The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-29

made inside of % hours. But twenty
passengers were landed at Halifax, and
the vessel was not detained there more
than two hours landing passengers and
cargo She has accommodation for Z4O
tirst-class, 250 second-class and 600
Storage passengers, while as freight
carrier the vessel stands particularly
high among Canadian going vessels.
Rev. j. r. Freeman, the popular pas
tor of the Baptist Church of st. John,
has decided to decline call from the
Baptist Church at Yarmouth.
A wild goose weighing eleven pounds
and measuring five feet four inches
from tip to tip, was shot by John Beat
~ at Spoon island.
When international liner st. CroiX
was making previous outward trip
to St John, she made that port from
Lubec in hours ! minute, thence to
Eastport in hours minutes the fast
est time ever made by the steamer.
and believed to be the record runs be-
| tween these ports.
The st. John gentlemen who own
stock in the Gold King gold mine have
q good thing of it, One citizen who pur-
chased 10000 shares and got in on the
ground floor recently sold out His
profits are said to have been in the
neighborhood of $4,000.
Sawyer's mill at Hartland has shut
down for the season, after cutting up
ward of 100000 feet of lumber
While Bedford Cook was digging a
we'll near his home at Dorchester Cape.
about % feet from the surface he came
on layer of dark soapstone, about
five feet IN thickness. Digging through
this, Mr.. Cook came on coal
During the month OF November 624
barrels of clans, valued at $500, have
been taken from St Andrews for bait
ing purposes.
The cheese factory at Jeffries' Cor
ner has made during the past season
about $4,000 worth of cheese A separa-
tor has recently been put into this fac
tory.
The Petitcodiac cheese factory,
Which opened on the 18th of May and
closed on the 31st of October, received
for the season 1,004, 100 pounds Of milk,
out Of which they made and sold about
40 tons of cheese.
The Massey Harris people shipped
$4,000 worth of bicycles to Australia
this week which went by the Canadian
Pacific to the coast.
The wedding of Miss Amelia Pickard
Moore, daughter of the late Edward r.
Moore, TO John A. Calhoun of Savan-
nah, Ga, was celebrated at Centenary
Church last week. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. John Read in
the presence of the relatives and a, few
immediate friends Of the bride and
groom. Mr.. and Mrs. Calhoun took the
early train for a honeymoon trip,
which Will include Boston, New York
and other points of interest, before
taxing up their residence in Savannah.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Thomas of st.
John celebrated their golden annlver-
sary last week. About one hundred
people assembled at their residence.
and most enjoyable evening was
spent. A splendid supper was served
during the evening.
The official guide of the Intercol-
onIaI Railway of Canada and Prince
Edward Island Railways, published by
James D. Seely of st. John. is out.
The book contains a map of the gov
eminent railway system, an alphabet
zeal list Of the stations OF the /. C. r.
and =. r. Ry., together with distance
and passenger fares and other infor1na-
ton.
The Roman Catholic church of Fred
eflcton, which for some time past has
been undergoing repairs will be. when
completed, one of the most beautiful
ediflces in the city. Rev. Father Casey
received q donation of $500 from a
prominent citizen to assist in defray-
ing the expenses.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
The new organ for ST. James Kirk
Charlottetown, is being placed in posi-
ton. 1t will cost over $4,000 and will be
the best in the province.
The death occurred at Pownal P.
e, Island on the 30th ult., of Mrs.
Sarah Carver of Alexandra. She was
lO2 years old on St. Patrick's day, 1898.
She retained good health and control
of her faculties almost to the last.
AleXandria's oldest remaining residents
are Nicholas Cousins, in his Goth wear
and Martha McLennan in her SSth
year.
The value of the Lake Winnipeg's
last cargo is estimated at 100000, or
nearly double the value Of the cargo
taken on her first trip.
Edward Coyle, recently a member of
the Maine infantry volunteers, has ar
rived in his former home. He says he
was ON the steamship Maine when she
was blown up and escaped unhurt. He
afterwards served on garrison duty in
Santiago, and has now been honorably
discharged.
On the 16th, at ST. Pauls rectory. the
Rev. ]. 7. Bryan married Captain
Fred Nelson, of the steamship Elliott
70 Miss Louise Nelson Of China Point.
George Mcleod was groomsman, and
Miss Nicholson was maid of honor
Capt Nelson is d native of Hampton,
P. E. l., and has had quite an expe-
rience in connection with Cuba during
the rebellion.
Oats went up to 80 cents at Summer
side Thursday, and large quantities
are being brought in.
GENERAL DOMINION NOTES.
There are over 100000 bushels of
western grain now at Owen Sound, and
the Canadian Pacific railway is run
ming about six trainloads a day out of
that point, through to Montreal for eX-
port to the old country. On Saturday
week there were in the elevators at
Owen Sound 100000 bushels of grain,
there were 10000 bushels in vessels at
he ICT1y on 4, ~.