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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-07
MORE SCARLET FEVER.
Another Case Reported at
North Brookfeld-Base
Ball Gossip.

North Brookfeld, June 6.-Another
to the board of health. Belzina, the
% months old daughter of William
Kingsbury and wife of Winter street,
is the victim. This is the second case
of this disease reported within a few
days. So far the illness has been of
a comparatively mild form. DR.. L. E.
Dionne is the attending physician.
There will be a special town meeting
a week from tomorrow night when it
is expected that the selectmen will be
able to give definite plans for the new
hearse which the town has voted to
purchase. Monday the members of the
board will go to Boston, and will prob
ably decide on the best thing to do.
There will also be an article in the war
rant providing for the adoption of a
town seal.
Unless there is a big change in SEN
timent, North BrOokfeld will have
to go without a representative base ball
team this season. That, too, in the
face of the fact that, aside from a bat
terry, there is plenty of available mate
rial for good team in town. In years
gone by this town has put on the da-
mOnd teams that We're competent to
stand on level with any of the strong
amateur OF semi professional teams OF
the state, and even now many are of
the opinion that strong team would
pay here.
The game put up against Spencer on
Memorial day proved that North
Brookfield has good talent for the ma
tional game. OF the players now in
town who can give a good account OF
themselves are William ConrOy, MOrti-
NOR Howard, jeremiah Kelliher, James
P. Mccarthy, William COtter, Thomas
Humphrey and Timothy Howard.
Mortimer 2. Howard, who has done
well as a pitcher the past few sea-
sons. expects to rejoin the North Ad-
ans team in a short time, but with
good battery secured, there is nothing
to prevent a clever aggregation of ball
tossers being gotten together.
DR.. George r. Spooner, clerk Of the
board of health. this afternoon funli-
gated some of the houses where there
has been diphtheria.
DR.. Garrigan states that the recent
removal Of a tenant from the formers
house was Que more to certain matters
Of rent than to any question of bad
drainage.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-07
Bucks Village Was
Threatened With
Destruction.
PROMPT WORK BY THE FIREMEN.
Robert Brahaney's House
and Barn Totally De-
stroyed Yesterday.

Millbury June 6.-An alarm from box
in Bucks village early this morning
called out hose l and 2, steamers 1 and
2, truck l and the chemical to fight a
fierce fire at the residence of Robert
Brahaney on Millbury avenue which
threatened to destroy the entire neigh
borhood including six dwelling houses
and the large manufacturing establish
ment of Mott Bros, which was hardly
100 yards distant.
The entire house ard barn were a
mass of flames and the roof of the
houses in the vicinity were catching
rapidly.
Hose l from the centre in charge of
Capt. Frank Whitney, made a quick
run and reached the fire seven minutes
after the alarm had been pulled in
Capt. Whitney quickly realized the i'm
pending danger and inside Of two min
utes had three streams OF water from
a hEdrant on the burning building.
Other lines were laid and played on
to the building in the vicinity. The heat
W2s intense. but the house of Mrs
Dunn, less than Il feet distant, was
saved, and also the houses of Joseph
Perry and John Dumas, less than 40
feet distant.
The Bramanville companies also
came within record time and hitched
four line of hose from the hydrant
near the Woolshop mills. Steamers l
and were stationed at Mott pond and
kept in readiness in case the fire got
beyond control.
The wind was blowing strong from
the southwest and sparks were streWn
for a quarter of a mile.
The work of the fire department was
undoubtedly the best in it's history.
Chief William E. Horne deserves 6reat
praise for work in directing the fire.
men. The house was a two-story
wooden building and was attached to
the barn by a long wood shed, which
was filled with kindling wood which
burned like finder.
Three horses which were in the barn
were saved. The building was par
TALLY insured. The loss will be over
$4,000. The damage to the surrounding
buildings was slight and was confined
mostly to the roof. Bert Pierce, a
member of hose l. received a bad gash
on his right hand by falling glass. The
origin of the fire is unknown. The same
building was partially destroyed by
fire June 10, 1898.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-07

Three carloads of lumber for Mather
& Whiting have arrived in town to be
used on the new laundry to be built at
the state hospital.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-07
THE ORGAN DEDICATED.
A Fine Program-Two Ac-
cidentS and Heat Pros
trations at Spencer.

