The Press., 1883-11-15


 Dining room furniture. Shall we have a new table, chair or sideboard for our dining room before Thanksgiving Day? We recom- mend number of new styles just finished at Paines AS Canal street, near the Maine Depot, Boston. No one can fail to be suited with just what they want at this place.
 Forbes $ Wallace, Springfeld, offer Co., checo, Pacific, Manchestef, Arnald, Winsor and Allen prints each at Cts. a yard. This means everything in the best prints made, all 5 cts, reduced from cts.
 FoR SALE-A Toy and Fancy Goods Store, picture framing, confectionery, etc. An es- tablished paying business. Must be sold at once for cash, as have other business.
 H. T. CoNeDoN.
 STAFFORD.
 ANOTHER FIRE ON MAIN-sT.
 About o'clock last Saturday morning W. P. Bidwell passing on Main-st. saw that the upper portion of Anderson & Helms livery stable, rear of the American House, was on fire. At that hour of the morning it was difficult to awaken people, but the alarm finally got together con- siderable crowd and the fire department. It was a slm morning, and heavy rain had left the roofs of adjoining buildings well saturated, so that no doubt was felt
 
 the barn and partially save that even. T" the consternation of all the steamer refused to suck water, and continued obstinate through all, except for brief period at later stage. when 1t threw'a feeble stream. A good stream was soon got upon the flames from the Granite mill force pump, however and soon after from the Mineral Springs mill, hose being used from these mills, and also from Fox's and the Warren Woolen Co.'S mills, but by this time the American Hotel building was well on fire, and all that could be done was to keep down the fire and save other buildings. The fire finally seem. d we'll under control, when the excessive pressure broke the Granite mills pumps. At this stage the ell extending from the American Hotel to the next block east was ..pull-d down, and the one stream available-that of the Min eral Springs naill-used to- keep the fire from spreading, letting the American build ing burn to she ground. The nsarness of other buildings made the danger of wide spread conhagrstion considerable, even under the almost proyidential circum- stances of wind and weather, and it Is frightful ts think of what might have been. The failure of the engine to work presents a serious problem to the village aHthori-
  finding aud remedying the e,use of its failure, or in providing some more reliable means of exting4ishing fires.
 The occupants Of the American House Block were MT. George Roindexter, who kept the hotel Joseph Clark, Barber James Morris, restaurant; also billiard and bar-room, the ownership of which was indefinite. Mrs. Japnstte Horton had rooms for housekeeping also in the bnild- ing. and saved only part of heF goods, 2 on which there was no insurance. Clark had insurance on his furniture, most of which was sayed, and received from the insurance companies the $25 for damage. which he claimed. s. N. Page got $100. for damage to paint on his building next west of the fire. Anderson & Hel2a had insurance on their goods of S2, GOO, but most of it WAS on horses, wagons and hay. The horses and wagons were got oAt, and there was but little hay. They get $4OO, an insufficient amount to cover their loss, but all that they could get under the di- vision of amounts of insurance as specified by the policy. Mr. Royce had insurance of $1 800 on his building. His loss must exceed $4,000.
 In both the recent Main-st fires the Granite mill force pump has done the best york in throwing water, getting on the first stream and keeping steadily at it. The Mineral Springs mill has in each case vigorously seconded the efforts, but Is less -fayorably located for the work. The other mills have been prompt in furnishing hose and men in charge of the same. The hose men of Torrent Engine Go. have used the water so given them to good effect, and their daring and efficient work in each case has won them hearty braves from speeta- tors. But it is too much to expect that these mills will keep apparatus in repair and stand ready to put their full power to the work of extinguishing fires for their neighbors without pay. The Granite Mill Go. has an equitable claim against the bor- 9ugh. now for the broken pump to De repaired Our embryo Aqueduct Go. stands ready to bring water to the village with sufficient head so that Main-st. and the entire lover part of the village can be Hroteeted by hose attaehed directly to th9 street hyarants, while on the upper streets water could flow from these directly into the engines. The movers in this proposed enterprise only need to be assured that there is public spirit demanding their enterprise, when they will go on and per- feet plans giving Stafford Springs as am- pie protection as is enjoyed by any other place of Ike slze, ana at as LOW cost: you'd tad Ps fsls s kod oa ds9sa 9a s, strs;s on that in use, as 1t would be very sel- dom necessary to force water from lower level than that of the burning building. It would involve to the borough only g year ly rental of the hydrants.
 James Morris has bought out James Lees restaurant, opposite passenger depot Aigy sylark's barher shop is sreihoFed b the spelfmAn baBenaerit rooms, fofmany years, and until quite recently, occupied as a fish mafket.ll Anderson & Helm arei keeping their livery teams at J. G. Andersons $ barn bn seiith-st ''s'' n ''. ' ! " e4 ( -EAn Advertisement h another column says t'Try Griswsld's Pastilles. We tried them years ago, and as result have never since been without them in the house, though our stock needs frequent replen- Maiz1o