The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-29
THE CITY.

The grocers of Worcester and vicin-
ity will close all day Tuesday, Memorial
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Jerome are Wis
iting their daughter Mrs. F. N. league
of Portsmouth, N. H.
Major H. B. Fairbanks gave an
address on the war before All Souls
Sunday school, Sunday.
There will be meeting of the Ladies'
Catholic Benevolent Association Mon
day evening at o'clock.
The Woman's Progressive Club will
give another enc of its series of enter
tainments at the John street Baptlst
church Tuesday evening"
Frank w. Watkins, designer of the
Taber Art Company Of Springfield, IS
visiting his nephew, Rev. Roland
Nichols of the Church of Christ
st. Anne's Total Abstinence society
holds this evening in Mechanics hall its
annual coffee party. The event Is run
of attractions to interest friends of the
society for hours. Dancing will be one
of the chief amusements Of the even
ing.
Memorial services were held at First
Unitarian church Sunday school yester-
day. Chester Hale, who served in co.
c, Second Massachusetts regiment,
during the Cuban war; gave a talk upon
the war, and special music was rem
dered by the scholars.
Quinsigamond Lodge, l. o. R. NJ,
held a special service in memory of de-
ceased members at Hope cemetery, yes
terday. afternoon. The graves will be
appropriately decorated by a committee
composed of c. F. Browning, w. G.
Overlook and j. c. Hooper.
Aside from the excellent musical and
literary program to be presented at
Mrs. Bowen's recital this evening, the
audience will have the opportunity CT
ENJOYING a fairy tale drama, The
Sleeping Beauty" The cast will in
cIude the best talent from among her
pupils.
Col. Timothy Bigelow chapter
Daughters of the American ReYolu-
ton, will decorate the Bigelow monu-
ment on Memorial day. 1t is claimed
that this will be the first time in Wor-
cester that the tribute has ever been
paid on Decoration day to the memory
of any revolutionary soldier.
Zionism was discussed at the meet
ling of the Maccabees at the society
rooms, SO Green street, last evening. A
colony in Jerusalem was discussed at
length, and it's objects and aims were
explained by Samuel Goldstein, Maui
rice Cohen, Asher Goldstein and II. w.
Dephoure, who talked on the city of
Beyrouth.
Mrs. Mary Hurlbut, who was struck
by an electric car on Main street, near
1T to "a
city hospital, was taken to her home, Oh
Wellington street, in the hospital am
bulance last evening. Her injuries
proved to be less serious than at first
expected and she will probably be
about in a few days.
The funeral of Russell F. Smith, the
veteran gate-tender at the Plymouth
street crossing of the Boston & Albany
railroad, will be held this afternoon at
4 o'clock from his late home, "a Eden
street Rev. Frank D. Penney, pastor
of Lincoln square Baptist church, will
conduct the services. Trainmen and
yard hands in the employ of the Boston
e. Albany will attend The body will
be taken to Hinsdale, N. H., for inter-
ment.
Thursday Worcester Catholic church
es will celebrate the feast of
corpus CnrlStl, out the solemn
observance will be postponed to
Sunday Evening services will be held
in all the Worcester churches on Thurs
! day night and every night within the
octave of the feast. At ST. John church
on Sunday afternoon at o'clock, the
feast will be observed by a procession
of the Sunday school children, and the
societies of the church, and of the bles-
sed sacrament.
Among other exhibits of Peabody and
| Stearns, the famous Boston architects,
at the joint architectural exhibition nj
the Boston Architectural club and the
Boston Society of Architects, at the
studio of the st. Botolph club on New
bury street. Boston, are TWO which
have a local interest. The front eleva
ton of the new city hall, together with
the ground floor plan, the staircase, hall
and the rear entrance on the mall are
shown. There is also in the same rx-
hibition an excellent view of the State
Mutual building by the same archi-
tects. The exhibition will be open dur
ing the coming week, and IS worthy a
visit from all who are in any way in
| terested in art and architecture.