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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-07
OFFICERS ELECTED.

Baskerville, May 6.-Blackstone Engine
Co. No. met at the engine rooms to-
year. as follows: Foreman. Andrew John7
son; assistant foremen James Covne.
Larus Allen; clerk. Loren S. Davis: pres
ldent, Levi Ford; first engineer. Napoleon
King; second engineer. Hector Macev.
first hoseman. Arthur Ferry: second
hosemau. Felix Labree; janitor Joseph
Labree.
After the election of officers n banquet
was held and Thomas Wilmarth. Fishers
Storms l.. Davenport. North Grafton:
David Bassett. Baskerville: Henry
Brooks, North Grafton. representing the
board of engineers spoke. After the ban
quet the engine rooms were opened to the
public, During the afternoon the engine
was taken out and good work done
Fred Claflin, motorman on the Black
stone Valley road, is i'll with scarlet fever
at his home on Main street in Saunders.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-07
OWNS MEADOW.
Hon. 7. G. Bates Will
Add Land to His
New Resort.
, A VALUABLE PLOT.
Will Be Beautified And
Made Second to None
in the County.

North Brookfeld, May 6.-Hon. r. c..
Bates has purchased the piece of land
known as Firms meadow in the lower
village. He will at once put men to
work on it with view of improving
it and making it part of the summer
resort which is beginning to attract at
tention throughout the country. 1t al
ready gives promise of putting North
Brookfield on par with Barre, Prince
ton, jefferson and more of the neigh
boring towns as a place where summer
visitors may get health and repose.
The meadow furnishes the connect
ing link between the old Bates home
stead and Mr. Bates newly discovered
mineral water spring and negotiations
have been going on concerning it for
some time. Mr.. Bates and Mrs. James
Finn, the owner of the meadow, have
come to an agreement as to the terms
of the sale and all that now remains
before Mr. Bates gets absolute posses
sion is the passing of the necessary le-
gal papers.
The meadow has been for years a re
sort for skaters during the winter and
few winters ago was the most favor
ed place for this recreation. The brook
that flows through it Mr. Bates intends
to have changed a trifie in its course
and will have the whole meadow drain
ed so that it will be dry and adapted
to whatever use the guests may wish
to put it to later.
Mr.. Bates was in North BroOkfeld
nearly all day and had three surveyors
a he
act dimensions and determining where
drains should be located The interior
and exterior of the old homestead will
be greatly beautified also, and alto
gether it bids fair to be as attractive a
spot as it will be possible to find in the
limits of North BrOokfield
The high school boys have started in
training for their inter-class meet
which takes place at Oakland Gardens
Brookfield, May 10. The rivalry be-
tween the class teams is very strong
particularly in the case of the seniors
and sOphOmOres, who are expected tC
have battle royal for first place. Her
bert Sargent, the schools best Splinter
who was expected TO win several points
for the seniors. has declined to com.
pete, and the chances of the sophie
mores have greatly increased thereby
A MdTSHdl mas purchased the sum
mer street barber shop, formerly con
Quoted by John Collins. Mr. Marshal
will have as his assistant Philip Bal.
colin.
Frank TrainOT of Boston is visiting
at his home in the lower village.
Several of the high school pupils went
to Boston today with Principal c. L
Judkins.
officers Arnold. Wallace. Henry
| Hatch and John Stone were notified
this afternoon that two men were lyine
drunk on the Brookfield road. and OF
going down found Patrick H Kennedy
and Thomas FennelI. They also founC
| a team loaded with several bottles o,
beer. and confiscated the outfit and if.
contents. Both men were locked up.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-07

The electric cars commenced on the a.
minute time today.
Dean W. Macker is building an ell on
his residence on Prospect street.
James II. Johnson has started to work
in the shop of S. A. Forbush. Grafton.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-07
FOR THE COUNTY FAIR.
Executive Committee Of Blackstone Val
ley Name Heads OF Department.

