Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-24
PROVINCE NOTES.
NOVA SCOTIA.


The new steamer Express" to run
between Yarmouth, Halifax and St.
John, in connection with the Yarmouth
Steamship Company's line to Boston,
will be out in time for opening the bay
route service This recent addition to
the company's fleet has been aioat
since last May, and has been thoroughly
tested in all kinds of weather. The
Express is a steel paddle-wheel boat, POP
feet long, "A feet beam, 10A feet deep
and draws ~ feet of water. She Is
guaranteed to average is knots per
hour, and on her trial trip, steamed 1914
knots the entire run. All her fittings
and furnishings are up to date in every
particular, and this new boat will no
doubt add to the company's wide repu-
tation as a first-class transportation
company, Capt. Smith of the steamer
Yarmouth will bring the Express to this
side of the Atlantic.
The Kempt, Yarmouth county, gold
mines yielded Sc ounces the month Of
December, valued at $1100.
There is talk of new hotel at Wolf
vile, and Grand Pre- man says 1t is
down here at Grand Pre- that that big
hotel ought to be built which is talked
of at Wolfville. With their present
hotels and Mr.. RockweIPs seminary for
millionaires, Wolfville ought to be sat
isfied.
This is the way people marry in the
happy land of Canaan: A very pretty
wedding took place at the Canaan Bap-
fist Church. Friday evening, Dec. S1st,
when Mr.. Raymond Carter and Miss
Vera Bishop, both of Canaan, were
Joined in marriage. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. B. n. Mobiles of
Kentville and Miss Manning of Green
wich played the wedding march. The
ushers were Mr.. Spurgeon Eagles and
Mr.. Warren Carter. AS the strains of
the march sounded, the groom appeared
accompanied by Mr. Clyde Bishop, and
a few moments later the bride entered,
supported by her father and attended
by Miss Bessie Carter as bridesmaid.
The bride looked very sweet and dainty.
dressed in cream cashmere, trimmed
with cream lace and white ribbon, and
wore the regulation bridal veil. The
bridesmaid was dressed in cream cash
mere and lace, with trimmings Of pale
pink. The church was handsomely yet
tastefully decorated with evergreens, in
| terspersed with white flowers and fes-
TONED with white ribbon. After the
ceremony, the bridal party retired to
the brides home, where a sumptuous
luncheon was served to a large number
Of invited guests, after which very
/ pleasant evening was spent In social in
tercourse and various amusements.
| Beautiful clear, bright, frosty
| weather in the Annapolis valley for
some days, temperature little below
| freezing, and roads clean, hard and
| like a railroad for driving. The win
| ter will be short.
A great run of fish was secured of
I Halifax harbor in one day recently
| Over 100000 pounds, mostly cod and
! paddock, were captured by the schoon'
| ers Emerald and Flora and other craft
/ One hundred and thirty-two wild.
! cats were killed in Annapolis last veal
| for which the municipality paid 1854 In
| bounties.
Professor Charles C. D. ROBBERS ha.
retired from the editorial staff Of the
! Illustrated American, New York, and fol-
| the next three months will devote him
self to completing the new novel, to be
! called q sister to Evangeline, which he
| has now well under way. 1t Will be q
romance of Canadian life, and severa
of the characters in the first work will
| reappear. Since going to New Yori
| Prof. Roberts has been Joined by two
| of his younger brothers, William Car
man and Theodore, both Of whom have
| been appearing frequently in the pc.
riodicals Of late with contributions Of
prose and verse. Theodore Roberts
latelysebecame associated with the In
| dependent.
Miss May Wood, who has for fou
years acted as deputy town clerk ant
treasurer of the town of Kentville, LEFT
Halifax in the ''Gallia" to rejoin hel
family in Darlington, Shrewsbury, Eng
land. Too much work and small pa!
were the causes that led to her retire
| ment.
The Nova Scotia Tourist Association
has fitted up new quarters on Hollis
street Halifax. At recent meeting o
the association it was voted to ISSUE
an edition of $4,000 handsomely illus
| trated booklets descriptive of the beau
ties of the province
! The tradespeople are to be appealed
| to and asked to accept American silver
at its face value. 1t Is felt that If such
an arrangement can be effected the
American travellers viii De greatly con-
venienced.
Percy Hamilton, late editor of the
Yarmouth Times, has purchased the
Yarmouth Daily News. Mr.. Hamilton Is
one of the best newspaper men in Ca
NADIA, and will no doubt make the News
more newsy than ever before.
Remarkable weather on the south
shore For the past ten days fishermen
have been subject to no more hindrance
Lnelr WOIk ON account Ol weather
than if it were midsummer. Not an incl
of snow has fallen at Clark's Harbor In
two months, the ground for most Of the
time being entirely bare. The high winds
in the first days of the new year stopped
the boating but were not destructive K
gear. Scarcely a lobster trap has beer
, lost.
Shipped by steamer Boston, 549 crates
Holsters, 40 barrels HOLSTERS, 10 crate:
! j IL d,~xy ftcla
. Steamer Prince Edward sailed at 61
. p. m. on Tuesday with thirty passengers
Among her freight she had ITO drums
dry fish for New York and Havana, ant
40 crates Holsters. She arrived at Boston
at 9.15 a. m. the following day. Lobsteri
brought $14 per crate at Boston.
Mr.. C. w. LAYERS, of Boston Qormerl!
of Yarmouth has been elected presiden
OF the American Lawyers Association
of the United States.
The Annapolis county council ma
granted a free right of way for rail
way from Bear River to Clementsvale
. and thence to ClementSport, to connec
with the d. A. r.
Messrs. Sydney Harding and Formal
Gavel Of Yarmouth shot fine moose OF
the Sth, the fattest moose that has beel
{ shot here in the last thirty years
Among the pilgrims to the polar golt
fields next spring will be Capt. Byrol
Hines of Pubnico with a crew from tina
: place, selected mostly from among tn
hardy and experienced seamen. Capt
Hines is looking around for suitable
craft
: There was cast at the Londonderr!
, iron works recently water pipe whicl
, is the largest pipe Of the kind eve
manufactured in Canada. The pipe i
. forty-two inches in diameter, made 0
( Nova Scotia iron, and weighs nearl,
three tons. 1t was ordered for culver
on the P. E. Island railway. The larges
water pipe heretofore cast was thirty