Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-07-09
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CITY NEWS.

CITY NEWS.
The new express train on the Nashua road
will not stop at the Lincoln Square station.
very desirable residence at the South End is
advertised for sale this morning. See advertise
ment signed ON"
The Summer travel" is just now very heavy,
and the trains running to the White mountains
and TO the seashore are filled with passengers.
The annual election of teachers, and the fix
ing of salaries for the ensuing year, will be the
business before the school board at their meet
ing tonight
The Colt excursion party for this year is being
rapidly made up, and those who intend going
should secure their tickets at once, as the num-
Der is limited.
Elliot H. Peabody of this city, has been ap-
pointed by the governor justice Of the peace
and commissioner to qualify civil officers for
this county.
The regular monthly meeting OF the Natural
History association will be held at their rooms
this evening at u o'clock. full attendance
is requested.
EFhe Plymouth society and Sunday school will
go on picnic excursion on Thursday of this
week Particulars will be given tomorrow
morning.
Rev. Father Scannell was presented with
valuable gold headed cane by the members OF
the Grattan literary association, at his residence
last evening.
The Sabbath school of the Old South church
and their friends have their annual picnic at
Lake Qunsigamond to-day, leaving the vestry
in carriages at eleven o'clock A. NJ.
There are now two vacancies upon the police
force, and considerable disappointment was felt
among the host of applicants for the positions
that no appointments were made by the mayor
and aldermen last evening.
The annual excursion and picnic of the
Natural History association, will be held on
Saturday next. MoOsehorn Lake on the line of
the Barre and Gardner railroad is the place. All
are invited to JOIN. Due notice will be given of
the time of starting and the price of tickets.
During the early part Of last evening, a man
was brought into the station house in state of
intoxicaton with nearly $500 in his pocket
About midnight another man was brought in,
in similar condition, who had over 500 with
him.
Miss Williams, daughter of Hon. Hartley
Williams, was thrown from her carriage while
yesterday morning on Court Hill, and
erably bruised. Her horse became fright
EN- IN Lincoln square and ran up the hill up
setting the carriage. The young lady is not
seriously injured.
Excursion tickets to Martha's Vineyard and
adjoining points and return over the Providence
aud Worcester road are now ready The adyer-
tisemeRt in another column gives the particular
advantages this route has and should be read by
all who contemplate visiting these popular
watering places.
The up freight over the Norwich road met
with a serious accident near Auburn on Satur-
day evening. Two long cars and FIVE short
ones, loaded with soft coal, were thrown off the
track, and the coal scattered around with great
profusion. A gang of meu worked all night at
the scene of disaster, and succeeded in clearing
the track about six O'Clock Sunday morning.
The alarm from box 81 about . o'clock this
morning was caused by the discovery of fire in a
small frame house, No. 95 Canterbury street, oc
cupied by Charles Spring. The family got out
of the house safely, and the fire was exlin-
gnished with triang loss very soon after the ar
rival of the fire department The fire was first
discovered around the chimney on the lower
floor, but it is not known how it caught.
The new arrangement Of trains on the PrOyi-
dence railroad took effect yesterday, the new
express train leaving Providence at six O'Clock
A. M, bringing up II number of White mountain
travellers, and the train leaving Worcester at
four O'Clock P. NJ. taking goodly number Of
New York passengers. These trains are Il great
convenience for the travelling public, and are
destined TO prove popular. The efforts being
made by this road, the Nashua, aud Norwich
and, it may be added the Worcester and Gard
ner and Boston and Albany roads, TO accommo.
date the public, receive due appreciation, and
must eventually prove largely remunerative.
AT a meeting of the ST. Johns temperance
and literary association, held last evening, the
following officers were elected for tue ensuing
six months:
President, VIM. NJ. e. Meen; Vice-President
Richard Mooney; Recording Secretary Marcus II.
COsgrOve; Financial Secretary. John H. Hession :;
Treasurer, James Is. Mcmahon; Board of Directors
chairman, Thomas Hussey; Directors, James
Roche Nicholas Mooney, Jeremiah Shea Thomas
PhelHn.