UXbridge May 6.-The executive COM
mittee of the Blackstone Valley Agri-
cultural Society met this afternoon at
the town hall and selected the various
officers and committees for their fair
September u and 10. The superintend-
ents are as follows: Hall, Edwin F.
futile; blowing and working oxen,
Frank H. Wood of Mendon; cattle,
Lawson A. Seagrave; horses, sheep and
swine, William E. Hayward; poultry,
Edward ]. Prest; space at grounds,
Charles E. Seagrave.
Hall committee, Edwin F. futile,
chairman; Walter r. Capron, Arthur E.
Seagrave, Miss Jessie f. Scott, Miss
Kate NJ. Capron, Miss Colletta A. Park
err Mrs. William L. Johnson, Miss Helen
w. Taft, Mrs. Samuel B. Taft, Mrs.
Edward Aldrich, Miss Chloe D. Capron,
Mrs. Henry Capron, Mrs. Henry A.
Cook of Whitinsville and Mrs. A. F.
Brown of East Douglas.
The premium list was revised and
other business of Importance transact
ed.
The funeral services of the late John
B. White of North Uxbridge were held
at his late home this afternoon and
We're very largely attended. The Rev.
A. j. Hopkins, pastor of the Baptist
church, OBLIGATED, and was assisted by
Rev James P. Stoddard of Boston. The
bearers were the four sons of the de-
ceased, H. Clifford White of North Tx
bridge, and BERTHE, Willis H. and
Charles S White Of Providence, r. I.
The body of Nathaniel Clarke of
Springfield was brought here today for
burial. The deceased was formerly
superintendent of the North UXbridge
cotton mills.
The poverty party of Loyalty Circle
c. of F.. held last night in Harris hail
was a great success. Kiernan's orches-
ira of Whitinsvile furnished music.
Hecla defeated the Whitinsvilles at base
ball this afternoon, IA to 4. The score by
innings:
Hecla ....................2 ? TO- 5 *-14
Whitins .................O 0 0 2 "a
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-07
CONSIDERED CLAIMS.
Rutland Town Fathers Hold Their
Monthly Meeting.

Rutland, May 6.-The selectmen held
their regular meeting this afternoon
and drew 50 orders, mostly for payment
.of teachers and payments on the build
ing fund
Fred Parmenter, who lost a horse by
its getting into a hole in the road while
the frost was coming out, appeared be-
fore the selectmen and presented his
claim for damage sustained.
Gen. Robert H. Chamberlain of Wor-
cester was in town today, the guest of
his brother, Thomas Chamberlain, OF
HYDE Park, who is boarding at the
Putnam House
The house on the Jacob Reed place, s.
in North Rutland, is being repaired and
painted. 1t is one of the old buildings
in town. and belongs to 0. S. Pond of
Worcester.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-07

WOMEN from their sedentary habits,
are often subject to headache and con-
stipation. These are quickly removed by
Carriers Little Liver Pills.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-07

Worcester to attend a rally in the
South Unitarian church at 5 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-07
VERNONS DEFEATED.
North Grafton Cousins Show Them
How to Do the Trick.

North Grafton, May 6-The Stars
played the Vernons of Worcester this
afternoon on their diamond on Mil street.
The game was one-sided from beginning
very bad errors. The batting of the Stars
was excellent. Acey Puff knocked the
ball over the tops of several houses and
made a home run. When Puff reached
the home plate Umpire Burbank said he
was out for not touching third base The
Stars made a great many hits off Stein
of the Nernons.
The score by innings:
Stars ...............4 8 0 5 0 2-2s
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-07
Household Goods.

Brown Simpson piano, chamber suits bedseads hall
feather beds bedding chairs machine
bureaus, crokey including od-fashon
furniture chfoners desks clocks androns sho
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-07
TAKE NOTICE!

The School Street Storage for in @
H. Cook J. saney but has now been resumed by George
on and he will continue careful and
tory manner, he done in the past
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-07
STORAGE.

u rooms are clean and dry each and are
as to be seventatng Rooms ranging price from u
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-07-13
QUEER FLORIDA GopHERs
Borrowing Turtles Thnt the Natives
Eat Like Epicur2s Do
Terrapin.

