Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-10
PROVINCE NOTES.

Commander the Hon. Walter. G. Stop
ford, r. n, has received promotion as
captain in the royal navy Mr.. Stop
ford is a son-in-law of Hon L. i. Baker
of Yarmouth
Work at the Cream Pot gold mine,
Yarmouth Pembroke, is being pushed
forward. SO far the mine has been
sinking upon the lead which turns out
wider as it goes down. The cleanings
up since the mine was reopened by Mr.
Huntingdon's company amount to about
so ounces of gold.
Hugh English Cam died very sudden
ly on Saturday evening, the LIST instant.
Mr.. Cann had been invited to dinner at
a neighbor's house, and was in excellent
spirits After a few minutes CONVEX
sation, he escorted a lady to the dining
room and sat down at the table. Be
fore all the guests We're seated, Mr..
Cams head was seen to rest on the
table as If he was in a faint. He was
carried to a sofa and died without
speaking. Mr.. Cam was a bachelor.
He was y years of age, and in former
years was largely interested in shipping
and other commercial pursuits. He was
one of Yarmouth's richest men.
During 1897 there were II vessels
registered at Yarmouth of 7S7 tons.
Fifty-seven were struck Off aggregat-
ing 1884 tons. The total number of ves-
sells remaining ON the register were
216, aggregating 41,542 tons, making a
decrease of 2097 tons.
Ten crates of Holsters (the first of the
season.. 500 drums of dried fish and 120
bales of eel grass were shipped by the
Prince Edward from Yarmouth.
Change of sailings of Prince Rupert
between Digby and st. John took eff
feet Monday, Jan 8, after which date
she will leave st. John for Digby on
Monday, Tuesday and Friday, returning
leave Digby for st. John on Monday,
Thursday and Saturday.
The customs receipts for the port of
Halifax show a decrease this year of
$115,170, compared with 1896. The in
land revenue returns have not yet been
made up.
The failures in Nova Scotia this year
number 166, compared with 124 last
year The liabilities this year are
s., ,033, ,O22, and in 1896, $754,096 Three
carriage firms failed-A. r. Fulton &
Co. of Truro, Bligh & Prince of Truro
and DeWolf Son & Co. of Halifax-with
aggregate liabilities of $4,000. Six fail
ures occurred in Windsor after the fire,
with liabilities of $4,000. In Halifax
there were 80 failures, one more than
a year ago. The Prince Edward Island
failures this year were nine; last year. S
total being twenty.
A pulp concern in Nova Scotia has
just purchased a steamship to carry its
own product across the ocean.
The Presbyterian Witness is so years
old Mr.. Robert Murray, VINO has
served 40 years as editor, is one of the
keenest and cleverest journalists in the
country.
The second shipment of dogs from
Newfoundland for the Klondike reached
Sydney by the steamer Regulus from
st. Johns last week. The lot comprised
$50 dogs Of all kinds and sizes. They
were placed ON board c. P. R. cars and
left on the journey across the conti-
nent.
Among the arrivals at New York one
day recently were five large Nova
Scotia schooners, known as the Royal
line, having been named the Gypsum
Emperor, Gypsum Empress, Gypsum
Princess, Gypsum King and Gypsum
Queen, which are engaged solely in
TRANSPORTING plaster from Windsor,
n. s.. their combined cargoes reaching
5000 tons The first-named vessel is a
four-master and brought a cargo of
wool, etc, to this city few years ago
from Buenos Ayres.
Mr.. George D. Covert, one night last
week, killed three wild geese at one
shot. on the flats at North East Point,
Shelburne county
Judge Chapman delivered sentence on
John Mcintyre, giving him five years
at Dorchester, for setting fire to prop
erty at Windsor.
A large building, 40 by so feet, is in
course of erection at, Hartville, Hants
county, in connection with the st. Croix
paper mills, for the reception of ma
chinery to be used in the manufacture
of tar paper. In the spring a large stock
house, $50 feet long, is to be erected.
G. D. Colbert of Windsor predicts a
prosperous future for Windsor. He says
that next spring new buildings will go
up. A central portion has been pro-
claimed a brick district. Many Of the
buildings now standing are merely
temporary structures. Water street
will be Strengthened and Stannus street
widened Trade has been remarkably
good. Every one has mad employment
who could work. The people who suf-
fered most by the conflagration were
not the rich or the poor, but the middle
class.
John Atwood and C. Chase of Boston
arrived at Annapolis Thursday AS is
We'll hllOMll, lueS dIt lIllGE65leQ III Tile
running of a steamboat between Bridge
town, Round Hill, Annapolis, Bear
river Digby and ST. John. While in
st. John Mr.. Atwood met with the best
of encouragement, and seems sanguine
that the scheme is thoroughly feasible.
The boat is supposed to cost about
$50000.
A very quiet wedding took place in
Greenwich last week, when Mr. Burpee
Bishop and Miss Jennie Cobb, both of
that place, were married. They both
were members of the graduating class
at Acadia last year.
Allison Tompkins, st. Croix, Annap-
oils, has in his possession powder
horn, made by an Indian, that has the
date of 1881 carved on it, one or two
wigwams and some things that look
like trees. 1t is getting quite thin in
places.
The position of the wrecked steamer
Corona is: Bon Portage light, bearing
n. z. by E. u e., five and half miles
Island light, w. by N. % N, eight
miles; Cape Sable light, E. by s. n s.,
nine miles. The Corona is lying in 20
fathoms of water The opinion was
expressed today that the wreck might
be raised by pontoons. The two masts
of the Corona are 10 feet above the
water. 1t is stated that 40 cattle came
ashore at Cape Sable, and large
quantities of apples and cheese are
floating along the shore in the vicinity
of the wreck.
The last days of 1897 witnessed one of
the most interesting and imposing we'd
dings which have ever taken place in
Kings county The principals were
Miss Carrie O'Key, second daughter of
William O'Key, Esq, Of "Elmsdale, .
Port Williams, and Percy Churchill
Woodworth, NJ D. c. NJ, of Kentville,
son of D. B. Woodwork, Esq. The cere-
mony took place at $50 p. m, and long
before the time, st. James Church,
Kentville, was filled by brilliant as
semblage.
The handsome Christmas decorations
Of the church added beauty to the scene.
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