The Press., 1886-03-18

sonable satisfaction they will make it satisfa tory. The prices are $1 to $2 yard. San ples sent to any address.
 The most success sful dealer in pape hangings is T. ". Gi bert of State s Springfield His store now contains POO, ,O0 rolls, all new styles and prices run very low
 -F. O. Flagg's new clothing store in tn opera house block, Springfield is attractin much attention. Tn prices there are draw ing the people in great numbers.
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 The W. c. T. U. will serve an oyste supper at their room on Saturday evening from to 2, and respectfully invite tn patronage that no doubt all interested il their noble work will be glad to give them Tickets 25 cents.
 The building contracts upon whicl Fl. M. Day has so far entered this spring are the mill enlargements of Rawitser Bro, house for Stephen Pease, north o his fathers residence on Furnace avenue and 25x60 barn for Julius Converse ol the south part of Wood avn farm. Worl is now progressing on the Rawitser' premises, the enlargements consisting of 72x34 two-story addition to their Rive mill and the addition of a second stor, with brick walls to their present one-stor! stone shoddy mill, the size of which il 12Ox34 feet. Josiah Converse is also cou sidering the matter of building new resi- dence. but is not yet decided about it. SC far we hear of but few other new building projects, though boom in business witt our recently enlarged mills, never yet TUT to their full capacity, would make sud den need of more tenements, and only the insecure feeling growing out of threatened labor disturbances flinders the furtherine of many other building projects.
 M. F. Hanley has taken the superin tendency of the Phoenix mill, position which he held some years ago. Christo pher Allen, who succeeded Mir. Hanley to that place, now leaves it to take an inter est in the Tioga mill at Staffordville, asso ciating himself as partner with MT. W. H. Peel. The Phoenix mill continues tc run on an excellent grade of Kersey's fol overcoatings.
 The usual gospel temperance meeting at the w. c. T. U. rooms next Sunday al 430 p. m. will be conducted by young men, All are invited.
 -Hodgson's stock of groceries was sold by Auctioneer Preston yesterday for $445. It had been inventoried at $483 by J. M. Lord and Andrew Whiton. The stock was struck of to J. A. Pemberton, whose bidder was J. A. SmiLedge. MT. Pember- ton expects to remove his candy business to Hodgson's old stand, and to combine it with the grocery trade, and for the present MT. Hodgson will assist him in the busi- ness.
 At the last communion at the Congre- gational church four new members were received-one by letter and three by pro- fession.
 Looking over the file of The Press we find in the issue of March 20, 1873, this announcement under head of births
 Stafford Springs, 18th, daughter to F. N. Crane. So that it was perfectly proper that a gathering of between sixty and seventy young masters and misses should on Sat- urday last have assembled at the residence of MT. and Mrs. F. N. Crane, on East Main-st., to congratulate Miss Annie on having added 'teenth to her list of birth days.
 -Commander Simonds, Past command CT Parsons and others of Winter attended the Sedgwich post campfire at Norwich last Friday evening.
 -Clark H. Grant and B. 0. Pinney have been appointed commissioners on assigned Hongson estate.
 Ionic Lodge, F. A. M,, meets Friday evening.
 The announcement of lecture by so eminent a speaker as Chaplain McCabe ought to stir up expectations in village no larger than ours. It occurs on the evening of the Both inst. Subject f'The Bright Side of Life in Libby Prison. 9 The lecture is characterised as ''ludicrous, :" ''pathetic, !" ''solemn" and funny" and probably all of these adjeetiyes fit it. There will be full house-there ought to be. The Rondout (N. Y.) Courier says
 Chaplain McCabe dealt with the anus ing and pleasing things he found in Libby Prison and in showing that even in So dismal place he was able to find any, he dropped bit of philosophy that if gener- ally adopted would add greatly to the sum human happiness. And he found great deal that was really very funny, even without being brought out into such bold relief by the sharp contrast of suffering, and he told it in very funny way. The amusing things were so entirely new that the audience could not help laughing if they had tried. Probably as funny as any was the fat man getting stuck Tn the tunnel through which hundred and twenty escaped :; while the effect of his leseription of how the sleepers turned oyer by battalion on the order Of 'rlgAt wheel" was irresistable. He was pecu- liarIy haypy in depicting the field days of E6e prison, when there came news to sheer the hearts of the Rnion soldiers, and be gave us thrilling anecdote of Honest Old Abe. Altogether the lecture was one of the most entertaining this city has had, and was thoroughly enjoyed.
 President Cleveland has honored a request for his autograph from Master Winnie l.. Warner of Brooklyn, N. Y, formerly of Wlllimantic, and grandson of pr. A. Newell. A reputation for doing Ehat thing will bring MT. Q. plenty of business.
 =The borough schools begin the spring tenn next Monday,
 Union prayer meeting on Tuesday evening next at T o'clock, with Mrs. c. g. Adams, Stafford Street.
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