1.-The most interesting creature ever
saw in Florida" said New York man
who spent the winter there, "was the
burrowirg turtle. This turtle is pc
culiar To Florida, and it is an impor-
tant fac;:i' in the domestic economy
of the cracker population, for the Flori-
da cracker = ties on the gopher-that's
what they call this burrowing turtle
and thinks it is the finest thing in the
edible line that ever existed.
Another thing that induces the
gopher to dig it's burrow out of the
reach of water is TINT in those dry and
sandy places the rattlesnake and vari-
GUS kinds of demonstrating lizards
are most plentiful, and the gopher is
never happy unless its burrow Is
shared by a colony of either one or the
other of these, if not of both. Find
gopher hole and uncover it and you
will be sure to find from half a dozen
to dozen or moEe rattlesnakes, and
maybe IS or 20 lizards of various sizes
and colors and degrees of ugliness oc-
cupying it with its proprietor. The
gopher plainly loves the companions
ship of these deadly things, although
IL ls itself as meek and harmless as q
dove.
mo dwellez in those parts of Florida
ever goes anywhere about without
bag slung over his or her shoulder.
This is to put gophers in, as some are
pretty sure to be found pasturing in
the wild grass patches. The moment
gopher is surprised by u person with
a h"g it shuts itself securely in it's
shell, and the cracker picks it up and
.tumbles it into the bag. The gopher
is likewise trapped by digging u hole
close to the entrance OF it's burrow and
sinking barre! or box into ii a1,! COW
ering the trap with loose twigs. When
the gopher comes out and starts on a
foraging trip it tumbleS into the trap
and Gait get out. What terrapin are
to the hish-living epicure, the gopher
is to the Florida cracker"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-07-13
MONEY MADE EASY,
New Precautions Against Counter
feiting Lnaugurnted by the
Government.

The art of engraving by means Of
photogra phing and kindred aids has
now reached such Il degree CT perfection
that the government has been forced to
redouble it's vigilance to prevent ilaud$
in that direction, says the Philadel-
phia Record. An old engraver said, in
speaking of this matter:
"This exposure Of the recent big
counterfeiting conspiracy has worked
change already in the system by
which the government has heretofore
kept track of dangerous counterfeit
ing methods. Chief Wilkie, see, saws
that Taylor and Bredell employed a
new system in initiating the 500 Mon
roe head counterfeit. He is wrong. The
system has been in vogue for many
years, and is common to all experts in
our line. There are, no doubt, hun
dreds of engravers who would scorn to
do dishonest act who could make
counterfeit plates far better than the
ones turned out by Taylor and .Bredell.
AS matter of fact, the plate that was
used to print the counterfeit internal
revenue stamps was a very imperfect
piece of work, and there are appren-
tees l know of who could do better.
However, they are good er ough to fool
the ordinary person.
In the IT future the government
will l~qri,e all engravers and those
Connected with enr-aving establish
ments to register at least once month
and to present n list of the work per-
formed by them" o.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-07-13

tables covered with tea things and
boxes filed with excellent tobacco.
The moment arrives to begin. A little
culverin that stood near the platform
was fired off, the military judges COW
ering their ears with their hands to
protect Them from the frightfuf deto-
nation; then yellow flag was hoisted
to the top Of one of the forts, the tom
toms sounded a furious charge and
the soldiers rushed together pen-meI
uttering furious crles and grouping
themselves around the flag of their
company. It is impossible
to imagine anything more whimsical
and comic than the evolutions of the
Chinese soldiers; they advance, draw
back, leap, pirouette, cut capers,
crouch behind their shields as il to
watch the enemy, and then jump up
again, distribute blows right and left
and then run away with all their
might, crying @Victory, victory!"-
London Echo.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-07-13
Rather Funny.

Could any thing be funnier than
this from the New York Sun.
To the Editor of the Sun, Sirs:-
How is this as an illustration of the
difficulties of translation. l was in
Venice when the news of the Spanish
victory came and with my limited
knowledge Of Italian l was just able
to make out from ths morning paper
that Sampson had destroyed the
Spanish fleet and that there was
great rejoicing on our ships after the
fight; and wanting particulars I took
the paper to Professor Rovers, who
SPEAKS almost perfect scholars Eng
ish and had him to translate it to me
which he did in excellent style until
he came near the end, when with a
little hesitation he read. @And the
band played, The Flag with the
Stars on it,'and 1T will be very Warm
in the City this Evening"" It was
about minute before l recognized
the last piece.
Brooklyn, June Goth.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-07-13

In Bath, England, there is dentists
assistant who has n mania for tooth ex-
traction. He goes along the streets,
and on meeting little hoy alone tells
him to open his mouth and shut his
eyes" When the request is complied
with, ard before the unsuspecting iu-
Venile is aware Of what Is going on, q
pair of forceps 10 introduced between
the open jaws and out comes molar.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-07-13
China's Spectacular Military Review

