The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-31
PROVINCE NOTES.
NOVA SCOTIA.


but report the noble beast harder to find
each season.
There is great duck shooting along the
lime of the Coast Railway, and beyond all
along the south shore.
For several years past large quantities
of dry eel grass have been exported to
ceased
The grand bazaar at Yarmouth in aid of
the local Y. M. G. A. proved a success,
the first nights receipts being over $500
The weather continues open, and tho
flowers are still blooming in the gardens.
Summer visitors have nearly all depart
ed, and their places are being filled by
sportsmen There is a close season of
three years on partridge.
r. G. Strshie of Newport, lIants
county, has been called by st, Andrews
Presbyterian Church, Truro, to succeed
Rev. Thomas Cumming, resigned.
The advance in the price of fish has
given a great impetus to the fishing in
dustry in Lunenburg county.
Several of the Digby hunters after big
game have been fairly successful this sea-
son. II. A. p. Smith and Gilbert Ellis
returned from weeks outing with a bag
Of four caribou and bear. and two days
before William Ellis secured q line moose.
During the past year several winning
deals have gone through which have had
Modern machinery makes it, possible to
operate mine successfully where a few
years ago nothing but dismal failure
stared the owners in the face Notable
examples Of abandoned mines that are
now paying good dividends are the Hurri-
cane Point and the Leary mine ut Tan
h ier After yielding $4,000 in two months
the property was sold to a company for
the biggest part of $l00, 900.
I A wooden hull for a new steamer to ply
through the Bras d Or lakes between sgd
ney and Mulgrave via the st. Peters
canal, connecting at Hawkesbury, C. B.,
with the Plant line steamer Halifax, Capt.
Pye, for Boston, is to be constructed at
Lunenburg and will have the engines
/ and boilers of the Boston steamer Vega.
Among the shipments of fruit sent from
Nova Scotia. to the trans Mississippi eX-
position at Omaha by the department of
agriculture were some extraordinary
specimens of apples. One Chebucto
beauty weighed &c ounces and it's largest
circumference was 1872 inches. A speci-
1874 in circumference and weighed 10
ounces. r Forty-nine varieties were for
warded in all The specimens were all ex-
cellent, large and high colored. Among
other fruits from Nova Scotia was a bar
rel of the celebrated Gravenstein apples
which are raised in such great perfection in
this province. The exhibit was got to-
gether by r. W. Starr of Wolfville.
The steamer Boston of the Yarmouth
steamship Company, from YARMOUTH, had
q good freight and 12S passengers, among
whom was Agent Charles Stearns of the
Boston pilots. who had been away on a
hunting expedition, and captured a bear
and other big game, not to mention nu-
merous birds Mr. w A. Chase, score
tary and treasurer of the line, was also
passenger, as were Mr.. I. H. Cloudy and
wife and e. X Spinney, who are on
their way to California.
The steamer London City, from Halifax
for London, took over 1900 barrels of APP
pies, $50 cases Of Holsters and GOO boxes of
cheese in her cargo.
The men employed on the N. S. Mid
land Railway are said to have discovered
iron ore and coal along the Kennetcook
river.
The official returns of the prohibition
plebiscite vote in Nova Scotia are now
available. Every county but one-Rich-
mond-went in favor of prohibition. In
that county the majority against is 2S.
Nova Scotia's vote was as follows: For
"a. COS; against, 5406; majority for 29199
The total vote polled was 40, 012 and the
total number of voters on the list was
102 100 Thus 80 90 of the electorate voted
In 1894 the percentage was 81 26.
The Grand Division, S. of T., officers
We're elected at Halifax last week. AL
derman A. Hubley is the new grand
worthy patriarch: J. J. Anslow, Wind
sor is grand worthy assistant, and G. W.
Christie Amherst is grand sentinel.
The YARMOUTH al ship Ellen A. Read,
which left Newcastle, N. S. w, on May
2Sd and arrived at Manila on July 10. with
$500 tons of coal, is still in port there with
her cargo on board, the consignees having
declined to take her delivery. The Read
has been chartered for New York,
Goldboro is the new name chosen for
Isaac's Harbor.
The people of Amherst are talking of
railway from that town to the north
shore, some 20 miles or more
Rev. b. Hills of Lunenburg has re-
ceived unanimous invitation from Var
mouth Providence Methodist Church, and
has accepted.
NEW BRUNSWICK.
A Fredericton canning factory shipped
five cars of canned corn last week A
Woodstock factory shipped carload of
n SIC 10 CT anIr pa.es
An estimate made about a week ago
showed that there was over 50000 900 feet
Of Maine logs of last years cut on St.
John waters not yet manufactured into
lumber and over $4,000, goo feet of provin-
cial logs. The latter will be reduced
probably to 100000 600 feet before winter
quantity of manufactured lumber yet I'M
shipped. The scale of operations in. the
woods on the upper st. John next winter
will be much smaller than in the last two
years. WITH limited cut next winter,
there should be q better market in the
spring.
Stephen joe the old chief of the Indian
village across the river from this place.
died few days ago at the advanced age
of l0l years. stephen Joe was noted as a
great hunter and runner In his day. 1t Is
said that he one time beat a horse on the
Journey from Salisbury to st. john
Hillsboro News
P. e. ISLAND.
S. H. Jones shipped 4s0 lambs from
Summersde to Point du Chene, Thursday
morning, preparatory to being forwarded
70 Boston. He shlnped 100 Saturday and
Monday. He contemplates shipping a
carload of turkeys to Boston.
oyster shipments continue very small
owing to the continued high winds, which
prevent fishing in the bays. The pros
poets are that the exports this season viii
be the smallest for some years past.
At the residence of Donald McEachern
Summerside on Wednesday evening Oct
18th. his third eldest daughter, Lauretia
was united In matrimony 10 Peter III
Stewart, Mt. Albion, by Rev W. f.
spencer, Montague. Miss Ida McEachern
sister of the bride. acted as bridesmaid
while John r. Stewart supported the
groom.
large amount of work has been per-
formed towards the erection of the new
j. p. Island Hospital, The excavating
and basement masonry are completed
Work is also steadily progressing on the
new Prince of Wales College.
NEWFOUNDLAND
AT Cape Ray, Newfoundland. the other
day a lady of 6S Years took for her third
husband young man of 80. 1t Is asserted
the latter is a lone orphan without a
home" and the lady owns a house and
farm, But love levels all ranks"
Regarding the winter herring fishery
around the south and west coasts OF tha
island, the Newfoundland government has
decided that no herring shall be sold ~
American, Canadian or local fishing yea
sells for less than 81. % per barrel whick
Is % cents higher than has ever been
charged before. The government AZ
plains that the gradual depIetioN OF ire
herring supply compels the colony to pro.
tect its interests in this manner All thn
American vessels now in colonial waters
have agreed to pay the Increased price,