The Press., 1886-05-06
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A good rain would be very acceptable just now.
 Quite an installment of ex-legislatOrs have left for the reunion in Hartford. A goodly number remain at home, however.
 Elias Severy, who formerly owned and occupied the old Ariel Eldridge place near DalevilIe, died suddenly last week at the home of his son-in-law, 4. D. studley, Warren, Mass. His remains were brought for interment here last Monday. MT. Severy was about 84 years old The cause of death was neuralgia of the heart. .f
 Minor Bugbee, we'll known in town, and who has at times made his home at Wm. H. Holt's, died recently m Vermont.
 John Bekker's auction last Monday was attended by @ company who came to buy, and things went off at good prices.
 Willie Clark recently rode over from Rockville with bus full of friends, who had pleasant time at l.. B. Clark's.
 e. Hall $ Go. are building horse shed as an addition to their big barn op- posite their mills. >
 -So Wilmington is to be congratulated on having an exceptional good teacher in the person of Miss Mary o. Miller. Her education, methods of instruction and ex- ecutive abilities are of high order. Pa- rents in this district appreciate level headed education, so that when Commit tee W. F. Essex went about with sub scription paper to procure funds to ena- ploy Miss Miller to teach select school of eight weeks duration beginning last Monday, in the hall, it took no time at all. SO to speak, to more than raise the re- quired amount.
 Latest law case, w. F. Essex, justice :: State>vs Albert s. Works. This is grand jurors complaint for an alleged assault committed by the defendant last Sunday, on the body of Henry c. Woodworth. c. T. Preston for the state, trial pending.
 Mrs. Ella Wilson Bridges is now with her brother George at East Windsor. @~
 Mir. and Mrs. Lewis Gurley of Troy, N. Y., visited their cousin, Albert Sharp, last week. The former, who is success full business man and active in evangelistic work in his city, gave an interesting ad- dress to the Baptist Sunday school last Sabbath. He IS also a cousin of Henry o. Gurley of this town. s@
 Mrs. Clark Nohle's house is shining like new silver dollar in it's three coats of paint. K E5&tB
 -Chas. H. Rider has taken the job of hauling 100 cords of wood from Ashford for G. Hall & Go. es s7 ss--z v:s. F. ...s- ss Constable Lockwood and Charlie Top Tiff are at work at G. Hall & Co.'S. MT. Halls consideration in giving employment to his own towDspeople is notable and praiseworthy.
 One of Fred Macfarlane's boys shot what was said to be an eagle near John Bekker's last week Friday. It measured it. in. from tip to tip. Mrs. w. H. one may see it by calling there. slle would like to sell it.
 It having recently come to the ears of an old soldier of this town that coInpaFa- lively irresponsible party was spreading the yarn that this soldier was deserter in the war of the rebellion, was sentenced to be shot, and that his father, through the in- fiuence of the late Gov. Buckingham, and by the outlay of thousands of dollars. saved the deserter's ife,-this is to give notice to whom it may concern. that. said yarn is absolutely .faIse Ssa evey.V 4Qrtfcu- L0r On the other hand, the soldier has in his possession certificate of honorable discharge, which is corroborated by the state and Federal records. Furthermore, this same soldier was recommended to Gen. Butler, then commanding the Dent, of the Gulf, for promotion as non. con missioned officer to captaincy by 8 peti- tion signed by Gov. Buckingham, the then two D. s. senators, the congressional dele. gation of the state and other prominent citizens, which is also matter of record. Finally, it may be proper to say in this connection that this same soldiers books show that he collected some $65, OOO-pen- sion, back pay snd naval prize money for soldiers and sailors, and that every dollar was paid over. He is thankful that his attention has been called to this hubble by comrades and friends, and that he has this opportunity of pricking it without a show of egotism on his part.
 -Postmaster Dimock is getting up a club for the Chicago Weekly News, cad has already sent of quite a number Of names. It is a frat -GlasG paper in every respect, equal to the New York weeklies. The News has 64 columns, and each issue would make quite large book of solid useful reading matter. But the prica is q wonder zb cents for six montha. 1 --Names of scholars in Diak No, neither absent nor tardy during term just closed Oracle Wescott, Jennie Essex, Robbie Champlin not tardy, Della Smith, Alice Curtis, Cora Denman, Garv8e GaRtia' Lizzie Dimock, GeoFgie nrapkett, Walter ! Conner, Frankie Epicer, Louis Korper ; not absent, Etta Hall, Della Cooney, Mor.. tie seagFaVes, Tommy Denmau, AeoFGie Heck,
 i s.Fes, sir, yelled the socialistic egitator, 1T am the workingman's friend.s T ssOhsge 'long,n said the real worAingman, ssYeN have. nN done an honest day's york in two yeaEss1