The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-30

NOVA SCOTIA.
"A very pretty wedding took place at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas A.
Williams, Yarmouth. on Christmas eve,
when their daughter, Margaret Louise
was married to Joseph Churchill Hilton.
The ceremony was performed by Rev,
Mr.. Saunders, who years before had tied
/ the nuptial knot for the brides father
and mother assisted by the pastor of the
Tabernacle Church. A large company OF
relatives and friends witnessed the cere-
mony. There were many beautiful and
useful presents. Christmas afternoon Mr..
and Mrs. Hilton left on the steamer Bos-
ton en- route for New City, where they
will reside
The 50th anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Roach of Roachville, Kings County,
was celebrated last Monday. About % OF
their friends were present, including sew
eral of the wedding guests of so years
ago. Mr.. Roach is 70 years old and Mrs.
Roach &c.
AT Sweets mill, Stormont, in October
and November, 90 tons of quartz from the
Goldfnch property crushed yielded "a o.,
11dwt. gold.
Two men, one of them from Boston,
who have been informing on Scott Act
violators in Yarmouth, were beaten in
that town on Saturday night. The Boston
man is said to have gone to Halifax.
The proprietor of the Mayfower
House, Yarmouth, was found guilty of
keeping liquor for sale, and the stock,
amounting to Az bottles, which was seized
during the late raid, was declared for
feited and ordered to be destroyed, which
was accordingly done, under proper SUI
pervision, in the jail yard.
The Times says that the business
transacted in the post office, Yarmouth
Dec. q, was the largest single days bust
ness on record. Stamps to the value of
$l25 were sold, and 16 sacks of mail were
sent to Boston by the steamer Boston.
The steamer Prince Edward, in COM
mand of Capt. Lockhart, from Halifax
and Yarmouth arrived at Boston last
week. The Edward has been running
between ports on the south side of Nova
Scotia for many months, and in her cargo
was a consignment of 175 crates of live
Holsters.
j. f. Masters New England agent Of
the Dominion Atlantic Railway line, who
has been abroad for some weeks is again
at the company's office in Boston.
Amherst has placed itself in the line
of progress and voted overwhelmingly for
a system of sewerage. The final result
showed 81 for and 1873 against.
The following shipping was cleared at
the Lunenburg customs during the past
week: Brigantine Sceptre, Capt. Dexter,
for Ponce. Porto Rico, with 1876 tierces, Is
drums and 1870 boxes Goldfish, so barrels
and 500 boxes herring. 5000 feet of lumber,
by Zwicker & Co: Ellen Manner, Capt.
Maxner. for Boston, with 1900 bushels po-
tatoes; Maggie NJ. w, Capt Hickman,
by Hirtle, Rafuse & Co. for Boston via
Ritcey's Cove Renown, Capt. Richard
Hickman, for Halifax, with 220O quintals
Goldfish: Atlanta, Capt Richard Silver,
with 1900 quintals Goldfish, for Halifax.
NEW BRUNSWICK.
Steamer Usher. Capt. Cam. South
fri fDr Vrbiph into Rnr-
muda a few days ago, had in tow steamer
Belfast. The latter steamer was on the
passage from Las Palmas, Dec. 8, for
Baltimore. She had lost her propeller,
and was towed by the Usher 800 miles
The Belfast is a steel steamer of 2l39 tons
register, was launched in 1880, and is
owned by Thomas Dixon q Sons of Bel
fast The Yarmouth owners of the
Usher will have a neat little sum in sal
wage to put in their Christmas stockings.
The St John hotels got up some elab-
crate menus for their guests Christmas
dinners. The Royal led in number and
variety of dishes and unique souvenir
program.
The Dufferin bill of fare was a modest
bit of printing, in view of the fact that
after Mr.. McCaffrey's name as manager
were the words, Caterer to Their Royal
Eighnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cornwall and York" a pretty double
cover in golf red; on the outside one the
Dufferin arms struck up in gold; on the
inside a Christmas wish in raised white.
The ordinary letter press was in neat
combination of scarlet and green.
This year the Royal outdid itself by a
beautiful menu in book form, a copy
after the celebrated Roycroft books for
which the KemsCott Press set the fash
ion. The menu is bound in leather, and
across the face has stamped in gold the
words. Christmas Greetings" Some Of
he We n pqyihOn hl1t IL
impossible to get enough of this leather,
and so others are in calf The inside
binding is brown satin
The High School authorities in Pre-
toria want to take DR.. II. S Bridges, head
master of the st. John High School, to
manage their chief educational institu-
ton. 1t is understood that DR.. Bridges
is offered the sum of $3.50 pounds a year
and uuarters-at the very least the equiv
alent of s40O0-and a three years engage
ment.
of the five steamers at Sand Point the
grain shipments will not be very heavy,
The Head Line boat will take about 60 900
bushels. the Partisan and Alcides have
not ordered yet, and the Manchester
Commerce about So. 900. The Hurona takes
horses exclusively. There are over $1,000
bushels of grain in the elevator.
DOMINION.
S. J. Williams of Berlin has succeeded
in his mission OF securing the cO-Opera-
ton of Mr.. Penoyer of Bay City, Mich,
with the Ontario Sugar Company. Capt.
James Davidson has awarded to the
American Construction and Supply Com
pany of New York the contract for a
sugar factory to be erected at Dresden.
Ont. and to cost 5000 60 Associated with
Capt. Davidson in the project are S. J
FitZsimmOns and James H. Walsh of
Detroit. The factory is to be ready for
operation by Sept. I. 1902. and the first
years supply Of beets is already con-
tracted for The government has granted
the manufacturers S75O00 annually for a
period of three years. or at a rate Of not
more than one-half cent per pound sugar.
The farmer reaps almost all the benefit
a the act sets the price Of beets at 81 a
ton. while the price obtained for the
beets now grown is only about $3.50. A
ton Of beets will give about 800 pounds of
sugar.
The Crown Lands Department has
been advised that 1907 locations of land
were taken up in the Temiskaming re-
gion during the first II months of the
year This Is equivalent to more than
100 400 acres. About 20 families of settlers,
with 90 carloads Of effects, will leave
Faukton. in South Dakota and will take
uD land in the neighborhood of Port Ar
thur. a small party having already come
over from that point.
The deer hunting season in Ontario
resulted most satisfactorily to the hunters