The Press., 1886-09-09

fair at Lewiston.
 IN. Washburn and family of Allstor are visiting with Gov. Hyde E. Cady and family of Hartford also spent last Sun. day with relatives at Stafford Hollow.
 Miss Lena Glover advertises in anoth- Ter column the opening of dress making rooms.
 Gov. Hyde attended the N. E. Agri cultural Fair at Bangor, Me, last week, and the meeting of trustees of Storrs Agri- cultural school at Hartford on Tuesday.
 sTAFFoRDvILLR.
 Rev. John Pierce will preach at Staf- fordville M. D. church next Sabbath, Aug. 12th, at 2 p. m.
 WELLINGTON.
 The democrats of the town of Wilmington are requested to meet at the town hall Sept. 1lth, TO'clock p. m., to nominate delegates to the state conventions. H. O. SPARKS.
 <Cerrespondence9
 Nathan Starkwe ather of Hartford, who recently made short visit in this vicinity, was the author of the sketch of Wilmington and Mansfield which lately appeared in the Post of that city.
 Charles A. Robbins has lately moved into the house owned by Mrs. D. Sanger, near the Potter school house, with Jere- imiah Armstrong as hired man.
 The joint board of school visitors and selectmen hold their adjourned meeting on Wednesday next, 18th, at p. m. The chief object of the meeting is to confer in relation to, the Potter district school
 Newman Marcy and Clarence E. Tul- Ter were chosen delegates last Sunday to attend the council and ordination services to be held in the Baptist church in Vest ford the 10th inst
 Abundant rowen follows the unusually large crop of hay. But hay will be hay this winter. The fact is we have just about enongh to keep off Canadian impor- tation.
 IS. T. Preston, J. B. Carpenter, E. Morrison and IL. Preston were the dele gates to the associational meeting at Spring Hill last week. Mrs. c. T. Preston, as the director of the woman's home mission ary society, read paper on the occasion.
 A deceased child of Dwight Trask, of Suff1eld, eldest son of the. late Loren Trask, was brought here for burial in the new cemetery last Saturday.
 William Eliot Sparks, the only son of the late Jared Sparks, the historian, for merly of this town, died at Taunton, Mass, of typhoid fever last Sunday. He was 40 years of age. o-., Edward Sanger, who, with his family, have been living in Rhode Island for the past year or two, was tried before Justice Essex Monday last on the charge of set ting fire to his barn last Sunday morning at about o'clock. He was bound over to the present term of the superior court. Reed for the grand juror, Ohas. T. Preston for. the defense. Suspicion is strongly against Sanger, but he stoutly maintains his innocence. The fact that he was on the spot soon after the fire broke out. and certain other alleged facts are stubborn matters. He will be ably defended in the higher court. The barn, with it's contents. consisting of some ten tons of hay belong ing to. William Ruby, was entirely destroy
 List of letters remaining in post office Sept. 8th: Henry Robins, Henry Saunders. Henry A. Foster, Alice Phillips. Patrick Ierney, (care Hugh Qulgley) Dalfilee Richatte, Ned l.. Pratt.
 Frank N. Barrett is juror this term. z "A. IL. Carlstrom is at work in the Daleville mill at present. Y. a Miss Emily Darling of Willimantic is visiting her sister, Mrs. Joseph Hull.
 The child labor bill passed by the last legislature went into effect the 1st inst. This is the law: 'sNo child nnder thirteen years of age shall be employed in any me 'hanical, mercantile, or manufacturing 
 Miss Jennie l.. Sharp had an attract we little sketch published in the last Illus rated Christian Weekly, issued by the American Tract society.
 Wheeler, of the north part of the own, whose family had applied to the se- ectmen for aid, was discharged from iail oy the authorities this week. The offence alleged against him was trivial one.
 SOUTH WELLINGTON.
 .-G. Hall, IT,, & Go. give their second 'alIroad and steamboat excurs;on for this season on Saturday, chartering the neces- 'ary number of cars, and giving their en- oloyees and townsmen the benefit of very ow rates to either of the resorts reached oy the steamer Block Island, There is still need of carpenters at south Willington to work upon the new houses being erected by G. Hall, IT,, & Go. White birches for spools wanted at South Wilmington. ~
 UNION.
 The case of the state vs. Ruins IF Monlton, in which the accused was charged with stealing watch belonging to Reed Jleaveland, and which attracted consider Ible attention in this quiet town at the ime of the justice trial, has been nolIed y State Attorney Bill, the evidence being considered insufficient.
 tooRREsPoNDENoE.) Samuel A. Whipple, of Union, a farm. IT we'll known in this section of the conn y, died very suddenly at his home on sunday of heart disease.
 The school in Dist. No. 1 commenced Monday, Sept. 9th, Miss Lucie P. Horton eacher in Dist. and 3 will commence Monday, Sept. 13, Miss Nettie Kinney eacher of the former and MT. George .own of the latter.
 MT. A. N. Nichols of Stafford Springs nd his band of young soldiers are expect q to be present at the services at the M, ,. church next Sabbath morning. Sept. z, also at the meeting held in Hartley Walkers grove at p. m.
 Rev. MT. Pierce and wife are spending few days with Rev. Mir. Betts and wife | ta Mapping Ist
 f4tME O. t. Baker and family who ave been spending a few weeks at their 1mmer residenc, have returned to their ome in Hartford Also w. P. Marcy and amlly and Mr. Ellery Burnham and wife, ,ho have been stopping with Mrs. Kinda larcy, have returned to their homes in [aTford. K.
 The delegates to the republican state 0nventiOn are IL M RAad M IF Kin K