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Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-17
FRoHs1NN EVENTS.
Committees at Work Preparing fo- Fools
Session and Masquerade.

Session and Masquerade.
The date of the annual fools session of
the Frohsinn Society was fixed for Feb
IA at meeting of the committee in charge
of it Sunday afternoon. The event will be
carried out ON the same general lines that
have made it such pleasant affair in the
past. The committee in charge is as fol-
lows. ". g. Lichtenfels. Peter Turffs,
Joseph Turffs, Henry Rollig, r. Albert
son, Gottlieb Schoeli, Hermann Trott.
Fritz Hartung, Axel Malmstedt, Rudolph
Convey, e. F.. Howe.
The following masquerade committee has
been appointed, but no date has been Sc
lected for the ball: r. Albertson, Peter
Turffs, W.. G.. Lichtenfels, H. r. A.
Lange, r. Convey, Henry A. McManus,
Thomas J.. Smith, George e. Sandner
Charles Krum, B. Joseph Bertels W. ].
Carroll.
Progress was reported by the committee
on new quarters, but nothing definite was
reported.
Otto Haubenreizer and Ernst Rauser of
the society are talking OF going to the
Klondike the 18th of next month if things
work we'll.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-17
MENIT FnR MnNnAY

Breakfast = Oranges. Scorch oats
and cream. Hamburg steak. flashed
fee.
Dinner Cream of potato soup.
Picked beets. Irish stew with dunn
plings. Corn. Mayonnaise of celery.
Waters. Edam cheese. Farina custard.
Coffee.
Supper Chicken hash in cream.
Toast. Tea. Cream chocolate in
chafng dish
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-17

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU-
SETTS.-Worcester, SIS. Probate Court
To the heirs at law, next of kin, and all
other persons interested in the estate Of
John Dyer Potter, late Of Westboros in
said county, deceased:
Whereas, a certain instrument purport-
ing to be the last viii and testament of
said deceased has been presented to said
court for probate by Sarah J.. Potter, who
prays that letters of administration with
the will annexed may be issued to her.
or some other suitable person, no exec
utor being named in said wlHl
You are hereby cited to appear at pro-
bate court to be held at Worcester in said
county Of Worcester, on the FIRST day Of
FEBRUARY, A. D., 1898, at 9 o'clock In
the forenoon, to show cause, If any you
have, why the same should not be grant
ed.
And said petitioner is hereby directed to
give public notice thereof by publishing
this citation once in each week, for three
successive weeks, in the Worcester Daily
Spy, newspaper published in Worcester,
the last publication to be one day at least
before said court, and by mailing. post
paid or delivering copy of this citation
to all known persons interested In the es-
tate seven days at least before said court
Witness-W LILLIAN T. FORBES, ESQ,
judge of said court, this tenth day of Jam
uary, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
GEORGE H. HARLOW, Register.
Jan. II, II, "a
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-17

ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE.-worceste S..
Court of Insolvency. - Notice is hereby
tors Of Fred L. Dornes & Co of Worces-
ter, IN said county, insolvent debtors, will
be held at the court of insolvency at Wor-
day Of FEBRUARY, A. D. 1893 at 2SO
o'clock in the afternoon, at which meet
ing creditors may be present and prove
signee will be presented, and creditors
may appear and object to the allowance
JOHN H. MEAGHER, Assignee.
ian. 1317A
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Jan. Il. n.

AsSIGNEE'S NOTICE = Worcester, IS.
given that the third meeting OF the credi-
tors OF j.. Frank Quinn of Worcester. IN
said county. insolvent debtor. will be held
at the court Of insolvency at Worcester.
in said county, on the FIFTEENTH day
Of FEBRUARY, A. d. 1893. at $50 o'clock
IN the afternoon, at which meeting credi-
tors may be present and prove their claims
and the account of the assignee will be pre-
scented. and creditors may appear and oh
1ect to the allowance thereof.
EDWARD @. BATES, Assignee.
!. BATES & HOLIDAY, AttorneyA nj
fremont building, Boston,
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-17

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
subscriber has been duly appointed adj
ministratrix of the estate of Carl Larson.
late Of Worcester, in the county Of Wor-
cester, deceased, intestate, and has taken
upon herself that trust by giving bond as
the law directs. AN persons having de-
mands upon the estate Of said deceased
are required to exhibit the same, and all
persons indebted to said estate are called
upon to make payment to
CHRISTINE LARSON, Admrx,
Worcester, Dec. 81 1897.
Inn
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nearly the whole amount was expended,
the largest expenditure being in part Ii
quotation Of the debt. There are at
present about 118 members in the Ly-
ceum and the officers see no reason why
the debt cannot be cancelled in short
u1hfla
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-17