China's Spectacular Military Review
Here is fetching description of a
military review that we have culled
from Mr.. Harold Gorst's new book on
China
AT one extremity Of the field there
was raised on slight elevation OF
ground a platform shaded by an i'm.
mense red parasol ornamented with
banners streamcrs and some large
lanterns, that did not seem particu.
larly necessary, as the sun was shin.
lng'in full splendor. Tho inspector OK.
traordinary Of the imperial army. mud
the principal civil and military mand.
arms OF the town we're on the plat
form, seated in armchairs before little
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-07-13
Delinquent Tax Sale.
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY TREASURER AND
Ex-OFFIC1o TAX RECEIVER,
ELKo, Elko County, Nevada

Ex-OFFICIo TAX RECEIVER.
ELKo, Elko County, Nevada
Juno 10. 1900.
in0tlce is hereoy given that in accordance
Win law, (see Statutes 1901, Sec 80, pages
147, l4S) each Of tho following descrif,ed
pieces or parcels OF property will be sold Mt
pubic auction, ut the court house door
town, county and State, aforesaid, on July
bidding at tax sales, under the provisions
of these sections, shall be for the SMALLEST
quantity OF property that will pay the taxes
penalties and COSTS to pay the delinquent
same, unless said taxes, penalties and
costs are paid to me before said date:
HAYWARD, MRS. E. ", Lamoille. Nov
Patented land. All Of section q T. 80 r.
81 f. 8. Il Of S. w. q Of z and N. f.. = of
Sec. Ia, T. 35, II. SO Z. Possy title n. W. !,
Sec 10, 7. 35, II. SO, E.-Value 5000 -
horses, value $50; 3 saddle horses, value
$50; 10 stock horses, value $50; jack, value
SO: mtlch cows, value $751; 3 hogs, value
SlO; wagons, value S6j; machinery value
S6O.-Total value 1856.
Total tax, $3l 85 Penalty, 80 40. Costs,
~ O-Total $40 81.
And you are hereby further notified, that
unless payment shall be made before said
day, the above described property will be
Sola on Monday, July II, 1890, at 12 o'clock
NJ, to pay the aforesaid delinquent taxes
pcnaltics and costs, also that, that 10 per
cent on the amount OF said taxes. and the
cost of advertising will be collected i'm nd.
dition to the original tax
Also that said property is subioct In re.
demption within six months from The date
OF such sale, by the payment of ali said
sums, with three por cent per month there.
on from date OF sale until paid;
County Treasurer and Ex-Of1oio
By Tax Receiver.
j. A. MCBRIDE, Deputy.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-07-13
WHERE Is 1T GOINGe

The Boise Capital is convinced
that every silver man who joined the
Bryan forces for principle three
years ago is determined to remain
away from the Hanna organization
Tor the same reason. Personal pique,
disappointed ambitions or partizan
preJudices do not influence men who
are actuated by devotion to principle.
Some few remained with the silver
forces in 1896 merely because the
prevailing sentiment was that way,
and they had not then insured against
probable losses Of prestige or patron
age. These have been ready from
the beginning to seize upon the first
excuse to return to the goldbug or
ganizatiCn.
"Where are such Republicans 60
ing?" asks the Capital. "Where is
the Salt Lake Tribune going? Will
they 60 back into the Republican
party? Well, what has the Republi-
can party ever done for silver? What
does it promise to do for silver now?
1t stands today pledged to the policy
OF fastening the single gold standard
permanently on this country. How
do silver Republicans like this pro-
gram? How does the Tribune like
it? In 1892 the Republican party de-
clared that the Anne rican people,
from tradition and interest, favor bi.
metallism and the Republican party
demands the use Of both gold and
silver as standard money What
does the party declare now?
sin 1896 the bowling plutocrats
Missed Dubois, Cannon and Teller
who in 1892 bore the banner of that
party that had declared for bimetal.
hsm, and drove the single gold stand
ard plank down the throats of the
tawning sycophants who bent the
supple hinges Of the knee and cow
cred in the dust before their masters.
In 1896 the Republican party made
one Of the most shameless campaigns
known to history, spending millions
OF dollars to corrupt voters in order
to defeat silver, and then won only
by scratch. Will men who are BIZ
metallists from conviction support
party pledged to eternal hostility TO
their principles? Will they turn
their backs now upon the white YES
tai virgin to. consort with that Re.
publican bawd? Perish the thought.
"Not man who left the Republi.
can party in 1896 from principle has
gone back, for the reason that the
party's position toward silver is the
same now as it was then. There are
more reasons why silver men should
leave the Republican party now than
there were in 1896. Then the party
held out slender hope for bimetal-
ism through international agree
ment, and some few believed it was
sincere. Now the Republican party
has thrown off the mask and pro-
claims it's fealty to the single gold
standard. That is what the Tribune
ID going back to. That Is the doc
trine that silver Republicans who go
back to the G. o. p. will have to advo-
cate and vote for. Better be dog
and bay at the moon than such a
Roman"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-07-13
DO YOU KNOW

