The Press., 1886-09-09

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 The salvation army announce for Fri day evening a grand farewell and welcom, meeting. The farewell being to Staff Cap
 tain Britton, division officer of Connecti cut, and Lieut.. Barkley, who are about tc depart for California the welcome, to the new division officer, Adiutant Edwin Gay and wife. The meeting will be of unusua interest. The admission fee is fixed a ten cents.
 ---The Block Island train will be discon
 tinued on and after next Tuesday.
 Charlie and Harry Newton, son anc nephew of Dr. c. B. Newton, came un pleasantly near drowning last Sunday The lads are about 12 years of age, and with other boys were at the Granite mil ssdana, where these two got into a boat, te which another lad gave a violent push breaking the fastenings. The b0ysy terri
 fled, sprang from the boat into deep water and struggled for some minutes before the cries of the others brought to their aid Adner French D young man, who, only stopping to remove his shoes, sprang into the water, and soon had Harry safely on the bank, but not until he had sunk twice, after sustaining himself until his strength was exhausted. Charlie, meanwhile, had houndered into shallow water and got out ! At was m adventure which they will be likely never to forget.
 Harmony Temple of Honor initiated seven new members at its last meeting, and received nine other applications fol admission
 The present board of selectmen of Staf ford will hold it's last meeting, to close the years Accounts, at the town house on Sat. urday, Sept. 18th, at p. ID.
 The democratic caucus to choose east parish delegates to the several conventions will be held at the town house on Saturday evepinga T o'clock. E
 The committee are wrestling with the problem-how to relieve the over-crowded schools. The term opens with 212 pupils in the different departments. For the present the plan talked of is to put class of the intermediate department into the grammar school room. EEE ,,
 The Dimock block opposite the depot has become the property of 0. 0. Haskell of Norwich, holder of the second mort gage, who has paid off all other claims. The property extends to Gold-st., and in- cludes the tenement block on that street. O. ,H. Kemp has in the same way become owner of the building ill which is BidWell & Co.'S. market, and the stone house ad- joining. .G-s
 Freeman F. Patten is building two dOuble-tenement houses on the Spellman lot, adjacent to the Benton place, -on High street.
 < Charles Beckwith has removed to the tenement recently added to the residence of J. W. Dimock on High-st.
 Robbins Patten and Orrin Converse have, been elected trustees of the M. B. church for two years. Other members of the board, who hold over are Julius Con- verse, Luman Orcutt, Alvarado Howard and Charles Warren.
 stiA1Ers Bafney,s temperance address at Oronoco Hall last Sunday afternoon drew an audience of nearly 800 people, and was a stirring appeal for action in temperance legislation -the plan recommended being a constitutional amendment prohibiting the sale of iquors after the plan of Rhode Is- land. She described the methods of work there, emphasizing the fact that political talk was tabooed there during the canvass, the appeal being made to temperance peo- pie in all parties. Mrs. Barney, contrary to reports, has never made a speech advo- eating 8 third party movement. She is foremost in theawork of educating public sentiment to realization of the damnable effects of the rum traffic, and the pressing need of action for its suppression, and to whom is much credit due for the steady growth of this sentiment ill New England,
 There was narrow escape from 8 se- were accident at the Spring-st crossing on Tuesday morning. A party leisurely crossing the bridge toward Main-st., warn ed by shouts, barely whipped his horse across the track before a train whizzed along. The momentum gained brought his carriage into collision with hitching post, breaking the vehicle and throwing ont the driver, but fortunately with little injury to the latter.
 Three weeks from next Monday our people will vote again upon the license question. This time, for the first time in several years, 1t is the temperance people who are over confident of the result. and great danger lies in this. The fight is with an interruptions foe, engaged in a business that sears all conscience and bru talizes the man, and also enslaves the very men whom he is engaged in running, each one of whom has Q. vote. There is also money on that side of the question. and the penurious tex payer also sees costs in liquor prosecutions, while he overlooks the savings of years of greater sobriety and freedom from rum brawls. If the fight s won again this year it will be by effort. The other side is not asleep.
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