Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06
TOWN POLITICS.
Leicester Office Holders Who
Must Take Chances.
Little Probability That ANY Great Changes
viii Take Place at March Meeting.

Leicester, Feb. 5,-There is an un-
usually large number of town officers
whose terms will expire this year and
whose places will be filled at the an
nuaI meeting in March. Eighteen Off
ces which will be vacant soon. will be
held up as rewards for the faithful cit
izen. The members of the board Of Sc
lactmen, A.essrs. A. e. Smith, j. w.
Boardman and W. A. Bell; the town
clerk II. c. Evans; the town treasurer,
]. Clarence Watson; collector of taxes,
H. 3. Watts; Messrs. c. NJ. Marsh.
James L. Gallagher and Edw. N
Adams of the assessors; auditor George
r. Lyon: two members of the public Ii
brary trustees. two members of the
school committee, and member OF the
board Of health, will either be de-
throned BY the axe of public opinion or
trtumphantly remain on their pinnacles
Of office There will be three vacancies
in the board of trustees of the public
library to be filed, the terms of Rev. j.
Il, Redeem and a.. L, Munrpe expiring
this year and Parkmau 7, Denny hav-
ing been appointed to fill The place of
Daniel Kent, resigned, until the next
town meeting. The terms OF Mrs. FRAN
Il es z. Trask and M. j. Shaughnessety ex-
pire in 1888 and some one viii be elect
ed to fill the place of Mrs e. w. Co
nant as Mrs. a. Il. Smith resigned. Ben
jamin Z. Barnes Of the board of health,
and Dexter Knight of the park commits
sioners viii round out their terms In
March A vacancy will be filed on the
park. commission, caused by the resg-
nation of Daniel Kent. Altogether there
seems to be quite a chance for any one
who Is DESTROYS of a chance 10 run the
various departments of the Leicester
government for a year.
COMING SACRED CONCERT.
A sacred concert will be givep in the
vestry of st. JosepiEs Church Sunday
evening, Feb. 18th, at T.3O p. m. Rev. J.
f, Redican has secured the services of
Daniel Downey, leader of the choir at
st. Paurs Church, Worcester, to direct
the concert, and the best outside talent
has been secured. Those who will take
part are: Mrs Daniel Downey, sopranos
Mrs. M. p McGrath. alto; G. Frank
Monroe tenor; Daniel Downey, bari
/ tone; Joseph Rodgers of Rochdale, Yio-
linist. Edward +. Howe, organist at st.
Annes Church, Worcester will be the
accompanist.
CLINCHER FOR PRESENT BOARD.
The decision of the state highway
commission to build $1,000 worth of
state road in Leicester during the pres
ent year. has determined many people
to uphold the present board of select
men. a new board would have to learn
all the details of state road building,
and would be apt to make many mis-
takes while the present board know
just how to go to work and bust what
is the best thing to do.
RATHER EARLY YET.
A good-many people think that though
there is quite little talk about new
fire department building, it will not
be built for some time to come. Various
efforts have been made before to get
( appropriations for a separate building,
and the matter has been carried so far
as to have estimates drawn up. 1t Was
then decided that to build such a build
| ing as would be built If anything was
| done would be too expensive, and in the
/ present state Of the towns finances it
/ will be hardly possible TO get any money,
II A prominent member of the depart
ment told reporter for the Spy that
4 in his opinion the Smith lot is entirely
unsuitable for an engine house, as there
We're other houses between it and the
street. The only first class site in town,
in his opinion, was the Richardson lot
| on Pleasant street, which cannot he
secured.
HILL TOWN NOTES.
Bishop William r. Lawrence of the
Massachusetts diocese will be at St,
Thomas Church this afternoon at $50.
Eight new members will receive con-
firmation
1t is reported on good authority that
John P Lee and James M. Butler of L.
S. Watson's card factory, will become
benedicts before 1899.
The water commissioners are con-
graduating themselves that during the
cold snap of last week there was no
part of the main pipe line frozen or any
hydrant to be thawed out.
People who awake by the o'clock
blast Of the whistle at the power sta
tion every morning, would like to haXe
the chief engineers of the fire DEPART
ment arrange for a longer toot, so that
they can be sure whether they heard
the sound or not. 5000 Sd