Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-21
PROVINCE NOTES.
NOVA SCOTIA.

town, Mass, at salary oil 3Z0UU per an
mum. In 1867 he was chairman of the
Congregational Union of Nova Scotia
and New Brunswick, and was the
preacher at the jubilee of that body in
1895.
Hon. l.. E. Baker says that the Var
mouth Steamship Company's new steam
er will reach here early in April. Moth
ing definite as to her route has been de-
cided upon
The Coast Guard says; The most desc
late looking spot on all our coast is
Green Rock, four miles off Yarmouth
1t is of volcanic origin, has a tumbled
surface of about two acres, with scant
covering of turf and with perpendicular
cliffs in one place not a bad imitation
Of Fingals Cave. A single cove, like an
alley hewn in the solid rock, affords
landing and shelter for the boats of the
lobster fishermen from Clark's Harbor
who abide there during the winter in
two small houses. When winds are high
and waves are loud the outlook is the
most dreary imaginable. a dog, which
had been carried there committed sui
eide the other day by leaping from a
cliff into the yawning gulf below.
Brother Nickerson must have had the
blues when he penned the above. Brace
up. Holsters are $1S crate!
One Halifax correspondent says that
the South Shore Railway is now the all
absorbing topic of the day. Superintend-
ent Wheaton is in Boston. He will prob
ably make arrangements with the New
England Sportsmen's Association for
space at their exhibit, which occurs
March IL. The South Shore railway
runs through the sportsman's country.
Joseph Heffier, brother of Ernest Hef-
fier, who won the amateur sculling
championship of the maritime provin-
ses. is anxious to arrange a race be-
tween his brother and Edward Ten
Eyck, to be rowed in Halifax
1t is a little early for spring poetry
but this is too good to keep: We can
not even break the rules of newspaper
dom for Valentines day. as much as
our heart yearns to do so. The editor
of this journal has received valentine
bearing the postmark of Windsor and
the following is the message it contains:
Loved one, l adore thee
My heart l lay before thee.
Take it-it is thine.
For thee my soul is yearning;
To thee my hopes are turning;
Say, wilt thou be mine?
We take this for proposal If the
sender will please give us her name-in
confidence-we shall gladly accept, as
our lot is growing lcnely.-Wo Wolfeville
Acadian
J. Murray Lawson, editor and proprie-
tor of the Yarmouth Herald has had a
! new cottage builded. 1t is said to be
one of the finest residences in that city
of sumptuous homes. It sometimes pays
to own paper that has been running
sixty years or more
In a binding snow storm, on the 18th
at Oxford, the siX-year-old daughter OF
Herbert Keefe, while going home to
her dinner, and walking backwards in
order to shield her face from the storm
was run over by a team drawing hay,
and died a few minutes later.
William Fitzrandolph of Lawrence
town recently took to Halifax 700 raw
furs, consisting principally of fox, minks,
marten, wild cats otter. raccoons and
muskrats. They were purchased for a
Truro firm for $400.
The ratepayers of Sydney have unan-
imously ratified an offer made by the
town council of $4,000 and exemption
from taxation to Fraser & Graham of
New Glasgow, to assist them in estab-
fishing pig iron works within the town.
A bill was introduced in the legisla-
ture, Incorporating the Nova Scotia Iron
and Steel Company. This company is
intended to succeed the company now
owning the Ferrona iron works, with
the object of abandoning those works
and erecting a new plant in Cape Bre-
ton.
1t is said that the D. A. r. wish to
own the railway from Windsor juno
tion to Windsor, and have offered the
government therefor the cost of the link
from Digby to Annapolis The latter
cost to construct in the vicinity of $685.
600 per mile.
Returns from the New Egerton Gold
Mining Company of Five Mile stream,
show 292 ounces from 760 tons of
quartz.
Miss Grace Raymond of Beaver River.
Yarmouth county, is at Penrith, G. B..
engaged in painting portraits on ivory
with marked success.
NEW BRUNSWICK.
Rev. Mr.. Wales, Adventist preacher,
baptized six converts at ,Castalia on
the Goth ult., and seven at Woodward $
Cove on the 9Th inst.
The daughter Of Jude Leblanc, col
lector of customs at Buctouche. who
ate no food for A days, suddenly re-
covered her appetitee on Saturday of
last week.
The smelt fishing season has been ex-
| tended to the end of the month The
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ments will be considerably short of last
years.
The recent marriage at Denver, Col,
is reported of Milford w. Downie,
| formerly of this province, to Miss Eve
lyn Myrne Meldrum of Denver. The
newly-married couple will reside at
Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming,
where Mr.. Downie is assistant audi
tor Of the Yellowstone Park Associa-
tion
A company composed of New York
and Philadelphia capitalists, and
named the Manhattan Steamship Com
pany, capital 81, 100000, has been formed
to operate a steamship service between
New York, Maine and the maritime
provinces.
Secretary Walker Hill of the New
England Sportsmen's Association, saws
he understands Premier Emmerson of
New Brunswick and Premier Murray of
Nova Scotia will be present at the OPEN
ing. Other prominent men from the
provinces are expected. Mr. Hill says
the two provinces will be elaborately
represented. DR.. Heber Bishop has the
assurance Of Hon. Mr.. Dunn that the
government will do all it can to make
the New Brunswick exhibit as complete
as possible. Secretary Hills office is in
the Pierce building, Copley square, Bos-
ton. A beautiful caribou has just been
captured alive for the exhibit
P. E. ISLAND.
At the annual meeting of the share
holders of the Dunk River Dairying Co,
nearly a hundred stockholders were
present. During the past year the total
quantity of milk received was loo, 32S
pounds, from which was manufactured
156,581 pounds of cheese. The profits OF
the year enabled the company to pay
a considerable debt, add some new ma
chinery and pay to the stockholders a
dividend of ner cent The hutter hnsi-