The Press., 1885-12-03
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 At the low prices that A. w. Walker { selling Ladies' and Children's winter gail ments and the immense assortment to select from ladies will save both time and money by visiting this popular store. You will also find it headquarters for anything in dry goods.
 The best fitting, most stylish and best wearing shoe made for the money is w. E. Hanley's $3 Shoe, warranted. It is made in button, balmoral and congress, and is for sale only by W. E. Hanley, Oronoeo Block, sign of the Big Boot.
 ID Frank Hale, near depot, Springfield, offers B Lawrence's genuine axis cut pebble spectacles and e-glasses at $2 to SS4 8 pair :; ordinary eyeglasses and spectacles 9 cents to $1.50 pair. Notions, jewelry, clocks and watches at wholesale and retail
 William c. Taylor, Opera House block, Springfield, has the largest stock of music ill the country, including fine line of teaching pieces.
 You can buy piano for cash, or on the instalment plan, of William c. Taylor, 416 Main St., Springfield, and you can exchange your old fashioned organ for new lnstru- ment.
 A lady's gold watch, stem winding, for $30, and gentleman's gold watch for $1O0 are offered by the Chas Saxton Co.,, 408 Main street, Springfield. 40 per cent dis count on silver plated ware and low prices on a magnificent stock of Jewelry, Watches, French clocks, &c See adv.
 Forbes & Wallace, Springfield, are offer ing 30 pieces of Home-spun Tweed Suiting, 50 inches wide, at 379 cts per yard. The price is just half what the goods are worth
 STAFFORD.
 The popular Hanoverian family are to a,>,,oa,. of nropooo Hall fo,,o orrrxr, iFrs1 evening, and we are assured that this time they bring one of the largest and best en- tertainments they have yet given here. Besides the Hanoverian famity they have the queen of all midgets, known as Ger man Rose, the smallest motto singer and violin soloist in tine world, also many oth- CT attractions. Admission 9 cts. chi'- dran 15. Reserved seats, 10 cts. extra, now on sale at Medberys.
 -C. w. Bradway has recently erected 8 saw and grist mill at the head of the Chaf- fee reservoir, near State Line, where he does custom work for the neighborhood, grinding corn on cob or shelled He has put in good Burr mill.
 -One of our merchants queries "Who is this Please Remit who sends me so many notes ?'
 Il. K. Lord of Parker, Dakota, recent ly visited the Russian settlement near that place, and finding them engaged in pre- pairing their winter fuel sends us a speci- men. It is wisp of hay tightly twisted and knotted up similar to an cid time "skein of yarn." MT. Lord writes: It is safe to say that three-fourths of the farm- ing community of this section of the terri ritory use twisted hay for their fuel the year round. In our elevator Cumming A hours day and days ill week., using 8 40-horse power boiler. we have not used a pound of fuel except the seeds and clean- ings as they come from the machines"
 The woman's mission auxiliary soci- ety meets with Mrs. A. F. Smith on Fri day at 3 p. m.
 While the "no license" status Is enti- tied to some credit, to the strikers them selves belongs the chief credit of the or derly condition of things during all the recent excitement. There has been no drunkenness, little or no boisterous dem onstration on Main street, and the strikers so far as we have seen have we'll deported themselves.
 The much scolding over the expendi- lures of the court of burgesses during the past year will culminate in action at the borough election next Monday. The bur- gesses all claim to have had enough of the glory of office, and to have acted with sense of the actual needs of the borough, without regard to their prospects of reelec- tlon to the worrisome, salary Jess, thank less public positions they have been hold- ing. The sewer, the chief cause of com- plaint, was constructed under legal powers given them, and they claim was neces- sity, and that time will demonstrate it to be an economic work. The work on East Main-st. hill completes permanently job that from the nature of the spot has re- quired fixing at considerable expense at short intervals of years. The work on Edgewood, they are frank to say, was a bigger job than contemplated at the start. but is the first expenditure ever made there, and IS supplementary to improve ments made by the large tax payers resi- dent there at their own expense. The grading of High street was something that would have been done sooner or later and is claimed to be an improvement in the matter of drainage of that section to ultimate saving of public expense. These are the chief matters of complaint.
 The new system of making concrete walks with concrete gutter without curb- stones has been tested along the fronts of the premises of T. O. Lathrop and A. N. NioHO4S O11 I1lSu-St., duQ IS expected 70 prove good method on the streets other than business thoroughfares.
 70. H. Bidwell has returned from Vir ginia.
 The Congregational Sunday school li- brnry is replenished with about 200 new books, including most of the Pansy books, and other careful selections from the best writers, giving 1t by far the largest and best library that it has ever had. Miss Bakers Soldier and Servant" and Christ mas Pie' are in this collection.
 Henry O. Butterfeld and w, H, Webster left last night for two weeks hunting trip in Virginia. Their head quarters for the first week will be at Mil ford, between Washington and Richmond, where the game is quail and other birds, with chance at wild turkeys and perhaps deer. The second week will be put in south of the James river, near Dutch Gap, where the larger game is more abundant. Mir. Butterfeld has hunted over all this ground in past seasons, having for several winters, with MT. Bissett, been employed in training dogs for the Virginians.
 The three days entertainment of the Catholic people at Oronoco Hall last week gave the young people opportunity for cheap musical recreation, and was a sue. cess socially, and we trust in every other way.
 The bells tolled last Thursday and thn n0St-0ffipa woa olosod anl o,o,,o L<,