Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-23

I
of an assistant. Miss Mason has beer
this assistant for many years.
| BEQUIsT TO WESTMINSTER
CHURCH.
BY the win of the late Artemas Mer
riam OF Westminster, which was filed
for probate Tuesday afternoon $1,000 Is
left to the First Baptist Church of thai
town, to be applied TO the preaching OF
the gospel; but If, at any time, the
church society ceases to exist and the
interest on the principal is not applied
TO the preaching of the gospel, the
principal is to revert to the trustee
of the fund and executor of the es-
tate, the son-in-law OF the testotor,
S. Dwight Simonds. The will pro-
vides that the chair mandatory
shall be carried on for five years
ct least after the testator's death, and
then at the expiration of that period it
shall be sold or retained as the judgment
Of the executor may dictate. One of the
| unique provisoS Of the testament is that
| the grandson of the teStator shall have
the exclusive use and control of the fish
pond and preserve of the testator. The
son-in-law, S. Dwight Simonds, is named
sole executor. The remainder of the
property is left to wife, Salome Merriam,
| and children.
TRUANT SCHOOL SEWAGE.
The metropolitan water board have
notified the county commissioners to dis
continue the practice of turning the
| sewage of the Oakdale truant school into
1.-the Nashua River, and to comply with
/ that order at once. This request of the
| metropolitan engineers will be obeyed
| although the change will be expensive
NEW COUNTY ATLAS.
/ FTTl,a o,ax.y an,.7,4str p,,nr,, bo ,,1ti-
/ lishing house of L. j. Richards & Co.,
! Springfield, was received by the COM
| nissioners Tuesday. The work contains
] 81 plates of various towns in the county
4 and includes as a special feature view
Of Lake Quinsigamond looking from the
| Shrewsbury shore, with a representa-
| ton OF the steel bridge as planned by o.
| w. Norcross. 1t is also accompanied by
! q double-Dage map Of Lake QuinSiga-
mond from Fl. II. Bigelows survey.
AGREEMENT IN WILL CASE.
! An agreement has been reached in the
| will case Of Charles L. Allen of North
Grafton, in which the viii was disal-
lowed and appeal taken, and no appeal
| from the decree of the probate court Will
4 be taken. Kent & Dewey for the plain
/ tiff; Theyer & Cobb for the remons-
| trants.
! ATTENDED MR.. HOBBS FUNERAL.
! Col. William A. Gile, Judge George NJ.
/ woodward and William J. Taft repre-
scented the Worcester County Bar Asso-
citation at the funeral of George w.
/ Hobbs at Uxbridge Tuesday afternoon,
| Col Gile acting as one of the bearers.
ATTACHMENT.
William Eaton VS. Ada T. Sir Eman-
uel Worcester, $1,000, superior court;
writ served by Early. Burton W. Potter
for the plaintiff.
LAND FOR WATER BASIN.
A. deed conveying a quarter of an acre
Of land belonging to Elmira Champaney
of West Boylston, was recorded at the
register of deeds Tuesday afternoon, the
conveyance being to the commonwealth
of Massachusetts for the metropolitan
water basin.
| CENTRAL DISTRICT COURT, UT
LEY, J.-TUESDAY, MARCH %.
Edward J. Doyle was charged with vi
olating city ordinance by scattering
dirt and rubbish about the street. Street
Commissioner Prior was the complain
ant in the case, and testified that Doyle
was complained of last winter for over
Heading his cart, and in the present in
stance he saw Doyle driving an over
loaded cart along Main street, spilllng
loan at every jounce. Jonn %. DAY,
counsel for the defendant, said that
| DOYLE was employed cafting loan from
a CELLAR but had no connection with the
man to whom the contract was let. The
| contract was let to John Doyle, a broth
er of the defendant, who was superin-
tending the work. Doyle was dis
charged.
| Jane c. Jones, a colored girl, was
charged with the larceny of money from
! her employers, Sarah M. Averill and
| Anna P Smith of 308 Pleasant street.
! About S36 has been taken in all. When
| the girl was arrested by Inspector Stone
| she admitted taking the money, and
| said she had a key >to the drawer in
which her employers kept their cash.
| She had a little over 81 in her possession
| when arrested, and was unable to ac-
count for the balance, further than she
had sent a part of it to a couple of
| friends who played in this city recently
| with an Uncle Toms Cabin Company
who were stranded, and a part of it had
! been spent for candy. She was sent to
/ the state industrial school during her
| minority.
| prank. AdEIlu WAS CItdIEsGu Will dS-
sault and battery on his aunt, Mrs.
| Mary AfcPartland, of Orchard street.
Mrs. Mcfarland said she nad taken the
boy when his mother died and brought
him up Monday morning she went TO
| the boys room and told him to get up.
| As he did not do so she struck him. Mar
tin then slapped her face and she had
him arrested, Martin was discharged.
Fred AIontvin and Arthur Howe
were charged with truancy Montville
was sentenced to 40 days in the truant
school, and Howe, who has been con-
victed of truancy before, was sent to
| the truant school for two years..
Fred Ludy and George O'Brien, 10 and
| IL years old respectively, were charged
with the larceny OF cigarettes from Geo.
| S. Davis They We're taken on proba-
| tion
Charles Gardner, charged with lar
oeny of money from his brother-in-law,
Jacob Yagjan, was discharged.
Mary Sullivan, charged with neglect
| ing to support her minor child, had her
case placed on file
Joseph Quinn, charged with the lar
| ceny of a meal ticket, had his case
placed on file.
William Boyle. "A years old, charged
with being vagrant, was sent to the
| Lyman School during his minority
| The drunk cases were disposed of as
follows: Bartholomew O'Leary, state
| farm one year; William Smith, filed;
John Smith, house of correction four
months; James Living, continued until
Friday.