The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-17
Has Fast Firm Hold
on Webster.
WHOLE TOWN ILL.
Or at Least Ninety Per Cent
Are Some Affected.

Webster, Jan. 16.--" Sick?" yes"
Whats the matter?" 1.-THE grip, of
course" The above exchange of cour-
tesies is about all one hears in Web
ster nowadays. Everybody has got
the grip and the grip has got its icy
cold grip on everything. AS one local
physician remarked to The Spy man
today, that it was not Fashionable I'M
less you had, was going to have or
had just got over the grip.
A reporter for The Spy made a can
vass of the NJ. DIS today, and finds
that 50 per cent of the present cases
are directly responsible from la grippe.
If the patients haven't got the grip
they have pneumonia, the result of not
carefully nursing the grip when they
had it,
Never before in the annals of the
towns history have there been so many
cases of la grippe. In fact, a perfect
epidemic is raging and the doctors are
at their wits end trying to concoct an
ingredient that will put a damper on
the disease.
Among the latest cases are C. P.
Doane, who was to leave for Philadel-
phia today, but on account of the dis
Wis, the soprano soloist, who was not
able to sing at the Methodist Church
yesterday; E. w. Tourtellotte, overseer
| of the cutting department at Corbin' S
shoe factory; Conductor J. P. Kelly of
the electric road, and many others A
report comes from the Gore" that
there are % persons sick with the
| disease in that little hamlet. The worst
victims of the grip IN town are Mr..
| nd 1rS TOlo A oply
street.
| D. D. CIR, H. r. Beecher of South
bridge came to town tonight and in
stalled the officers-elect of Ben. Frank
| lin Council 1888, Royal Arcanum, which
was followed by a collation. and one
of the lodges famous smoke talks.
Quite number were present.
The directors of the electric road
held their regular monthly meeting at
headquarters today and various mat
ters incidental to the benefit of the
road were discussed. A new time table
has been figured out by Superintend-
ent w. H. Foss, which Will take effect
next week.
The Womar's Foreign Missionary So.
ciety of the M. E. Church will NEE
|
next Thursday afternoon.
Paul Plasse. the victim of Friday.
accident, lies at his residence in a par
TALLY comatose state. He is hardly
lexpected to live.
Edgar A. Bates will soon leave for
tour through England and Italy, for hi
health.
Tax Collector James H. Dwyer o
Dudley told the local correspondent o
The Spy, today, that he will deal will
those severely who fail to have thei
taxes paid by Feb. list. During Mr.
Dryers term, he has done hustlint
work, and only $4,000 remains to be col
lected, a very good record.
James Kelly left for Woonsocket to
day, where he will attend the funera
of his aunt. Mrs. John Hyden, on Wed
nesday next.
The engagement is announced O
Joseph Bridzynkiavicz and Miss Johan
nah Klinck.
!, Miss May Liberty and Miss Bess
> Tracy were sightseers in Worcester to
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. James t. Stanley vii
+ arrive in Savannah, Ga, today.
The board of selectmen today dreI
p orders as follows: L. E. Pattison, $101
fire department; Oscar Shumway, $1OC
e interest; cleaning chimney, $1.25 TIL
chairman Mr.. Clare, was absent
: Jimmie Meanwhile, driver for the Cit
A hotel coupe, had a narrow escape las
3 night The horse got frightened an
n ran away, breaking the tugs, an
dragging the driver several feet Blu
II slight damage was incurred.
q Charles Morton, son of Mr.. and Mr.:
e. ?. Morton, student at a New Yor
> medical school, is at home for a fe,
!, days.