The Press., 1886-09-30
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 The repubiieans of sWiilineton are re questsd to maef at the town hal, Saturday, Oct. 2d, at 2 o'clock, to nominate town off Oers.. Per order town committee. e.
 The democrats of the, town of Wilmington are requested to meet at the town hall, Oct. 1st, at 2 o'clock D. m. to nominate town offi- cers. Nl'.A5tl9 att'...t.s ai.sf Vi t3sA T
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 Albert Hall returned from the west last week. He is to sojour1 with us till spring. He reports general progress. a <
 The, South WillingtOn school resumed it's sessions last Monday. s7s HI
 Capt. Avery Lamb, aged 80 years, while at work alone in the woods on We'd nesday, had a leg broken by 9 rolling log. The bone was splintereds making a com- pound fracture, and . quite serious case. Drs. Newton and Wilson attended him. {.
 Absence from town delayed last weeks items. xAaE .ae NsnE
 MI. and Mrs. John Fancher, of New Haven were recent guests of Mir. and Mrs, @. D. Lockwood. |: sts gss5s |
 Mrs Jenny Morrison, daughter of Dr. Albert Morrison. has been visiting at her uncle Edward MorTison's. shs,l 2tas
 Miss Henrietta T. Holt has been obliged to give up the glass factory school, that she began under such favorable aus pices, on account of the state of her health. Mrs. Anne James Robbins has taken her place for the term.
 Sewing society at the conference room this afternoon.
 ss 70. D. Lockwood, Ed. O., Pearl, and 0. T. Preston represented; the old soldiers and sailors in the ranks at the fnonument Medication in Hartford. 3b .e:.5 E.ez :s,x kaks Afa6e the grammar school to the high school, as teacher in Willmantic.aa tG aftv -s.s.5esi9
 Mrs. IL. Preston, has been visiting friends in Washing ton, R.. I.,sss . ss ..s..is@ Ii Our roads arenot what they might be, but when it is considered that we have nearly 100 miles of ,highway,to to keep in re- pair and comparatively slim grand list to draw upon for funds, those, at, least, who pay mo taxes at, all, shouldn't grumble quite 50 much. ."@ . ai5....
 Willie .Studley ,has gonea.t to Eastern Point to assist in a,boarding rhouse tis hoped 4haty with his slight aabor and the sea air, his health, will improve. x .,,.t.. {.
 -Chas James has given up his vocation as 8 typo, he Bays, and is now farming.
 -Legrand Johnson lost seven horses and yoke of oxen at a fire in Groton, last Thursday night. gg segg9 / ga
 Your printer nistoek the 6gufe 7f0r I in thedtem last weekOonc cerning the town s preseHt indebtedness.T The gsuFa should have read ,$7. 900 instead of $1, ,0OO.
 Some one in moulding oyer and add ing to the Wilmington items in the Press recently. for the elocal papers.in neighbor- ing Wliagass is making some mistakes. For instance, in using the item concerning the death of the only son of the lata 5ardd
 
 has ttsdescendants'' in this town. The fact is, MT. Sparks merely spent his early boy hood here Willingtohi having known very little of him, personally, since he. a mere youth, footed if to Phillips Academy. to fit9or HarVaEI1g and all along the sIbse. quent years 5as heEwcn' distinction sii1 the world. He left no .sdescendants" in Wil. lington, and we have the impression that his children neVeE visited here. Indeed, MT. Sparks never had any brother or isis. Eter of the whole blood. His only half sis. ter, Roxana, long since deceased, and, we think, his only surviving half brother is Joseph Sparks of this town. The news oi | the death of MT. Sparks only son was first known in this vicinity through The Press. Rey l. L. Potter of Hsrtford. was iu town, Tuesday.
 LChestnuts proanisss an abundant yield -Under the.new law towns must pro vide an almshOuse for their poor after Jan. I list, although partial support can be given tat their homes as before. lsf59iF sf
 See noticesE0f the caucuses. Now lei tax paying scitiizens from all sections Of the
 own attend, and then don't grumble.
 Jason Bugbee and his wife Elizabeth Agara sRughee, ,sthe former nearly 84 years ! If age, the latter ip, her 87th year. are the bldest married couple in town, having lived
 n the matrimonial state some 50 years They are both in tolerable good shealtk. Z
 --=Mrs, Badger of Westfordi is teaching 8he Potter district school. F ..ssssd E | Jason Aliens mare, a valuable animal i was badly injured on Monday by fri0hi from the steam whistle at South Wiilington l The children and grandchildren q \ MT. and Mrs. N. D. Royce are visiting a their old home on Village Hill MT. ancs Mrs. Frank U. Brown and son, ssof St Charles ul, MT. H. D., Royce. and. family l Mir. Frank Stone and wife, also Miss Net tic Royce, all Of Florence Mass. Miss I Nettie returns with, her sister Mrs. Brown