The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-08


evening from a visit with friends in
Bennington, N. Y.
Mrs, A. A. Mclaughlin of 40 yelling
ton street is entertaining friends from
Springfield and Hartford
Mr., f. L. MAIN, teacher of violin and
harmony, viii resume teaching at the
| worcester Music school, S79 Main
street. this morning,
| President I. L. Currier Of the Peo-
pies Telephone and Telegraph Co.,
went to Boston yesterday to make for
NAL application for charter for his
company.
! Edward sheehan, for the past five
years clerk in F. A. Easton's. closes
ms engagement there tonight Mr..
Sheehan will begin Monday to work for
the Worcester Gas Company.
Rev. Theodore c. Williams is to
preach at the Church of the Unity Sun
Day: He was for IL years pastor of All
souls church Of New York, succeed
ing the Rev. Dr. Bellows.
DR.. William J. WEIGH Of Milford was
in Worcester last evening, calling on
friends. The doctor has Just returned
from q visit with friends In New York.
He will return to his home today.
The city treasurer and his assistants
were very busy yesterday receiving the
calls and money from the taxpayers,
and when the office was closed for the
day total of $5S, S362a had been turned
In.
Albert e. Williams, laborer claim
ing residence in Springfield, was ar
rested last night by Special Officer
Michael Deadly, charged with walking
oplr f.4
bany Railroad.
Benjamin Pettee, secretary of the
Boston overseers of the poor, is to de-
liver the principal address before the
Associated Charities at It's coming an
nual meeting. Mr.. Pettee's subject will
be Municipal charities"
Gen. Robert Chamberlain, who has
been selected as one Of the grand staff
OF Gen. John P. Goblin at the parade In
connection with the triennial conclave
Of knights Templar at Pfttsburg, next
week, leaves today.
Robert T. Vail Jr., entertained a
party of rs at his home on Pleasant
street last night. The evening was one
of much enjoyment, being devoted to
whist and other games collation.
was served during the evening.
The Prudence Circle met with Mrs.
Lock, 80 Edwards street, yesterday af-
ternoon, and a pleasing entertainment.
followed by a period Of sociability, was
the result. The next meeting Of the
circle has not yet been arranged.
The registrars of voters added %
names to the voting lists yesterday.
making a total Of 80 since registration
for the state election began, Thurs
day morning. The Office of the regis
trars will be open today from till
II.
| The committee in charge Of arrange
ments for the Dolicemen's ball met at
the Waldo street station mouse yester-
day afternoon and appointed sub-com-
mittees to look after the minor details
attending the carrying out of the an
nual event.
The Vernon Bicycle Club held a
meeting last evening, and made ar
engagements for their coming concert
and social The committee has already
| asked for dates at Horticultural Hall
and the date viii be definitely DE ded
upon in a few days.
There was meeting of the board
| Of engineers Of the fire department yes
| terday afternoon, for the purpose of
proving bills The resignation Of
| a., WIS
accepted. Chamberlain resignation
took effect Thursday night.
The Niagara Veteran F'iremen's asso-
| citation has decided not to attend the
muster at Cambridge, October 70. There
will be meeting of the association
Monday night, when the matter of at
| tending the muster for hand engines
at Nashua, October 20, will be dis
cussed.
The captains OF the local volunteer
companies Of the I'd Massachusetts reg
| ment yesterday received notification
from Lieut.. Col. Weaver, regarding the
mastering out of the troops The no.
tiication contained in substance the re-
port that was exclusively printed in
yesterdays Spy. s
Miss Carrie Louise Parsell of NAL
den, who has been visiting Worcester
| friends, returned last evening to her
home. Yesterday afternoon she went
out to Spencer, to pass the day with
friends, the trip out there being a troll
~ party, which was arranged in the
young lady's honor.
Louis Porter, "a years old, escaped
from the Home farm about O'Clock
last night Porter is demented and has
been confined in the insane ward
He escaped by picking the lock to
his room. He is feet tall, Of medium
complexion and was barefoot and bare
headed when he escaped.
| Abraham alderman, the boy who was
reported to the Worcester police Thurs
day, as having escaped from the Ly-
man school, was located by the off,
GERS Of the institution i'll Westboro.
yesterday morning. The boys father
lives in this city and the officers
thought he might come home.
William Lovegreen, travelling
| salesman, who lives at 5 Charles street,
| Providence, r. l.. was taken sick in
| the Union station about 1145 o'clock
| yesterday forenoon. The police ambu-
lance was called and the sick man
| taken to the city hospital, where his
case was diagnosed as malaria
The contract for doing the plumb
| ing, in the new addition at the Green
dale school house was awarded yester-
day to Nicholas F. Deadly, whose bid
4 for doing Ihe work was $20T5 The
| other bidders and their figures were
as follows: Frank J. Briden, $20s5; j.
I. Cahill, $211S; A. A. Mclaughlin,
$z129.
Bay State Lodge, Manchester Unity,
is to hold grand dance and enter
tainment at 566 Main street. October
21st, and active preparations are being
made for that occasion. John Devlin
will be present and figure in the en-
| tertainment program to a. great degree,
the features of the programs including
| Juggling, etc.
The Painters and Decorators Union
have decided to revise certain sections
of its constitution and bylaws. Nothing
| is yet learned in connection with the
intended changes, and the committee
appointed to make them includes D. N.