Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-06-11
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CITY MEMS.

No new facts were developed yesterday regard
ing tine suicide of Saturday morning.
The ladies of the Old South church will hold
a strawberry festival in their vestry this eve
ming. A good time is expected
The annual strawberry festival of Grace
church will be held in their vcstry this eve
ming.
Philip l.. Moen, W. T. Mortified, and J. L.
Burbank have made valuable contributions of
bedding plants for the ornamenation of the
technical school grounds.
Major L. c. White of this city is one of the
committee to award the prizes at the prize drill,
on July 4th, at Boston, in which any company
in the United States is allowed to enter
Four or five cars Of the way freight train over
the Worcester and Nashua road were thrown
from the track at Aver junction, yesterday
morning, and DISTRACTED travel for few hours.
Mr. Charles H. Morgan, the superintendent
at the Washburn and Moen wire works, is 10
sail from Boston to day in the steamer Hecla
for three months trip in Europe
The Massasoit, magnificent drawing-room
car just from the shops of the Boston and AL
bany railroad, was put on Conductor Gallup's
Albany express for its first regular trip, yester-
day morning.
The base ball ground at the Worcester driv-
ing park is being laid out anew, under the di.
rection of Mcssrs. Otis and Ferguson of the
technical school, who claim that they will fit it
up so that it shall he second Onone in the coun-
try.
The money drawer stolen from the store of C.
Ii, Parker Il, Son S1turJop nj, =,
an open lot on Pleasant street, Yesterday morn
ing This furnishes further evidence that sus-
picion rested upon the right parties when the
robbery was first discovered
Stephen 7, Courtney, young man eighteen
years of age, was before the central district
court, yesterday morning, for drunkenness, and
was discharged after paying the usual fine.
Last night he was again arrested for drunken
ness and an assault upon an officer.
Three boys from this city applied at the sta
ton house in Providence for lodgings, Satur-
day night The story they told was that they
mad seereted themselves in baggage car during
the day, and thus secured passage to Provi-
dence, where they were without money and with.
out friends
About seventy Knights Templar from Spring.
held and vicinity passed through here on the
New York express, yesterday afternoon on their
way TO st. John, N. B., Tor short pleasure ex-
cursion. They were accompanied by the Arm.
oly band, the members of which made very
fine appearance in their new uniforms. Several
Worcester Knights joined the party at the depot,
When the now grown up generation were
children, and had occasion to use imaginary
money, they were wont to resort to buttons and
such round pieces of metal as would chink and
rattle; but the greenbacks have changed all
this, as was demonstrated to the writer of this
yesterday by seeing little boy of SIX or there
ahouts playing pay off his help with piantajn
leares
The peoples club" announce festival at
their own hall for Thursday evening, which will
be attractive for all our citizens. The beautiful
rooms of the club are well fitted for such an en-
tertanmcnt, and with good music, abundant
flowers, Strawberries, ice cream and other re-
frCshments, they will furnish a charming place
of resort.
The accident on tho Atchison and Nebraska
railroad, Saturday night, caused the death of
Otis II. Allen, of Northboro, engaged as assist.
ant to the chief engineer of the road, Frank r.
Firth, graduate of the Worcester high school,
who lost his right arm and was otherwise seri-
ously injured. They were on an engine which
tell through bridge, probably weakened by
heavy rains. Mr.. Firth is the son Of Abram
Firth of the Boston and Albany railroad, is a
trained engineer, and one of the most promising
OF the young railroad men in the country Mr..
Allen was son of the late Prentss Allen of
Northboro, and would have graduated at Har-
ward college this year. He left his class only a
few weeks ago to enter upon the duties of his
new position,