The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-15

with IA tons of general merchandise and
a couple of horses. The owners of the
craft were e. E. Andrews of Buffalo
and M. A. Howard of Webster. They
brought in eight Austrians from San
Francisco, Cal. Mr.. Howard's party
came down from Lebarge.
The first mail to arrive by steamer
was May 20. 1t came on the Flora, in
the shape of 80 sacks, coming from
Lake Lebarge and the intermediate
points. 1t was heavy mass and kept
the post Office clerks busy sorting it for
two days, when the wickets were
opened and the crowd lined up by the
hundreds. 1t was nearly a couple of
days before they all got their mail
The Spy man, in glancing over the
paper, noticed the court news. The
lowest fine for drunkenness was $25 and
costs, while the highest was $50 and
trimmings.
This mornings early fire, which The
Spy covered when the dwelling house
of Antoine Markowski in Poland viii
lage, within a few hundred yards of
the standpipe, in the woods, was al
most Quilted, gave the members of the
fire department one of the hardest runs
for many a month The fire was nearly
a mile from headquarters, and in
reaching it there were two hard hills to
climb and a long run in the woods over
road that was galore with all kinds
of big and little powders.
Markowskf occupies the lower tene-
ment with his wife, aged mother and
his five children, all girls. There is an
upper tenement consisting of a kitchen
and two other rooms, but it was not
occupied at the time. When the fire
was discovered it had gained big lead
and it was impossible for the inmates
of the house to extinguish it unaided.
They had all they could do to get out
of the burning house alive, and escaped
with only their night clothes.
The origin of the fire at first was a
mystery From appearances it started
in the kitchen upstairs, but how was
the question. There had been no light
ed lamp in the room, nor had there
been a fire in the store since supper
time. The chimney, however, runs
through this room, and it is supposed
that defect in it is responsible for
the morning blaze
The fourth game in the series with
East Douglas will be played on Bea-
con park grounds tomorrow afternoon
at O'Clock Webster has won two Of
the three games played, and 1t will be
a fight from start to finish tomorrow
The East Douglas magnates have Sc
SuISu u IlSIl priced team OF BOOu play
ers. Big Mahoney will do the twirling
for them. but Webster people think he
will be meat for Capt. Staffords play
ers. There will be only one change in
the local team, and that is in tine
pitchers box. Young of Cornell, who
was Souder's partner there, and who
was released a week ago from Brook
lyn without being given a chance to
show his colors, will be in the box for
webster. Souders will be on hand In
case he is needed. The game will be
called promptly at the scheduled hour,
so that the players can get away in
time on the trains.
Mrs. Joseph Joyce and daughter,
Helen, and son FRANK of Boston, are
visiting her sister Miss Nellie M. He
derman, on High street, until the FIRST
of Septemb r.
Miss Bessie McManus Of Hartford is
spending couple Of weeks with her
aunt, Mrs. Ellen Morse, on Chase ave-
nue..
The D. l.. X. band will give an open
air concert at the Joslin house next
Thursday morning
The running team for the muster was