Spencer, June 6.-The handsome new
organ at the First Congregational
church was dedicated this evening with
great ceremony. So large was the
crowd present that the seating capa-
city of the church, though very large,
was not sufficient to accommodate ev-
erybody.
Messrs. Frank E. Dunton, Frank A.
Drury, Arthur f. Warren, Dr. f. W.
Norwood, Harry w Goddard, George
r. Wakefield, Victor H. Morse, Nathan
c. Bryant Harlan P. Morse, Fred W.
Boulton, DR.. y. Z. Snow and Henry ?.
Rowland were ushers.
The ceremonies were opened by
scripture reading by DIR. Elbridge Mix,
a prayer by Rev. c. E. Sumner, fol-
lowed by the address by DR.. Elbridge
Mix.
William c. Hammond OF Holyoke, an
organist of great ability, was seated at
the new instrument, and Miss Anna
Murray of Hartford was soprano So
loist.
The musical program was given as
follows:
l, overture, D major, Hadet; ?, An
dante, Symphony in D." Hayden; ),
vocal Save me, o Cod" RandegSer;
4. funeral march and hymn of Seraphs,
Glidmant; 5, selections, (a) aria in D,
Bach, Cd Pavane in A minor, Brisson;
6. Ciprice in e fiat, Rubenstein; Z, vo-
cal, (a) Ave Maria, Tracy, CD Lullaby,
Dennee. (c) Good bye, Tosti; s, Fan
TASTE in E fiat, Saint Saens; 9, Canta-
bile, in D fiat, lie Mare; 10, vocal duett,
Edenland, Dana; II, overture to Tam
hauSer, Wagner.
The men working on Greene's block
at the corner of Mechanic and Cherry
streets, had a very narrow escape from
instant death today. Four men were
on the staging painting the building,
when suddenly they felt 1t sinking. A
part of the building extends out about
two feet, and fortunately the men were
working on this part, and they leaped
forward and stood on this piece of the
building. The staging continued to
fall, and struck the sidewalk 40 feet be-
low
Albert Gregoire, u years of age, had
narrow escape from drowning this
afternoon at the mill pond The little
fellow and several of his companions
were playing near the edge of the pond
and Albert lost his balance and fell in.
His companions began to scream, and
Joseph LaBlanc rushed forward and
leaped into the water and pulled the
little chap out. He was taken TO his
home.
The heat in Spencer today was the
worst ever known in the month of
June. Horatio Hall, 81 years old, was
so affected that he tainted twice in
front of A. q. Peases hardware store
on Main street. He was driven to his
home by Mr.. Rowland.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-07

membrane of the uterus. He treated me
for a while and I did not see much
change. l wrote to Doctor Pierce and in
due time received an encouraging letter
advising me to take his 'Favorite Pre-
scription' and Golden Medical Discov-
cry l did so and am very glad to say
they helped me steadily. / could see
that I was gaining. When l wrote to you
l weighed 81 pounds, / now weigh 80.
can eat anything ] want to- my appetite
Is good, l can work all day and SOt feel
tired at night. I have no more bearing
down pains unless | work too hard. My
head does not trouble me any more at
all and 1 feel better than L have for
three years
THOUSANDS OF WOMEN
This is only one case of thousands in
which sick and ailing women have dated
a new existence from the day when, like
Mrs. Craft, they wrote to DR.. Pierce
DR.. Pierce's treatment lays stress upon
the study OF the organization of
THE INDIVIDUAL WOMAN
to be treated. and it is doubtless to this
careful study of the individual and the
adaptation of treatment to the condition
and organization of each woman treated,
which have enabled DR.. Pierce and his
associate staff to achieve such marked
success and cure where local doctors
failed.
The case Of Mrs H A. Alsbrook of
Austin, Lonoke county, Arkansas, is
case in point. She writes: After I'VE
months of great suffering, I write this
for the benefit of other sufferers from
the same affection. I doctored with our
family physician without any good re-
suit, so my husband urged me to try DR..
Pierces medicines-which 1 did with
wonderful results. am completely
cured. I took four bottles of DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription, four of his Golden
Medical Discovery and two walls of his
Pleasant Pellets l trust your success
will increase, and thank God for giving
you wisdom and knowledge, and guiding
you in making these medicines"
In these successes the skill must also
be taken into account, not the skill of
DR.. Pierce alone, but the skill of each
member of his staff of nearly a score of
phy sicians associated with .thn1> EveI.k
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-07
AGED WOMAN GONE.
Mrs. Catherine Davis Brooks Died at Her
Home in Rutland.

