The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-03

In LIMBO.
Clinton Man
Arrested.
STOLE GOLD
From Parker Building Dur
ing Recent Fire.

Clinton, Oct. 2.--An attempt to dis
pose of stolen gold was the cause Of
James Boyles arrest this afternoon
and now he laments his crooked ac-
tons behind iron bars. Boyle has al
ways resided in Clinton, and those with
whom he attempted to exchange gold
chains and other valuable trinkets
made of yellow metal knew that he
had made no trip to the Klondike re-
gions and wondered how he came into
the possession of so much gold.
Boyle was arrested by Officer Smith
and on his person was found gold
chain and gold locket which is sup
posed to be the property of Dora Bick-
ford, which was stolen during the fire
last week IN the Parker block.
Boyle has been employed in a livery
stable, and incidentally the carriages
in the stable were searched today, and
other stolen goods were discovered,
consisting of two plain gold rings, also
the property Of Miss BickfoFd, and a
compass and other architectural in
struments, supposed to be the property
of Parker & Bateman, architects.
Boyle is the son of respectable par
ents, Mr. and Mrs Andrew Boyle, of
S74 Main street, and is % years old. He
has a lciice record, having served a
term at Concord. He will be brought
into the district court tomorrow fore
noon.
MUTT" GIBBONS IN JAIL.
Martin Gibbons, who is better known
in the drinking section Of the town as
Mutt" Gibbons, concluded a three
weeks season Of festivity in the station
house this evening. Mutt" belongs in
Jewett City, Conn, but be came here TO
show his old acquaintance his sport
t<~1a&
much for his hardened stomach and to-
night when arrested he was drinking
alcohol from bottle.
John Mitchell was also gathered In
tonight in a drunken condition. Johns
friends say he Is good fellow when
he Is not drunk.
The trustees and executive committee
of the Clinton hospital met yesterday
and discussed matters relative to build
ing an addition to the buildings. 1t was
found that $4,000 was needed for the
work, and as that amount is available
the work will be commenced at once.
E. Cohen, a merchant tailor here, re-
ported to the police tonight that during
the day some one had stolen the sign
which indicates his stock-in-trade.
There has been some trouble about this
sign, and Cohen has suspicious that 1t
has been burned by his enemy.
MIX. MAIN In 1OWN N.
State Secretary w. w. Main
of the Baptist state conven-
ton, made a visit of inspection to the
Bible school of the Baptist Church in
this place today. After lessons he was
introduced to those of the school, who
did not know him. by Supt III. c. Childs.
There was a large attendance. Mr..
Main talked for six minutes only, but
in that six minutes he said much. He
wanted the school to labor particu-
larly to get more young men into its
number There are 1900 people in
Clinton" he said, ''of the Protestant
faith. There are at least 800 men be-
tween the ages of 16 and 81 years.
There are at least 1900 men upon whom
the five Protestant churches in Clinton
can draw. That is $50 to each church.
Let's cut off two-thirds and say that
120 men from the age Of 16 years and
upward should attend this school.
Il want to see 120 men in this school
by this time next year"
Mr.. Main said that the deficiency of
men at Bible school service was in no
sense a weakness of the Clinton school,
but a common weakness
AS a matter of fact, Supt. Childs has
made the Clinton school one of the
strongest to be found anywhere. He
has been skillful in mis- choice of as
sistant. Secretary Main, Tor instance,
finds that the primary department d.
rectly in charge of Miss Addie Chase,
is in magnificent shape, and the kim
dergarten, composed of three-year
olds, fourishing. Secretary Main in
concluding his remarks, reviewed the
work Of house to house visitation done
by Miss Cameron, the state visitor He
thought that in the outlying districts
she might do good work for the Gin
ton school. He described her as "A
sweet, devoted Christian girl of TWEEN
ty-three."
TO INCREASE SALARY
The school committee at it's meeting
Saturday evening, decided to increase
the salary of Miss Hannah M. Walsh
to $500 a year The increase amounts
to SIS, and makes the salary uniform
with that of the other teacher in the
ninth grade The change was made
in conformity with a suggestion of q
member of the committee Notice was
given that new text book, a work or
physics, wbuld be presented for ex-
animation and adoption if it is found
satisfactory
WANTED: A FLAG.
One place where the flag does no
float is over the Clinton armory. Their,
bangles from the Flagstaff a few ragged
ldlleTeQ almost cOlOflSSS threads o.
what was once a flag, but nothing tina
a person not knowing what had beer
there could distinguish as the emblem
of any country.
REQUEST REFUSED.
The metropolitan water board has re
fused the request of the selectmen FOL
two more policemen. Their minds were
doubtless Influenced by the fact tina
the police budget for several weeks has
included nothing more horrible than {
few casual drunkards and a few NOR,
in whom not even the Keely cure would
make dent
WORKED ALL DAY.
gang has been at work on the pro
posed sewage pumping station reservoir
all day. Part Of the gang is setting VI
an engine which will operate centrif.
ugal pump. The remainder of the gans
is working large suction pumps witt
main strength and awarkness, as they
say. Late this week the laborers IL
sinking the well ran into two springs
that discharged so or so gallons Of watel
minute into the excavation, greatly
adding to the difficulty of the work
The centrifugal pump will be running
tomorrow and should be easily equal Il
the task Of keeping the water down,
even when the excavation sinks below
the level Of the river. The bracing IL
ready to receive the sheeting that en-.
closes the pump well, which is to BIZ
Immediately dug. The excavation today
is nothing but pond in appearance
Work has commenced on the main pipe
line. through which the sewage will b.
forced, by powerful force pumps, 2s0l
feet to the filter beds. The completion
of the contract on the reservoir is no
called for until next June. Work VIII b,
suspended, probably, about the 18th O
the month, az no masonry can be pu