The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-23
So Say the Millbury
Town Fathers to
Mr.. Brown.
THE WORK OF THE LIGHTNING.
House Struck, Furniture
Tumbled About With
out Ceremony.

Millbury, Aug. 22.-The selectnen
have taken action on the hoodlums con-
gEegating around the common in front
of the Farnsworth block at the corner
tof Main and Elm streets. For a long
time past hoodlums have made a prac-
tice to gather on the common, sit
around, smoke, drink and tear up paper
and scatter paper on the grass. The
common which usually presents clean
and neat appearance is now filthy and
nasty sight.
The grass that is of heavy growth and
well kept is gone in some places and in
Others it is long and torn
The common is a strip of land given
by Simon Farnsworth to the town. If
such actions as have been going on of
late continue the result will be disas-
trous.
A few days age Mrs. Farnsworth
made a complaint to the selectmen
about the disorderly conduct and abuse
of the common, and today officer Thos.
Brown received orders from the select
men to keep all persons off the common
in the future. Officer Brown will do so
and will also post notices on the COM
mon regarding the new ediet.
Many citizens have spoken to The Spy
man about the unusual number of no
boes being around the streets. 1t seems
that the Migrants from everywhere
have moved to Millbury and made the
streets their headquarters
A citizen going along the street is met
by the hoboes, who ask for nickel or
a dime and are bold enough to say they
want it for beer,
This is becoming a nuisance and ac-
1xyiIl heleT 10 he lob ls,ar
One citizen was met on the street this
afternoon by tramp with a torn coat,
who requested him to give him coat
as he could not get job with the one
he wore The citizen told him he had
not any to give away, and then the hobo
asked him lor the one ne was wearing.
The road race between VERNE Miller
of this town, and Ryan and Ruther of
Worcester will come off tomorrow
afternoon at 8 o'clock. Miller is a favor
lite in this town and his friends hope nc
will be a winner Two specials on the
Worcester and Suburban line will bring
down the Worcester delegation.
The heaviest rain and thunder storm
OF the season struck this town this df-
ternoon at S o'clock. The rain poured
and quilted the streets severely. Elm
street and Church street suffered more
than any Others. On Elm street near
the watering trough the street is bad
ly washed. On the west side the cleo
trio cars had to shovel the new gravel
from the tracks before they could pass.
The lightning that accompanied the
storm was fierce 1t struck the house
owned by Joseph Gaudrow on North
Main street. The fluid came down the
lightning rod, and entering a front
room, proceeded into the parlor, dining
room and kitchen, out the screen door,
tearing off the foot board of the
door. Pictures hung on the walls were
torn off; chairs We're overturned and
the curtains Of the windows were
burned. The clapboards on the house
where the lightning entered We're torn
off. Mrs. Gaudrow was in the cellar
when the bolt struck and considers her.
self lucky TO think she was not injur-
ed.
The electric cars service and the cleo
trio lights wanted to be in the swim
and went out. The electric cars were
tied up for over an hour and are run
ming tonight on very erractic time.
The arc lights in the town We're in
operation late In the evening. The thun-
der and lightning continued far into
the night and made people nervous who