The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-31
THE CITY.

| hands of the printer, and will be ready
| the last OF the week.
The chorus of the Old South Church
will resume its service Sunday, and the
| first rehearsal will be held Saturday
evening at $50 o'clock.
Contractor Thomas ]. Smith of this
city has the contract for Improvement
| work about the presidents house at
Amherst College.
| The next meeting of the board of
trade will be held Sept IA, the meetings
! coming hereafter on the second Thurs
! day of each month instead of the sec
ond Tuesday.
| Mr.. and Mrs. James Dick and daugh-
| ter, Mrs. p. P. Lane, returned from a
trip abroad, after having spent several
weeks in England, Scotland and Ire
| land.
| Miss Mamie Dugan of Warren, who
has been visiting Miss Charlotte Stowe
OF Park avenue, has gone to Block Is
land: From there she will return to
| her home.
John Spaulding, baggage master on
| the Norwich division of the N Y, N, H
& H. R. r.. left yesterday morning for
a trip to Narragapsett Pier, Block Is
land and Newport.
Mrs. Frank NJ. Blanchard had hand
bag stolen from her yesterday morning
| at 233 Main street, where she laid it
! down for a moment The theft was re-
ported to the police.
| Josephine Nordenberg, Louisa Smith
and Victor Tag were among the Wor-
| cester people registered as passengers
on the Dominion liner New England,
| out of Boston VaSterdav
The many friends of Mrs. Abby
/ Locke Stone will be glad to know that
| she is recovering from the attack of
rheumatic fever, which has confined
her to the house for the past six
| weeks.
James Conley was taken sick yester-
day morning on Main street, about Z
| O'Clock, while on his way to work He
fell to the sidewalk and was later taken
to his home on Liberty street in the
police patrol
Capt. and Mrs. John S. Baldwin
come up from their farm at Orcoot
Cove, Buzzards' bay, tomorrow, to
open their house on Chatham street for
the winter. The other members of the
family will follow in q few days.
Bids for heating the Providence street
Si6iAlC MUSE were OpeueQ dl NOON yes
! terdaY, and the contract was awarded
to Edwin Halves for $1129. The other
bids received were: Washburn & Gar
field, $3.50; 0. S. Kendall & Son, $126S;
Sinclair & Duquet, 1880.
The last trip of the fresh air children
will be taken today Special cars Will
leave the city hall for the lake at 80
o'clock. At Lincoln park the party will
take the steamer for Quinsigamond
park, where a rest of two hours will be
made, the party returning at o'clock.
Sergt. Walter N. Drohan, who was
transferred to station a short time
ago, will probably be back at his old
post at station 1 before long. Yesterday
Chief of Police James NJ. brennan said
that he intended to have the popular
officer back at the central station in a
short time.
Mrs James H. Mellen will give a
| lawn party at her home on Providence
| street, Wednesday evening. She will
be assisted by a number of young
women of st. John parish, and various
articles will be on sale during the even
| ing, the proceeds of which will go tow
ard the convent fund Of the Sisters of
Notre Dame.
The trustees of the Bay State Saw
ings Bank held their regular quarterly
| meeting at the bank 476 Main street,
last evening, and found the bank to be
in prosperous condition. The work of
the evening was supplemented by de-
| claring a dividend at the rate of 4 per
cent per annum, which will be grateful
news to depositors.
At a special meeting of the Provi-
| dence, Webster and Springfield Rail-
road Company, Tuesday, Charles G.
Washburn was elected a director and
president, Frank Buckley Smith treas
urer, and Samuel Slater of Boston d.
rector. The changes were made neces-
sary by the death Of H. N. Slater of
| Webster, who was president and treas
urer Of the road.
Calvary Commandery, X of NJ, at
meeting in Malta temple last night
elected the following officers for three
months: G., William L. Petit; C. g.,
C. K. Campbell; p, A. r. Wilder; S.
W., F. H. Squires; A. r., A. A. Scott;
trustee for is months, A. A. Wilder;
representative at large, A. d. Thayer.
The recorder and treasurer hold over
until the annual election in March.
During the Foresters parade yester-
day morning, little boy was run into
by a bicyclist at the corner of Main
and Pleasant streets. He was carried
to DR.. Francis Bricks office, on High
street, where, on examfsa tion it was
found his eye had been injured prob
ably by a blow from the handle bar on
the wheel. His wound was dressed
and he walked to his home at 10 Spruce
street.
The annual examination of candidates
for teachers for the city schools began
yesterday at $50 a. M at ATS Main
StxyfNv xIoN
present, most of them members of the
June class of the normal school. Nine
are trying for kindergarten positions,
Is for evening school certificates and 40
for the regular teachers certificate The
examinations will be continued today,
beginning at $50 a. m,
The following patents were granted
this week to Worcester county invent
ors, as reported from the office of John
G. Dewey: Charles w. & M J.
Greenwood, Gardner, wood attending
machine; Charles w. & M.
j. Greenwood, Gardner. recipro-
eating hydraulic press; George Il. Lit
tlefield, Hollston, assignor to F. w.
Mann & Co., Milford, feeding device for
poultry; Harry G.. Manning, Fitchburg,
saw tool; David McTaggart, Worces-
ter, winding machine; Charles Fl. Nor
gan, assignor to Morgan Construction
COMPANY. Worcester, furnace for heat
ing ingots; Frederic r. Russell. assign
or of one-half to M. NJ Favor, Gard
ner, door check or closer; Edward S.
Simpson, Hopedale, assignor to Draper
Company, Hopedale, Mass, and Port
land, Me-, loom shuttle.
TEAM STOLEN.
Peter A. Fryberg, wood dealer, at ~
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