NOTICE-Estate of Mary Dugan, late OF
Worcester, in the county of Worcester,
deceased, intestate, represented insolvent;
The probate court for said county will re-
against the estate of said Mary Dugan,
and notice is hereby given that six months
from the fourth day of January, A. d.
1898, are allowed to creditors to pre-
sent and prove their claims against said
estate, and that the court will sit to ex-
anime the claims Of creditors at Worces-
ter, on the FIRST day of FEBRUARY.
1898, at o'clock in the forenoon, and at
Worcester on the TWENTY-FIRST day
Of JUNE, 1898, at 9 o'clock in the fore
FREDERICK H. G. BERGER. Admr.
Webster Jan. 5, 1898.
Jan 61017
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-17

AssIGNEE's NoTICE-The undersigned
has been appointed assignee Of the estate
of George H. Mann of Worcester, in the
county of Worcester, insoavent debtor
The second meeting of the creditors of
said George H. Mann, debtor will be held
at the court of insolvency at Worcester
in said county, on the FIRST day Of
FEBRUARY, 1898, at 230 O'Clock In the
afternoon, at which meeting creditors may
be present and prove their claims
ALBERT M. THOMPSON.
January II, 1893. Jan. 14,17
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-17

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
ministrator of the estate Of Mary A.
Toole, late of Worcester, in the county of
Worcester, deceased, intestate, and has
bond, as the law Directs All persons hav-
ing demands upon the estate of said de-
ceased are required to exhibit the same,
and all persons indebted to said estate are
called upon to make payment to
JOHN w. TOOLE, Admr.
Worcester, Dec. q, 1897.
Jan. 6101T
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-17

ASSIGNEES NOT1CE.-worc SIS.
Court of insolvency. is hereby Civ.
en- that rI the foqrth meeting Of the credit
said county, insolvent debtor, will be
held at the court OF insolvency at Wor-
cester. in said county, on the TWENTY
10 o'clock in the forenoon, at which meet
ing creditors may be present and prove
their claims, and the account OF the as
signee will be presented and creditors may
appear and object to the allowance there
of. GEORGE w. JOHNSON.
Assignee.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-17

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that the
ministrator of the estate Of Mary L. Rice,
late of Worcester, in the county OF Wor-
cester, deceased intestate, and has taken
the law directs. All persons having de-
rnands upon the estate of said deceased
are required to exhibit the same and all
persons indebted to said estate are called
upon to make payment to
MARTIN P. RICE. Admin
Barre Dec. Z, 1897.
Jan. II, II, "a
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-17

Family Tradition ibid you read about
that mince pie ten feet in diameter, Mrs.
Jones?" Yes; but l presume me. my hu !,
Chicago Record. ie 81
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-17

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
subscriber has been duly appointed adj
ministratrix OF the estate Of James r.
Fitzpatrick, late OF Worcester, in the coun-
ty Of Worcester, deceased, intestate, and
has taken upon herself that trust by CIV
ing bond as the law directs. All persona
having demands upon the estate Of said
deceased are required to exhibit the same,
and all persons indebted to said estate are
called upon to make payment to
FLORENCE b. FITZPATRICK, Admrx.
Worcester, Jan. II, 1898.
IAN 70 II %
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-17

NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN that the
subscribers have been duly appointed adj
ministratrices of the estate OF Harriet A.
Ward, late Of Worcester, in the county of
Worcester, deceased. intestate, and have
ing bonds as the law directs. All persons
having demands upon the estate of said
deceased are required to exhibit the same,
and all persons indebted to said estate are
called upon to make payment to
JULIA NJ. TOMPKINS,
HATTIE l.. KING,
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-17

| COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU-
SETTS. Worcester, SIS. Probate Court
To the heirs at law, next Of kin and all
other persons interested In the estate OF
Mary A. Towne, late Of Warren. in said
county, deceased:
Whereas a certain instrument purport-
ing to be the last will and testament Of
said deceased has been presented to said
court for probate by Henry G.. ToWne,
who prays that letters testamentary may
be isshed to him, the executor therein
named, without giving surety on his Of
fetal bond:
You are hereby cited to appear at a
probate court to be held at Fitchburg, in
said county Of Worcester, on the TWEEN
TY-FIFVrH day Of JANUARY, A. D. 1893.
at 8 O'Clock in the forenoon, to show
cause, If any you have, why the same
should not be granted.
And said petitioner is hereby directed to
give public notice thereof by publishing
this citation once in each week, for three
successive weeks, in the Worcester Daily
Spy, a newspaper published in Worcester,
the last publication to be one day at least
before said court, and by mailing post
paid, or delivering copy Of this citation
to all, known persons interested in the
estate,N seven days at least before said
court.
s-WILLIANI t. FORBES, ESQ,
Judge of said court, this fourteenth day Of
January, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-eight.
GEORGE H. HARLOW, Register.
Jan. 15,17,24
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-17
LEGAL NOTICES.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU-
SETTS.-W Worcester, SIS. Probate County
TO the heirs at law. next Of kin and al
other persons interested In the estate g
Emma L.. Wright late OF Worcester IN
said county, deceased:
Whereas, a certain instrument purport-
ing to be the last will and testament Of
said deceased has been presented 10 said
court for probate by John N. Shattuck,
who prayS that letters testamentary may
be issued to him. the executor therein
named, without giving surety on his Of
hcial bond:,
You are hereby cited to appear at a
probate court to be held at Worcester, IN
said county of Worcester, on the. FIRSE
day Of FEBRUARY, A. d. 1893, at 3
o'clock IN the forenoon, to show cause, "
any you have, why the same should not
be granted.
And said petitioner is hereby directed to
give public notice thereof by publishing
this citation once in each week. for three
successive weeks in the worcester Daily
Spy, a newspaper published in Worcester,
the last publication to be one Jay at least
before said court, and by mailing, post
paid or delivering a copy Of this citation
to all known persons interested In the
estate, seven days at least before said
court.
Witness-wILLIAM T. FORBES. ESQ,
Judge OF said court this twelfth day Of
January, In the year one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-eight.
GEORGE II. HARLOW, Register
Ian d
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-17

MORTGAGEE's SALE OF REAL Es-
TATE. WIN be sold by public auction, on
SATURDAY, February 5, 1898, at 10 o'clock
IN the forenoon, on the premises, the fol-
lowing described real estate situate in the
northerly part Of Worcester on the north
erly side of Lincoln street, and bounded
and described as follows: Commencing at
the southeast corner of dot No. 800; thence
westerly on south line of lot No. 303 one
hundred feet to land of Smith Bowen:
thence south fifty feet on line of said
Bowen's land; thence east one hundred
feet on north line Of lot No. 800 to Ban
croft avenue; thence north on west line
of Bancroft avenue fifty feet to point of
beginning, containing FIVE thousand square
feet. The above described tract being lots
numbered S01 and S02 on a plan of lots
pany, and called Bancroft Park, and re-
corded with Worcester district deeds, book
l43l, page 450. This sale will be made I'M
der and by virtue of a power of sale con-
tanned in q mortgage deed of said prem
ises given by Sarah G.. Sanders of said
Worcester to the said Bancroft Investment
Company, dated the second day of Aug
ust, A. D. 1885, and recorded In said reg
istry of deeds, book 1881 page 554. the con-
Said premises will be sold subject to a
prior mortgage given by said Sarah G.
Sanders to Edward Buxton of said Wor-
cester, to secure the payment OF seven
teen hundred Q100) dollars sand interest
thereon; also subject to any and all I'M
paid taxes, liens and assessments, if any
such there be.
BANCROFT INVESTMENT Co., Mort
gagees.
THAYER & PERRY, Attorneys.
Worcester JAM 6, 1898.
Tan 710 II
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-17

NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN that the
subscriber has been duly appointed adj
ministratrix Of the estate Of Charles F.
Toward late of Worcester in the county
OF Worcester deceased intestate and has
taken upon herself that trust by giving
bond as the law directs. All persons
having demands upon the estate of said
deceased are required to exhibit the same,
and all persons indebted to said estate are
called upon to make payment to
ROSE TOWARD, Admrx.
ANnrnestnr. Ian II 1903
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-17
LEGAL NOTICES.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
subscriber has been duly appointed admin
istrator of the estate of Jennie s. May
nard, late of Worcester, In the county of
Worcester, deceased intestate, and has
taken upon himself that trust by giving
bond as the law directs. All persons hav-
ing demands upon the estate of said de-
ceased are required to exhibit the same,
and all persons indebted to said estate are
called upon to make payment to
SAMUEL a. MAYNARD,
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-17
COMMONWEALTH OF MAssACHU-
SETS.

