The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-15

| to the city hospital in worcester on
| the Boston & Albany road. He was
| accompanied by his brother and Repre-
sentative Joseph P. Love. An ambul-
ance from the hospital met him at the
depot and the patient was taken at
once to the sick room.
As the patient was too weak the hos
pital physicians did not dress the
wound until late this afternoon. The
man is still unable to speak or swal-
low and is in a semi conscious state.
DR.. GenereuX says that he has not
one chance in a hundred to live. If the
wound does not at once kill him. the
doctor says that he will die of pneu-
monia, as his lungs will fill UP with
blood and choke him to death.
Resolved, That Cuba should be an
neXed to the United States was de-
bated by the scholars of the high
school tonight. 1t was decided in the
affirmative after a long discussion on
the merits of the question. The affir-
native speakers were Joseph Sullivan
Henry ]. steinberg and Miss Helen
Wilson, while Miss Laura Gale and
Stephen Traverse opposed it,
1t has almost been decided that the
| challenge debate between the high
schools of Webster and Southbridge
will come off about the middle of next
month. 1t will be in Columbia hall,
| Webster. Tomorrow morning the COM
mittee of arrangements, Sub-Master
| George F. Babb, Herbert c. Branch
and Miss Muriel B. Crawford, with the
| speakers that will represent Webster,
Miss Rose W. FOgerty and P. Edward
| Quinn, will go to Southbrdge and con-
fer with the committee there, when the
details of the public meeting will be adj
justed. 1t will be endeavored to have
! Al L. w
r. Thayer act as judges.
The firemen's bazaar in Music Hall
tonight drew out the largest crowd of
the week. The fair in all ways is a
big success. A good entertainment was
given, which was concluded with a
dance, c. B. Brooks furnishing his Or
chestra for the occasion, and the floor
was crowded.
A diamond ring that is offered to the
young lady securing the most names on
their books is causing quite a contro-
versy among the pretty girls of the
town. and the rivalry has gone so far
| that two of them have quit speaking to
each other.
The Dudley selectmen will meet about
the 25th of the month and grant the IL
| censes for the coming year. Three will
be granted. The applicants are Napo
| leon Lamothe at the Line House, John
| Ryan in Jericho and Henry Forand at
Duck Harbor They are all first and
fourth class licenses
Webster is getting a big land boom
| by the Dewey Park syndicate Boston
| men. who have purchased land of Mrs.
| Batten on Fenner Hill and are selling
| it on instruments in house lots.
The wedding Of Miss Carrie johnson
and John Hetherman will be solemn
lied in the St. Louis church, Wednes-
day, April 26.
DR.. L. A. Paquin went fishing cover
thar this afternoon and returned dur
ing the evening with a handsome string
| of speckled beauties.
Arrayed in a neat and natty suit of
blue, superintendent and Treasurer
John Flint of the electric road went to
Worcester this afternoon and talked
business with the officials of that city
George r. Stobbs of the senior class
Of Harvard College is at home for a few
days.
John H. Pagan of Providence, R. l.,
returned today after a visit with friends
| in town.
There is a rumor among the business
men in town that H. n. Slater is soon
to erect a standpipe on his land at the
| lake.
The selectmen have appointed these
| officers for the ensuing year:
| Electrician-E. w Tourtellotte
Lookup keeper-Henry J. King.
| Health Officer-Dr. J. J. Thompson.
| Field drivers-A. W. BOutelle, Will
! liam Brown. Fenner Thornton, AL
| phonse Matthew.
Measures Of wood-L. E. Pattison. o.
| SUBWAY A. L. Simmons, F. A. We'll
| lington.
/ Weighers Of COAL E. PattisOn, F.
A. Wellington, c. J. Walker, A G. Pat
/ tison. F. o. Bates. NJ J. Butler.
| Surveyors of lumber-A. c. Burnett,
L. E. Pattison, J. D. Putnam, E. W
! Goddard.
Weighers of merchandise at town
| scales-M. J. Butler, +. O. Bates.
Forest fire wardens-A. w. Boutelle
NJ. H. Snow, F. Thornton, VIM. Brown
/ Francis Day, H. J. Sissons, Frank
/ Read.
Fence viewers-R. B. Putnam, Abel
! Bates, G. W. Aldrich, R. L. Day, o. F.
Ide.
sealer of weights and measures-H.
H. Shumway
Weighers of hay-L. E Pattison. F.
o. Bates. r. A Wellington. a J.
II Walker A. G. Pattison, N. J. Butler.
DR.. William J. Dugan. son of Road
Commissioner James Dugan, and Miss
Nan Marie Gillespie were united in
marriage Wednesday at the Church of
the Annunciation. PHILADELPHIA. and
are spending their honeymoon at At
lantic City, the home of the bride
Joseph Arsenault has the contract to
remodel McQuaid's block. Work viii
soon be commenced.
/, Hoyt's Milk White Flag" win he
produced in Putnam next Wednesday
night and a special train will run from
here.
"On the Bowery' in Music Hall next
Monday night.
The selectmen tonight appointed fire
| engineers as follows: Louis E Patti
son, Elmoine d. Clemans, August
Warnke, James Newman, Thomas !.
Gray.