Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-23
FINE TIRE EES RUINED.
Noble Elms and Shade Trees
Badly Damaged.
Hon. John E. Russell Loses Some Fine
pecimens-Leicester in Total
Darkness.

Leicester Feb. 22.--No storm since
1886 has done so much damage to the
trees, and the telephone wires are in
tangled heaps on the ground. The big
elm trees along Main street have all
lost their upper branches, On Pleasant
street the road is overhung with big
| branches.
The old inhabitants say that there mas
been no such destructive storm for IA
years, and estimate it will take 10 or
| 10 years to make the trees look pre-
sentable. The shade trees around the
| house of Hon. John e. Russell felt the
| full effect Of the storm, and several wiz
| have to be cut down. At Cherry Valley
large maple in the yard of Mrs. A. NJ.
Brown, was broken off about II feet
from the ground, and great limbs were
| broken off the other trees, A large ap-
| pie tree broke off in front of Mrs Bells
house and fell on the roof.
From Joseph Cones new house to
Brown street, Cherry Valley, and from
| Golfers corner to ]. j. Knights house,
in Leicester, all but a few poles are
down or the braces gone, and all the
wire has had to be cut off. on Paxton
street all the wire is off, but the new
! poles have stood the great strain. Until
Tuesday noon, the poles from Paxton
street through the woods were all stand
| ing; but about IL o'clock six went down
in line.
There are 40 wires strung through
Leicester, and it will take lots Of work
to rig up any wire at all. The broken
poles are entirely smashed, and new
poles will have to be put in.
| The Rawson Electric Light & Power
| Company have few poles down, but the
wires are snapped in different places all
| over town. On Rawson street from the
station to Main street, all the poles are
down.
! A gang of men, under the direction OF
Karl Johnson, were at work all day to-
| day clearing off branches from the
wires 1t is hoped that house service
along Main street to John E. Russell
| house, can be furnished Wednesday
night.
The social of the Glover Whist Club
which was scheduled for Monday, and
the meeting of the Oraskaso Historical
Society which was set for Tuesday
night were postponed
The warrants for the annual town
meeting, March 7th, will be posted Wed
nesday. The warrant is unusually short
this year, containing only 10 articles
| in place Of the usual "a or 20.
The selectmen have sent word to the
printer to have the town reports ready
| by next Monday.
| A petition was in circulation by H. O.
| Smith, on Tuesday, in favor Of Jerome
Bottomly of Cherry Valley and Edward
| Warren of Leicester as candidates fol
selectmen. No one from Rochdale was
named
Jerry Delaney, employed at the Brick
City mill, caught his clothing in the
picker just before closing on Monday
and his overalls were torn off.
| e. D. Thayer's wooden mill is shut
down on account Of break in the shaft
in the picker room.
Thomas Neylon Of Providence is visit
| ing friends in Cherry Valley.
The lecture which was TO have beer
| given by Rev. Nathaniel Seaver, a.
Smith Hall, Tuesday evening, was in
definitely postponed on account of lacl
of lights.
John Haywood and John Ford are
visiting friends at Farnumsville,
Rufus H. Newton of GreenVille wa!
drawn as juror for the superior cour
on Monday.