The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-09
TODAY'S WEATHER.
Sunday: Fair weather;
westerly winds.
THE CITY.

yAenox Tor a rev days.
Peter w. Prior manager of the Graf
ton base ball team, was in Worcester
last evening.
Senator Wilson H Fairbank of War
rem wasin Worcester for short time
yesterday afternoon.
John B. Tougas is getting together
party Of friends to go on hunting trip
for big game in Maine.
DR.. William ]. WEIGH, who has Wis
tied Worcester friends this week, re-
turned to his home in Milford last even
Ing. zen 4
Viola Assembly, P. Of s., win serve
p supper in the banquet hall, Day
building, Saturday evening, Oct 18th,
from to s p. m.
At the close of registration for the
evening public schools last night 144O
pupils had been enrolled, this number
INCLUDING Ala at the evening high
school.
There will be harvest rally today
et the John Street Baptist Church. Ser
vices will be held at II a. M, $50 and
{.SO p. M, with appropriate sermons. All.
are invited.
The registrars of voters added q
s-~~NAASS y ".
making total of 81 that have been
added since registration began for the
state election.
A meeting of the board of directors
OF the Builders Exchange was sched-
uled for last evening, but as only one
member of the board put in an appear
ance, no business was transacted.
Timothy F. O'Connor, a graduate Of
the Worcester. Polytechnic Institute.
class of IS, will leave this city Monday
evening to enter Princeton College. He
viii take course in engineering.
Ralph A. Stewart, Junior member of
the well-known law firm of Morgan &
Stewart, has left for a two months
tour Of the continent, doing England,
Germany, Russia, France and Italy.
Michael Ne1igan, SO years old, was
arrested yesterday afternoon by Sergt.
Hill of station l, charged with drunk,
enness and the larceny OF monkey
wrench, from the city water depart
ment.
Levi P Conant. callman on Ladder 2,
has. resigned his place in the fire de-
partment, to take effect at IL O'Clock
last night. Cenant has secured en-
ployment in Boston and will go there
to work. ~
James Keevan and William Jones
were in Worcester last evening. They
visited the different bowling alleys to
secure dates for visits from Worcester
bowling teams to Uriah Searles' alleys.
in Westboro.
George Bouchard, acting for the par
ties interested, yesterday sold a three
tenement house, with $500 square feet
of land, at IL Shamrock street, belong
ing to John Kane, to Peter Lavigne;
price unnamed
The searchlights that are to be used
In Illuminating the clock in the city
hall tower have at last reached the
city and will be tested at the electric
light works before placed in position
to light up the dials
Mr.. and Mrs. David Gessner will
leave this city for New York, Monday
where they will san the following day
for Europe. 1t is their intention to make
an extended trip through the continent
necessitating a protraeted absence from
the city.
The grade crossing commission met
last night and appointed a committee.
consisting of James Logan, NJ. J.
Whittall and William Hart, to confer
with the officials of the railroad COM
panies relative to their views on the
abolition of the local grade crossings.
At the morning session of the SUI
preme judicial court, before Justice
Knowlton. yesterday morning, the
three following candidates to the bar
were sworn and formally admitted to
practice: A. y. Goodfellow and Pete,
F. Ward of Fitchburg and John G..
Lynch of Milford
Thomas j. Casey, private in Co. G,
9Th Massachusetts regiment, came to
WOroaGtat act n
in Upton, to pass today with friends
in this city. Priv. Casey was one OF
the lucky members of the 9th, and he
is now feeling nicely. The young man
will remain in town a week.
The big pile of mail that has been re-
ceived by the city treasurer containing
money and checks for the payment of
tax bills, furnished work for all the
clerks in the office yesterday afternoon
and the mail with the cash turned in by
people who called at the Office made a
total of $90,37S.77 for the days labors.
The first meeting of the season of the
Chaplin Club will be held Thursday
evening in the parlors of the First Unit
versalist Church. There will be a So
cial with very novel and unique en-
tertainment, This part of the program
will be given by a troupe Of experts
among whom are many well known
people in Worcester
Dr. Gunnison was in attendance on
Monday last at the funeral services of
the late John d. w. Joy of Boston. He
represented, with the secretary, DIR. G.
L. Demarest the board of trustees of
the general convention of the Univer-
salists of the United States of which
Mr.. JOY was president for nearly 20
years. This board meets in New York
on Wednesday of next week to elect a
successor to Mr.. JOY.
The funeral of Minnie, wife of Mr..
Michael Carroll, was held at the fam
lily home, No. 2 Foyle street, yesterday
morning at 815 O'Clock. At 8 o'clock
high mass of requiem was celebrated
in st. Johns Church, Rev c. A. Sui
Ivan celebrant who also conducted
the services at the grave. The bearers
were Patrick Shea, Timothy Sullivan,
Patrick Carroll jeremiah Shea, Dan,
lei Carroll and Timothy Sullivan. The
burial was in st. Johns cemetery.
The newest thing in the way of
advertising is the light system, as in
operation at the store of the A. S. Low
ell Co., last evening. A powerful re-
Hector is placed behind the light prop
er, and the result is stream of light
that bathes the upper end of Foster
street to Main in a radiance rivaling the
MONDAY sun in brillfancy. Aside from
attracting the attention of passersby,
the light brightens UP the south side
of Foster street, which heretofore has
been shrouded in comparative gloom.
The party of Upton straw shop girls
booked to visit Worcester last night
arrived in town shortly after 6 o'clock,
and they Immediately sat down to sup
per at Putnam & Thurstons After sup
per, the young ladies enjoyed a period
Of sightseeing, and the bargain coun-