Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-17

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adopted an ingenious plan with the
hope Of getting rid OF the scores of office
! seekers who daily call at his Office. A
bulletin is displayed on the panel Of his
Office door: "Mr. Russell begs to inti-
mate that he has taken this Office for
the transaction of legal business, and
! that he has arranged to be at his old
quarters on Wednesdays and Saturdays
for the transaction Of political business"
| The steamer Beta, from Halifax, for
Bermuda, took an experimental ship
ment of dairy and farm produce in cold
storage shipped by the Canadian gov
ea'nment with a view of promoting trade
between Canada, Bermuda and the
West Indies. The Beta reports the
goods delivered in prime condition.
The war office has sgnified its inten-
tion Of constructing two quick firing
batteries in connection with the forts at
1 Halifax station.
The steamer Porta arrived from st,
Johns, Newfoundland, on Saturday
afternoon. She brought as part of her
cargo 100 dogs, mostly secured in the
northern part Of "the ancient colony"
/ They were shipped by the I. c. r. en-
route to Victoria B. c.. The dogs are
destined for Klondike travelling. They
cost their owned to land them at Hall
fax about Sc apiece but he expects to
get more than $100 per head for them
on the Pacific coast.
| Gloom has been cast over Clements
port by the drowning Of Joseph and
Frank aged twelve and ten respectively,
sons Of Capt. Joseph Rawding, and
! Charley aged ten, son Of Edward Walsh.
! Although told not to go near fissure
in the ice about 40 feet from the wharf,
| they did not heed the warning. Walsh
never came up, but the Raw1ing boys
held on. to the ice until their father was
! within ten feet Of the hole, when they
sank.
e. w. Greenwood Of Halifax cele-
/ brated the 50th anniversary of his sec
ond marriage on the 5th. There are
few golden weddings of that kind, but
when man lives to be 81 years of age,
golden wedding, celebrated with a
| second family, is not SO remarkable. His
wonderful memory enables him to re-
late many interesting incidents of Hall
! fax. He was one of the jury who sat
on the case of the queen vs. Joseph
Howe for libel, and rendered the YER
| dict which has become historic. He
has other recollections of the courts. He
| was in court when Uniacke, who had
killed Bowie in q duel, was surrendered
to the judges to take his trial with great
demonstration by his father, the attor-
ney general, as became man bound
| to uphold the laws-of course to be ac-
| quilted.
He tells of the condition of the deck
of the Shannon the day she came up
| the harbor after the victorious engage
ment with the Chesapeake, and it left
an impression on his mind of the cas-
ualties Of war which was painful.
He can tell you all about the great
| cholera plague in Halifax, when people
| fed in dismay from the city. Two
clergymen, among the sick and dying,
stood to their guns-the Catholic priest
and Mr. Crawley, his own minister
! The Halifax Herald this week COM
mences the publication of a series of
articles on 'The birds of Nova Scotia
| from the pen of r. r Mcleod. The
papers will not only be read by tens of
/ thousands of people with the keenest in
/ terest during the ensuing months, but
| they will form "a text book" on the
| subject for the next century.
The Nova Scotia Society contributed
/ $2259 to funds of parent society in 1897
! The annual meeting Of the Nova SEQ
tia auxiliary of the British and Foreign
1 Bible Society was held last week in the
| Brunswick Street Methodist Church,
| Halifax.
NEW BRUNSWICK.
C. w H. Sanborn, Boston agent of
the Havelock mineral springs, has met
with much success in introducing the
product of New Brunswdck's famous
water into general use here by the first
class hotels, grocers, etc. Superintend-
! ent Hanscom now proposes opening an
| agency in Greater New York.
| Josiah Fowler Of st. John left on the
| c. P. r. for Boston, to attend the re-
union Of his old regiment, the 44th Mas
! sachusetts volunteers. Mr.. Fowler has
not seen any of his old comrades for
over 30, years, and anticipated much
| pleasure in meeting his brother veter-
| ans to talk over their experiences DUR
ing the war of the rebellion.
The Royal Mail steamer Gallia sailed
| last week from st. John for Liverpool
via Halifax. Her cargo consisted of
10000 bushels of wheat and 10000 Of
oats, 12 carloads of cheese, 10 of apples,
10 of agricultural machinery, 4 of but
ter, 80 Of pulp, 6 Of meats, of fresh
meats, 4 of leather, 4 of eggs, of rub
Der goods 1 of sewing machines, of
maple blocks, / of furniture, of mis- |
cellaneous goods, 100 carcasses of NUT |
ton, 100 cattle. The Gallia took away 81
passengers, of whom So were saloon
passengers. Among the latter were
Miss Cartwright, daughter Of Sir Rich
ard Cartwright, and Mr.. Devlin, ex-
NJ. P. of Ottawa county.
st. John Sulphite Pulp Company, linn
tied, registered at Edlnburg, Dec. 16,
with capital Of 100000 in 1900 prefer
ences and 4500 ordinary shares of G10
each, to carry on the business of wood
pulp makers, paper makers and timber
merchants.
A derelict, recognized as the British
schooner Vinton, which left Belleveau
Cove, N. S., for st. John with a cargo
Of piling, drifted into the Bay of F'undy,
near Digby, N. S., and it is thought that
she was caught in a sudden squall and
Capt. Oliver and all hands were lost
The lumber operators VINO came down
the river last week report a great depth
Of snow in the woods on the east side
| of the river St. John, from Tobiuue
north. In some localities the snow lies
to the depth of four feet, and is re-
/ ported generally over three feet. This
will largely affect the cut in this i'm
portant lumber section. In fact, the
depth of snow has caused chopplng to
| be stopped in many places already and
| the men sent out
| Miss Frances Osburne Rainsford, eld-
est daughter of Osburne Rainsford of
Grand Falls N. B., and niece of r. H.
Rainsford OF Fredericton, and Dr. Mark
H. North of Cambridge, Mass, were
married Wednesday last, at St. James
| Episcopal Church, North Cambridge, by
Rev. DR.. Abbott. The bride was given
away by George Lee, Mr.. and Mrs
North will reside at 10 Centre street
Cambridge. The bride has many friends
and relatives in this province.
! Frank Leblanc, the Oldest resident Of
Moncton parish, in Fox Creek, where he
had lived all his life, died in the Tooth
year Of his age. He was connected with
many Of the Acadian residents of the
parish.
The crew Of the fishing schooner Jen-
ME B. Thomas, 16 men, before reported
wrecked at Brier Island, arrived here
| New Years day. They lost their whole