The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-08
POLICE AND FIRES.
Burning Questions
For Spencer Men
to Settle.
STAND PIPE WANTED
Paid Officers and Box Fire
Alarm System Are
Much Needed.

Spencer, April THE annual town
meeting for making appropriations and
transacting other business will take
place tomorrow afternoon at / o'clock
in the town hall. The principal ques-
tions which will be brought up are the
standpipe, paid police and the fire
alarm system.
The principal business men of the
town have signed the petitions that
have been circulated around town, ask
ing for paid police and a fire alarm
system. They do not consider their
stores and shops safe and will try all
in their power to have appropriations
made tomorrow for these two ques-
lions.
Prominent men have come into town
looking for locations for business pur-
poses, but after learning that there
We're no paid police or fire alarm sys-
TEN, they decided that their property
would not be safe and so did not locate
here.
Edwin Rogers of Boston, a fire alarm
system inspector, was in town few
weeks ago. and decided that 20 boxes
would be enough. This would cost the
town $4,000. The Spencer fire depart
ment has always accomplished good
work, but cannot be supposed to know
where the location of every fire is and
they lose valuable time in getting to
the places that are on fire.
AS to the paid police, many people
are blaming the officers if their places
are broken into, and say that the po-
lice force is Inefficient. The officers
every one of them, have to work for
their living and cannot be up all night.
A paid police force would require only
five or six officers, and this would not
cost the town a large sum of money,
men, and would save the business a
large amount of money and anxiety.
The funeral of the late Mrs. jarvis
Jones took place this afternoon at the
house on Pleasant street. Rev. r. f..
Smith OBLIGATED at the ceremony. The
body was placed in the Pine Grove
cemetery.
The John O'Gara Hose Company's
fair opened this evening at Mechanics
Hall with a fair attendance. An en-
tertainment was given, consisting OF
solo and artistic clog dancing by the
| Excelsior quartet, made up of Good
ness, Shields, Norton anG burning. At
ter the entertainment, dancing was III
| order until IL o'clock. A box Of cigars,
| pair of slippers, and silk umbrella Will
| be given away.
A large crowd attended the dance
given by the Wyanokes' Social club
| in SulliVan's Hall, East Brookfteld. l.
d. Achims orchestra furnished music,
i. H. McKenna prompter. carr
Haynes was floor director, assisted by
Ovid Ducette.
Charles L. Stanley returned yester-
day from the eye and ear infirmary in
Boston Mr. Stanley while working in
the No wire mills, Spencer, had d
piece of steel enter his eye. This hap
pened January IL, thirteen weeks ago.
He has not opened his eye until yes
terday. Last week he went to Worces-
ter and had Drs. Lowell and narrower
examine his eye. He was told by them
that it could not be saved, and if not
removed would cause the loss Of eye
sight in both his eyes.
Yesterday at Boston, Drs. Cheney,
Haskell and Mansur examined the eye
and told him it could be saved. The
X-rays We're tried on it and met with
success. An operation was performed
and a nerve in the eye was cut. To-day
Mr.. Stanley showed The Spy man that
he could open his eye. He will 90 to
alton performed.
An exciting runaway occurred this
afternoon on Main street. C. d. Rich
ardson of West Brookfleld drove up to
BoultOn's pharmacy and left the horse
standing in front of the store. The cleo
trio car was coming down Main street
and the horse became frightened and
galloped down the sidewalk in front
Of the big shop. The horse started to
leave the sidewalk but the wheel of the
buggy struck a wagon standing there
and was overturned.
The horse continued down the street
pulling the overturned buggy after it.
He was finally stopped at Pleasant
street. The buggy was completely
wrecked.
The Queen of Clubs held a reception
and dance this evening in Odd Fellows
hall. Invitations had been sent out to
most Of the prominent young people in
town and a large number were present.
Bemis' orchestra furnished music for
the dancing, which was kept up until
u o'clock.
Martin Ratigan has taken the local
agency for the Red Cross books.
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