The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-18
PROVINCE NOTES.
NOVA SCOTIA.

Boston, Captain Samuel F. Stanwood,
ana Prince Edward, Captain Ernest
hlnney, terminated on the arrival Of
the steamers at Lewis and Long
WharVes, Boston, respectively, both
with good freights and passenger lists,
the former having lis in her saloons
ana the latter with 141. The Boston
left her wharf at Yarmouth at 4.30 D.
M. Tuesday of last week, or eight min
utes behind the Prince Edward, and
when she had left Bug Light marking
the entrance of the inner harbor as
tern, the Prince Edward had the adj
vantage 'of four and one-half minutes,
the lead being cut down in the crooked
pain out the harbof; and although the
Prince Edward is claimed TO have a
record of nineteen and one-half knots
an hour as against the seventeen knots
OF her rival, the Boston managed to
oYertake the speedy craft and was
abeam of her at 1910 p. m. Mile by
mile she gradually drew away from
her rivalA and the passengers were
treated to as exciting a race as they
probably had ever witnessed. The Bos-
ton sustained her lead, and at 6.53 a. m.
on the 18th, Boston Lighthouse was
abeam. The Boston reached her berth
at Lewis wharf at 724 a. m. The Prince
Edward got up to Long wharf at 7.55
a. m. The latter had come in by Broad
Sound, thus cutting off about two miles
from the route of the other vessel. On
Saturday, the 18th, the Boston again
beat her rival by 90 minutes.
During the months of June, July Aug
ust and September, the steamer Prince
Edward carried 1885 passengers to Bos-
ton. During the same period she land
ed 4213 at Yarmouth
Rev. Mr.. Hall of Halifax is working
In the interests of the forward move
ment of Acadia College. Mr.. Hall spoke
last week at Zion Baptist Church,
Yarmouth of the $50, 600 which it is re-
quired to raise in order to secure Mr..
Rockefeller's gift of $15,0OO he said
$4,000 had already been obtained. 1t Is
expected that Yarmouth will aid very
materially in making up the $4,000.
His Grace Monseigneur Begin, the
Catholic archbishop of Quebec,
preached last Sunday at Church Point.
Accompanied by his secretary, Father
Arsenault, he is travelling through the
provinces for his health.
Sil2s McNutt of Halifax is about to
lost from French schooner many
years ago in the river Philip. He pur-
poses employing a diver to remove it,
as it has been located.
The cranberry crop in Kings county
this year is very light compared with
last year. Last year 1900 barrels were
raised in Auburn. This year the
amount produced will only be about 200
barrels. James Hurd of Grafton raised
forty barrels on one acre this year.
Richardson Chute of Berwick has
raised sixty barrels per acre. H. S.
| Shaw, the veteran cranberry grower
of Wateryille, took seYenty-two barrels
from two acres.
The three-masted schooner Athlete is
at Wolfville to load apples for Bos-
ton. She will carry in all about 2700
barrels. These apples will be shipped
from Boston by steamer for England.
One of the largest barns in Annapo-
lis county is being erected by Robbie
Morton. It is 100 feet long, 40 feet wide
with Is feet post and eight feet of brick
wall. The cellar extends under the en-
tire building and is divided lengthwise
into three parts.
A valuable mineral discovery has
been made near Wolfville 1t is known
| as tungsten and it's supply is very
limited being found only in Cornwall,
England 1t is said to be worth Sc per
ounce and it is particularly valuable In
certain industrial arts, such as setting
colors and in tempering STEEL The ore
| (known as wolfram) exists in large
quantities in the immediate vicinity of
| Wolfville.
The steamer Halifax City from Hal
flax took 1884 barrels of apples for
London last week. She took 10, 900 on
her last voyage, and they sold at good
| figures.
H. D. Nichols Yarmouth, has sold
his well-known PAGER Look Out, to a
horseman Of Marlboro, Mass.
The following We're among the ex-
ports from Boston to the maritime D, O.
vinces last week. $50 barrels flour, so
bbls. cornm@al 20 Bear Riyrr, pei sch
Cerdic; 200 bags mill feed, $50 bbls
| oornmeal, 100 bbls. -four, so bbls. mixed
meal, to Yarmouth per str Var
Weymouth, n. S., per sch. Belmont;
ITO bbls. -four, 400 sacks middlings, to
Yarmouth, per str. Boston. $50 bbls
-four, 500 sacks cats, 800 sacks mill
feed, ESQ bbls. cornmeal, to Windsor
per sch. W. x. Smith $50 bales cotton,
to st. John, per str. st. Crolx.
The steamer Halifax, from Charlotte
town and Halifax, last week, landed at
Boston 319 casks cod OIL 426 barrels pic
killed. fish, $40 drums dried fish, 100 crates
blue berries and 100 bags CLANS.
Marsh Corkum CT Canning has Dur-
chased the house on the Look OFF,
from George lsexter, and intends fit
ting Ut UP Tor a first-class summer
boarding house.
O.s
factory, owned by s. +. and W. E. Roop
& Co, was totally destro .5e1 by Are
Monday evening. No insurance; Joss
about $4,000.
Capt. W. G. stopford, r. N, who
married Miss Elo1 ence Baker, daughter
of the Hon. L. r. Baker Of Yarmouth,
has been appointed naval adys VI to the
inspector general of fortitications of
Great Britain, the appointment 10 date
from Sept. 9th.
John McInnes and Alderman Mus
grave have returned from Montreal,
where they obtained full information
regarding floating elevators. They have
under consideration a project embrace
ing the construction of such elevators
in Halifax hArbor so that vessels can
load grain without docking
NEW BRUNSWICK.
Gwlyn Miles scored a great hit on
his first appearance at St John, the
large audience giving every evidence
of entire satisfaction with the work of
the great baritone. The prologue from
Leoneavallo's opera, 81 Pagliacci" was
splendidly sung Being recalled, Mr..
Niles gave Wolfram's Address to the
Evening STAR from Tannhauser. Two
songs, This Would / Do" by Chapman
and YOU by Robyn, were beautifully
sung, and on being recalled a second
time Mr.. Miles dropped into the comic
vein, in the owl" by Stephen Adams
After singing Faure's palm Branches
Mr. Miles was again called, and pleased
his hearers olice more with Il song made
famous by Evan Williams, Love Abid-
ing a composition by Jules Jordan
The concert closed with Schumann' S
1.-TWO Gienadiels" and Mr.. Miles had to
respond to a double recall for this Mr.
Miles gave Honor and Arms" the sec
ond night, from Samson; Tosti's GOOD
| Bye to Anthea," (Hatton), ard the
Two Grenadiers.''
Henry Bergman, an Albert count
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