Consumption is preventable? Scien ce
has proven that, and also that neglect
is suicidal. The worse cold or cough
can be cured with Shiloh's Cough
and Consumption Cure. Sold on pos
tive guarantee for over fifty years.
For sale by Elllo Drug CO.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-07-13
HOW is YOUR WIFE?

Has she lost her beauty? If SO,
Constipation, Indigestion, Sick Head
ache are the principal causes. Karl's
Glover Root Tea has cured these ills
for half century. Price % cts, and
5Olcts. Money refunded il results
are not satisfactory. For sale by
Elko Drug Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-07-13
Danger In the suItnn's Job.

VI the 80 sultans whohave ruled the
ottoman empire since the conquest of
Constantinople by the Turks, "a have
died violent deaths.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-07-13
Pickles We Copsume.

The people of the United States con.
sumo about 100000 bottles of pickles
every week.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-02-16
SPAIN ASTONISKED.

The Spanish are almost as much as
tonished at the fighting of our soldiers
as they were at the fighting of our wal
ships. For years their soldiers, many
thousand more than ours, had lain be-
hind the trenches about Manila and
other towns in the Philippines mac
tive, allowing the Insurgents to draw
their lines closer and closer in, and
Insurgents too VINO were not armed as
those our troops met and fought on
Sunday last, and yet they were either
afraid to go out and fight them, OR
were unable to do So When Ameri-
can troops were attacked they not
only repulsed the attack, but followed
it up, routing the enemy and scatter
ing him in all directions. Spain ought
now to hang her head in shame. In
Cuba the same incompetence prevail.
ed. There Spain had 100000 men well
armed and equipped, and three years
went by without success. Had the
Americans such body of men oppos
ed by the same forces which opposed
the Spaniards the Island of Cubs
would have been swept as with &
broom. Poor old Spain, all that is left
her is her pride, and this has had some
rough treatme of late.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-02-16
CIVIL SERVICE FRAUD,

Civil service has had its ups anG it!
downs, it Las strong advocates, an(
many able men oppose it, 1t has never
yet been drawn as deeply into polite:
as to make it an absorbing issue, but
it got a few jabs in the ribs this win
ter In Congress, and we sincerely hope
it may get blow over the solar plexus
which will put 1t to sleep" as the gen
tlemen of the ring say. when one OF
their number has been knocked out.
We are not a spokesman we think,
but we do believe in rawardlng those
with office who deserve it, fer having
helped change what they believe to be
the undeserved hold Of the opposing
party on the reins of government.
1t is cited in favor Of the civil service
Or merit system, that great railways
fad it tie proper thing to dc, to adj
vance those who have been found eff
Gent and faithful. That is very true.
SO do banks and factory people and
all persons aud corporations not po7it-
cal, who employ IL large number of
persons.
But it must be recalled that the
heads Of the departments and all high
officials change every four years in the
government service, Or at least with
every change Of the administration.
Who then is left to tell whether this
one Or that one is faithful, who is there
to testify to the value of the services
rendered? 1t is merely guess work
And those who know the departments
we'll know that many who hold places
there, are merely time servers, who if
they were secure in their positions on
account Of any such law as civil Ser
vice, would be still greater eye SER
wants. The changes Of heads in great
railway systems come go infrequently
and in such a quiet way as scarcely to
be felt. There is seldom an upheayal
and there is no such thing as party
strife, CT palitical turmoil antecetIent
to the change The cases are not
q p2oDoS. For our part we will hail |
With joy the day when the entire fraud |
known as civil service is wiped off IL e |
book Of the nation, as slate is cleaned |
with a wet sponge.