The Press., 1885-09-03
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 of Coventry Local Register
 SOUTH COVENTRY.
 Capt. Wm. A. Dorman was in town over the Sabbath. q 7 ~
 w Work on the Hale monument is con- The cenotaph was first erected by Messrs. Hazelton & Co.,, of Boston for the sum of $500, the work being completed Sept. 17th, 1846.
 2, Saturday evening, Wm. H. Potter was chosen committee, Martin Parker, clerk, J. B. Brown, collector.
 Last Saturday evening as Chas. Dodge was coming from Willimantic with a heav- fly loaded wagon, he was upset near Bran nigan's, then again second time not far driving was kicker, and as MT. Dodge fell under the horses heels job for Dr. Flint was the result, broken nose being the injury reported.
 Miss Annie H. Freeman expects to enter Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary next Thursday. Miss Orra A. Parker commen- ces her second year at the same seminary next week.
 Election of trustees at the M. E. church Monday evening, Sept. 7th, at 7 o'clock.
 Clinton w. Hatch, man about 45 years old, who lives with his father, Jesse W. Hatch. in South Coventry, during Satur- day afternoon went to Willimantic with a double ox-team where he loaded up with stone and started back, intending to unload the same near Dr. Flint's. At point short distance beyond Norman Perkinss he was riding on the tongue of the wagon with MT. Beebe. Here he got off, ill pass ing team. In returning to his seat he slipped and fell in front of his wagon, striking on his side, and the forward right wheel passed over his body across the stom- ach. On the instant of his falling MT. Beebe sprang from the wagon, snatched the whip and succeeded in bringing his oxen to standstill just as the last wheel was upon his clothing. He was taken to the house of MT. Perkins. The wagon was loaded with Tagging and step stones, and weighed 7,2O0 pounds. At last ac- counts MT. Hatch was improving.
 NORTH COVENTRY.
 -Orvill Brown had three-year-old steer killed by lightning during Mondays storm (the 24th inst). He has also lost all his turkeys, the foxes being the thieves.
 WALLaNa&TON.
 Preaching at Potter school house next Sunday at 10a a. m. and p. m. by Elder A. Elliott of Campyille, Conn.
 A. N. Nichols will preach at Moose Meadow next Sunday at o'clock. fooRREsPoNDENcE.l . Miss Arnold, with her little nephew, of Providence, is stopping for while with Mrs. M. l.. Dimock.
 Charles Nichols is building hand some and handy addition to his barn.
 --Chas: T. Preston has sold the old Thomas Cushman place, occupied of late years by Amos Sparrow and Perry Potter, to Henry l.. Keene of Bradford, England.
 We received pleasant call Tuesday from MT. and Mrs. Hartley of England. MT. Hartley came over in the steamship Gallia on her last passage. The wife of MT. Keene mentioned above is daughter of MT. and Mrs. Hartley.
 -Vinton & White have set up their steam saw mill on the land of the late Elisha Arnold, Holland side. They have bought 9 wood-lot of the heirs, and some dozen choppers, sawyers, &c., are to make short work of cutting, saving and hauling the timber to the depot.
 Misses Emily Peck and Belle Merrick spent Sunday with friends here. Mrs. Lizzie E1dridge Rider has been engaged to teach the 1st district school, Miss Annie James teaches in Mansfield, and Maggie Nichols takes the school at near Rockville.
 W. F. Duncan, late of this town, has bought the Widow Ellis place, lately own ed by MT. Judd, in Fox village. He moves his family thither soon, when he goes on to the road as 8 drummer. Mir. Duncan, senior, is failing in health. +.".-.
 -M MT. Pierce has lately bought a. water privilege of MT. and Mrs. Reuben Stanton, and has laid pipes to convey the water to his house. The old public watering trough near MT. Pierce's is to be discontinued, and the selectmen have negotiated with Nelson Towne to put in and maintain a trough near his house. a.s1
 Agent Hodgson of your borough pros ecuted driver of Shea of Willimantic for lager beer and liquor selling in South Will lington before Justice W. F. Essex the Fist instant. Constables Bugbee and Mac farlane made the arrest and seizure. The case was settled by the payment of costs without trial. King represented the prOs- ecuting agent, while the defendant had no counsel.
 James Macfarlane with his family moved to Willimantic Monday last.
 Henry Williams is on the sick list.
 Another excursion to Block Island is to be made sn Saturday. The children of she Sunday schools in town are especially invited to join. The rates are very low, out we do not learn the exact figures nor my particulars as to time of trains, &c. Mrs. Thomas Hoyle is expected home rom England the 10th proximo.
 ~-Chas. J. Mason and MT. Smith, mill owners below James Hoyle's mills on Fen on river, have brought 8 suit in equity against the latter to compel him to let town more water from his reservoir. MT. aoyle can hardly see the justice of forcing nim to cripple his own water supply con, rary to the custom of years in it's usage, IS his wants demand. One of Philo Wright's COWS was acci- iently shot, it is thought, by some hunters n the pursuit of game.
 A big black bear with long tail has wrought upon the imagination of parties n different parts of the town lately.
 The associational letter of the Baptist ,hurch was read and accepted last Sunday. Delegates from the church are attending 'he association at Putnam today.
 UNION.
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 School in Dist. No. commences Mon- lay, Sept. 7th, Miss Belle M. Weld, teach