The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-07
READY FOR ELECTION.
City Clerk Towne and Assistant
Have Everything in Readiness.

City Clerk Towne and Assistants
Have Everything in Readiness.
Monday was a busy day for City
Clerk Towne and his assistants Bal
lot boxes, check lists and the accompa-
nying paraphernalia for the different
precincts have been unearthed and gone
over thoroughly and everything is in
readiness for the annual state election.
SO far as this department is concerned.
The city clerk and assistants, as wen
as the officers who have charge of the
polling places will report at city hail
at o'clock this morning and see to
the transportation of the outfits so
that polls may open at o'clock
The offlcial ballots We're received yes
terday afternoon and unpacked ready
for distribution this morning.
GRANTED TINE TO VOTE.
Men employed in the various city de-
partments VIII be given an opportuni-
~ TO vote without losing their time.
arrangement has been made whereby
city employees will quit work at -
o'clock and have until o'clock to
cast their votes for the candidates no
minated on the state ticket
NEW COURSE OF STUDY.
Copies of the new course of study
in the public schools have been printed
in pamphlet form and distributed to
the teachers in the various schools
Copies will also be presented to mem
bers of the school committee at the
monthly meeting tonight
CITY DEATH RATE.
There We're 20 deaths in Worcester
during last week, of which 16 were
males and 10 females. Death resulted
from these causes: Pneumonia 8, con-
gestion of lungs l, Bright's disease /,
convulsions l, meningitis l. castro en-
teritis ~ colitis~L tuberculosis, /. heart.
disease 1, peritonitis ?, abscess of liver
l. still born 2, general paralysis /, old.
age 3. phthiss l. general debility
septicaemia l. chronic myolitis 1. pull
monary oedema l.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Marriage licenses issued yesterday:
To Edward Deadly, 28. and Hannah Do
noYan, 21i of Roxbury: John Sheahan.
25, and Lizzie O'Connor. 20, Lawrence.
Edward McCourt, 25 and Minnie Nc
Carthy, %, Of North Brookfeld John
w. lHefern, 30, of Providence. r. L. and
Mary e. Chandley, 20; William w
Briggs, 49, of Stamford, N. Y. and Kate
NJ Liscomb, 40, of Goffstown. N. H.;
John Legg, 81, and Lizzie Sentance, u.
COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
A meeting of the city council commit
tee on claims has been called for to-
morrow evening at 80 o'clock
VACCINATION SESSION.
At the office of the board of health
yesterday morning 20 children We're
vaccinated
PERMITS. TO OPEN STREETS.
Permits to open and obstruct streets
granted yesterday: Sewer department
Greenwood and Kosta streets, for a
catch BASIN; Dayton and West streets,
for curve sewer; Hammond street.
Southbridge to Canterbury street for
a sewer. Worcester Gas Light CO.
Lee street and Park avenue. for CON
nection: "A Grafton street and corner of
Millbury and Ellsworth streets, for re-
pairs Water department-857 Main
street, Cos Southbridge street for re-
pairs; 8 Prioulx and Jaques Streets foi'
new service.
LIQUOR LICENSE TRANSFER.
The license commissioners met yes
terday and voted to grant Rondeau &
Co transfer Of their common victual-
Ter license from Bartlett place to "a
Millbury street.
BUILDING PERMITS.
Building permits granted yesterday:
To August Lackstrom, builder. for him
self. a three-story wooden tenement
house. &c by 36 feet. on Oakland place,
estimated cost $4,000; c. ]. Neman, L.
M. Peterson builder. one and a half
story wooden barn for two horses, on