The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-18

mouth, since December last, lUl tons OF
quartz crushed yielded p OF. dwt. gold.
AT the Reynolds mill, Caribou, from
! April until October, inclusive, GA tons of
quartz crushed yielded 54 OF. II dwt. gold.
A valuable deposit of galena is report
ed to have been discovered at Aspy Bay,
C. B. The ore yields Ga per cent of lead
besides silver.
The schooner Lady Hill has been char
tered to load 1000 bushels of potatoes at
West River Bridge, P. E. l., for Liver
pool, N. S.
The Nova Scotia hay crop is reported
20 per cent above the average this year,
but other crops lighter.
The steam trawler Harbinger brought
into Yarmouth last week on one trip 10000
pounds mixed fish and a large lot of hall
but Capt Sol Jacobs, the chief of Glou-
| cesters Captains Courageous had a
| look at the Harbinger while at Yarmouth.
About two weeks ago a Mr.. Demond
| of North Brookfield, while in the woods,
| came across a boulder showing specimens
of very fine gold He associated with
| himself a Mr.. Munro and George King of
Annapolis. After stalking out the claim,
Mr. King went to Halifax and took up
large number of areas. Prospecting for
the lead, they were successful in locating
it. The first blast unearthed pocket
containing, it is estimated, over $1,000
worth of gold.
Work has been completed on the gov
eminent pier at Digby new freight
shed has been built, 275 by "a feet. con-
venient office is situated over the slip.
John M. Daily of New York has re-
ceived the appointment of general man
ager of the Cape Breton Railway Com
pany, with headquarters for the present
at Port Hawkesbury.
! The government steamer Newfound-
Hand sailed Saturday afternoon for Sable
Island with supplies. She will return
early and bring up the cranberry crop of
1.-THE island for Thanksgiving day.
Several towns have already opened
manual training schools Yarmouth, Pic
tou, Lunenburg and Bridgewater being
the first. other towns have the matter
well in hand. Nova Scotia heads Canada
in this matter.
The steamer Yarmouth, Capt. Smith,
sailed from Halifax Saturday on her last
trip under charter to the Plant line. She
kept her record as popular craft, and
Capt. Smith made many friends during
most successful season.
The steamer Boston of the Dominion
Atlantic is carrying many passengers
from and to Boston There is a lot of
travel between Yarmouth and Boston at
all seasons of the year.
j. F. Fraser, superintendent of the
government cold storage plants, has re-
turned from visit to Sambro where he
had been inspecting the cold storage plant
there. The building is filled to the doors
with bait, there being over 100000 pounds
of squid there.
The Norwegian steamer Truma, Capt
| Morganson, unloaded 200 tons of steel
rails at Pictou Landing last week. The
steamer Hestia is now discharging 1000
tons of the same cargo. The Hestia is
1.-THE largest steamer that has ever entered
the harbor The Hestia's crew are all
Scotchmen, and converse with one an
lother while at work in the Gaelic tongue.
| ,la
pool with $500 tons. The steamer Jaris-
burg, now discharging iron ore at the
steel company's pier, will leave for Bos-
ton in a few days with about 1900 tons of
pig iron.
NEW BRUNSWICK.
w. S. Fisher president of the ST. John
Board of Trade, is the right man in the
right place. His advanced ideas on the
business needs of New Brunswick COM
mercial metropolis place him in the van
of successful business men, who, while
neglecting none of their own business af-
fairs, find time to work for the general
good of the whole community.
Hon. H r. Emerson, president of the
New Brunswick Petroleum Company, who
is working to develop the oil industry of
New Brunswick, reports: I'VE are pros
ecuting the work of boring wells at st.
tJoseph's near Memramcook with all the
energy possible Boring has also been
commenced at McLatcheys, Upper Hills
| boro, Albert County, about u miles from
Moncton. We also hope to have a deep
drilling machine in that vicinity in
very short time Our only difficulty now
! is in getting drilling rigs in sufficient
number, but that obstacle we hope to
overcome in the near future"
| The st. John mills will be capable of
turning out about S500,00 worth per year.
1t is expected that considerable new ma
chinery will be equipped, including new
cards and a German mapping plant
- There is a likelihood of the extension
of the term of Mr.. Mcclellan as lieutenant
governor of New Brunswick.
The St. John City Council has con-
scented to provide a library site and 5000
| year for maintenance In return for a
gift of $4,000 from Carnegie.
Thomas z. Cullen of Charlottetown
was on Friday elevated to the holy priest
hood the impressive ordination ceremony
being performed at St. Pauls Seminary,
st. Paul. MINI. Father Cullen celebrated
| his first mass in st. Paul's Cathedral,
that city, on Sunday, in the presence of a
| large congregation. He is a son of Pat
rick Cullen, and was for several years
principal of Queen Square School, Char
] lottetown.
| The long summer of a. Prince Ed
ward Island will be remel ed for a
generation to come with i Ard of
November already gone and [ kather
which has marked the season since May,