The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-17

De MANDS MADE
Are Extremely Distasteful
to Richard F. Wolf.

Mllbury Dec 16.-The board Of
health today declared war upon Rich
ard f. Wolf of South Main street. The
message" was delivered in person by
DIR. c. A. Church, who said that he had
had numerous complaints recently to
the effect that the leather which is
being burned at his shop was a public
nuisance and detrimental to the public
health.
On these grounds the doctor said that
it was necessary to do away with the
nuisance, or the board of health would
have to take action. Today, again, the
doctor received a complaint, and went
to the shop for the second time, and not
finding the proprietor in his office, called
upon one of the Workmen, named David
Duggan, and left orders for Mr. Wolf
to either stop burning the refuse, or
the board of health would close his
shop.
When Mr. Wolf came in the message
was delivered, and after threatening to
challenge the doctor for bout of ten
rounds, he left the shop in search Of
him.
A Spy man learned of the fact and
went to the scene Of the trouble. Soon
after he arrived he was given g full
history of the action taken by the board
of health, and the fight which was to
be put up by Mr.. Wolf After the re-
porter had waited half an hour, Mr.,
Wolf put in an appearance and at once
began an argument with his employees.
Mr.. Wolf said that he intended to stop
burning the leather when he under
stood it troubled his neighbors, but IS
he had had no complaints, he decided
that all were satisfied. He told the re-
porter that as long as the board of
health had stated that they would close
his shop, he was determined to
fight the case to the end Mr.. Wolf
buys scrap leather and cuts tufts for
mattresses from it, and it is the refuse
which he burns that is causing all the
trouble.
The pupils of the public schools OBJ
served Christmas" today in q very
appropriate manner. Public exercises
were held in all of the schools, and a
general good time enjoyed by all.
Principal Douglass of the Union
grammar school was presented an ele-
CANT ink stand by his pupils.
The new dynamos for the Bowden
shops arrived today and were built by
the w &, f. Electric Company of New
York. The plant is to be pplied with
power from the Minbury Electric Com
is equipped and ready for use.
M. p. OConnor gave away a barre
Of Xmas candy to the boys today
William Maxwell, one of Millbury'.
most respectable citizens, died at hil
home on South Main street after a short
/ illness of pneumonia. He was born il
Belfast, Ireland, So years ago, coming
to this country when Is years old. II
1854 he married Miss Ann Meek O.
/ Wilkinsonville, and in 1852 moved t.
Millbury, where he accepted a position
in the Millbury cotton mills as nigh
Waterman, which position he held un
til the factory shut down a few months
ago. Until a few days before he wa!
tal1an sic ( he was night watchman a
the Fisk Manufacturing plant at Wor
/ cester. In 1892 his wife died and III
married for his second wife Mrs. MARY
Liberty, who survives him, He leaves
one son, Thomas ]. Maxwell Of Boston
and Mrs Martha Stone of Millbury
/ two brothers, Samuel and Robert o
Millbury, and a sister, Mrs Mary Am
I Moore of Uxbridge. He was a vet
eran of the civil war, serving in thu
Tenth Massachusetts volunteers
which was stationed at Fort Warren
The funeral win be held Sunday at
/ o'clock.