The Press., 1886-01-14


 "A suitable holiday gift would be par of fancy slippers. have the iaLget1 a Anu naAkawt line ever shown in town, aAso Coan. Dlete line of leather and rubber foot wear a1 fhe lowest prices. w. B Hanley, slgn or ti'S big boot, Oronoco Block. ss -H. c. Wheeler is offering Oorsefs TOT o' cents. Reduced from 50.
 ~Forbes q Wallace, Springfield, offer Fur Lined Circulars, fur trimmed, fur coliars' 91a to S25 former price $6 to $l2:oO more. 1t. These cloaks are the balance of their regular stock. which was made to order:
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 --Ths types gave D. F. Fairman the title os GaDr last week. The title derlVed honor from the association.
 On first page is copied those of the Hartford Posts brief biographies of the representatives relating to this locality: To that of Representative Butterheld ot Stafford might have been added that he began life as & printer, having served full apprenticeship at the trade, and that an 1858 he established R newspaper m 8 country town in Michigan, but was burned out soon after starting, upon which he re- turned east, and engaged in other pursuits.
 Ionic Lodge F. A. M,, meets Friday evening.
 The newly elected officers of Winter Post c. A. R. were installed on Tuesday evening last. The list is printed on page 2d. After the installation the veterans partook of a collation. at the room of the ". 0. T. U., the viands being contributed Ay the wives of members and served up by she ladies of the Union in 8 manner that .drew forth hearty vote of thanks in addl- ton to B fair money compensation. Fol lowing the installation the following vote was unanimously passed:
 Resolxed-That the sincere thanks of this Post are due to our retiring commander, D. H. Parsons, for his self-sacrifcing, efficient and manly, masterly manner in which he has administered the affairs of the office
 Resolved-That the thanks of this Post are also extended to all the retiring officers.
 Saturday mornings storm Is generally styled ''a blizzard by the local press. A tame affair compared with the western ar- :ticle, but near enough in resemb mblance- quite near enough. The snow was carried where the winds willed, and drifts and bare places were frequent. Damage and suffering were caused at sea, and also in- convenience to travellers On land. The boat train reached Stafford Springs three hours late, most of which time was lost in the city of New London.
 The school district committee now pueets on the first and third Saturday evenings of each month, and will meet at Smith x Cooley's office next Saturday evening.
 The " Womsns' Christian Temperance Union will hold a meeting in their new Foom in Dorman building Friday at 5 D. n. Let there be full attendance
 Henry Newell, who went to Florida last fall, Is working at his trade as build CT St Eustis, and boarding with Dr. Lan- phear, also formerly of Stafford Springs gho removed to Florida from Southbridge 6 few years ago, on account of his health. Mr. Newell's son, Charlss H., whose busi- ness is orange growing and real estate buying and selling, is at Manifold, about 70 miles from Eustis. Frank ". Newell, an elder son of Henry, is freight conduc- tor on the N. '. and N. E. railroad.
 -On account of the severe storm last Saturday the borrd of relief deem it ad- visabls to hold another meeting in this village, and due notice is given in another column.
 -Geo. Campbell says that he was the complainant in the Hereford case last week, and that the women in the case were neighbors called as witnesses. The e1AFGe was breach of the peace, the of- sense being shouting out offensive lan- guags in front of Campbell's residence, and intended for his ear.
 East Main-st. is getting to be busi- ness metropolis of itself, having it's nation al snd savings banks, its stores for grocer ies, dry goods, hardware, bakery, fish market, meat market, hotel, and two livery stables. Eastward the star of empire takes its way.
 s-Ehe masonic sociables are getting to be considered the social events of the sea- s0n, and for dress and quality" quite vie with any of the private assemblies. They might be rated as private, in fact, as the accommodations are sufficient for but 8 part of those who desire to attend.
 While thermometers ranged 1B to 20 degrees below zero in the borough yester- day morning, down in Wilmington the mark vas about at zero, The weather is geported as being colder down there on Tuesday morning than on Wednesday, while here it was about 10 degrees colder on Wednesday, This is quite variation for places but 8 miles apart.
 -Qol. Chas, Warren started on Tuesday for Washington, where he will spend the winter and much of the spring, and will Also while absent make 8 trip to Atlanta, Ga, and perhaps to Florida.
 I 8>.--Probate court, district of Stafford, Chamberlin judge. Administration grant ed on the estate of Fl. H. Harris, late of Stafford, deceased. Administrators &C., counts filed on the estate of Aaron A. Wales, late of Union, deceased. Exten- siep of time granted for the settlement of She eststs of Dexter Moore, late of Union, deceaaed. Administrator inventories ren. dered on the estate of Wp. A. Davis, de- ceased. Administrators account filed on the estate of Augustus Alden, late of staf- ford. Permission granted lola M. Butter worth to sell minors land in Union. The attention of guardians is called to sec. 33, revised probate laws, state of Connecticut, end is as follows
 ,oAl guardians of minors persons appoint edby courts of probate to sell lands of mi nors, trustees and those entrusted with testa- mentary trusts and conservators sha l, and it shall be the dut, of courts of probate to re. quire them to annually render their accounts under oath to the court of probate having Jurisdiction, which account shall embrace an inventory of the estate held by them, show. ing fully how the principal of the fund is in- vested, and the items of income and expen. diture but if said court shall find that the estate 80 held by any person in any such capacity is less than five hundred dollars. he shall not be required to render an annual account, unless SO ordered by the court, oI jp case of testameptary trust, unless so di Fected by the will creating the trust, anG courts of probate shall upon the petition O Che wife or of any person interested in thu estate at any time call any statutory trustee residing at their district, of the estate of married woman to account.