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

The members of the North Brookfield
fire department are receiving congratu-
lations today on the receipt of purse
made up by subscription yesterday. to
defray their expenses to Webster Fri
day. Tomorrow driver John NATION
will take the apparatus to Webster, so
that it will be cleaned up and have on
its best attire in time for the parade.
The steamer company has been max
ing fast trials and hopes to capture a
good prize.
Manager NJ. E. Howard of the North
Brookfield base ball team intends to
defeat the Spencer team Saturday if
there is the talent in town to do it, and
it is generally conceded that there is.
Noon and Duggan, the pony battery
which did such good work last Satur-
day, will be in the points again. On
first base things will be looked after by
James Burke, or, as he is better known
to old ball players, tom King" Mi
chael Mcnamara, another old timer,
Will play second base, and Jere Kelli-
her, promising youngster, is booked
to play third. Ryan of Worcester, who
did such clever work for North Brook
field in the last game, will probably
play the short field and Mortimer
Howard, Timothy Murphy and James
Gaffney are scheduled to play in the
arranged for another game with the
Spencer team to be played here Sept. 9.
Miss Grace Rollins of Clinton and
Miss Gardner of Boston are visiting
George Rollins and wife of Chestnut
street.
B. G. Clapp of Worcester is a guest
at the home of Albert Jewell in the
north part of the town.
Miss Hattie Maynard of Worcester is
60, i
the guest of w. w. Hill and family of
South Main street.
A good sized and very enthusiastic
audience attended the presentation OF
the Bachelors Banquet" at town hall
tonight
The entertainment was managed by
the Manse Club, and the participants
were some Of the most popular and well
known young people in town. Many of
them had taken part in amateur theat-
ricals before, and so were entirely at
home on the stage After the per-
Torrance, which brought forth great
applause and much laughter, a great
number of the spectators remained to
enjoy the pleasures of a social hop I'M
der the management of the young peo-
pie.
Among the North Brookfield people
who attended the Charter Oak races az
I1dlt 1oEu lOudy were w. w. Hill, lOnn
P. Ranger, Bert Rich, Uric Hirbour,
Alphonse Matthews, Edward Herlihy,
Frank Mitchell and Charles Hart. ="
Mrs. Melvina Kelly slipped and fell
on stairway at the Batcheller factory
last evening, injuring her back severe
ly. DR.. A. H. Prouty attended her.
Hon. 7. c. Bates has purchased from
Mrs. Owen Trainor a large tract of land
which adjoins his estate at the famous
Quaboag springs The land is a fine
elevation, commanding a grand view
and is what has always been known as
Trainor hill. 1t is thought that Mr..
Bates may decide to build on its crest.
Superintendent C. A. Jefts of the
Warren, Brookfeld & Spencer Street
Railway Company was in town today
looking over the ground at the North
Brookfeld terminus of the line to see
If there is a necessity for placing All
electric light there.
Hon. Theodore c. Bates and Postmas-
ter Charles F. Maxwell called on Rev.
James P. Tuite this afternoon to ex-
press to him personally the regret they
feel at his departure, also their wish
that he will prosper in his new field of
labor
Louis Cadieux of Holyoke is the guest
of James e. Downey of School street.
Mr.. Cadieux is to enter Amherst col
lege the coming term.
The x. Y. 2. Club, which has had one
OF the most popular cottages on Lash
away this summer, will close the house
for the season tomorrow.