The Press., 1885-04-16
Local Notices,

For la est styles, best goods and lowe
 prices in Boots and Shoes of all kinds, call
 w. E. Hanley's, Oronoco Block. Look ft
 the sign of the big boot
 Large stock Ladies' Spring Newmarke
 at A. w. Walkers
 You will find full line of all the bes
 makes of Corsets at Mrs. J. A. Simond.
 Warren Block.
 James D. Gill, Springfield, is having
 smoke sale at his Art Store. His Books, Pic
 lures and Picture Frames, &c slight dan
 aged by smoke, are offered extremely low.
 Japanese paper napkins at Parsons.
 SOMETHING NEw.-A. A. Babbett and Johr L. Shaw have leased the store known as Johl l.. Shaw & Co.'S, in Monson, and restocked
 with fine assortment of mems youths ant
 boys' clothing. It will be known tn
 GRANITE ONE-PRIcE CLOTHING STORE
 STAFFORD.
 See Collector Hanley's notice. Aftel April 20th per cent. will be added fol each month, beginning with March 2Oth.
 Julius Pinney, Esq, who was propos ing to start this week for California, to ac cept good position offered him, has changed his purpose, and goes instead to WilIimantic, where he assumes the care oi the Linen Company's store. This is a very responsible position, requiring good business management, the company's store being really a series of stores and markets for the entire supply of the hundreds of employees, with apparel, food, and all necessaries, and the company brides itself on giving its help every advantage possl- ble in price, quality, and variety of goods offered them, requiring good judgment and taste on the part of the manager.
 List of letters remaining in the office at Stafford Springs, April 18th: Sheir Butterman, T. Bouchari, Henry Converse, Mrs. Winnifred Fitzpatrick, Wm. A. Her ford, John Nick.
 --Bailiff Mullens headquarters are at Bissett < Webber's paint store.
 Henry E. Chamberlin, formerly of Stafford, is member elect of the Rhode Island legislature from Westerly, R. ].
 ID. H. Parsons has a pot of callas bear ing buds and blossoms. Mir. P's calla plants are always objects of admiration.
 Horace Towne has bought out the fish and oyster market of B. B. Wilson on East Mainst.
 Rev. Wm. A. Braman of Hopkinton, Mass, who was in attendance at the M. E. conference at Springfield last week, died very suddenly on Saturday of apo plexy while sitting in the parlor of the Evans House, awaiting the dinner hours. Deceased was brother of Mrs. Wesley P. Bldwell of the village, was 65 years of age, and had been considered to be in unusual ly good health, having never before had apopleptic symptoms. His sister, Mrs. Bidwen, was looking for a visit from him at the time of hearing of his death The funeral was held on Tuesday from Trinity church, Worcester, and was largely at tended by members of the Mass. confer ence, the survivors of MT. B's. classmates acting as bearers.
 -SOLDIERS GRAvEs.-There are quite number of soldiers graves, unmarked, in the several cemeteries of the town, for which the government will furnish head stones, upon proper application. Winter Post, G. A. R. will see that they are pro- cured and set, if the friends and relatives will assist to the kent of furnishing data. Will some friend of the soldier near9e each cemetery procure the name, company, reg lment, Cor ship date of death and age, of each occupant of soldiers grave that is 1 unmarked, and forward such information l by postal card to H. c. Mclaughlin, Adj't 1 Winter Post. It is desirable that the head ! stones shall be in position on Memorial Day, therefore postals should be forwarded l at once.
 The Library Association have recently i placed on their shelves the books named | on the list below. Although purchased by 1 the association the patrons of the library are really indebted to the Girls Library Club for the books. The expense attend , ing the removal and refitting the library nearly depleted the treasury of the associ- citation, and but for the labor and self-sac- rifice of the members of the Girls Library Club in bearing the expense of furnishing the library room, and their gratuitous care of the library, the association would have been bankrupt months ago. In or der to meet the demand for fresh reading material, the public must give the library their patronage. What Is wanted is one hundred new subscribers at one dollar each. With the funds thus obtained the association could provide an extensive ad- dition to the fine collection of books now on the shelves. Since the opening of the library in Warren's Block several persons have expressed surprise at the strict en- fOrcement of the rules, designed for the !, good of the library and the benefit of its patrons One or two persons only have manifested the least objection to such en- forcement, while many have expressed ap- pfOyal and given the managers much en- couragement in their efforts to conduct GiO III b DU6ll6SS-llhO dllll SySD0- . matic manner. If any person will careful ly read the rules pasted on the inside of each book cover, they will avoid all mis- and realize that only a care- ful observance of the rules will save the h- brary from demoralization. The ten vol llmes of stories by American authors pre- sent a new feature in book-making in this Each volume contains five or six entertaining stories by the best Ameri- can writers. Among the authors are Bay I ard Taylor, Rebecca Harding Davis, Frank R. Stockton, Frances Hodgson Burnett, l Celia Thaxter, N. P. Willis, Henry James, i Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, etc., etc. Thro' the Girls Library Club the association { and the public are indebted to the gener- osity of Mrs. Shields, of Philadelphia, for the following books in list printed here with: A-225; B-462; C-143-4-5-6- i 7-8-9; G-199- -200-1-2-3: of John Vine Hall, A 225 American Men of Letters. Ralph Wal
 do Emerson-O. w Holmes. A 226 ] A Country Doctor, B 464 2 Judith Shakespeare, B 465 Nlabeps Work, B 462 Natures Serial Story, B 466 z Ramona, B 467 r Soldier and Servant Ella NJ Baker. B 468 Stories by American Authors-Vol. l, B 469
 .. 2, B 470
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