The Press., 1883-06-28
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LecAl Notices. .


 -J. J. GalliEan & Go. have made great
 reductions in the prices of ice chests and re-
 frigerators. The prices are very low.
 Remember the great book sale at Forbes
 & Wallace, which began Thursday.
 Forbes & Wallace Springfield offer cam
 brics, choice styles, 644c., down from 129c. {;
 lace buntings, 15c., down from 25c. The
 colors are cream, black, blue wine, crushed
 strawberry. Nuns yelling, 15c, down from
 25c. Full assortment of fannels, for seaside
 or mountain, at very low prices.
 The closing up of business, July 1st by
 Henry Reyes & Co.,, Springfield, makes a grand chance to purchase mems and boys
 clothing and underwear at your own price, as they are selling without regard to cost.
 70. D. Morse of the s'Central Shoe Store, )
 Springfield, has just lain himself out on his preparation for his ''4th of July" trade. He has everything for everybody, from gray haired age, leaning on it's staff, to tender in- fancy kicking up it's heels in the cradle. Give him call 'It will pay"
 Forbes & Wallace, Springfield, offer long plumes. in white and cream colors, at $1 50, $1.75, $2.50, which are just half the usual price; also lot of colored tips, three in bunch for 50c.-cheap at $1.
 e. D. Ferre at 327 Main-st., Springfield, makes to order all the latest and most fash ionable styles in hair goods. He also has very large and complete assortment of switch es in all shades and at all prices
 Book cases, secretaries, ladies' writing desks and office desks in great variety can be found at Metcalf tk Luthers, Springfield
 -Metcaf & Luther, Springfield, sell all house-fu furnishing goods, and receive pay in weekly or monthly installments, which is a great accommodation to young housekeepers
 STAFFOrD.
 Esquire Eaton's new house Is being ct o1c A sons on East-st. Rev. w W. Ellis new cottage on Church-st is painted tastily in color by Fletcher, and is a handsome structure.
 MI. Steele finds that his business re- quires the employment of two bakers. He Is doing larger business than any of his predecessors. What is best of all the busi- ness is under the eye of Mrs. Steele, and Is neatly done-a grateful change from many of it's past managers-and so is get ting the patronage of 8 more fastidious class of people.
 Parks strawberries, which have so good repute in our local market, first ap- peared last Saturday, and are to be found at Chandler's. They will last through next week at least.
 -Blaisdell, of the fish market, has good looking and good new cart,
 -MuIou "uSoI IS Pfepaf1nS TOT the sale of ice cream.
 The post office is painted up tastily in colors, suited to its architecture.
 Tine new time table on the N. l.. N. road is not, to go into effect until next Monday, owing to postponement of changes | on connecting roads.
 During MT. Taylor's absence at his | summer cottage by the sea, Miss Grace E. Medbery will play the organ at the Con- gregational church. Miss Medbery in | September goes to Lebanon, Ills, to take position as teacher of vocal and instru- mental music in Mckenzie college. The position is good one, with liberal salary. and Miss Medbery gets it on the strength of testimonials of teachers at Wilbraham and the Boston conservatory of music, there having been many applicants ahead of her. She is regarded as one of the finest musical scholars, of her age, in this section of the country.
 Under management of the St. Ed wards church people, attractions will be provided at the Fair grounds on the fourth. These attractions are set forth in an advertisement on another page. The program will fill the day full of exciting sport. In the evening an entertainment l at Central Hall, the chief feature being the play, 'Among the Breakers to commence at 8 o'clock, tickets to be had at Med [ bery's. -,..- ...
 The success of Sheriff Hawkins of New London county in tracing a horse, recently stolen in New London, to the house of the thieves in West Stafford, relieves Stafford of a thieying family. The principal in the matter seems to have been James Hen ry Sanders, darkey of some forty sum- mers, who came to West Stafford over a year ago from New London, having for i merly been waiter at the Croker House. ] He located ln the southwest part of Staf- ford. His neighbors seem to have known l little Of him, but rather well impressed l with him as peaceable, obliging citizen. and he escaped suspicion of several petty $ 5hefts which annoyed the neighborhood. ' A few weeks ago Ralph Wiers lost 8 steer ( rom his pasture, and vainly searched for 1t, even going to one house with a search ( when all the time, according to 5he confession of Sanders confederate. the : neat was stored away in brine in the house :, of his dusky neighbor. This confederate f 'poken Of IS one Henry F. Jennings. aged I Ibout l9, of copper colored complexion. a Jennings come from Amherst, and has | ived with Sanders since May, 1882. His U confession, which Sanders admission so far t IS made corroborate, is that Sanders. feel V ng the need of horse, to work his farm, k hey started for New London to get one. sanders seems to have devised to put Jen- b lings forward to bear the br4nt of the " heft. They went to Norwich by rail, and r walked thence to New London. On Wednesday evening, May 18th, after look 5 , ng over several horses hitehed in front of II he First Baptist church, they selected one n u, to Deacon C. A. Weaver, and Q, rove it to Norwich where Sanders stop e ed, sending Jennings on with the horse. W lot knowing the road, Jennings made a H evious journey, turning all sorts of an- n les, sometimes following parallel roads b eading directly back towards New Lon. te on, and spending all Wednesday night p nd Thursday on the road. Sheriff Haw- " ins managed to get on trail, and step by e 5ep followed him to Holland, where he earned that he was headed to Stafford VI oming here he called upon Lyman Cush- " W lan, of the Springs House stables, who at tl el nee told him that if the thieves had stop- if ed in Stafford he could take him to the -r ,,, lace where they had stopped. It was not s1 a len known that the game had been run fl } near its den, OF that Stafford was any al 1ing more than g way station on the route m the thieves. Hawkins returned to New d. london to attend to other business and as to come up again next morning (as he bt ld to take I'D the search, meanwhile in m