The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-10

AN AFFLICTED FAMILY.
Leicester House Invaded
By Scarlet Fever-A
Trolley Party.

Leicester, Aug. 9.-Henry Hill, who
lives on Main street, near the Worces-
! ter line, has more than his share OF
! trouble. Scarlet fever of a dangerous
form has broken out among his child
rem and the house is placarded. Yester-
day his daughter Mary, about Is years
OF age, and Frank, aged Ii, were taken
to the isolation hospital, Worcester.
Today it was thought advisable tt
remove the eldest daughter, Mabel, with
the next daughter, Alice, to the hos
pltal. There are several other children
IN the family who have as yet shown nc
| symptoms, though, of course, they have
been exposed to the infection. Dr. Tripr
| or worcester is attending the family
Hill is employed at the Grove street
works of the Washburn & Moen branch
OF the American Steel and Wire COM
pany, Worcester
Miss Mary Ann Brennan died at her
nome at the corner of Main and Auburn
streets, Cherry Valley, this forenoon OF
| consumption. She was about 80 years
old and was the only surviving child of
Murty Brennan of Cherry Valley out
Of a large family. She had not been
able to work steadily for some time
past but was employed at the Brick
| City mill for years.
Miss Sarah w. Fuller Of Pleasant
street attained the age of rs years on
Monday, Aug. Z, and the occasion was
| celebrated with her by her brother
| Rufus Fuller of Springfield and a cou-
| sin, Miss Ida Warren, of Leicester, the
| owner of Sunset Villa. The party took
a trolley ride to the old Warren home
stead on Main street, near the Spencer
| line, where her great grandfather,
Ebenezer Warren, settled about 15C
years ago, and has ever since been &C.
cupied by his descendants. Then the
| party visited an ancient homestead OF
| the Fuller family in the center of the
town of Warren, which Miss Fuller mad
not seen since she was a child.
AS Miss Fuller, at her advanced age
does not often leave her home in Lei
cester it was to her very enjoyable
| trip. A large part of her life has been
| spent in caring for her aged mother
who lived to be &c. and she then cared
| for her elder, sister in her declining
years.
| A special electric conveyed party of
| eight including two members of the
state highway commission, three civil
| engineers, two directors and the super
| intendent of the Worcester & Suburban.
over the route of the proposed 1899 ser
| tlon OF state highway, today. The party
| took dinner at the Leicester. The mem
| bers were T. C. Mendenhall of Wor-
cester, chairman Of the state highway
commission; W. E. McClintock of th9
! commission; Engineers Charles Mills
j. T. Farnham and J. A Johnston
President Samuel E. Winslow and Geo.
| A. Smith of the directors of the Wor-
cester & Suburban, and Superintendent
John B. O'Gorman of the Suburban.
The following won prizes at the Lei
cester whist party last night: Miss
| Catherine Olney secured the first lady !
prize, silver backed bonnet brush;
| Mrs. E. L. Watson secured second, sill
| yer glove stretcher, and Miss N Olive
| Knight third, a candlestick. Arthur F
| Estabrook won the first gentleman's
| prize, silver match safe; T. G. Kent
| second, a tortoise-shell comb, and
Augustus Minott third, a stein. Robert
| S. Olney won the consolation.
| John Butler has secured a job as
driver for Kane Bros, Worcester.
| Carl Fish of New York is a guest OF
H. O. Smith and family.
| The maple tree on the north side oil
Main street, opposite Pleasant street
| which forgot to leave out this year, is
| to be removed, and work was com
menced today. When the state road
was built, this tree was moved severa
| feet, although it is all of 80 feet high
and the shift did not agree with it.
Arthur and Jean Laviolette of Mil
| ford are guests Of ]. P. Ashley anG
| family