Rutland, June 6.-Mrs. Catherine
CDavis) Brooks, widow of Deacon Jonas
Brooks, died yesterday afternoon at the
residence of her daughter, Mrs. Lorenzo
Q. Spaulding, at the age of 81 years and
5 months. She was born in Princeton
January 8, 1915, the daughter of John
and Catharine (Richardson) Davis
and was one of 10 children, of whom
there are now living John Davis of
Cambridge, Mrs. A. f. Rice of Oakdale
Mrs James Hunter of Rutland, Joseph
Davis of Rutland and Mrs. Franklin
Hathaway, also of Rutland. Mrs
Brooks leaves three daughters, Mrs. c.
W. Gray and Mrs. ]. Edgar Dickson,
Spaulding, wife of L. Q. Spaulding of
this town.
Mrs. Brooks was twice married. Her
first husband was Asa Rice of West
Boylston, by whom her children men
toned were born. Mr.. Rice died in 1856
Ten years later Mrs. Rice married Dea-
con Jonas Brooks of Princeton, with
whom she lived until his death in 1889
Deacon and Mrs. Brooks lived in
Princeton until his death. which town
has been Mrs. Brooks residence since
the time of Mr.. Brooks death
Later she made her home with her
daughters in Worcester and more re-
Gently with Mrs. Spaulding in this town
where she passed a very quiet and
peaceful life. She has been quite feeble
in body the past few months. Her mind
has been very clear, and her last days
were like the going out of a candle
The funeral will be held from the resi-
dence of L. Q. spaulding, Thursday, at
100 o'clock p. m.
Three carloads of lumber for Mather
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-07
CROQUET REVIVED.

North Grafton, June 6.-The game of
croquet is beginning to become popu-
lar Mrs. Ella Burroughs had two
games played on the lawn in front of
her home on Shrewsbury street last
evening. The first game was single
handed, Walter Scott winning, with
Mrs Ella Burroughs second, Miss Ber-
tina Mason third, and Albert Wilson
fourth.
The second game was played in cou-
pies The game was won by Albert J.
Wilson and Miss Bertha Mason, and
the second couple was Mrs. Ella Bur
rOughs and Grace Richardson.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-07
BOILED PEAS.
A Recipe Which Every Com
fOrt-lOving Woman Will
Appreciate.

Two pious men $50 the old story runs)
Holy Land. To prevent their thoughts
from wandering from the purpose in
view, they agreed to make the pilgrimage
with peas in their shoes. In due time
they set out, but soon parted company
as one of the pilgrims seemed to find the
peas a small impeachment to pedestrian
ism. 1t was not so with the other. He
advanced half way on his journey when
he met his fellow-pilgrim returning with
palm. and cookie shell, symbols of the
genuineness of his trip. They halted to
exchange greetings. Tell me-" said the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-07

Miss Mabel A. COVie GOES TO EU-
ROPE about July LIST, with small
party of ladies; everything 1irst-cIass,
and terms reasonable. For particulars
and application for Invitations, adj
dress, MISS COWIE,
I62 BOylstom ST. Boston. Mas.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-07

The contract for repairing the old
police station at an expense of nearly
$4,000 were awarded this morning as fol-
lows: The general repairs to Orson H.
WEIGH, $4,000; for heating, ]. T. Dorney,
S501; for plumbing, gas fixtures and
pipes, O'Toole Bros, $472.18 There will
remain after these expenditures a snug
sum to be invested in other decorations
SOr the old building.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-07

