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

period Of over two hours, the meeting
; was adjourned until Monday night. The
+ other officers elected were as follows:
Recording secretary, James E.
! McGown; treasurer, Charles Mackay;
! board of directors, / year, Frank E.
Lawrence; 2 years, George A. Esta-
brook; years, DR.. q. d. Nichols, DR..
George ]. OFT, William G. Nichols, Chas.
/ Mackay.
DATES FOR REGISTRATION.
The board of registrars met tonight
and settled upon the following dates for
| meetings for registration: Oct 10, o.
town hall, 1880 to 8 p. M; Oct. 26. court
house, 1880 to p, M; Oct 80, town hall
from 70 o'clock noon until 10 p. M The
check list posted contains 2505, and the
registrars have struck off 116 names; 81
names of socialistic persuasion were
handed in to the registrars, and they
will find a place on the town ticket.
AUSPICIOUS OPENING.
The opening meeting of the Clinton
Women's Club, this afternoon, gave
fair promise Of a most successful sea-
son to come The percentage Of at
tendance was very large. Perhaps rs
ladies We're in @. A. r. Hall, where
the club holds its meetings at the mo-
ment when Mrs. Electa N L. Walton
convention" Mrs. Walton, who is a
most pleasing woman, TOLD about the
journey to Denver, the enthusiasm
with which the women were received,
and the cordial reception that met
them at Washington and elsewhere en-
route.
She spoke of the good the Women's
clubs are doing, OF the magnitude of
the work they have undertaken, and
kept the ladies keenly Interested. A
pleasing ceremony was the election of
ten new members. The ladies thus dig
nified are. Mrs. Charles e. Bowman,
Mrs. Alexander z. Kastl, Mrs. George
Medium, Mrs. VIM. Bancroft, Mrs. A.
M. Osgood Mrs. Willard Carter, Miss
S. Lizzie Russell, Miss Ella Richard
son and Miss Anna Frances Doggett.
Then came the inauguration Of the
new president, Mrs. Anna L. H. Rog-
ers, who made pointed end thorough
ly businesslike inaugural address. She
was greeted with hand clapping
To conclude a dainty tea was served
and the ladies enjoyed a few moments
of the delightful converse the meetings
of the club insure.
WORK ENTIRELY SUSPENDED.
Work is entirely suspended at the
proposed pumping station for the sew
age. The engine which was designed to
keep the excavation for the reservoir
clear Of water proves not equal to the
task, and no work can be done until
a suitable engine can be brought from
Boston and got up. Even the work of
laying the pipes for the fore main is
suspended, because the pipe has given
out.
It will be several days before more
arrives.
officer O'Toole brought in two drunks
today and officer Burke one. OF these,
John Berke, a Hungarian, was the
drunkest, and Charlie Vargo, an Ital-
ian, the saddest to the eye.
Tomorrow night the Shea-McAuliffel
Stock company concludes its engage
ment in town. with the SHARES of New
York" a melodrama. Manager Heav-
ey estimates the attendance for the
week win be $3.50. This breaks all rec
ords for the town.
Timothy W. Hayes Of Lancaster was
fined SIS in the district court this morn
ing. He got drunk at the Bolton cat
tie show.
Biddell & Co., the contractors on the
new road, are having a hard time of
it. Yesterday following close upon the
strike of the Italian employees of the
company, as told in The Spy, some 20
of the stonemasons employed by the
company struck for 81 cents a day
more, and were with difficulty induced
to return to work this noon.