The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-07
ELECTRICITY VS.. SLEET.
Combination Worked Badly on the Subj
ban Road.

| Dan RCdu'
Leicester, Jan. 6.-Sleet and electri-
| city are sworn enemies, and sleet on
| travel very uncertain. Early in the
afternoon the rain freezing on the wire
| made it difficult for the current to
| reach the motors, and the cars began
| to lose time. The cars coming up from
| Worcester were especially hindered, as
| they could not be fitted with the spe-
cial sleet wheel in the trolley until
the Leicester power station was
reached. One car which Spy reporter
boarded at Cherry Valley took Al min
| utes to make a trip, which is usually
done in 10 and "a minutes, were taken
| in coming up Winslow avenue. This
evening regular trips could not be
| made, and no one was certain when
they would reach their destination
The w. C. T. U. met this afternoon
with Mrs. VIM. f. Holman. Devotions
were led by Mrs. Katherine e. Grout.
Plans for the annual meeting to be held
Jan. 20 were made. The state presid-
emit Mrs. Katherine Lente Stevenson,
will be requested to give her address,
entitled Demands upon the Christian
| ity of today" The following delegates
to the county convention at South
| bridge Jan. &C. were chosen: Mrs. S. A.
Watson, Mrs. K. F. Fuller, Mrs. En-
ma Warren, Mrs. NJ. NJ. SeaVer, Mrs
| Ada Bigelow, Mrs. Nellie Snow, Mrs.
| Stella Arnold, Miss Adeline May, Miss
Sarah Young. Miss Mary Ashworth,
| Miss Bertha Smith, Mrs. D. C. Reid
Mrs. Florence Perry.
The newly-elected officers of the
Cherry Valley Methodist Church are:
Superintendent, George Legg; assist
ant superintendent, Miss Sarah Boyd;
secretary, Miss Ethelwynn Humphrey;
treasurer, William Marsden; librarian,
George Bolster; pianist, Miss Lillian
Doescher.
The Topic Club will meet with Miss
Mary E. Josiyn Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. H. H Capen of Spencer will ad
dress the ladies.
The assessors with Tax Collector II.
b. Watts, will be at the town hail Sat-
urday. 1 to p. M, for the aocomrlo-
dation of all people who think their
taxes should be abated.
The Ladies' Social Whist Club was
entertained by Mrs. C. r. Sleeper last
evening at the Leicester Sixteen ladies'
were present. The hostess treated all
the guests to luncheon. A box of vlo-
lets was sent to Mrs. Helen T. Pratt
iidnH dl the city hospital.
George Lahare, 12-year-old son Of
John Lahare of Lakeside, slipped on
Ice today and cut a cash in the top
of his head. DR.. McNeish took several
stitches in the cut.
A communion service will be held at
the Cherry Valley M. E Church Sun
day morning, and there will be the reg
ular Epworth League and preaching
services in the evening. Last Sunday
was the regular day for communion
service. but it was postponed on ac-
count of the small attendance.
Constable James A. Quinn's hound
returned yesterday after an absence of
six days, in a very hungry condition
Miss Annie Mcfarland is i'll with the
grip.
Rev. N. Seaver will preach his an
nual New Years sermon on Sunday,
The new vestibule cars on the sub
Arban have been fitted with a new troll
pey rope holder that keeps the trolley
from flying way up in the air when
1t leaves the wire.
Mrs. P. Il. Denny left today for Del
aware, where her mother, Mrs. Louisa
Knight, has been taken ill with the
grip.