Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-21
GNurcester 9ailp SPY.
CITY NEWS.

Rev. A. 3. Earle will preach this evening, at
the Pleasant street church, at II O'Clock. All
are invited
jenkins and Whitcomb have received the
April magazines and the illustrated papers for
the present week.
Rev. G. W. Phillips leads the noon prayer
meeting today, at the rooms of the young mems
Christian association.
The Albany portion of the morning express
for Boston, yesterday, was two hours behind
time on account of an accident to the engine,
west of Springfield.
The assembly at Horticultural hall last eve
ming was fitting compliment to the gentlemen
who have so successfully conducted the series
during the winter.
Thirty or forty boys, bound for st. Paul
school at Concord, N. H., passed through here
yesterday afternoon. The school was brokenup
"a few weeks ago on account of the prevalence of
scarlet fever, but it begins again to-day.
John Maoney and Frederick K. Dodge, two
boys who escaped from the truant school last
Sunday, were brought before Judge Chaplin, yes
terday, and seutenced-Maloney to the school
ship and Dodge to the reform school,
The MartinettiRavel troupe attracted large
audience last evening, and gave a very credita-
BILE entertainment. The pantomimes were fully
up to the usual run of such performances, and
the banjo playing of Mr.. VIM. A Huntley met
with much favor.
Workmen, while digging for leak in the
gas pipes on Crown street, yesterday, found the
earth frozen solid five and half feet below the
surface, with every indication that it was still
foot deeper when they discontinued work. Such
depth of frost is almost Unprecedented.
George Grandy, a freight brakeman on the
Norwich and Worcester road, was knocked
senseless by coming in contact with the
Shetucket bridge near Norwich, early yesterday
morning. Fortunately the train was moving
quite slowly, so he did not fall from the car.
He was taken 10 Norwich, where he was prop
erly attended TO, and was able to return to
Worcester. Several brakemen have received
fatal injuries by coming in contact with this
bridge, during the past few years.
According TO some authorities spring began
yesterday with the passage of the sun over the
equator. 1t needs no argument, however, to
convince people in this vicinity that though this
may be the spring of the almanac makers, it is
not the balmy season of which poets are wont
to sing. The day would have done credit to the
month of January in regard to temperature and
general disagreeabIeness.
Mr.. George NJ Wilder, for many years con-
ductor of the train which leaves here for Boston
at A. M.bwas recently presented with a purse
containing 500, the occasion being his de-
parture for California. He proposes TO spend
three or four months on the Pacific coast and
visit Minnesota on his return. The purse was
made up among his many friends on the line of
the road, some of the season ticket passengers,
who ride on his train, contributing largely.
Mr. Benz. Zaeder, the well known and popu-
lar leader of the Frohsinn singing society, was
made the recipient of a very elegant and yaua-
BILE set Of parlor furniture, under rather pc
culiar circumstances, early Tuesday morning
1t seems that the presentation was arranged to
take place in the hall, on the occasion of the
fourteenth anniversary of the society, on Mon
day evening, but, as Mr.. Zaeder was detained at
home by illness in his family, his friends inn
proved the opportunity to arrange an original
and decidedly unique plan for making the gift.
BY the aid of one of the tenants in Mr.. Zaeder S
house access was gained to his frolt entry, and
there the articles, consisting of centre table easy
chairs and the rest, were left to await their dis
covery by the owner of the premises.