The Worcester spy., 1899-12-17
THE CITY.

:, Inere will be a sunlight hop in Hor-
ticultural hall, Christmas afternoon.
oesinnlng at 2.S0 o'clock.
Pearl lodge, 1923, win serve a supper
tomorrow evening at 6.45, to be fol-
ioWed by whist party
=, The public schools are to close for
tne Christmas holidays Friday Study
WIN De resumed on the second day of
January
MRS; Patrick O'Reilly sold yesterday
70 Patrick O'Shea, through the agency
OF cornelius Maher & Son, her three
oeHeinent and tWo-tenement houses at
0OL and SO3 Millbury street. The price
PAID was about $500.
Notices have been sent out from the
Guy auditors office to heads Of city
luepdrtnlfnts to file their estimates Of
appropriations for the coming year be-
Tore January l. No estimates have
-oeen received thus far.
1t was colder yesterday forenoon
tnan any day this winter The official
thermometer at City Engineer Nc
cures office was Is above zero. AS
one OLD fellow S |, 1T looks as if it
was really winter now"
Inc personal property of John G.
william, at 957 Southbridge street, was
sold at auction yesterday afternoon, by
n; M. Clemence. The property includ-
ed horses, cow and household flrni-
ture. The whO4e brought about 1915.
A talk ON Nova Scotia and the cities
OF canada was given last evening at
volunteers hall, Mechanic street, by
~. w Lathe. He described various
places Of interest he visited in the land
of Evangeline. There was a good at
tendance.
worcester grange win hold it's last
meeting of 1899 tomorrow evening at
Red Mems hall, 306 Main street. Busi-
ness meeting at 7.45, followed by an en-
tertainment entitled Birds Christmas
Carols" under the direction of Ceres.
Mrs. Grace E. Truda.
The sewing school connected with
Emmanuel church began its work yes
terday afternoon with a large attend
ance for the first day Some 20 girls
from to Is years of age have been en-
rolled, and the prospects for large
school are excellent.
Annual reports of these heads of CITY
departments have been filed and will be
sent into the city council tomorrow
night: City engineer, city clerk, city
physician, superintendent of public
pullulHBS, superintendent OF street
lighting, superintendent of sewers.
Simon H. Shooshan the Main street
confectioner, and originator of salted
peanuts, has been presented by friends
with crayon portrait of himself. 1t
has magnificent frame Mr. Shooshan
has made preparations for a trip to
Virginia and will combine business
with pleasure.
TooY o
on the work of removing the Adams
Square Baptist church to a site in the
rear, and as soon as practicable, work
on the new church, which is estimated
to cost $4,000, will be begun. The new
church was necessitated by the growth
of the parish.
subscriptions of Worcester people, to
the fund being raised to purchase the
old Parnel estate at Avondale, and
also for the erection of a monument to
the great Irish leader, will be closed
next week. William l. Mclaughlin
treasurer of the fund, has sent $3.50 to
Ireland.
The Worcester Friendly Homiyg
Pigeon society has completed all ar
rangements for the fly from Cherry
Valley to the lake on Christmas day
In addition to the names of those that
have entered birds, already published
in The Spy, are Luke DUDE and Lewis
Donahue. Another fly is to take place
on Washington's birthday.
Leopold Goldleaf, the youth who is
awaiting trial for the alleged larceny
of $12, is also wanted for the larceny
of bicycle. Inspectors Patrick O'Day
and w. j. E. Stone found a wheel at
young Goldleaf's home yesterday af-
ternoon, and brought it to station l.
where they will keep it until they learn
the identity of the owner.
Deputy Collector of Internal Reve-
nue. Oscar j. Winslow held another ses-
sion with suburban eXpressmen yester-
day morning, when the error of their
way was pointed out and the necessity
of conforming to the requirement of
the department in making affidavit to
the number Of stamps omitted i'm
pressed on their memories