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF
THE SUPERIOR COURT:
Respectfully represents your tbellant,
William Weston Brewster Of Fitchburg, in
the county Of Worcester, in said common
wealth. that he was married 70 Nancy
Maria Brewster, now of Proyidence. In
the state of Rhode Island. at Providence
aforesaid, on the eighth day OF October, A
D.. 1887, and thereafterward they lived to-
gether as husband and wife at East
Bridgewater and Brockton, both in the
county of Plymouth, in said common
them, that your libellant always conduct
ed himself towards said Nancy Maria as a
faithful, chaste and effectionate husband.
and has always has observed his marriage
covenant and duty, and the said Nancy
utterly regardless OF the same, on the sec.
ond day of October, A. D., 1898, at said
Brockton, utterly deserted your libeilant,
and has ever since continued said deser-
ton.
Wherefore your hbellant prays that a
divorce from the bonds of matrfmony with
said Nancy Maria Brewster may be grant
ed him.
Dated at said Fitehburg this twenty-sev-
enth day of December. A. D. 1897.
WILLIAM WESTON BREWSTER
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-17

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN. that the
subscriber has been duly appointed adj
of the estate of Michael
late Of Worcester. In the coun-
ty of Worcester, deceased, intestate, and
has taken upon herself that trust by giving
bond, as the law directs. All persons hav-
ing demands upon the estate of said de-
ceased are required to exhibit the same,
and all persons indebted to said estate
are called upon to make payment to
MARY MCFARLAND, Admrx.
Worcester. Jan. f. 1898.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-17

COMMONWEALTH OF MAssACHU-
SETS. -Worcester, S.. Superior Court at
Worcester-Jan. It'll. A. D., 1S9S.-On the
libel aforesaid it is ordered that the libel
ter to appear before the justices OF this
court, at Worcester aforesaid, on the
FIRST MONDAY of FEBRUARY next
by publishing an attested copy Of said
libel and this order, once a week. three
weeks successfully, in the Worcester Daily
Spy, a newspaper printed in Worcester, In
said county, the last publication to be
fourteen days, at least before said first
Monday OF February; also by causing an
attested copy Of said libel and this order
to be sent by letter, registered If practical
BILE, to the last known residence of the re-
spondent, that she may then and there
show cause why the prayer of said libel
should not be granted.
Attest: r. s. JOHNSON,
Clerk.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-17

Worcester, Dec. 81, 1897.
Jan, f. TO- H.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-17

A copy Of libel and order of notice.
Attest: 7. S. JOHNSON.
Clerk.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-17

COMMONWEALTH OF MAssACHU-
SETrS. Worcester, IS, Probate Court
To the heirs at law, next of kin, creditors
and all other persons interested in the
estate Of Barney p. Feingold, late OF
Worcester, in said county, deceased, in
testate:
Whereas, petition has been presented
to said court to grant a letter of admin
istration on the estate of said deceased to
Herbert G. Fisher of Worcester, in the
county Of Worcester, or to some other
suitable person:
You are hereby cited to appear at a
probate court to be held at Worcester, in
said county Of Worcester, on the EIGH-
TENTH day of JANUARY, A. d. 1898.
at O'Clock in the forenoon, to show cause,
II any you have. why the same should not
be granted.
And said petitioner is hereby directed to
give public notice thereof by publishing
this citation once In each week. for three
successive weeks, in the Worcester Daily
Spy, a newspaper published in Worcester,
the last publication to be one day at least
before said court.
Witness-WILLIAM T. FORBES, ESQ,
Judge of said court, this seventh day of
January, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-eight.
GEORGE H. HARLOW, Register.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-17

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that the
subscriber has been duly appointed eX-
ecutrix of the will of Caroline J. Gawler,
late of Worcester, in the county of Wor-
cester, deceased, testate and has taken
upon herself that trust by giving bond, as
the law directs. All persons having de-
mandS upon the estate of said deceased
are required to exhibit the same, and all
persons indebted to said estate are called
upon to make payment to
CAROLINE A. CHAPMAN, Exrx.
Worcester. Jan. 4, 1898.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-10
CURIOUS FACTS.

