The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-14
ButClinton is Showed
Under.
SOME MILLSCLOSED
And Women Employees Car
ried to Their Homes.

Clinton, Feb. f5.-There is nothing in
the town today bat storm, and it is
a particularly hard brand we have
here. The town has been cut off from
the rest of the world since o'clock this
afternoon, SO far as traffic connections
are concerned. At o'clock this after
noon it was announced at the depot
that the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad abandoned all trains.
At o'clock trains on the Boston and
Maine are an hour behind.
The Worcester and Clinton street
railway has been tied up all day. Su-
perintendent George W. Burgess man
aged to get couple of cars through
from Leominster this morning At 4
o clock this afternoon he succeeded in
getting another car through. The car
followed the pillow; it had an ice-cov-
cred man on the fender with a broom
and frozen individual on the rear
PLATFORM with shovel. The broom
was used for the fine touches that gave
the car contact with the rail. The car
started on its return trip to Leominster
at o'clock, but no one knows where
the car is now.
The whistle of the Clinton Wire
Ciolh Company blew at 8. 80 o'clock to
AFRAID the women employed in the
stop work. Manager Swinscoe was
FACTORY would not be able to get home
II they remained until darkness came.
me BlgeioW Carpet Company sent
hNf~
ana TOOK as many of it's female en-
proves home as was possible, The
women who remained at work in some
OF the mills until O'clock or after had
desperate struggle in the snow,
Inc Certus Club, which had sched
uIed the last dance of the season. post
poheo II until tomorrow night. This
Mas 10 nave been the last pre-Lenten
atlalr OF the season. The club has been
VIII lose heavily. President Daniei
Grady arranged that the reception to
IolloW the dance should be given as
though nothing had happened
Inc reception was a success tonight
IN splte OF the storm. The club enter
edined many prominent visitors. in
Giudlhg Town Treasurer J. E. Harritv
loWH Soiicltor Thomas Larkin, Select
man Shedd. Assistant Postmaster Oil
yer E. Jewett, Selectman Philip Philbin-
Chlef OF Police Thomas Murphy, vii
nam ElWyn, Michael Dwyer Fire En-
siheer Richard J. MacIntyre. P r.
Maclntyre, Clinton Helmold and 7 r
Brosnan. These guests were received
py committee composed of President
Danlei oGrady, Vice President Robert
wright John Cannon, George F. Jew
ett ana j. Raymond Dwyer.
Among those who contributed to tho
entertainments
Ihomas Kelley, Henry Cannon, Peter
Sarporn, James q. O'Toole, John ]
gibbons, James H. Carr, Peter r. Glib
oons. A supper was served at 10
o'clock
More than hundred Lancaster peo.
PIE VINO are employed in town are un-
an, 10 reach their homes tonight
Ahey are putting up with friends and
at the hotels and boarding honses
somebody got ratified at 1850 o'clock
SAls morning and pulled in an alarm
from box 81 at Depot square. Straininp
horses dragged the heavy apparatus
from the central fire station, nearly a
mile through the drifting snow to 67S
Main street, the home of Robert Priest.
mere was nothing for the firemen to
40. Some plumbers thawng pipes in
the bath room set the woodwork on
fire and then almost immediately mt
out the blaze.
In the district court this morning the
record of "Scrappy," otherwise Michael
joyce, soldier, stood him in good
stead. He pleaded guilty to a charge
OF drunkenness, and then promised
Judge c. c. Stone that he would take
the pledge and never be seen in court
again. Judge Stone allowed him to de-
part on probation for 80 days.
Louis Schuster, who had abused the
leniency OF the court, pleaded guilty to
drunkenness and was sent over for 80
days.
The members of Trinity Command
cry, knights Templars, have been lay
ing in a stock of new uniforms, swords
and regalia. They are making prep
aratlons to attend the concert and
dance at Hudson on Washington's
birthday. All the members in town
with few exceptions, will attend.
5. W. Tyler has been making extern
sive renovations and improvements in
his music store. The store has been
handsomely papered, the wainscoating
newly vanished, and the store made
to present a very attractive appear-
ance. Mr.. Tyler has made considerable
addition to his gallery of famous must
clans, and the faces of nearly all of
the great masters of music look down
from the walls.
A SUDDEN CALI.