The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-07
PROVINCE NOTES,
NOVA sCor1A-

Richard Raymond, one of the oldest
residents of Yarmouth died Jan. 20, in
his 9Sd year. He retained in a remark
able degree the undiminished use of his
faculties until a few months ago, since
which time he has gradually been
failing in health.
The business portion of>the town Of
/ Bridgewater burned on Jan. IL, will be
rebuilded further away from the water
front. The town council proposes to
appropriate the riverside front on Main
street. making it an esplanade leaving
open beautiful view of the river and
thus making Bridgewater one of the
most attractive towns in Nova Scotia,
The number of packages and value
of live HOLSTERS shipped from Yarmouth
to Boston for the month ending Jan.
81, 1898, and for the same month in 1899
We're: In 1898, packages 1884, value
SSl,65S; 1889, packages 3079, value
$44.5o5. An increase of 245 packages
and in value of S12S4 OF this months
shipments the steamer Boston carried
/ 1900 packages and the Prince George
the balance
| The Sissboo Falls Pulp Company,
! which has been established for some
| four years works up over 1000, 600 feet
I
miles from Weymouth town, and ship
ments are being made at present via
| Digby, transferring there for st. John
Almost the entire output is marketed
| in England. Robert WOODBURY., for
many years mechanical engineer of the
Dominion Atlantic railway is in charge
| of these works.
| A movement is afoot to greatly devel-
| op the pulp business of the western part
| of the province. Charles Burrin Of
! Weymouth left for England a few days
| ago, to conclude the arrangements of
| a scheme in which he is interested and
which will be backed by English capt.
tai. The plan of the new company is
| to buy large tracts of timber land
along the Sissiboo river back of Wey-
mouth, and to erect one or more pulp
mills, there being a number of excel
lent water privileges along the river.
| The rights of purchase have already
been secured, and 1t only remains to
finance the stock and begin operations.
William McNaughton, the notorious
moonshiner," mas been captured at
Digby after having eluded the law for
several months. He was taken to
prisonment for term of eight months.
with hard labor and to pay a fine of
$500.
Wade & Patton of Bridgewater have
applied to the legislature for Joint stock
Incorporation for electric lighting, etc.
through Halifax, Annapolis, Kings and
Hants counties, and also to build an
electric tram from Halifax to Malone
Bay for which the property required is
already bonded.
] A unique milk cart is being built by
A. A. Archibald of Truro for a party
in Kingston, Jamaica
The Weekly Times is the name of a
new paper published at Dartmouth
The new steamer on the stocks al
Liverpool, for the Cape Sable Packing
Company, is progressing rapidly.
The steamer Westport built for the
lnsular Steamship Company, to ply be-
| tween Westport and Yarmouth has
been rebuilt and is now one of the pref
test steamers belonging to Yarmouth
A laughable mistake was made in
connection with the opening of the Leg
! stature last week. There We're two
guards of honor at the Legislative
building, and at the citadel, a half mile
away, detachment of artillery was
stationed to fire a salute as the COVER
nor entered the building A quarter OF
an hour before Gov. DAILY was due, Gen
| Lord William Seymour, commandine
the forces, drove up to the building in
full uniform. A sergeant of the royal
artillery had been stationed at the cor
| llcI, III view O1 the citadel battery,
| whose duty it was, whenever the COVER
nor made his appearance. to signal the
fort. He saw the general enter the
| building, the guard presenting arms
and forthwith flashed his signal to com
mence the royal salute The guns
doomed forth, but Gov DAILY had not
left his residence He started as fast as
he could, but long ere he reached the
] province building the salute had ceased
and there was no cannonade for the
queens representative There was CON
sternation among the military. who
We're present in" large numbers among
the society people.
Post offices have been opened in Cole
Harbor Road and Cow Bay. in Halifax
county. Gesner's Creek and Willet's
Corner post Offices in Annapolis have
been closed, and the name of the South