The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-03
NO DAY NURSERY.
Lack of Funds De-
lays Charitable
Scheme.
FUNERAL OF O'MALLEY.
Large Crowd in Church
Bemoan His Tragic
Death.
FUNERAL OF O'MALLEY.

Clinton, Dec. 2.-The Woman's Club
mas abandoned for the present, at least,
the cherished plan of establishing
day nursery for the children of women
who work in the great mills of the
town. There are several reasons why
the scheme, although long thought of,
is now laid over for an indefinite pc
riod. Lack # funds is perhaps the
principal. The club is engaged in nu-
merous good works as a club. It's
members are very largely drawn from
the ranks of women who are active in
one form or another of church work,
and the demand upon their purses as
individuals is great
To establish and operate the home
for the first year would doubtless re-
quire in the neighborhood of $780, Some
ladies have estimated the cost as low
as $780,
tenement which was available last
fall cannot be had now The tenement
offered free of rent then by Charles
H. Richardson, agent of the Lancaster
mills. is in use on account of the in
creased number of employees in the
mill. Every corporation house has
been pressed into use, and more are
needed
1t is exceedingly probable that the
clinton polo team will go into the
southeastern league with Lawrence
and Salem, although it cannot be said
that the scheme is in any way COM
plete. The New England league is a
thing of the past, in its present form,
at least. Clinton and the majority Of
the teams in the league cannot stand
n no oil
live. The big railroad fares eat all
the profit of the game in other places
Once in the Southeastern league, Gin
ton should be in clover The jumps
are comparatively short between the
cities in the league. Also, the average
OF play is poorer and the team ought to
turn into a winner
One other factor has initiated to
make the New England league fail
ure. Very ordinary polo talent has
been demanding extraordinary prices.
Good times brought a revival of the
game, produced large number of
teams made players scarce, and put
them In a position to demand big
money Now the market is overstock-
ed with teams, some of which must
fall by the wayside. Men who have
demanded big prices for third-rate
ability, it is said here, will be glad
soon to get a chance to play at any
price.
Clinton, Lawrence and Salem seem to
have gone into a combination to do"
Amesbury, Manchester and Portland.
The managers of these teams shrewdly
began negotiations, and kept them quiet
until they considered the deal ready
to close with the Southeastern league.
Then they broke the news to the other
managers. The blow killed the New
England league.
Fred J Bassett will be discharged
from Clinton hospital Monday. The
stump Of his hand has healed rapidly
G.. S. Gibson will be able to present Mr.
Bassett with $3.50, as a result of the
subscription paper which was passed
in his interest
The funeral of John F. O'Reilly took
place in St. Johns church at o'clock
this afternoon. Rev. w. c. McCaug-
han read the service. The casket was
borne by a delegation of six persons
from Div s. A. 0. H. A large number
of the members of the division attend
ed in a body and followed the hearse
to st. Johns new cemetery, where the
interment took place.
A larger number of persons than
usual was attracted to the church by
the tragedy by which OMalley lost
his life. He was drowned in Big pond
Thanksgiving night. The sorrow of
the widow and her children was ex-
pressed in pathetic sobbing.
The Clinton police made 6S arrests in
November a falling off of nearly one
fourth from the September arrests.
The deficiency represents the tendency
of a large number of drinking men to
be prudent while winter lasts, the po-
lice say.
The list includes three young women
who escaped from the Lancaster re-
form school for girls, and were re-
turned These escapes are common.
There is little to prevent a young wom
an leaving the school if she wishes to,
but she is soon pecaptured. Generally
they never get further than Clinton.
The police have a keen eye for the
young women, because there is re-
ward of S. or $40 for each one returned
to the school
Franklin Nourse of Sterling died yes
terday His widow is very ill and is
not expected to live. Mr.. Nourse is
we'll known here. especially as fire.
quent and generous contributor to the
Clinton hospital