Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-28

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Lobsters are getting scarcer and small
Ter year by year. The cooks will soon
have to invent new salad. In few
years more the lobster will be curio
| for the aquarium and the museum un-
less an indefinite close season is soon i'm
| posed.
The Yarmouth line steamer Boston is
making a big record this season. Capt.
Stanwood is q lucky man as well as
thorough seaman. The Yarmouth line is
known all over the United States for
It's swift boats and clever officers.
w. H. Townshend has purchased the
| Porter House. Kentville, which premises
he has occupied for some years.
SUPERINTENDENT L. H. Wheaton Of the
coast railway, who has been in New
| York for ten days on railway business,
is at home. For the month of January,
the railway carried 2701 passengers, and
a large increase in the freight Depart
ment was observable.
]. f. McLarren, Argyle, received a
car Of meal last week from Boston,
which was billed through via the rail-
way. This is entirely new business for
| the Yarmouth Steamship Company and
| the railway.
Messrs. Townsend & Co., the contract
ors, are expected in Yarmouth about
March 10th, and will commence building
operations.
The output Of the new pulp mills at
Milton, Queens county, for January, was
/ 1890 tons. and the manager says this will
/ be increased to 1000 tons per month.
Rev. w. H. Richan, formerly OF Bar
rington died at Boston last week, aged
Ga years. He was q native Of Yar-
mouth. He was ordained pastor of the
| harrington Baptist Church in 1868, and
labored in that field in connection with
the Woods Harbor and Pubnico con-
gregations until 1885. He was after
wards pastor Of the Baptist Church at
Digby for several years. His health
| failing, he removed to East Boston,
where one of his sons resided. He was
man of more than ordinary ability,
and was universally esteemed through
out the entire denomination. His con-
tributions to the press Of Boston at
tracted more than passing notice, par
ticularly his poems.
George A. Pyks deposited a brick at
the Peoples Bank, Halifax, which
weighed 263 ounces and was valued at
$500O 1t was the result Of Is days
I work at the mine of y the Hurricane
Point Gold Mining Company Of Isaac's S
Harbor, Guysboro county. The prop
, erty was formerly known as the Pal
grave mine, and has been in liquidation
and unworked for the past ten years.
was bought by a syndicate. Late in
January, 25 men were put to work in
the mine, which is comparatively mar
row lead but very rich. In Is days the
first cleanup resulted in the returns as
given above. Only 1856 tons were
crushed, giving nearly one and half
ounces to the ton.
Charles Dudley Warner thinks Cape
Breton perfect gold mine in landscape
value.
Adams A. Tupper of Truro. well
known as a promoter of search for
Capt. Kidd's treasures, was run over
and killed on railway in Connecti-
cut.
Capt Farquhar of sealing fame, heads
company who have purchased the
steamer Lunenburg for wrecking pur-
poses.
The building of the so miles of rail
way from Windsor to Truro, via Brook
field, will be rushed ahead with all pos
sible expedition and must be finished
one year from July next. 1t is said to
be the intention of the Midland Railway
Company to double track the 1. c. r.
from Brookfield to Truro (eight niles.
Several contracts have already been let
for work on this proposed line of rail-
way.
F. H. Armstrong, of the d. A. r.
offices. Kentville, has been appointed
city agent at st. John, n. B. A. D.
Hewatt, the new general passenger
agent will make Kentville his head
quarters.
M. Laborie, the distinguished counsel
of Emile Zola, at Paris, is son-in-law
of William O'Key of Kings county.
The marriage took place on the 23d, at
the residence of Jesse Embree, Fort
Lawrence, of his daughter, Maude A,
to Stewart j. Chapman, son of Martin
Chapman, also of Fort Lawrence.
About 100 guests were present at the
ceremony. The bride was becomingly
attired in silver gray silk with pearl
trimmings and orange blossoms.
The report of the School for the Blind
for 1897 is the 2Tth of the series There
are in the school 53 Nova Scotian boys
and girls between s and 10 years Of age;
27 come from New Brunswick and
from Prince Edward Island. The gov
ernnnent of Prince Edward Island has
hitherto made no adequate provisions
for educating the blind. Nine from
Newfoundland are in the school. Re-
ceipts and expenditures balance at
about $1S,SS0 Total pupils last year,
1923 boys, SO girls. 2 adults attended.
NEW BRUNSWICK.
A $4,000 painting is promised the st.
John art loan exhibition and festival