The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-11

the train hands in honor of the event.
Miss Margeson was q valued and pop
ular member of the choir Of Trinity
Church, and on Tuesday evening she
was presented with a handsome solid
silver salver, donated by the rector, or
ganist and choir.
NEW BRUNSWICK.
Capt. Douglas, r. n. r., selected a
site at Seal Cove Grand Manan, for the
new lifeboat which has been built at
Shelburne, N. S.
Wild duck are being sent down now
in quite large numbers and are selling
at lndiantown at from 50 to 40 cents a
pair.
While in England recently Charles
Fl. Peters OF Baird & Peters purchased
three golden pheasants for presentation
to the park In st. John. Two of the
birds arrived yesterday by the Halifax
City, one Of the hens having died on
the way out
Rev. J. r. Gosline and wife, who have
been in Sussex some time visiting Mr.
Gosline's parents, expect soon to leave
for Darlington, n. S, where he has re-
ceived a call to the passionate Of Free
Baptist church. He has been absent
from Sussex about fifteen years, the
last four Of which have been spent in
Tiverton, r. l.
p. N. Graham Of Surrey, England,
who has been moose hunting with
BraithWaite for three or four weeks,
was at Fredericton last week with a
fine twenty-four point moose head and
a twenty eight point caribou.
At recent meeting of the joint COM
mittee of the city council and the board
Of trade appointed to negotiate with F..
A. Mitchell of Norwich, Conn, to re-
move his rolling mills, there was a
large attendance 1t was decided to ask
Mr. Mitchell to accept bonus Of $780,
600, Of which $4,000 shall be paid on the
completion of the works and the re-
mainder in seven annual instruments of
$4,000 each.
One of the finest of the many moose
heads that have come into Fredericton
this season has come from Gains river.
The antlers had twenty points and
measure forty-siX inches across This
moose was shot by Frank H. Risteen
and Harry Anterior, who left for the
hunting grounds on Friday last and on
the following day brought down the
noble game.
The first meeting of the Natural HIS
tory Society since the holiday season
was held last week. DIR. Matthew gave
q sketch Of the geology of NeWround-
land During the summer the lecturer
accompanied by W. Frank Hathaway
visited the island and made a careful
examination Of the geology Of some of
the more ancient deposits. The society
has accepted the invitation Of the sum
mer School of Science to meet with
them next summer at Campbellton-
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
The event Of the season at Charlotte
town was the arrival OF the steamer
Lake Winnipeg, last week. This is the
largest vessel ever moored to our
wharves. The value Of the cargo is
stated to have been $685. las.
A double wedding took place at
Tryon on the 21st ult., when the Rev.
David Price married w. Bowley Leard
to Title Boulter and J. Mcdonald
Boulter to Lydia Leard, all Of Tryon.
The mems mission in st. Dunstan's
Cathedral closed on Sunday last. It
is said about 1850 men approached the
altar of penitence, and upward of 1900
signed the total abstinence pledge.
GENERAL DOMINION NOTES.
Thursday Nov. "a, is to be Thanks
giving day.
Postmaster General Mulock has sent
a circular to all newspapers in Canada
notifying them that after Jan. ! a rate
of one-quarter of a cent, and after July
charged on all newspapers sent more
than 90 miles from the office Of publica-
ton or outside a circular area of 40
miles in diameter.
Lord Herschell left here for the mari
time provinces, where he will spend a
week or ten days visiting st. John,
Halifax, the Annapolis valley and
other points Of interest.
1t is expected that Canada's export of
bacon to Great Britain will amount to
! between 100000 and 100000 this year.
The appointment of Mr.. Forget as
| lieutenant governor Of the Northwest
territories Is announced NJ. Laurier
does not forget" his friends.
NEWFOUNDLAND.
Petroleum has been discovered at
Port on the west coast, on
land included in the grant to Gear
Reid of Montreal, the builder of the
island railway. The oil is said to be
abundant and of good quality. MIR.
Reid is said to be meeting with graft
flying success in working his coal beds
at Grand Lake, and has many other
large projects under way The most
extensive Of these is that of pulp and
paper manufacturing. He intends to
begin next spring the erection of q
giant pulp mill, the plant of which Will
ultimately cost 81, 000 600.
Messrs. James and Watson are two
other sportsmen who have arrived at
Bay of Islands in their yachts during
the season and proceeded up the Hum
Der to some well-known grounds and
had all the sport they wanted or an
ticipated, each securing nice skins and
antlers.