The total number % colored troops
enlisted during the civil war was 1885,
bl7.
4 Prince Of Wales Is OF age from his
birth. and a chair is placed for him on
the right Of the throne iu the house
Of lords.
The amount Of SILK produced by each
spider 10 so small that a scientist COM
putos dG3.je2 would be required TO pro.
duco a pound of thread.
More men have died and are buried
on the lsthmgs Of Panama. along the
line o. the proposed canal, than an any
equal amount of territory 10 the world.
The first and sixth days Of January.
the twoniy-n.uth Of September and the
twenty-G'ih OF March have been cele.
braiod as Christmas day. and II was
not until the middle ~ the fourth cen
fury that the church council dx,d the
date as at present
10 is said that the cas,or-oll p.ant
Is abhorred by nearly all members Of
the animal world, that moles NAV be
driven from a lawn by planting a few
casior-beans IN II. and that neither
the terrible army worm" nor the all.
destroying locust will eat IL.
Swiss funeral customs are peculiar.
AZ the death Of a person the family
inserts formal, black edged an
nouncemcnt In the paper asking for
sympathy, and stating that the
mourning urn" viii be exhibited during
certain hours on a special day In
front OF the house where the person
died there Is placed little black table.
covered with a black cloth. on which
stands black Jar Into this the
friends and acquaintanccs Of the family
drop little, hlack-margincd visiting
cards. sometimes with few words of
sympathy on them. The urn Is nut
on the table on the day Of the funeral.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-10
The Mirror Prehistoric.

From the New York Mail and Tx.
press: An ingenious archaeologist
says that the oldest evidence OF civil
lizatlon Is the mirror. The Japanese
and Coreans discovered the art of max
ing one from iron at least $500 years
ago, This long period Is dwarfod by
the Chinese record. which shows that
mirrors. large and small. made OF
brass. copper, or silver, have been in
use in that land over 1000 years. De
Morgan found a mirror that seemed
10 date from the second dynasty In
Egypt about 5000 years ago. and the
latest investigations In the elyiliza-
tions Of Akkad and Nlppur show that
the bellies OF those half-forgotten coun-
tries used TO admire themselves In
glasses OF some sort or In FURNISHED
metal. at least fifty centuries before
the Christian era.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-10

centage, usually one-hfth, Of an the
revenues Of the colony. In addition 20
money which the law does not allow
but custom never questions.
Masonry spreads Socialism.
Masonic lodges were introduced into
the archipelago by socialists driven TO
Manila after the insurrectioa OF Car
iagcna. Il is true that these people
closed their lodges as soon o. the ere
oles and Lalf-hroods showed their Inc
ien'ion Of Joining them. but The mis-.
chief was done with the lesson The
natives began 20 establish societies Ia
all parts o. the Islands. and in few
years had enrolled 10000 members. The
mysterious and symbolic attracts the
imaginations Of these people. and the
opportunity ~ secret meeting aud dis
cussion OF grievances without fear Of
betrayal was seized upon enthusiastic.
ally. II Is the custom for a new mem
Der 20 make cash In his arm. and
over the blood he mixes with that Of
the initiator he swedrs his allegiance.
Each member, therefore. bears a scar
on his arm. and this mark makes him
suspect of Spanish authorities. Il
has happened many times that n prls-
Cuor has been convicted and shot on no
other evidence than this tol'tals mark.
Many women associated themselves
In these orders. SodIton has thus been
iosiCred free from civil religious and
military authorities and regime "
liberty roughly formulated TIE lodr-
as are most numerous ~ 0.-.l,. the
principal thCs'or OF ne 80. rU1G. while
in BALANCES. ru.gD.u. and pAurauga
there are ten 90 twenty branches OF
the order and AZ lcas, one In each OF
the other provinces Their growing
influence and implacahle hatred ~ the
clergy was a source Of grave apprehen-
sion 10 the priests. who petltloned the
minister TO order General Ramon
Blanco. then governor general Of the
archipelago. now NJ Cuba. 70 put an
end 20 Freemasonry. But General
Blanco was not energetic in carrying
out this command, being too much oc-
cupicd In a contest against Mohamme-
danism In Mindanao The government.
again appealed 10 by the priests. and
peculiarly susceptible to this influence.
perempiorily ordo~ed Blanco 10 take
the rigorous measure Of deporting 400
members Of the lodges.
This order was the direct cause Of
the uprising nslss6 which began in
Manila, and extended to Cavlte. Pam
panga, Laguna and Bulaean. but not 10