The Press., 1884-05-29
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SOUTH COVENTRY.


 Addison Kingsbury has sold his barn to Chas. L. Bottom, who will remove 1t near his silk mill MT. Kingsbury will build barn on his lot near Mrs. Charlotte Hodgson.
 John is never satisfied with his record, so keeps going fishing, and reports having caught forty nice trout in the old 'over there the other day.
 Tt is not safe to lose money when Tom Smith is around. A few days since he found Spanish piece, date 1757, in 8 ploughed field in an adjoining town.
 Town meeting Saturday to hear re- port of Investigating committee relative to indebtedness of town.
 A turtle marked O. F., 185O-52, was found by Willie Palmer Sunday. It was probably marked by Cyril Parker, who lived near the place where it was found, but who died several years since. The marking was worn quite smooth, but still legible.
 Six carpenters are employed on Key non's & Barber's mill.
 It is said that MT. Norman Dunham has the largest geranium in town.
 The flowers are exquisite at the Dim ock flower garden. The pansies surpass any previously seen.
 Mrs. Mary Lord Lee is at her aunts, Miss Louisa Lords.
 Anna, eldest daughter of Wm. Hemp sted, formerly of this place, died at Willi- mantle last week of consumption.
 Some towns boast of their number of elderly people. We take pride here in the smartness of those who have passed four score years In district there are three-all active people. Last week Wednesday Mrs. Chloe Morgan, aged 90, of district 1, rode B miles to call on Miss Rhoda Spencer who is approaching the nineties.
 Walter 0. Thompson has removed his harness shop from next door to Rathbun's, to his farm.
 Dodge, the meat man, has recently lost horse.
 The first quarterly conference was holden Wednesday evening.
 NORTH COVENTRY.
 -Chauncey Doane has bought and moved on to the Edwin Spencer place.
 -PerkinsLathrop of Holland has bought the Milton George farm and moved on to it.
 -Wm. F. Baldwin has rented the c. A. Brown farm.
 ROCKVILLE.
 -S. c. Carpenter of Ellington attempt ed to commit suicide with laudanum pur- chased from Metcalf's drug store Tuesday morning, but will probably recover. He drove from his home in Ellington, where he lives with a stepdaughte to Rockville in the morning, and after expressing his gold watch to a brother in Illinois and mailing to friends several letters announc- ino his doath hon pht a thraa Ouncn bottle of laudanum, and started for home. Car penters actions while in the village at tracted attention, and when his drug pur- chase became known, his friends in FL lington were at once notified of the intend ed suicide. He said as soon as he reached home that he had taken laudanum, and soon after went to sleep. Physicians were 1t once summoned and applied proper an- tidotes. One of the doctors said, how ever, that he found more signs of whiskey than of any other poison about the man, and thought the greater portion of the laudanum had been thrown away Car penter was stage driver for many years, and although not at all addicted to liquor or other vices, has no money of his own, and lives on the estate of his insane wife. He has once before attempted suicide The newborn male child found Sunday moring in the water near Keeny's store proves 10 have been exposed for about two weeks, and is thought to have been born healthy and strong. No clothing was found on it except shirt and fine lace cap, and efforts to find the mother have SO far failed, although as one time the medi- cal examiner seemed to be on the point of finding two mothers for one child Springfield Republican.