Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-12
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CITY NEWS.


A Greeley and Brown flag is to be raised this
evening at the Washburn iron company's works
on Bloomingdale road.
VIM. R. Allen has sold his estate, corner of
Belmont and Edward streets, to Charles A. Up
ton, for about $4,000.
There will be game Of base ball this after
noon on the Agricultural grounds between the
Technical school and Holy Cross college mines.
The executive committee of the Grant and
Wilson club are to have meeting at the Office
of F. P. Goulding this evening. Every mem
Der is desired to attend.
The quarterly meeting of the New England
poultry club, which was to have been held yes
terday afternoon, was postponed TO next Friday
afternoon at two o'clock.
The list of fallen soldiers will be published
again on Monday. Any corrections should be
sent to-day to the coal Office of Strong & Rogers,
or TO c. A. Chase at the court house.
The fast of "Yom Kippur," or Jewish day of
atonement, began last evening at shutdown, and
will continue during to-day. This is the most
important fast in the Jewish calendar, and
during its continuance neither solid nor liquid
food is allowed
Among the twenty-five proposals for the con-
struction of the new state house in Hartford,
was one by Messrs. Norcross Bros of this city,
amounting to S912, 900. The successful bid,
1875, 900, was made by j. G. patterson of Hart
ford
In the central district court, yesterday, James
L. Leavens was sent 10 the house of correction
for two months for second offense of drunken
ness, James Dunn paid fine of 80 and costs for
drunkenness, and Peter Delaney was committed
for the non-payment of fine for being drunk.
In our notice of Miss Phillips, yesterday, the
name of Patti was substituted for Patey, in the
following sentence: "NeXt to Madam Patti,
she Chat is, Phillips is considered the best con-
tralto before the public at the present time"
As Patti is neither madam nor contraltO sing
er, it was rather ludicrous mistake.
The st. Johns fair in aid Of the convent of
Notre Dame was brought to a successful conclu-
sion last evening. The remaining articles were
disposed of at auction, and the drawings were
completed. The fair has been a great success
financially, the net receipts amounting to about
$4,000. Since the fair was opened in the hall of
the Catholic institute, one hundred and ten ar
ticles of different varieties have been disposed
of by drawings, and the number of articles sold
at the different tables has also been very large.
A brakeman employed on the Worcester and
Nashua railroad had one OF his arms badly
crushed by getting it caught while Stacking
cars near the Junction yesterday afternoon.
The alarm from box SO, about one O'Clock,
this morning, was caused by fire in the little
wooden shanty No. 253 Front street, known as
the Lone Star saloon. The fire broke out under
the counter and spread so rapidly that four
dodgers who occupied the attic, awakened by
the smoke, had barely time to make their escape.
The contents of the building, as well as the old
shell itself, were of very little value, and the
total loss will not probably exceed $500. The
premises were said to have been owned by Capt.
NJ. o'Driscoll, and were occupied by Jesse Cot