Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-01-16
GWurfester Daily spp.
CITY NEWS.

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CITY NEWS.
Mr.. Whitney advcrtises his house on State
street as for s'le
The last sheets of the new city directory were
put to press yesterday, and the books may be
expected in a week.
At the adjourned parish meeting of the Uni |
verslIist society, held last evening, it was voted
to add $50 to the salary of their pastor, Rev.
I. E, St. John.
The annual festival os the ladies connected
with tue Webster square chu:ch will be held on
Thursday and Friday evenings of this week. OF
course magnificent time is expected,
The following appears in New York dis
patch; David Reilly accidentally shot William
Markham, Saturday night, while both were OK
aiming a revolver. 1t is feared that the wound
is mortal. Reilly was on visit home from
school in Worcester.
j. Leary, the oaisD1an, anticipating an
engagement carly in the season with one of the
hest oarsmen in the country, forwarded an order
last week to Robert Jewett, at Dunston-on, Tyne,
England, for new whcrry. 1t will be built
with especial reference to Mr.. OLaarys size
and after the most approved English models.
The second of the series of select military and
civic assemblies, under the auspices of the State
Guard, will take place in the armory tomorrow
night. If the remainder of the course proves as
select and pleasant as the first bail, the large
class who enjoy dancing but who desire to avoid
mixed" assemblies, will appreciate the ar
rangemeats Of the State Guard.
Miss lngraham, OF the Church of the Unity
quartetse, who received such loud call from
Trinity church, New Haven, some months ago,
has received one more emphatic from the same
church, and has accepted an invitation to
sing there at the close of the present musical
year at a salary of $1,000. This makes the third
rontncnt soprano who has been a;lurcd from
orcester this season. We need richer churches
y = keep or singers. The New Haven public
!. Z, to be congratulated on securing Miss Ingra.
4 am. She will prove a valuable acquisition to
: fhclr musical circles, one which we yield to
Sthcm with great reluctance. In this connection
ii is pleasant to say that Miss'Lottie Pratt, ono
OF our most promising lady yocasts, is to sing
in the Salem street Congregational choir another
year at salary of five hundred dollars
BOARD OF OvERsEERs OF PooR-The board
of oyerseers Of the poor held its first meeting
last evening, and organized by the choice of
Geo. W. Gale clerk. The mayor tpresidcnt of the
board eX-tfiicio,) appointed the following stand
inr committees
On Finance-Messrs. Gale, Jordan and Kendall
Ga City tarm-MesSrs Hadwen, Hatch and Hen
On Ralief-Massrs, Henry Gale and Kendall.
gn Ir1gNn Sob pn1 1,Ia
Sibley.
Discussion on DARwINGAN THEoRY.-Thc
discussion upon this subject will be renewed to-
night, at the rooms Of the Natural History as
ISOLATION, in Worcester Bank block, Foster
street. All persons interested upon either side
OF the question are cordially invited to be pres
eut and take part therein. In order to give an
opportunity 10 all who desire to speak upon the
subject, it has been voted that no person occupy
more than fifteen minutes in presenting his
views The discussion will begin at halC-past
seven o'clock.
ARRAH NA-PoGUE.-This exquisite Irish love
Story, as dramatizcd by Boucicault, makes one
of the most enjoyable entertainments offered the
amusement public. OF course, it needs proper
illustration by competent artists to do this, and
some scenic and mechanical effects for embel-
lijhment, The strong company which Mr..
Booth proposes to bring here tomorrow eve
ming, and the care and attention which he has
bestowed for the stage settings, warrants the
expectation that the representations to be given
III Music hall, tomorrow aud following eve.
nings will fully equal the best ever given ofthis
drama in the metropolitan thcaters. Seats may
he secured nj Inc hoy pffino
MUNICIPAL CoURT--The following cases
were before Judge Williams yesterday: Joseph
Bonville, open shop Sunday fined $40 and
costs; Frank Newell, evadng car fare, SIS and
costs; Roger Kane, John Kelley, Francis Nor
man and Francis Fitzgerald, assault and bat
tory, cases continued; James Farrell and Thos
Kelley, larceny, cases continued; Peter Roulla,
tluancy, SIX months truant school; Frederick
r. Dodge, truancv, one year truant school,
Ross Mccain, truaucy, six months truant
school; John McGinness, James Drahan, Thos
Dclany, Edward Flynn and John Mack, drunk
cnncss, 50 aud costs each; Thomas Troy,
drunkenness, on file; James D3vereaux, trl-
ancy, on file.
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY-At the meeting of
the board fdirectors OF the free public library,
neli last Saturday, the organization for the pre-
sent year was effected as follows:
President-Stephen Salisbury.
Secretary and Treasurer-Nathaniel Paine.
Committee on Ftnance-Henry A. Marsh, Stephen
Salisbury, T. L. Nelson.
Committee on L1brary-Ilev. d Weston, Rev VIM.
r. Huntington, Nathaniel PANE, Prof. G. o. ThOmp-
son, Rev. T. L. St. John.
Committee on Reading Room-Charles A. Chase,
Henry A. Marsh, DIR. George L. Francis.
Committee on Building-Chas. IL. Morgan, Caleb
Il. Netcalf, T. L. Nelson.
The board reelected Mr.. S. S. Green as libra
riau, with Misses S. F. Earle, Jessie E. Tyler, aud
Clara Bemis as assistants. Mrs Phillips resigned
her position as senior assistant, Jan. 1.
BAY STATE FIRE INSURANCE Coat the an
nual meeting of this corporation, held yester-
day, directors were elected for the ensuing year,
as folows
Stephen Salisbury, Isaac Davis f. H. Dewey F.
q. hinnicutt, George w. Richardson, Lewis Bar
nord, Josiah II. Clark Charles b. Pratt, W. S.
DWis, Samuel Woodward and Samuel A. Porter,
Of Worcester; Jacob Edwards, of Boston; G. o.
Stevens, of linton; George G. Davis, of North
5oroi and j; NJ e. Armsby, E. D: Thayer, C. W.
AT Il subsequent meeting of the directors, W.
s. Davis, Esq, was reelected president, with L.
c. Crosby, Jr., as secretary, and D. J.. Miller as
assistant secretary. The company has been very
successful during the past year; its assets arc
$S09,143, and its surplus, above reinsurance fund
and unpaid losses is $4,000.
N e. PROTECTIVE UNION, Div AZ, held their
annual meeting at upper horticultural hall,
Saturday evening, tha president, Addison Pal
mer, presiding. The annual report of the board
OF trade, IL. IL. Houghton chairman, represented
the amount of the trade for 1871 at St65 d4G.