Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-10

Sll ,JOllH f1drNSys LOltWdrueQ llle dppll-
cation home for the Duke of yelling
toms consideration The dukes an
swer was: THE only attentions the
soldiers are to pay the bishop are to
| his sermons"
Fishing Inspector Bishop of Digby
has completed his returns of the fish
cries for the county during 1897, and
places his figures at $460,000, and the
value of boats and equipments at $780,
900.
Councillor C. I. Grantham of Yar-
mouth has the honor Of owning one of
the finest opera houses in Canada II
is called the Royal is built of brick and
steel, is 7OX90 feet on the ground and 60
feet high, with a seating capacity Of
over 500. The decorations are beauti-
ful, the scenery superb, the seats luXu-
rious and up to date, the ticket office,
the entrances, the dressing rooms, etc,
are of the latest pattern, and tine stage
appointments are said to be the best
in the lower provinces. The stage Is
tS feet from wall to wall, so feet from
footlights to back wall 80 feet from
curtain line to back wall; proscenium
opening 29x25; height to fly galleries,
q feet; height to rigging loft As feet;
width between fly galleries, 40 feet. The
new house will be ready to open on the
goth of January by a special company
from New York, under direction of Mr..
w. S. Harkins.
The need for a suburban hotel near
Halifax where tourists might have all
the benefits of sea air, bathing facili-
ties, boating and fishing, has been sup
piled. Charles Rogers new hotel, the
Florence, on the shores of the Bedford
basin, just fills the bill It is an ele-
giant hotel, situated distance
from the city of seven miles, with all
the attractions Of salt water, boating,
bathing and fishing in a most beauti-
ful land-locked basin. The drive to it
is delightful, and it can be reached by
rail, also. The house is four stories in
front and three in the rear, with
French roof surmounted by a tower,
with veranda both front and back. The
building is heated throughout with hot
air, has metal ceilings and electric light
ed throughout.
NEW BRUNSWICK.
The election Of officers for the Tour
rist Association resulted as follows:
President, A. 0. Skinner; first vice pres
ident, W. S. Fisher; second vice presi-
dent, o. H. Warwick; treasurer, D. w.
Mccormack; executive committee, in ad-
dition to the above officers, A H. Not
man, J. NJ. Lyons, George F. Baird, G..
E. Laec.hler, Alex. Macauley, H. A.
Price and P. ]. O'Rourke. The execu-
tive was given power to add to its num-
ber
John Howe, formerly postmaster of
st. John, and previously deputy post
master general and postmaster general
of New Brunswick, died in st. John last
week, aged SO. He was a nephew of
Hon. Joseph Howe, and was appointed
to the St. John post office in 1885, when
his father was deputy for the two prov
inces.
New Brunswick transatlantic lumber
shipments this year are $50, 100000. Last
year it was 367,000,0 900, and the year be-
fore 302,000,00 st. John increased from
170,000,OO0 to 244000, 900.
The total imports of Fredericton for
1897 were $289,306. and the duty collect-
ed $37, ,265. 80.
Henry Diote, sawyer for Gray & Law
renee Co., killed a very large bear re-
Gently on the Charnlo river. In cutting
down a tree he noticed a lot of ice and
steam arising from the stump, and polk
ing stick into the hollow he heard a
noise. Presently Mr.. Bruin poked his
head out aud was promptly dispatched
with an axe.
The Maritime Boys conference at
Moncton was brought to a close by a
farewell service. There was a conse-
Grafton service in the morning, led by
L ,
Maine, followed by parlor conferences
for leaders and foreign missions, led re-
spectiyely by DIR. Seerly Of Springfield,
Mass, and Alex. Robb of Pine Hill Col
lege, Halifax In the afternoon there
was a boys meeting, led by Andrew
Robb OF st. John. The conference has
been most agreeable and profitable. The
boys We're entertained at supper at the
Balmoral Hotel, and the delegates were
photographed in groups from the steps
of St. Bernard's Church.
Kings County Natural History Society
convened in monthly session. Several
fine specimens of gypsum, selenite and
alabaster from Petitcodiac were brought
in by w. Award, and Of oil-bearing
shale from Baltimore, Albert county, by
! Inspector Sleeves. In zoology H. Ray
mond produced fine specimen of por-
cupine, artistically mounted. Miss An
ME White also reported in the subject
zoology, Miss Wetmore and NJ. Price in
ornithology, and A. Perry and Miss
Phoebe Robertson in botany. A short
summary on Mr.. Ganong's paper on
'Halophytic colonies in the interior of
New Brunswick: In the geographical
distribution of plants no phenomena are
of greater interest than the occurrence
of colonies isolated far from their con-
geners in-the midst Of a different fora.
The best known case Is the presence on
high mountains, even near the equator.
of Arctic plants. We have a colony of
Arctic plants in New Brunswick, but
we have another kind of colony at the
salt springs near Sussex. These springs
break out, three or four in number, in
the open fields, and flow down to a
fresh water stream near by. On the
sandy shore around the springs and
along the stream occur plants which
give an impression as If lot of the
| seashore had been removed to this place.
Ten plants of a well-marked halophytic
habit, occurring only in salt marshes or
ON sea coasts, are found here. These are
distant q miles in direct line from the
coast; and do not occur elsewhere in the
vicinity. One of the list, spergularia
borealis, is new to our fora. 1t is pos
sible that birds, winds, etc, have car
ried the seeds from the seashore to Sus-
sex, bur not probable. 1t seems likely
that in the latest post glacial subsidence
the salt water extended all the way up
the Kennebecasis river to this place,
and the subsequent elevation with the
return of fresh water has exterminated
these plants everywhere in the valley
except here. The springs are in the
neighborhood Of go feet above sea level
at ST. John; the post-glacial subsistence
was about 200 feet. Other salt springs
are found in Upton parish, and it is
safe to predict that these plants will be
found there also.
p e. ISLAND.
The new ST. Dunstan's cathedral was
opened with midnight mass on Christ
mas eve. A very large congregation
assembled and a great number of
priests assisted his lordship Bishop Nc
Donald in the service.
GENERAL DOMINION NOTES.
| A Quebec dispatch says: Judge Chau-
veau sentenced Cyrille Coulombe, Teles-
! 1,e,,, c,o,,lo,oha aad Odilon nechane