The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12
SOME TALK
Regarding Political
Situation.
MILLBURY MEN
Mentioned for Office at
Coming Town Meeting.

secret Until The caucuSes are held
Fur sslsctmea there are several candi-
dates mentioned. Rhich locks as Il
there was going 10 be more than one
dark horse" in the race.
The candidates which are mentioned
ara c & Longiey. who has very
large circle Of followers; Hudson ".
Hakes, enc Of the present incumBents.
/ d.. Robert Booth. who seems to De the
favorite q all: William H steckweu.
James H Ferguson. William Z. Horne.
Augustus c Mott and 7. A. Winter.
For candidates on the democratic
ballot: Dr. Roberet Booth. Thomas L
Brown. c. 2. Perry and D J. Dempsey
are mentioned as very strong vote pull
ers-
The Office for which wrangIing has
begun in earnest Is the Office Of tax
collector There are two men in the
I Tlsld-c- c Whitney. the present in
cumbe1t, and T. H Greenwood Last
year the race was a hot one al the
polls. and Mr. Whitney was elected by
I Ii votes. Mr.. Greenwood thinks that he
viii win this year. as last year he was
] handicapped BY having another demo-
[ crat in the field, Maurice P. Shahan-
who. be claims pulled many Of his
votes
Another feature which viii figure
prominently in defeating Mr.. whitney
IS the fact that the poll taxpayers az
% unite and declare war upon him at
/ the polls. because he made them come
/ % terms this year and pay an extra
/ - cents for summons
/ II has been the custom for the people
q Aiiloury TO pay their taxes or not, but
this year Mr. Whitney adopted new
method. and al who did not have their
( Poll tax paid By September were sent
| SuTnmolSSS. which cost them 70 cents
extra A Spy man in an interview with
Tax Collector Whitney. recently, asked
I BIN II he was going to make any ar
rests for non-pdyment OF taxes, and
ne said that warrants were already OUT
I tor several men now and arrests were
/ likely 10 occur al any time
He further stated that he would take
/ steps in the near future TO get the
| taxes which were due on real estate
/ For town clerk. Ira y. Goddard will
/ be nominated by both parties. for the
1 sstn consecutive year
/ II is also expected that a desperate
I attempt VIII be made to secure mora
money for the roads this year. as they
/ are IN bad condition in many places.
/ street Commissioner Thomas A Dolan
has bean figuring hard all the season.
SO that ne could manage TO repair all
I streets with the little money which is
1 Appropriated for such purposes
| The fact that for the last two years
all the streets have been repaired with
less money than ever before. is rather
puzzling 70 the citizens eyes at this
critical moment. A Spy man when
| interviewing a town official recently
was asked his opinion on the present
condition Of the highway, and he
| stated that he thought that Mr.. Dolan
had done more for the improvements
Of the public streets with less money
than any Of his predecessors.
] The matter Of getting a portion Of
state road the coming season is a mat
! ter which Is being talked UP quite ex-
/ tsnsiyeiy by the local wheelHen. That
/ q portion OF state road has been asked
for is practically understood by all
but the question is. why don't we get
1t?
| The treasurer's report Of the receipts
and expenditures and also the county
commissioners report upon the affairs
| OF the county of Worcester for the year
ending Dec. 81, 1895. shows that Mill
bury paid the state for dog tax S5ss
for licenses; S552l3 was refunded to the
town; the amount brought forward for
county taxes from Millbury was 1874.
thus making a total of nearly $1,000
paid annually to the state.
Superintendent Robinson OF the Bow
den felt works has found it necessary
to put another brace under the hard
ehsf AZ the plant. as the foundation
was getting weak. Thomas Hill has
the contract.
The following have drawn the sums
opposite their names from the state dos
I4nd; Henry W: Garter. $40; Earnest
howe, SOC. William Connors. 81
Samuel T. Hull, 81 50. The three 6rs+
named gentlemen received the amount
Tor hens which were killed By dogs
May the two-year-old daughter Of
John COnnors and wife. Of North Mar
street fell while playing at her home
Iodag, ana cut a deep cash in her head
three stitches to close the wound ''ON
|
The pupils of John w. Newdacl,.s
dancing class gave a reception ia tbsi,.
| friends in Elm Hall last evening Tho
grand march was formed at S O'clock
! ana was LED by Miss Lena Newdeck
4 ana John Newdeck. About So couples
were present. steers orchestrs of
| Worcester, Martell prorlpter. furnished
| music.
The MillbuTy Baptist Church has cleo
| teu tue IciloWing officers Tor the eusu-
! ing year: Clerk, ]. f. Batchelor; col
| Isetor' ". e. Batchelle- auditor. Miss
7. W. Eastman: prudential COMMITTEES
| =. Z. Mcintyre. William H. Alien. Mrs
> A. Nalling. Miss 5. \. Everett Mrs
| Maria Lincoln: deaconesses. Mrs (
| A Everett Mrs. J. :. BatcheIder. Mrs.
1 John \. Arnold, Mrs. =. W. Eastman
Miss Ada Park. The free pew system
VIII go into effect April l.
Ezra Marble is home with his ia
nous trotting stallion. Benton NJ .,
from Canada. The horse made a very
/ good record while there The horse
viii be in good form for the summer
| races.
Where is heaven" will be the sub.
| 1ect Of Rev. George r.. Lombard AT
/ the Baptist Churcn. Sunday evening.
| Special selections wiIl be rendered BY
/ the choir
jeremiah Z. Qinlan Of Rockport. Me
was in town today.
| II. Seymore Mathews. formerly su-
| perintendent of the Millbury water
works, has accepted a position as SUI
| perintendent Of the construction of the
| Raleigh, Danville, Weldon and Bes1,-
fort steam railroad ae North Carolina
/ Mr.. Mathews has held several respon-
sible positions in town and always
! filled the positions with credit to him.
self and the townsps1 ple
Misses Ethel Allison and Abbie Ran
don. fancy dancers of Worcester have
been engaged TO take part in the cot. |
fee party to be given in the town hall
Monday evening.
Sunday school teseher-NoN. Tb6,nas
remember that every time you utter a |
profane word the Lord hears you.
Tough boy (stubbornly1-WeiI listeners
af ~.