as tokens OF esteem.
The beautiful cantata of the Flower Queen"
will be given by select number OF st. Paul's
Sunday school at Music hall, this evening, at u
o'clock.
There is movement on foot to have the
stores and business houses throughout the city
confne their business from 8 A. NJ. to 6 P. NJ.
A meeting to take action in the matter will be
called in a few days.
The rain, which began last evening and cOntin-
ued with undated vigOr during the night, will
put at rest for the present all croaking in regard
to the anticipated scarcity of grass during the
coming season.
The chairman of the soldiers decoration COM
mittee on Hope cemetery, Mr.. c. H. Peck, de-
sires Information as to the location of the
graves of James Whittemore and William Hyer,
and any others that have been omitted hereto
fore. Information may be left at the Spy count
ing-room.
The state railroad commissioners will give
hearing at the city hall, in this city, June IL,
TO all parties interested in the plans proposed
for the construction OF the new union depot, to
be located east of Grafton street. at Washington
square. This hearing is TO he had in accordance
with the provisions OF chapter 343 of the acts OF
1871 authorizing the work to be done under the
conditions provided.
boy about twelve years old, who, in COM
pany with other lads about the same age, has
been in the habit OF playing around railroad
trains at Oxford station, on the Norwich road,
met with an accident yesterday afternoon, which
may serve as warning to others of his class.
He had jumped on the rear car of the way
freight train, due here about Tour O'Clock, which
was moving slowly, and attempting to jump off,
fell under the train and one OF his legs was
crushed at the ankle so that it had to be ampu
tatcd
Mr., T. M. Woodward, the well known Orna-
mental painter of this city has just finished the
painting of a beautiful banner for the ST
Patrick Catholic total abstinence society OF
Webster. The banner is made of green and
white silk, with heavy gold fringe and tassels
and bears upon one side a picture of the patron
saint with the shamrock and other national
embems. Upon the reverse side, on ground
of white silk, is inscribed, in beautiful lettering
the name of the society. 1t is gift from the
ladies to the society, and reflects great credit
upon the skill of Mr.. Woodward, adding as it
does to his already enviable reputation. Mr..
Woodward is also engaged in painting fourteen
memorial tablets each containing the names of
the twenty-seven residents of West BOylSton
who fell in the late war. They are to be placed
in the school rooms of the town. Four of them
are already completed, and will be sent TO West
BoyIston for use on Memorial day.