The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-05
LIGHTNING BOLTS.
They Scatter Bricks All Over East
Brookfield.


Brookfield.
East Brookfeld, Sept. 4-During the
heavy thunder storms of last night the
large house of E. L. Bailey of the Four
Corners, Podunk, was struck by light
ming, destroying the chimney, bricks
being thrown in every direction. Mr..
and Mrs. Bailey, who live in a house a
few feet away were slightly shocked.
The lightning also struck in the waters
of Lake Lashaway, throwing the water
up in the air several feet.
A crowd of 200 spectators assembled
on the West School street grounds this
morning to witness the game between
the veteran Trojans and the Reserves,
both teams of this place. The game
was loosely played, heavy hitting be-
ing the order of the day, while the
many errors account for the size of the
scores. The old ball tossers proved too
much for their younger opponents,
winning by a score of 20 to Is. EleaZar
Lamonta carried off the batting honors,
| he making a home run on the longest
hit ever made on the grounds 7. Da-
ley, 7. Welsh, E. Mack and Mcdonald
were also able to connect with the ball,
each one being credited with one and
two base hits j. Daley of the Trojans
excelled over his brother in pitching,
striking out twelve men In the sixth
ana ninth innings the Trojans batted T.
Daley all over the field, pulling in
thirteen runs.
A dance was held in Sullivan's opera
house tonight under the auspices of the
independent drum corps. A large crowd
was present, making it both a financial
and social success.
John M. Howe, who saw service in
the civil war, as member of the U. S.
signal corps, started this morning for
Philadelphia, where he will attend the
national encampment Of the G. A. r.
Mr.. Howe will also visit Washington
and Richmond before his return.
Col. w. G. Keith, Adj. ]. H. Conant
and Herbert Peters attended the field
day Of the first regiment, U. r. V. of
p, at Brockton today.
James Wall of Ware. Thomas Burns
Of Worcester and John Hanan of
Quinepoxet were in town today.
Mrs. Clarence Clough and Mrs. Maria
Corcoran are visiting friends in Gin
ton.
Miss Winifred Corcoran of Main
street is spending short time in
Springfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hayward have
returned from Agawam.
Among the visitors from out of town
tONcly dlS marry I1OuShlnS Oh raw
tucket, R. I.,Miss Anna Clay of Rich
dale, William Slime, Jr., and family of
Trenton, N, j., Thomas Mack, John
Cole, Lila Adams and Fannie Moreau
of Worcester.
The boat race for the pleasure boat
championship, between Oliver j. Bon
ner of Spencer and Philip Balloon of
| West Brookfeld, was rowed this after
noon, on Lake Lashaway. A crowd of
1000 spectators were assembled at Lash
away. Balloon evidenced his superiori-
ty over his opponent by winning the
first and third heats. Bonner won the
second. The water was rather rough
during the first two heats, but the wind
had died down before the last one
which was held at 4.30 O'clock The
winner gets prize of $25.
1 The course was from a point near
the centre of the lake to a buoy moored
opposite the wharf at the park Mr.
Larkum and w. w. Brown of Spencer
acted as starter, the judges being
Messrs. Partridge, Gates and Churchill
of North Broolfield
| Record-breaking crowds were at
Lashaway Park today more than 1000
people being present in the afternoon.
| The Chicago Speciality Company gave
a performance which was well appre-
| ciated.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Storrs left for
New York this morning, having broken
camp at Sarna Lodge, North pond.
Their daughter, Miss Mae Girdler, left
for Cliftondale, where she will spend
| two weeks.