The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-17
THE CITY.

Asa Ross is passing his vacation at
Salem Willows.
Miss Clara c. Giddings, matron at
the Y. w. c. A., has gone to Marlboro
to spend a vacation Of two weeks.
Raymond Roberts of Boston, secre-
tary of the Fulton Bicycle Club of that
| city, spent Sunday with j. J, Lotus of
the Worcesters.
The open air meeting of the Swedish
Temperance union which was to be held
| on Perry hill yesterday afternoon was
postponed on account of rain.
Postmaster ]. Evarts Greene has
| asked the treasury department to al
| low an appropriation sufficient to ad-
nit of equipping the building with a
private line system of telephones.
w. P. S. Toner, chief night operator
! at the New England Telephone central
office, with his wife, returned yester-
Gay from vacation of two weeks in
! New York
Rev. S. B. Meeser, pastor of First
Baptist church, will leave tomorrow for
Girard Manor in Sehuylkill, Pa. Mr..
| Meeser will also visit at his former
| home in the Catawissa valley, near Fort
| Stearns.
Miss Marion Blood, assistant seere-
tary and librarian at the Y. W. c. A,
| mas returned from a vacation of two
weeks. Miss Lena Sheldon, general
| secretary of the association, has gone
| to her home in New Britain, Conn.,,
where she will spend months vaca-
| ton.
II. p. McAllister, asst. sec. at the Y.
| no
weeks vacation. During his visit in
| New York and Brooklyn he made a
| study Of association methods In vogue
| in those cities. G. c. Miles will leave
| today for vacation of two weeks at
Lake Pasquog, r. 1,
Michael McAuliffe of the CARPET de-
| partment of Barnard, Sumner & Put
nam will play the part of the lone
| fisherman at Jordan pond this week.
| Mr.. McAuliffe starts on well earned
vacation, and being a true disciple of
Isaak Walton, cannot lose an opportu-
| nifty to spend week fishing.
The trustees of Mt. Holyoke college
| have decided to broaden the work in
music, and have placed w. G. Ham
mond of Holyoke at the head of the
department. He will DO the piano and
organ teaching, and have charge of the
choral work. Miss Harriet L. Ellis
worth of this city, who is studying
| abroad, will continue in charge of the
vocal department.
Rev. DR.. Almon Gunnison, pastor of
the First Universalist church, delivered
an illustrated lecture comprising a pic
torial history of the Universalist
church, at Saturday nights session of
the Y. p. Gu, in Lynn. The pictures
shown included those of John Murray,
the founder of the Universalist church,
who landed in Good Luck N. j., in
ITO, and Rev. J. NJ. Pullman of Lynn,
i'll whose church the convention Fas
held.
Division 8, A. o. H., met yesterday
afternoon and installed the recently
elected officers The installation officer
was County President John J. Rogers,
and the officers installed We're: Presi-
dent, William I. McLoughlin; vice
president, Philip J. O'Connell; treas
urer, Walter N Drohan; financial sec
rotary, James j. Rourke; recording
secretary, Thomas ]. McDonough;
sergeant at arms, Thomas McMAnus;
sentinel, John Hurley.
Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue
Oscar ]. Winslows Office presents bu-
sy scene during his Office hours at the
~ SSeLL llllle anu the SpGcldl taxes are
coming in remarkably we'll. Dealers
realize that the commissioner of in
ternal revenue is required to assess a
penalty upon delinquents of so per cent
of the amount of the tax, unless paid
before Aug. /. Naturally tax payers
are anxious to avoid the extra assess
ment and are hurrying UP their pay
ments.
Ralph r. Knowles, who had charge
of weather observations in Worcester
for about year past leaves the city
Wednesday to accept a position as as
sociate engineer in the employ Of an
electric plant in Idaho Springs, Col. j.
]. Elliot, a New Hampshire man, is
general manager of the company. Mr..
Knowles is graduate of the WorcesA
ter Institute of Technology, where he
obtained his knowledge of electrical en-
gineering. He has been connected with
the Lincoln Square Baptist church for
a number of years, and also a member
of the Y NJ c. A.