Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-04-12
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CITY NEWS.

Geo. F. Bailey & Co.'S circus will exhibit in
this city April %.
Jenkins & Whitcomb have Harper's and Frank
Leslie's for the present week.
The annual meeting of the New England
poultry club will he held at the Mechanics saw
inc bank this afternoon.
Mr.. Alfred W. Dana of this city has been
qualified and commissioned as justice of the
peace.
The supreme judicial court was not in session
Yesterday but will resume hearings this morn
ing.
Senior Serasate, the distinguished volinist,
will appear at Mechanics hall next Thursday
evening.
The annual meeting of the New England poul-
try club will be held in the rooms of Mechanics
savings bank this afternoon at 8 o'clock
Patrick Lombard, young truant, nine years
old, was brought before Judge Chaplin, yester-
day morning, and was sentenced to one year in
the ruant school.
A water cart for sprinklng the streets, adorned
with gorgeous coat of fresh blue paint, made
its first appearance this season on Main street
yesterday afternoon.
DR.. VIM. B. Chamberlain, of this city, was
elected president of the Massachusetts homgo-
pathic medical society, at the annual meeting
held in Boston Wednesday.
Messrs. H, & A. Palmer, the contractors for
the erection of the normal school building on
the hospital grounds, have begun work. The
building is to be completed by July, 1873,
The annual meeting of the Rowing association
of American colleges, for the purpose of select
ing course, time, and style Of race for the ap-
preaching college regatta, will be held at the
Bay State hous at u O'Clock today.
The marble cutters and workers of this city
have their annual ball this evening. Although
they do Craze work, cut epitaphs etc, they like
TO cut pigeon wings as well as other human be-
iugs and we wish them a jolly time.
man who felt 'tooly roOral," walked or
tumbled out of a doorway on Central street
yesterday, taking step of about eighteen feet
Heros from the ground and when asked if he
was hurt, replied at Jared me little
State Constable Brennan made two seizures Of
liquor on Wednesday, visiting the places OF
Lawrence Lawler, on Pond street, aud VIM,
Cunningham, on the corner of Madison and
Salem streets. Two barrels of contraband
ljduids were confscatcd at each place.
The All Saints church in this city furnish one
of the tables in the fair of the St. Paurs EpiscO-
pal church of Maiden, now in progress in Horti-
cultural hail. Boston. IT is presided over by
Mrs. F. II. Dewey, assisted by several young
ladies.
The Frenchman who was arrested on We'd
nesday evening on suspicion that he was the
MAN who assaulted the woman in Pane's woods,
few days ago, was brought before the munich
pal court yesterday morning and discharged, a
witness who saw the man and woman together
swearing that he was not the man.
One feature in the building operations in the
Dread neighbOrhood this spring is the establish
ment of a modern boarding stable between Pied
mont and Castle streets, which will be opened
about the Isl of May by Mr.. Lyman B. Vaughn
of East Brooktieid. whose experience with horses
is well known hereabouts.
Sheriff Sprague received telegram yesterday
morning from the chief of police of Rutland,
Vermont, announcing the arrest of suspicious
Canadian, supposed TO be Sam Perris, and re-
questing a more detailed description The de
scIiption and photograph were promptly for
warded, but there is very little reason to think
that the man is the much sought for Sam.
The exhibition of DR.. Moore's stereopticon, in
the Old South church, last evening, consisted
of views of various points of interest in differ
ent parts of the world. The views were excel
lent and the descriptive lecture highly interest
ing. This evening there will be an entire
change of programme, including large num-
Der of views of the Franco-Prussian war
The quarterly examination of classes at the
Worcestey academy began yesterday, under
the direction of Mr. J. D, Smith, principal, and
Rev Messrs Cow, PeTvear, and Jones, OF tue eX-
aiming committee The examinations of the
different classes in English, French and Latin
branches vas very satisfactory, and creditable
to the pupils. The examinations will continue
this morning closing at noon with interes ting
exercises consisting of decamations, essays
and music The public are invited to attend.
We suppose our readers have taken notice OF
the advertisement of a sale of house lois III
Rhode Island, which will take place, Wednes-
day, next week The lots TO be sold are stu
ated four or five miles from Providence, near
Lewis station on the Providence, Warren aud
Bristol railroad, some eighty rods from the
shore The situation is said TO be very fine,
especially for those who desire to have summer
residences near the sea; and all such are re-
minded that Narragansett bay has rare beau
ties, excellent facilities for bathing, and "an
abundant store of clans and fish,