The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-17
MARITIME PROVINCES.
Callings of Interest From
Land of Evangeline
and Hospitality.

Nova Scotia is gradually putting on
spring clothing, and the frost king is
loosening his grip. Alewives have been
caught in Tusket river, but salmon are
reported scarce.
William Law & Co., Yarmouth, have
sold material and fittings of the
wrecked steamer Castillian. There was
large crowd in attendance from
Halifax st. John and other places. The
hull, as it lies on the ledge, was
purchased by Lantalum Bros, St
John, for $145O. The cargo on board was
purchased by Renner, Halifax, for 1915.
The steamer and cargo were valued at
1,15O,OOO.
There was a grand concert at Var
mouth last week at which all the lead
| ing local talent appeared. Mrs. D. r.
Saunders and Mrs. r. w. Williams
were the sopranos Mr.. ellis and Mr.
Lawson tenors, Mr.. VIII Perry bass
The Misses Peterkin, violin and piano.
The first woodcock of the season was
killed at Yarmouth last week by the
electric wires.
The Digby Courier says that the
| Manhattan hotel will be ready in time
!
At meeting of the Chester Tourist
Association on the 10th inst, arrange
ments were made for the distribution
of the booklet Chester and Her EN-
erald Isles" and the placing of rustic
| seats in different localities for use of
| tourists.
Clarke Bros intend to build schoon-
er of 400 tons at Bear River this sum
mer.
The engine house at South End, Var
mouth, and all contents, including the
| ST. George hand engine, a hose reel and
| six hundred feet of rubber hose and all
the tools and appliances used in the
south end district were destroyed by
| fire last week.
| Last week a moose was shot at Black
| Rock, Kings Co. by some hunters from
New Ross and the animal was dressed
| in the woods and the four quarters
| takenhome.
Mr.. r. A Carder, lately appointed trav-
cling passenger and freight agent Of the
Dominion Atlantic Railway Company,
with headquarters at 22S Washington
street, Boston, has been many years in
the steamboat and transportation BUSH
ness between Boston and the provinces.
| AT one time he ran the celebrated Car
| der restaurant at Annapolis, N. S.
The Maritime Brick and Clay Com
pany of Pugwash has secured the SER
vices of Mr.. Ingraham of Ohio, U. S.,
who is an expert in the manufacture
of clay products. The company has an
| immense bed of material which is in
alternate layers of brick and fire clay.
| 1t is of such a nature that terra Gotta
brick can be manufactured from It, 1t
| is announced that $4,000 is being
spent in the plant.
over 10 miles of one-inch pipe will be
used at first for drying purposes, and
the bricks, etc, will be burned with
gas manufactured on the premises.
The Yarmouth and Halifax railway
| formerly COAST is being put ahead ra-
pidly. There is rush all along the
| line, and the manager is a very busy
man these days.
The City of Monticello is proving a
very popular boat. She makes close
connection with the steamer Boston,
making an all-water trip between Bos-
| ton and Halifax and Boston and st.
John, N B., by way of Yarmouth.
Schooner building is booming In
Lunenburg, county, n S. Within the
next fortnight nine launches will take
place on the Lahive river and four at
Malone.
Capt A. McKinnon, late master of
| the steamer LaTour, has accepted com
mand of the D. A. R. liner Prince Ed
ward. He will shortly take charge of
commander Capt. Kinney, to depart
for Hull, E.. to bring out the Prince
Arthur.
Dr. Hammond of Worcester has placed
his remedy for NAL de mer Ocean COM
| for0 on all the leading steamship lines
| running between Boston and the prov
inces.
There is promise of a large increase
in the population of Scotts Bay early
in the season. 1t is said that the almost
miraculous drafts of shad described by
The Spy correspondent last SEASON.
We're the principal causes of the pro-
m~ed development. Scotts Bay ought
to have more people. Let us hope that
the shad will come again and the storks
too.
Halifax dealers are getting ready for
the bicycle season, and the 1899 crop of
agents will be the largest ever raised
there. Several years ago it was an
easy matter to count the number of
agencies on the fingers of one hand, but
the demand has increased so rapidly
of late that the business has become
one of the leaders in all trade
The variety is endless and there are
at least 30 different makes now being
sold. The chainless wheel, which is
only a year old, has been reduced in
price and promises to meet with favor
in Halifax.
1t is stated that there will be 25 per
cent more wheels driven this year than
ever before. A large proportion of the
gain will be in ladies' bikes as the fair
sex of Halifax have really just become
interested.
The late Philip Dore of Scesta, Cal,
son of the late p. Dore of Arichat, G.
b., died recently in California, and left
by will 100000 to be divided among
the relatives in Arichat and the United
States.-Bras dor Gazette.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
The steamer Stanley will endeavor
to make daily trips in the future from
Pictou to Georgetown. Heretofore she
has been making trips every other day.
The opening of navigation in Northum-
berland straits will be later this year
than last.
The North American Hotel on Kent
street, Charlottetown, has been sold at
auction to William Large Of Charlotte
town, formerly Of New York, for $3.50
Tuesday was a day of great Jubila-
ton in CharlottetOwn. The band was
playing, the church and other bells
ringing, the flags flying in all direc-
ton, with swaying crowds Of peo-
pie all over the city. and the cause OF
it all was the return of the six ship
wrecked Charlottetonians - L. 70.
Prowse, NJ p. P; J. A. Mclean, w. w.
Stanley, Thos. Leigh, s. A. Mcleod
and w. A. Huestis.
GENERAL DOMINION NOTES.