Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-06
SPENCER.


JOINT INSTALLATION TONIGHT.
The officers of F. A. Stearns Post, G.
A. R., the Woman's Relief Corps and
Luther Hill Camp, S. of ", will be in
stalled at Grand Army Hall this even
ing. Capt. Emerson Stone, past COM
mander of the post, will install the post
officers; Junior Department Vice Com
mander Mrs. Angie Robinson of Wor-
cester will install the corps officers, and
S. F. futile Of UXbridge will install the
camp officers The installation exercises
will take place after the regular meet
ing of the post, about o'clock, and will
be public The usual collation. will be
served after the work Of the even
ing.
TO PROVIDE RECORD TABLE,
f. A. Stearns Post, G. A. R., has voted
to provide a suitable table for the rec
ords of the post, recently completed, and
to place it in the Richard Sugden Free
Public Library. The table will be so
constructed that the volume may be re-
ferred to without handling, and, when
| not in use, securely protected from
dust or other damage. The table has
been ordered from western manufac-
turing firm, and is expected in a few
days.
WINTER TERM OPENS.
The winter term of the Spencer pub
lie schools opened Wednesday morning
with the old corps of teachers, with the
single exception of District No. l,
where Miss Maggie Sloan takes the
place of Miss Mary A. Bracket, who
resigned to take a position in the West
boro school.
THOSE BOGUS CERTIFICATES
Cashier f, A. Drury says that none
of the 800 counterfeit silver certificates
have made their appearance in this vi
cinity. He showed several Of the gem
uine certificates to a Spy reporter We'd
nesday, and pointed out the difference
between them and the counterfeit. The
latter Mr.. Drury says, is a trifie small
er than the genuine, and the red seal
is a little off color. Mr.. Drury says
that the counterfeits are easily detected
when the difference is known, though
they are an exact imitation of the gem
uine, with the exceptions stated. A
person taking one alone might be east
ly deceived.
NATURALIZATION CLUB.
The Naturalization Club, at it's an
nual meeting, found itself without a
sufficient number present to do bust
ness, on account Of numerous other at
fractions, and it is expected that the
election of officers will take place to-
night.
SHIPPING JERSEYS.
Superintendent Thomas ]. Comins Of
r. A. Sibley's Moose Hill farm, has re-
Gently shipped two pure Jersey cows to
scottville, New York, and expects to
ship another today. They are sent by
Adams Express in a crate made for the
purpose. They have to be sent one at
a time, because of the room they take
in the express car and the difficulty in
handling them in the short time al
lowed for transferring express matter
from one train to another. The three
cows have been tested and show ca
pacity for producing from Is to Is
pounds of butter per week
BRIEFER ITEMS.
Daniel d. Mccarthy moved into his
new house on Cherry street built by the
late Thomas f. Maloney, Wednesday.
The house has all the modern improve
ments, and is built for two families
Edward Morse is on a business trip
in the south and west in the interest
of E. Jones & Co., shoe manufacturers.
John j. Rogers of Worcester installed
the officers Of Division 5, A. o. H., at
Foresters Hall, Tuesday night.
Mrs John O'Gara is again reported
very low She Is unable to take nour-
ishment, and though still conscious, the
end is hourly looked for.
D. D. G. NJ, w. P. Rowell of Wor-
cester, installed the officers Of Goodwill
Lodge, I. o. o. F., at their hall in Sug-
den block, Wednesday night.
There were present, besides the in
stalLng officers, the following from Wor-
cester: George c. Laurens, Albert M.
Maylott, e. W. H. Briggs, r. F. Logan,
J. F. Bigelow, w. H. Potter G. H.
Jefts.
Spencer Lodge, Free and Accepted
Masons, worked the third degree, Tues
day night. There were present about ten
visiting brethren from Leicester.
The selectmen drew about 5000 in or
ders at their meeting Wednesday night.
1t was an ideal time for sleighing,
Wednesday night, and half the town
was out on runners.
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