Why not? Everybody has some burden
or other to carry, some trial or other to
endure, some affection to suffer Make the
load as light as possible Get all the
comfort you can. Boil your peas!
There's a special application of this
principle to certain conditions in life
which are often accepted as irremediable;
as part of the primeval curse which fell
on man through sin. ThN is notably so
with respect to those forms of disease
which are peculiar to women and affect
the delicate and sensitive organs of wom-
anhood. These diseases are often the
cause of pain, almost intolerable. And
yet with supreme courage the ailing wom-
an bears the daily burden of household
cares and fulflls all the obligations of
her wifely and maternal duties. Her
back aches, her side pains her she has
scorches her, ulcers feed on her, debiii-
tating drains sap her vitality, but with
a bravery never eXceled by the men
who marched from Moscow with Napo-
leon. she takes up the journey of life
every day and staggers on under the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-07

Notices are out fo~ Uxbridge water
takers to be sparing in their use of the
fluid.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-07
IA SISTER-PILGRIM


downt the way. There are no rings under
her eyes, her back doesn't ache, she
walks with light elastic step as II the
"primeval curse" had nothing to do with
her Let's stop her and ask her how she
gets along so well with the pains and
pangs of womanhood to endure. She
and her name is Mrs. Lydia Craft. She
says: "I was sick for a long time with
female trouble but paid little attention
this left me in such a weakened condition.
l grew very nervous and respondent I
did not want to see anybody; everything
a strange land I had such a disagree
able feeling in my head; it was not
headache but a drawing feeling and the
had bearing-dow pains and my back
hurt me all the time. I could not do any
work at all and could not sleep. 1 tried
some patent medicine but got no relief.
He said l had inflammation of the lining
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-07
WILLIAM LYNCH DEAD.
Was a Prosperous Farmer and Respected
Resident of Uxbrdge.

Uxbridge, June early lest evening
William Lynch, an old and respected
resident of the town, passed quietly
away at his home on Pleasant street.
Mr.. Lynch was born at Westmeath,
Ireland, in 1920, and immigrated to this
country when very young. He married
Miss Annie Kelley of Blackstone in
1850, and shortly after came TO Tx
bridge, where he managed for many
years his large and successful farm:
then having accumulated enough to
keep his family in comfort, he sold his
farm and built his pleasant home a few
years ago.
He leaves two daughters, Annie A.
and Margaret Z. Lynch. and a widow. A
requiem high mass will be held in St.
Mary's church, Thursday, at . O'clock.
Interment will be made in st. Mary's
cemetery.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-21
NEARLY SM0THERED
TO DEATH In MUD
A. B. SMITH SINKS TO HIS
CHIN IN SHINY SLICKENS.
Lost His Way in the Darkness and
Fell Off the Narrow Gauge
Pier.

ALAMEDA, Jan. pa. B. Smith of 1873
Polk street, San Francisco, nearly lost
his life last night IN the soft black mud
that is being pumped up by the dredger
between the ses1wall and the narrow
gauge pier. He had sunk into the Shiny
slickens nearly up to his chin, when his
cries for help were answered by Night
Waterman Joseph w. Josephs, who with
difficulty rescued the man from his peril
Gus position.
Smiths account Of himself is not very
clear. He says he came from San Fran
cisco to apply for employment on the
dredger, but instead Of going there he
started to walk along the trestle to Oak
land He lost his way In the darkness
and stepped out into the soft mud. AT
first he sank only to his knees. but as he
made frantic efforts to get out he began
going down deeper and deeper, and would
have gone entirely out Of sight and prob
ably would never have been heard of
again had it not been for the timely as
sistance of Josephs. The man was taken
to the pumphouse and kept there until
City Prison. Smith is still there, wrapped
in blankets, waiting for his clothing to
dry. He gives a graphic description Of
his sensations as he sank deeper and
deeper to almost certain death.
II thought my time had come for sure"
he said. II was sinking, sinking all the
time, and the more l tried to get out of
the mud the deeper 1 got into it. The
slime seemed to be climbing up and suck
ing me down.
1.-THE feeling of the stuff as I gradually
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-21
MARY BATTLES is
GRANTED A DIVORCE
THE CHARGES OF EXTREME
CRUELTY SUSTAINED.
The Wife Of an Alameda Politician
Tells a Sad Story Of Domestic
Trials
Oakland Office San Francisco can,


