Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-27
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CITY NEWS.

n puist Ill tue water pipe near l-llicOln square
was reported last evening.
The Worcester division S. of T. will have
pound festival this evening
Dr. L. II. Hammond has bought of Edwin
Gleason the house at No. IS Myrtle street
The Spmitualist society will hold a strawberry
festival in Horticultural hall Wednesday eve
ming.
Company of the twenty-dfth regiment, will
hold their fourth annual reunion at Lake Quin-
sigamond on Tuesday, June 4th.
Mr.. J. Q. Lewis and wife were thrown from a
carriage on Southbridge street, on Friday, and
both severely bruised.
Every member of the education section of the
Peoples club is invited by an advertisement to
attend at the rooms this evening.
DR.. Hunt and wife OF this city sailed on Sat
urday on the Oceanic from New York, intending
inc to remain abroad for two years.
Lamson, Glazer & Co. will sell bedding aud
green house plants, from Hon. Stephen Sails
bury's green house. tomorrow at II Am.
The musical part of the worship of the new
Congregational society will be conducted by Mr..
S. Richards
The members of the Chamberlin Light Bat
terry will celebrate the third anniversary of the
organization ofthe company by supper at the
Lincoln house, on Wednesday evening.
Geu. Charles Devens, Jr,, and Rev VIM. H.
Huntington of this CITY, are prominently men
toned by their friends as candidates for over
seers of Harvard college.
A girl twelve years OF age, who had run away
from her home in Lowell, was arrested by the
police on Friday evening and delivered to her
father on Saturday.
An old fashioned Irish car with five occu-
pants, attracted great amount of the atten-
ton of the people in the streets yesterday
afternoon, as it quietly rolled along down Front
street.
A meeting of the board of mayor and alder
men will be held this evening, at which hearing
will he granted TO those parties whose petitions
for an abatement of the sewer assessment was
tabled at the meeting on Friday evening
The superior court, adjourned from Friday
afternoon, will resume business this morning,
when the sealed verdict rendered in the Auburn
shooting case after the adjournment OF the court
on Friday, will be opened
In the central district court on Saturday,
Daniel Croak was fined SO and costs for drunk
enness, and eases of assault and battery and
being common drunkard were continued un-
til Mondays session.
State Constables Brennan, Brown and Davis
visited the hotel in Clinton on Saturday and
found abundant evidences of Illegal sales of
liquor Priests hotel in Sterling was also
visited by Constable Fletcher, who found
quantity of conlraband fluid
Mrs. j. G. Barker and her daughter were
thrown from carriage at the corner of Reser-
yoir and Edward streets about six o'clock Satur-
day afternoon, both Of them sustaining severe
injuries. The horse took fright at the breaking
of the harness and ran, and in attempting to
turn the corner the carriage was overturned.
The members of the FrOhsinn singing society,
to the number of abont one hundred, met at
their hall yesterday afternoon to attend the flu
neral Of their late collector, Albert Ehehat.
The services were performed the late residence
of the deceased, on Central street, and the COM
pany proceeded to Hope cemetery where dirge
was sung over the grave.
The announcement tnat the three elegant res
licences Just completed by Mr.. j. II. Wall, on
Elm street, would be sold by auction on Satur-
day afternoon, called together large crowd of
interested spectators The house at the west of
the block was first put up, and the bidding
started at $4,000. 1t soon advanced TO 81, 900,
where it remained for some time, and was
finally struck off. No one appearing who was
willing to acknowledge the bid, the sale was
indefinitely postponed
SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTs.-Saturlay night
was good night for drunken fights, and the
number that took place showed that it was inn
proved. At the saloon of John Harih on
Shrewsbury street, quite scrmmage occurred,
in which knives were freely drawn, and one OF
them used on the person of John Finne-
ran, who received twougly stabs in the back and
one in the arm, neither OF which is considered
dangerous. Arher O'Neil, of Tinker street,
went home intoxicated, and amused himself by
turning his family out of the house about mid
night, for which he was brought TO the station
house. While the officers were engaged in bring
ing O'Neil TO the police office, they discovered
another disturbance on Larkn street. and I'M
mediately summoned other officers. who pro-
ceeded to the scene, but not in time to arrest
any of the brusers, who had got wind of their
approach and stolen away.
MEMORIAL DAY.-The following oommun-
cation from the officers of Post 10, G. A. r., was
read in the churches yesterday, and it is to be
hoped that everyone will cheerlully respond to
the request il contains:
The anniversary of the day set apart by the
national soldiers organization, Tor the commem-
Grafton of The LOYALTY and patriotism OF those
citizens who fell in the late war, occurs Thurs
day May Both inst. The members Of Post 10
OF the Grand Army of the Republic in this city,