The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-15
THE CITY.
YESTERDAYS WEATHER.

The maximum temperature yester-
day was 80, the minimum So. At noon
II was 91.l5 and rs at o'clock The di-
rectlon Of the wind was northwest to
west, and blew with an average We
locity of four miles an hour The rain
tall was / inch. Last year the same
| date the maximum temperature was So
and the minimum 81.
The Loyalty Whist club will meet
with Mrs. Mary Higgins, Rogers block,
Salem square, this evening at p. m.
The clerks in the seed, the grain ard
the hardware stores are to have O haT.
holiday each week during the SIN
mer.
The Golden degree was worked on
four candidates at the meeting of Cal
vary commandery, Knights Of Malta,
last evening.
Mrs H. c. Brown is to speak upon
Mission work In Alaska" at the
Adams square Congregational church
at o'clock this afternoon.
Robert Gardner purchased through
the real estate agency of p. H. Duprey,
the three tenement house and lot on
Aetna street owned by John E. Courte-
manche, Tor $4,000.
To reach Mrs E. G. Shaw's, 2 Clar-
ence street, where the w. c. T. U. lawn
party will be Friday, leave Greendale
car at Chadwick square and follow
Grove street to Clarence.
Prince Consort lodge, Sons of st.
George, initiated one candidate at it's
meeting last evening. The recently
elected officers were installed by Past
Grand President Frederick Smith.
There will be meeting of the Y. M.
G. A. Camera club, Monday evening,
June 26, instead Of July 4. There will
be demonstration of the method of
working one of the new papers recent
ly put upon the market.
In the event of stormy weather the
lawn party to be held on ]. H. Walkers
grounds this afternoon for the benefit
of the French-American Orphanage,
will be held in Pilgrim hall, rear of
Pilgrim church, from 3 to 10 o'clock.
First United Presbyterian Church
conducted a strawberry festival in Ar
canum hall last evening. Mrs. Robert
Hughes was in charge of the arrange
ments. About $50 persons were served
and entertainment was furnished
There will be a mothers reception in
connection with the lawn party of the
kindergarten department of Bethany
church, to be held at the church this
afternoon from to o'clock. Music by
members of the choir and q talk on
kindergarten work by Mrs c. p.
Farley.
John F. KelleLer, head clerk al the
BAY State house, with his wife and
daughter, STARTS today on a two weeks
vacation at Lewiston, Me. His place
will be taken at the Bay State house
ny George T. Mathews, treasurer of the
Worcester theatre, who has already
started in on his duties.
The county commissioners have ad-
vertised for bids for the contract to
build the new laundry and play room at
the Oakdale Truant school. The plans
may be seen at the office of Fuller 81
Delano, architects, Worcester. The bids
will be opened June 90 at the office Of
the country commissioners.
Dennis Roderick of Templeton was
the only successful applicant to pass
the rigid physical examination at the
local recruiting office for the United
States army yesterday. He will be
sent to Presidio, San Francisco, Cal,
where he will be recruited into some
regiment of infantry for service in the
Philippines.
Invitations have been received in this
city for the wedding of William b.
Sprout and Miss Margaret Lander Big
Glow, in Natick the 2Sth. Mr.. SprOut
lived in Worcester as did his family,
and he represented the city in the le-
gislature. He was a classmate in Am
herst of City Solicitor Rugg. He now
practices law in Boston.
The Worcester employment society
has closed it's rooms for the season
with a small balance in the treasury,
having given substantial aid to 70 wo-
men during the winter. Working with
the associated charities, and enlisting
as it does representatives. as managers
from our various churches, it has be-
come, after % years, one of the most
trusted and efficient organizations for
charity of the city, so well does it meet
the demands of intelligent cooperation
in the perplexing work of charitable en-
deavor. The annual meeting takes place
the first Monday in October.