The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-29
Clinton Selectmen
% Will Decline to
Enter Suit.
W. & C. FRANCHISE.
Polo Reaches a Crisis in
the Reservoir
Town.

Clinton, Nov 28.-The board of Sc
lectmen will decline to participate in
the contention of Daniel w. Carville,
that the Worcester & Clinton street
railway company has no legal fran
chise The board has been advised by
Town Solicitor Evans that Mr.. Car
villes remedy is in the courts, if he
wants one.
Mr.. Evans claims that the present
board of selectmen has nothing to do
with the acts of any other board. Mr..
Carvile has not made up his mind
to resort to the courts, but has con-
tented himself with asking the select
men to notify him if they hold a hear
ing to see if a franchise shall be grant
ed to, the road.
There is little likelihood" a member
of the board said tonight, that such
course will be pursued. 1t would cost
the street railway company thousands
of dollars to make the change proposed
by Mr.. Carville.
The crisis of polo in Clinton will
come tomorrow night. The first game
under the new management will be
played. lAmesbury, one of the easiest
nent of the home team. If this game
should be a defeat, the moral effect
upon the attendance in the way of pre-
venting paying houses in the future
cannot be overestimated.
If the game results in a victory, the
followers of the game will look at the
situation with hopeful eye and con-
tinue their waning patronage. Fortu-
nately, every provision has been made
against defeat.
Dennis X Bartlett has been secured
to play half back. Null Smith is due
for center. SchQfield will play as be-
fore, and Vent will play goal. Later
a place may be made for Thomas Nc
Gowan.
The team came back from Amesbury
with a hard luck story of the first
class. The team reached there one
man short and had to borrow one of
the Amesbury players in order to go
on. The result was as might have
ebeen expected, a ragged defeat. Frank
II. Connaughton will assume active
control of the team He is a polo
player as well as a ball player, and will
give the management of the team much
of his personal attention.
The young people of the Congrega-
tional church celebrated the 14th ami
yersary of the founding of their society
came in barges and Joined in the festiy-
tiles. Several clergymen, the church
choir and number of well known per-
sons assisted in. the entertainment.
Rev. A. S. Brown read from the scrip
lures. Rev. j. H. Moorehead offered
prayer. The address of welcome was
given by Rev. w. w. Jordan. Mrs. E.
L. Harris sang, Faith, hope and love"
The most interesting feature of the
evening was an address by John Willis
Baer of Boston. general secretary of
the United societies of Christian En-
deavor. Mrs. E. L. Harris sang,
Sometime Wen understand" Rev A.
M. Osgood pronounced the benediction.
An evening of social enjoyment fol-
lowed.
Robert j. Hayes, who formerly ran a
fish market here, and who left town
somewhat suddenly, as told in The Spy
at the time, returned last night to Wis
it friends. Hayes says that he intends
to settle any small bills that he may
have left behind him at the earliest
possible moment. The fish business
was a losing venture, and he found
himself embarrassed before he knew
what had happened.
Town Treasurer Charles E. Shaw will
pay the election help at his office to-
morrow afternoon. The amount to be
disbursed is about 1925, distributed M
sums averaging about S..
Business was exceedingly slow in the
district court this morning The DO
lice did not have case for the atten-
ton of the court. The approach Of
winter has made the rum drinkers heed
the thrifty ant. The police do not ex-