The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-19
THE CITY.


poned until next month
The Ladies' Benevolent society of the
First Unitarian church meets this at
ternoon at 2.3O o'clock.
Co. b., Hibernian Rifles, drilled in
Hibernian hall, last evening. A social
with refreshments followed.
The Ladies Benevolent Society of
the First Unitarian church, will meet
this afternoon at 2.90 o'clock.
Ten children were vaccinated- at the
office Of the board Of health yesterday
morning by DR.. Walter T. Clark.
Coremakers' union met in labor head
quarters last evening. Reports on the
social and dance in Horticultural hall
showed profit of $19O.
Martin Widerberg was arrested last
evening by officer Darling on a war
rant charging assault and battery. The
complainant was John Johnson.
A meeting of principals in the public
schools of Worcester has been called
for this afternoon at 4.45 o'clock in the
office o. the superintendent of schools.
The entertainment at the meeting of
Worcester grange last night was the
Birds Christmas carols" under the
direction of Ceres Mrs. Grace E. Tru-
da.
The Worcester Cooperative bank, at
it's office in the Walker building last
evening, offered $4,000 to loan. OF this
amount, $500 was taken in seven lots
at per cent
The knights of Robert Emmett will
have a special meeting this evening at
q ST. 10 ion of ci " o.
the Beers moral and financial support
will be considered.
The Dix street kindergarten class is
to have Christmas tree and entertain
ment beginning at 10 o'clock Friday
forenoon. Parents are invited and Mrs.
T. f. Ellis will sing.
There will be special services at the
Church of Christ, S29 Main street,
Christmas night. The Sunday school
children are to have a Christmas tree
and there will be gifts for all.
Evangelist Whittier, who has been
for the past month conducting success
full meetings at Hope and other
churches left yesterday to spend the
holidays at his home at Lawrence.
At the monthly meeting of the Wo-
mans auxiliary of st. Johns Episcopal
church at the home of Mrs. Jesse
Moore, rs Catherine street, this after
noon, a feature will be the semi-annual
mite box opening.
William j. Larkin and Z. M. c.
French, newspapermen of the city, were
each presented yesterday with a pair
of gold link cuff buttons, by a court
house official who is unwilling to have
his name mentioned.
The Womans Auxiliary of st. Johns
Episcopal church will hold it's regular
monthly meeting with the semi -annual
mite box opening, this afternoon, at
o'clock, at the house of Mrs. Jesse
Moore, rs Catharine street.
Piedmont Literary and Social Union
met last evening at the home of w. B.
Hill, 80 May street. The subject for
discussion was the French revolution
and papers were read by M. M. Tay-
lor and Mrs. A. A. Prichard.
The first installment of Christmas
trees and evergreen for the Christmas
trade was unloaded on the common
yesterday. The sight is somewhat I'M
usual from the fact that the grass ri
walls the evergreen in brightness.
No additional cases of diphtheria
were reported from the Worcester In
sane hospital yesterday. Most of the
cases under treatment are In an ad-
vanced state of convalesence and as q
whole the epidemic was mild one"
Rev. Dr. Willard Scott gave the last
lecture in the course last evening, at
Park church, on 1.-THE wicked world
He drew Illustrations from the life of
Alexander, and said the world depend
ed upon what we made it. The at
tendance was small.
The Ladies' Benevolent circle of I'm
manuel church is to give an English
tea party Christmas afternoon at
o'clock There are to be special SER
vices tomorrow evening. DR., Mix, SUI
perintendent of city missions, will be
among the speakers.
The subject of Rev DR.. James BOYD
Brady's lecture last evening was ia
pan the petite and pretty and her
magnificent mission" The last of the
series will be given Christmas night
when the subject will be Palestine
the holy, with her hero capturing the
nations"
Business Agent B. A. White of Bos-
ton was a visitor at the meeting of
Moulders' union last evening. Two APP
plications for membership were re-
CeiVed. John 5. Gale ana Ian1el Z. sui
livan were elected delegates to the New
England conference board, which con-
venes il Springfield in June.
The annual meeting of the Ladies'
Aid Society of the All Souls church,
will be held this afternoon, in the
church, at 4, when election of officers
for the coming year will take place. AT
$50 the gentlemen will serve a YER
mont supper which will be followed by
a musical and literary entertainment.
The entertainment at Mechanics hall
last evening, of the Mechanics Associa-
ton Course B, was a concert by the
Fitchburg military band under the di-
rection of G. A. PATTI. This band is
we'll known throughout central Mas
sachusetts as being one of the best in
thestate and the playing last night was
in fine form. The audience was large
and every number was thoroughly en-
joyed.
Mr. Smith, who so kindly sang the
tenor role in 1.-The Messiah Friday
night, in the absence Of Mr.. Batchel-
Ter, is the tenor soloist of Trinity
church, Boston. He sang few days
since with Miss Clara Butt, the new
English contralto, and is considered
one of the leading tenors in this part Of
the country. Those who heard him
the other night, hope he will come to
Worcester again soon. His fine voice
and artistic interpretations, were a
treat.
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