The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-16
THE CITY.

The annual meeting of the Welcome
Mission will be heidi Friday evening at
the Y. NJ. C. A.
The Women's Associat ton of Central
Church will meet in the church vestry
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock.
w. H. Allison, the organist of Ply
mouth Church, mas resigned. He will
serve next Sunday for the last time.
There will be a business meeting of
the Laurel Street M. E. Church after
prayer meeting Wednesday evening.
At the w. C. T. U. rooms, yesterday,
Rev. G. II. Kibby of Manchester, n. H.,
spoke before the Christian Alliance, his
subject was THE heavenly armor.'
Peter H. Breen and P. A. Wood, rep
resenting the local BARRIERS Union. at
tended the meeting of the State Bar
bers' Association, held yesterday in
Boston. s
Rev. DIR. McCullagh's Bible class yes
terday presented him with a study
chair. Mr. Henry Bigelow, chairman
of the committee, made the presenta-
ton speech.
The woman's auxiliary of ST. Marks
Church will send missionary box this
week. All contributions should be
sent to Mrs. o. w. Norcross, on or be-
fore Tuesday, JAN 18th.
The auditing committee of the Build
ing Laborers met yesterday afternoon
to look over the books of the treasurer.
Timothy Shannon. Everything was
found to be correct
The funeral of ]. H Kendall was held
yesterday noon in Putnam & Hildreth's
Undertaking rooms on Foster street
Rev. DR.. Gunnison officiated. The burial
was in Hope cemetery.
DR.. Eldridge Mix will occupy the
pulpit at Pilgrim Church Sunday
morning, and Sunday evening Rev. w.
). Hawkes. will preach on Mormon
ism ond our congressman from Utah.
Rev. L. NJ S. Haynes will preach ev-
cry evening this week at las, at the
Lincoln Square Baptist Church, His
subjects will be the seven greatest
events of the future, commencing with
the second coming of Christ.
The funeral of Mrs. Z. G. Fuller took
place at 2.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon
from Shelby street Rev. George E.
Sanderson. pastor of the Coral street
M. E. Church, conducted the services
The burial was at Hope cemetery.
L. c. Midgely of 90S Plantation street,
reported to the police yesterday that
dogs visit his hen coop, and yesterday
seven of the feathered inmates were
killed. while several others are so bad
ly injured that they will probably die.
Rev. L. S. NJ Haynes Of Boston ad-
dressed the regular Sunday afternoon
meeting of the Young Mems Christian
Association, yesterday Mrs. Inez Buss-
knowles was unable to sing on account
of illness, and Miss Turnan of the First
Baptist Church took her place.
The funeral of Mrs. Hokan Hokanson
took place at $50 o'clock yesterday from
IL Elliott street. Rev. Eric J. Nystrom,
pastor of the Swedish Lutheran Church.
conducted the exercises. The burial was
In the Swedish cemetery on Webster
street.
J. Aldrieh Libbey, the baritone,
will sing John A. Connolly's we'll
known song, only a letter. in this
city next week. The song is a sweet,
pathetic ballad. Mr., Connolly is a
Worcester boy, and Only a letter. is
by no means his first effort.
On account of the festival chorus re-
hearsal. which occurs this evening, Mr..
J, Vernon Butler has postponed his or
atorie chorus rehearsal to Thursday
eve ning. The date of the next concert
is Tuesday evening, Jan. "a, at which
time Brahms Song of destiny" and
Reethovens ruins of Athens will be
given.
The Post Office Clerks Association
met yesterday afternoon and elected
these officers for the ensuing year:
President, 7. Fl. Gallery; vice president,
P. F. Sullivan; secretary; ]. e. Ira
verse; treasurer, r. J. Cruikshank: ex-
ecutive board, c. E. L. Briggs, C. J..
OConnell, Joseph Sharry, Mark N.
Skerritt and G. c. Wilson; sergeant at
arms, j. j. Foley.
committee from the BARRIERS Union
met yesterday morning and made final
arrangements for a dance to be held in
horticultural hall, January %. The re-
ports received from the sale of tickets
were very gratifying, Chaffin's orches-
ira viii furnish the music. The COM
mittee on arrangements consists of D.
J. Foley, Pete Maloney, M. j. Russell,
L. Gilmett and M. Cotter.
The funeral of James MCGEE was
held Sunday afternoon, from his home,
So sMendon street. Services were con-
Quoted in st. Stephens Church at 2
o'clock, by Rev. M. F. Cavanaugh.
The pallbearers were John H. Joyce.
Charles DOLPHIN, Francis Dolphin and
Joseph Curran, grandchildren of de-
ceased, and Michael and Peter MCGEE.
nephews. Burial was at ST. Johns
cemetery.
h. ,~-4 tPowerl Campbell widow of
Stephen Campbell, died at her home in
tJamesVllle) Worcester, yesterday af-
ternoon, after a short illness The de-
ceased was an old resident of James
Vile, and a. devout attendant at St.
Peters Church, Worcester She leaves
four sons--John, Alexander, Pierson
and Frank; also four daughters
Satherh-s2t Margaret and Mary Camp
bell and Mrs. William Connolly. The
funeral will take place Wednesday
morning, with a requiem high mass at
St Peters Church at 8 O'clock
NEW OFFICERS INSTALLED.