Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-12
MILLBURY NEWS.
Property of Defunct Y. M, G. A,
to Be Sold Thursday.
A Peculiar Accident and Very Narrow
Escape from Death-smaIl Fire and
Other Notes.

day evening, and made preparations for
the sale Of the property which formerly
belonged to the society. The belongings
of the association will be sold at public
auction next Tuesday evening by
Auctioneer C. H. Smith Of Millbury Mr..
Proctor, formerly director Of the or
ganization, was seen by a representa-
tive of the Spy Tuesday, and he said:
| 1T is too bad that this property must
be disposed of, as 1t looks as if the last
hope of recognizing was gone. Since I
| became member of the Y. M. G. A,
[ always did all in my power to aid it in
all its undertakings, but the lack of in
terest soon became manifest and one
| by one the members fell off until the as
ISOLATION was getting so weak, tinan-
| cially. that the directors decided to close
/ it's doors, When the association was in
( it's prime, it supported a good foot ball
team crack base ball team, and
basket ball team that defeated all
comers For the past few months sew
eral of the Millbury sports have been
talking of forming an athletic CLUB IN
town for the purpose of bringing Mill
Z bury talent into prominence. This is
something in which Millbury has for
years been woefully deficient, and has
| been the cause of Millbury being at the
| foot of the ladder today. When taking
into consideration the fact that Mill
bury can put upon the field, today, men
who can compete against all corners in
all events. it seems almost a necessity
that these young men should have
training quarters in some convenient
locality. 1t is likely that a movement
will be made in the near future to or
ganize an athletic club in town"
PECULIAR ACCIDENT.
James Dean, employed as teamster at
the Miubury cotton mills, met with a
peculiar accident Tuesday morning.
Last Saturday Mr.. Deans horse was in
jured, and, as there were several tons
of coal at the depot waiting to be re-
moved to the mill plant, he was obliged
to get another horse. One of the sorrel
grays belonging to Samuel E. Hull was
/ secured, and before using, M. Dean
started to drive him around the COM
mon a few times. 1t was on one of
! these trips that the spirited animal be-
/ came frightened and made a bold run
/ up North Main street When near the
/ residence of H. NJ. Wilcox, the coal
wagon colltded with a hitching post,
| throwing the driver out. The noise OF
! the collision only tended to increase the
/ speed of the frightened animal as he
!
! tracks or pedestrians, and wound up in
| the yard of it's master, on Grove street.
| When the teamSter was thrown, he
struck the curbstone and was rendered
unconscious He was picked up and
| carried to the Office Of Constable c. H.
| Smith and Drs. Lincoln and Church
| summoned An examination showed a
severe scalp wound and several bruises.
Later he was removed to his home.
Late Tuesday afternoon his condition
became more serious, and the family
| physician, Dr.. Robert Booth, was called
| The doctor found no bones broken, but
| thinks his patient is more seriously In
| jured than expected.
A COMING TREAT.
| The apron and necktie party which is
to be held in the town hall, Friday eve
ming, under the auspices of the Young
Mems Christian Literary Association,
promises to be the coming event of the
| season. Up to date several hundred
tickets have been sold, and the final ar
engagements were completed Tuesday.
! Steere's Orchestra of Worcester will
| furnish music. Dancing from until 2
| o'clock. Special cars will leave for Wor-
| cester and Farnumsville after the affair
| is over.
VARIOUS TOWN TOPICS.
| A practice basket ball game was
played in the town hall, Millbury,
Tuesday evening, between the Millburys
and the MilIbury Juniors. The former
! won. The Juniors showed up well and
| did some scientific playing.
| A social dance will be held in Elm
| hail. Monday evening. The affair is in
charge of Charles Monson and Philip
| LeClair
Worcester fox hunters are becoming
numerous in Millbury's woods.
An alarm from box 4 at Millbury
Centre Tuesday called the department
| to extinguish a small blaze in the tene
ment house of William Frazier on South
Main street Little damage was done.
The building was insured through the
agency Of l. w Goddard for $500, and
furniture for 5000. The occupants of the
| tenement were William Frazier and
| family and Richard Wolf and wife.
Mr.. Wolf had no insurance on his fur
niture.
| A meeting of Morning Star Lodge of
| Odd Fellows was held Tuesday even
| ing. Routine business was transacted.
c. L. Fisher of Oakham was in town
| Tuesday.
Miss Alice C. Broaderick of Brooklyn,
N. Y, is visiting friends in town.
Philip O'Connell, who was taken i'll
with diphtheria a few days ago, is re-
ported as much better today.
Miss Annie D. Marden of Westfield is
visiting friends in town.
! Fred J. Pope of West Millbury has
| taken the position of manager of the
| Swift fertilizer works at Lowell.
| John Brown has removed his family
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