The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-14
AT LEICESTER.
Man Falls From an Electric Car-Lsr-
ry-Smith Nuptials.


Leicester. Sept. l3.-John Devine o.
Locust street. Cherry Valley. tried tc
get of a fast moving electric car to-
night, and received a blow which made
him unconscious for q few minutes. He
boarded the electric car in Cherry Val
ley which left Worcester at $50 O'Clock.
in charge OF Motornan Dennis Keefe
and Conductor Granville ". Morse.
When the car had gained considerable
momentum. he stepped on without sig
mailing the conductor. on the very spot
wnere the accident OF Dec. % occurred
The car was stopped as soon as pos
sibls. and passengers picked up the un-
conscious man and carried him into the
house Of Mrs. Pe1dergast. Dr.. F. 4.
Glrord was called. and found no bones
broken. Devine received two bad cuts
on the right side OF the face and on
the right wrist. According TO the story
ne told The Spy reporter, who called
10 sec him with the doctor. he was 60
ing 70 see Rev. ]. r. Redican al ST. JO-
seph church, and ask him TO call and
see his son. John Devine. Jr., who is
critically i'll with typhoid fever. For
some reason he did not signal TO stop
at the church. He said he thought ne
could get of all right, and didn't think
the car was going very fast.
very simple home wedding took
plaza at the home Of George F. Lyon on
Main street this evening. Rev. David
G. Reid Of the First Congregational
church performed the ceremony, and
the contracting parties were Clinton H
Larry, for seven years a motorman on
the Worcester and Suburban. and Miss
May E. Smith Of Spencer. The cere-
mony was simple and the ring was
used
The only persons present, besides the
minister and Mr.. and Mrs Larry. were
George F. Lyon and wife and Walter
warren. After the ceremony a we'd
ding lunch was served. The wedding
cake served was seven years old. hav-
IL been made for the wedding OF Mr.
and Mrs. Lyon. The couple will not
take wedding journey. but will remain
IN town, where Mr. Larry will devote
his time 10 his business in the Leicester
lunch room.
Chairman z. ]. McDermott Of the
selsctmen wrote 10 the state highway
commission last week asking that an
engineer be sent to arrange for some
work being done on the 1893 section Of
state highway before the Worcester
and Suburban begins the work of Law
ing the new line OF track Today, he
received word from the secretary Of the
commission that his request had been
referred TO the chief engineer. Chas
Mills. The season is late and the cul-
verts can be built and the stone crush
ed before the railway gets TO work lay
ing new track This will have 10 be
done before any macadam roadway can
be constructed. The railway expects TO
begin work within q week.
The Leicester bank building was
broken into this morning for the first
time in its history. H. E. Currier. the
teller who lives in the tenement up
stairs, heard a crash Of glass and hur-
ried down stairs TO investigate. He
found broken pane Of glass in one of
the west windows and on the floor was
a dead partridge, which told the story.
Albert Arnold challenges any boy OF
MS age or maybe little older to sail
the Sub urban sail post on Sargent's
pond TO Watson's island in quicker time
than he can do it with equal weather
conditions