The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-08
MARITIME PROVINCES.
Cuttings Of Interest From
Land Of Evangeline
and Hospitality.

E. S. Williams of Yarmouth went to
tended his trip to Baltimore. Mr.. Will
liams is the pioneer from the province
to the Worcester music festival, hav-
ing first attended in 1884.
The railway from Yarmouth to Shell
burne is to be in operation by the LIST
of July.
The largest halibut shipment ever
made to Boston at one time from Nova
Scotia was made by the steamer Bos-
ton on April 20, from Yarmouth. Some
10000 pounds went through from Hall
fax.
Two hundred italian laborers for the
Woods Harbor section of the Coast
railway arrived in Yarmouth on Thurs
day. The LaTour made a special trip
for the purpose of carrying them to
their destination.
A Guysboro dispatch reports the
finding at Half Island Cove of a dead
whale $50 feet long, that at first was
mistaken for a disabled steamer. And
the tourist season is not on.
| j. R. Woolaver of Hants wintered
some 70 to so hives Of bees. Owing to
the extreme cold weather during the
first half of February, about 10 per
cent of the colonies died.
Capt. Arthur McKinnon of the
steamer LaTour has accepted the offer
made to him by the D. A. R. Co. as
captain of the Prince Edward
A board of trade has been organized
at Berwick N. s., with NJ. B. Anthony
president T. H. Morse vice president
! and II. q. Mosher secretary.
]. j. Salter of the Newport Nursery
| Company is taking up for delivery
some 5000 apple trees. Nursery stock
is very scarce in Canada, and prices
have doubled in two years, good trees
being now worth $50 per hundred.
| The Munson steamship line will com
mence sailing in May between Annapo.
lis and Cuba, carrying all kind Of
| freight.
There has been some misunderstand-
/ ing as to the action of the military au-
thorities regarding the famous old cit.
adel in Halifax. The authorities now
rely for defense on the strong batteries
on both sides of the outer harbor, ano
those on Macnabs and Georges ISL
ands, rather than on the citadel, which
is the old centre of the defenses of the
| station. The batteries nearer the
/ mouth of the harbor are being
strengthened. The citadel will be used
as a place for extensive barracks. The
imperial government has awarded q
contract for a barracks within its area
to cost $35. 900. But the citadel has not
been condemned, and while the large
obsolete guns which were on it's ram
parts are being removed and will not
all be replaced, the authorities are put.
/ ting in position number of Maxims
which are better suited to the nature
of the defense that would be carried
on from that point were hostilities tt
! break out The authorities are also
/ strengthening the other fortifcations Of
Halifax
NEW BRUNSWICK.
It is said that another st. John man
has drawn a prize Of $4,000 in the Hon
duras lottery
George Holmes trapped a wild goose
this spring Its wings measured five
feet seven inches from tip to tip.
Herring are being caught off the har-
Dor in large quantities
The ice left Bay du Vim on Monday
and the Miramiehi river is now open
| for navigation.
The Furness steamer Halifax City
Capt. Newton, from London via Hall
fax. arrived at st. John from Halifax
in q hours and 10 minutes.
The Dominion Atlantic railway has
decided to offer a free trip through the
provinces, taking in Halifax, ST. John
and Yarmouth to the person sending in
the largest number of names of 9er-
sons living in New England who have
! come from the maritime provinces dur
ing the last ten years
James Patterson had the first lot Of
Cascapedia trout for this season. They
went off very quickly at Is cents per
pound.
A new paper under the name of 1.-THE
] Maritime Sportsman" is a monthly pub
! LEGATION just issued in st. John.
Moncton viii spend $4,000 in paving
Main street this year.
The Hotel Windsor at Dorchester,
which was sold at auction last week
was bid in by Elkin Cochran of Petit
zodiac for $4,000. The property cost the
Hotel Co.. Ltd, $4,000.
Last autumn and winter. with us
snares. William Plummer Of Jackson
| Vile, the star hunter Of Carleton
county, caught EOS foxes.
| The salmon pools Of the st. Croix