sos Broadway. January 90
Judge F. B. Ogden this afternoon grant
ed a divorce to Mary c Battles from
Ward Battles, a well-known politician
of this city, on the ground OF extreme
cruelty. The plaintiff was awarded GUS
tody of the minor child, girl years old
alimony at $50 per month, and the use of
the family homestead on San Antonio
avenue, Alameda, for a period of ten
years.
The defendant did not appear, and Hen
~ McPike, attorney for Mrs. Battles, re-
quested that the case be tried behind
closed doors, but Judge Ogden declined
TO make such an order Mrs. Battles was
accompanied by several Alameda ladies,
who testified to the defendants partiality
TO the flowing bowl, his absence from
home nights, and the fact that last Oc-
tober Mrs. Battles suffered from q badly
discolored eye, supposed to have resulted
from defendants cruelty.
Mrs. Battles also testified. She cited nu-
merous instances of the husbands short
comings in falling to give her the where
Withal to conduct the households; that he
struck her in the eye last October, and
very frequently came home under the in
fiuence of liquor, to which she attributed
all family troubles. On several of these
occasions the defendant had scared her
cans to a long string, taking the string
into the bedroom and then pulling it on it
until the rafting of the tincans would
almost arouse the neighborhood. Thus he
made night hideous and forced her to
. seek relief.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-21
THE STOCK MARKET.

Mining stocks stood about the same There
was good business in local securities, with
a number of variations both ways.
The delinquent assessment sale of the Mount
Diablo Mill and Mining Company was held
yesterday.
The Spring Valley Water Company paid a
dividend of so cents per share yesterday
The dividend of the Hutchinson Plantation
Company yesterday % cents per share.
The directors of the Mill Valley and Mount
Tamalpais Scenic Railway propose to create a
bonded indebtedness of $780, 900 to pay the in
debtedness. purchase more rolling stock and
property and otherwise improve the road, and
a special meeting of stockholders has been
called for March q to vote upon the PROPOSE
ton.
At the recent annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Germania Trust Company the
Following directors were elected: H. Drummer,
F. A. Denicke. F. Kronenberg, J. C. Rud, A.
Wieland. John Rapp. The new board organ
lied with Ernest A. Denicke as president and
II. Drummer as cashier. The bank paid stock
holders per cent during the year
In the Standard Consolidated mine at Bodie
for the week ending January IA the usual
prospecting work done on the $50, 31S 1886
and 1O0-foot levels Raise 1 on the $50 level
has 10 inches fair grade ore. Raise l on the 318
level shows 30 inches of fair grade ore. The
south drift in No. 10 vein the 31S level
SHOWS 10 inches of ore that is improving A
raise on the 200 level Is cutting ore of good
quality. In the slopes of good quality,
though much mixed, is being extracted on the
Zf9 level Small streaks of good ore are being
followed on the 40 level. At the mill the ore
tramway is about complete. The machinery Is
all delivered and is being set up. The battery
frame Is nearly complete, and the mortars
placed. AT Green Creek all work on the cleo
trical machinery will be finished in a few
days. AT tailings plant No l a final cleanup
for the season is being made.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-21
CAPTAIN DUNHAM's DEATH.
The Passing Away of Pioneer Sea-
faring man.

OAKLAND, Jan. 2O-Captain Woodruff
Durham died at the Receiving Hospital
this morning from injuries sustained last
Tuesday night in fall through an open
hatchway into the hold of the ship In
diana at the Franklin street wharf. In
the fall the deceased fractured several
ribs and received other internal injuries.
Later pneumonia set in.
Deceased was a native of Connecticut,
aged nearly 70 years, and was one of the
best known local seafaring men, having
come here in 1850. In the early days he
sailed schooners on the bay, the Golian
being one of his fleet. He also established
brickyards at California City, Marin
County, in company with Lew MerrilIs
and Lew Williams, two fellow townsmen
from Connecticut In those days he con-
tracted with Jim Fair. j. w. Mackay,
Sharon, Flood and Q Brien, at their min
ing camps, and in his time he accumu-
lated fortune reaching $3.50 900, but
through the mining stock market he lost
the bulk of it. He leaves a widow, one
son and a daughter