The Press., 1884-06-05
COVENTRY.
SOUTH COVENTRY.

or coventry, owed COnSlQ0TaDle money III this place. One firm holds a claim of $500 against him.
 An attachment was put upon the mer- chandise of Hull x Sweet, Friday, by Buck < Durkee of Willimantic, and on Monday they assigned to Dwight H. Clark.
 The frosts of Thursday and Friday nights were very severe; fruits are dam aged and early vegetables were cut down. Whole fields of corn and potatoes will have to be replanted.
 1 In consequence of press of business preventing peddl1ng, Frank Strong has on hand several gallons of choice maple syrup.
 The majority of voters here are con- vinced that there really was deficiency of -four cents" plus some thousands of dol lars, and now they would like to find the absent treasurer, Dwight Webler. At the town meeting, Saturday, it was voted that the selectmen settle with the bondsmen, Wm. Bradbury and Dan'l O 'Brien. MT. Bradbury has been bondsman for Webler for some years, and the question has arss- en-for how long time is he responsible :? as the selectmen and auditors have report ed Webler's account all right each year. Webler has held the office nine years the thefts have been committed at intervals. Everything seems to indicate that his depar- ture was premedltated, as it is said that his property here Is mortgaged for It's full value. The office of town treasurer was declared vacant, and Dea. Jas. $. Morgan was appointed to fill the place.
 Mrs. J. H. Freeman has an agapan- thus which has three stalks of buds, one stalk bearing over one hundred buds.
 Sunday is to be children's day. In 1 aIH the children. In the evening there is to be concert at the Congregational church.
 Schools in district closed last Thurs day.
 A son of Henry Armstrong had a fin ger cut off ill the blaming machine 8 few days since.
 't@-There was no public exercises decora- tion day, but few graves were strewn with flowers. Those on the graves ot Wm. Porter and wife were very beautiful, the purple tracing, Father, Mother, in the banks of choice flowers was Q token that those resting beneath were remembered those on their children's, that the brothers and sisters, though so long gone, were not forgotten.
 We have all grades of thieves. One class visited W. H. Pollard Saturday night, and appropriated thirty-four early chickens.
 The ladies of Andover gave tea party ! Wednesday evening, for the benefit of the , Porter library
 Rev. F. B. Jenkins will address the children Sunday a. m.
 Il We inadvertently failed to report z vote taken Saturday with the others Voted--no money shall be paid out by town treasurer save by order of the select men, except those fees which the law ex pressly states shall be paid by the treasurer NORTH COVENTRY. -Dr. B. P. Flint recently performed { difficult surgical operation, removing { stone, weighing more than half an ounce from the urethra of Wm. Long. MT. Long is over sixty years of age, and has been { sufferer for long time. At the time the operation was performed he was in crit ical condition, and great skill was required to bring about favorable results. He is now rapidly recovering.
 Rev. H. R. Hoisington expects to be absent the next two Sabbaths on vaca tion, improving the time visiting friends in Ohio.
 The committee appointed at the tow1 } meeting held May 3, consisting o ! the selectmen and the chairman of thu committee appointed at the last annua : town 1neeting-to investigate and repor - further in regard to the treasurer's ac = counts and the assets and liabilities of tn
 town, presented their report at the tow y meeting held last Saturday afternoon
 The report was accepted and adopted
 We give below the main items: < Having examined the accounts includ ed ill the reports of 1876, ", '79 and '79
 we find no reason to vary from the repo1
 of your last committed We therefor h leave the accounts to Oct, 1879, as left b n your last committee, This leaves tn
 treasurer indebted to the town Oct l, 1878
 $431. .O8, and the interest on the same t q the first of last Oct. $79.77, making te
 tai of $51O85. In regard to interest W B. find the excess of interest charged by you ,, treasurer as paid on1 outstanding orders 0 the last seven years to be $455 78. Thi T. IS $93.5l more than was reported by you
 last committee, as several items of interes i, due, and that they supposed were paid b
 the treasurer, were not paid as suppose o before the last annual report. We hay V also found seven orders given by the st
 lectmen for town expenses, in 1882 and 8; 'ul u charged as paid by the treasurer, but sol It to and held by Loren Winchester Tn It amount ot these was &s51. A.. These O It ders are now paid, and so are the othe orders found by your former committe' d which the treasurer had illegally sold st the banks in Willimantic. Also the $3, ,OC
 borrowed money falsely charged and fals n ly reported by your treasurer as paid pr, n vious to last October, is now paid. I'll g indebtedness of the town for borrowe t. money is now $14, ,277.10. The total II
 ceipts of the treasurer this town yes
 amount to $12, 2,615.28,-this includes tl y excess of interest charged which shoul a be in the treasury, and his payments fe 2. 2. the same time to $6, ,922 a1. Balanee of r It ceipts $5, ,692.37, to which add amount dr It Oct. l, 1979 with interest thereon to Oc T. T, 1, 1883, and it makes $6,2O3,22. To me- 'h this the committee find cash on hand an H. in the banks-$1 ,245. 72. This leaves
 deficit of $4,957.50. We also find an o IS der for $42 80, which there is good reasc
 to believe is not paid, though 1t is q. charged. This makes the deficit s5, ,OOC h 3O."
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 ZEALAND. Sso, The Womans' Christian Temperan ,o Union of Poland will hold their meetil at the lecture room of the Congregation
 church on Friday, June 18th, at p. I le All ladies interested in the cause of tel y perance are earnestly invited to be preser :11 (FRoM s'RETsEL.'D