Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-16
COMING MEETING.
Spencer Has 81 Articles to Be
Voted Upon.
Vaudeville Family Troubles Not Yet Set
tIed-l5-YearoId Fisticuffs
@ Ice for Spencer.

Spencer, March 15.-Town Clerk A. w
Curtis has inscribed n articles in the
warrant for the annual town meeting
Monday April 4. Several other articles
will probably be inserted in the warrant
before it goes'to the printer next Mon
day The warrant reads as folls;
Art Ito choose moderator
Art. TO choose the following town
officers: 8 clerk. I'VE selectmen. five as
SCISSORS, three overseers of the poor, one
treasurer, one collector, one superintend-
ent OF sewers, an auditor, thirteen con-
stables8 and two fence viewers, for one
year; one water commissioner, a sinking
fund Commissioner, one trustee of Rich
ard Slgden library, a commissioner of
the Drury fund, and one school commit
tee, all for three years; one school COM
mittee- for one year to fill q vacancy.
Art 3-Tos act on report of town Off
GERS and committees.
Art.s4-sTo examine claims against the
town
Arts BIO see what action the town
will take in relation to prosecuting and
defending suits for and against the
town, 800
Art. .6-To see if the town will accept
the list of jurors prepared by the select
men. Pr
Art ITO determine when all taxes
shall be paid.
Art, 8-To see if the town will author
ize its collector to use all means of col
1ecting taxes which the town treasurer
may use when appointed collector.
Art, BIO see what pay the town will
allow its fmennen the ensuing year.
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town property.
Art Ito see what action the town
will take in relation to lighting its
streets.
Art. 13-To see what compensation the
town will allow its officers the ensuing
year.
Art. 13-To see if the town will appro-
pirate money for the construction of a
sewer for the East Main end Cherry
street section of the village.
Art 14-To see if the town will appro-
pirate money for a concrete walk on the
south side Of Pleasant street, from High,
northerly.
Art ,15-To see if the town will APP
propriate money for a concrete walk
on northerly side of Grove street.
Art. 16-.To see if the town will APP
propriate money for a concrete walk on
south side OF Chestnut street from Me
chanic to Temple street.
Art. Ito see if the town will extend
its water pipe to Nathaniel Myrick
Park.
Art 1S-To see il the town will order
all persons having grayestones on or
about their premises taken from the old
cemetery, return them thereto.
Art. 19LTo see If the town will eX-
change their old school house and lot
in Wire, Village for land adjoining the
new school house, with H. e. Jones, or
take any other action in relation to dis
posaf of the same, and authorize the
treasurer to give a deed.
Art. 20--To see if the town will ap-
propriate money for street sprinkling
under chapter 1856 of acts of 1895, and
provide for assessment Of the expense
thereof on the abutters.
Art. 21--To see if the town will locate
an electric light at the corner of Ash
and Clark streets.
The polls will be open from $50 a. m.
until O'Clock p. m.
THE Vaudeville CASE.
Thomas A. Prouty and Abraham Ca
pen of the Spencer board of poor, called
on Anthony Vaudeville this forenoon, to
see if he was willing to have Edward
Mayberry return to Spencer and sup
port his children and Mrs. Henri
Vaudeville, Anthony Vaudeville
daughter in law. Mr. Vaudeville
was somewhat surprised that he
should he approached in this manner by
the town officials. He replied that it
was not for him to say whether or not
MaybeFry should return to town. He
has no idea of prosecuting Mayberry.
What he does desire, however, is that
his sons wife be cared for and support
ed either by Mayberry or the town.
Mr.. Vaudeville was asked If he would
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home and he said that sickness and
lack of money made it impossible for
him to do. so. No warrant has been is
sued for the arrest of Mayberry, and it
is probable that he will return to town.
Mrs. Henri Vaudeville is now being
cared for at Mayberry's house on Maple
street, but is unable to do any work
Alfred Fairbrother and Arthur j. Rob
bins, Is and 16 years old, respectively,
both employed at the 1. Prouty & Co.
shop, went to the rear of the shop last
& night after work, to settle their differ
ences in a flstic combat. Fairbrother
& claims that he won the battle, but that
Robbins threatened him with q revolver,
and today he appeared before Justice A.
w. Curtis to swear out a warrant for
Robbins arrest. Justice Curtis refused
to have the case. come into court.
DOWN GOES ICE RATE.
A large two-herse ice cart was shipped
from Worcester yesterday to the Spen-
& Ger Ice Company Ice has heretofore
been sold in Spencer by S. D. Hobbs &
Co. and Lewis D. Bemis for 25 cents a
100 pounds, but O'Gara and Gendreau
of the Spencer Ice company sell it for
20 cents a, 100. The other ice companies
will probably sell at the price set by
O'Gara and Gendreau.