The Press., 1888-05-24

essarv to open one or more sections of new street to make them available. This will be done. and plan of the plots submitted at the sale. The location is slightly, pleas ant. and quite central, handy to mills and other village privileges. There is need of more buildings, and working people will find this good chance to get desirable To- cations upon which to build their own homes, which they will no doubt improve. See advertisement.
 Division Mo- l, A. O. H., announces an entertainment at Oronoco Hall on Tues day evening next week with "soclat hop, and other features of interest.
 Friday was an unlncky day for two school children. Little Florence, daughter of Dr. F. l.. Smith, while at play on the public school grounds fell and broke her arm. and on the same day Dr. Newton was called to attend little Johnny English, who had a similar mishap on the St. Edward 8 parochial school grounds.
 Geo. R. Johnson, the victim of the recent murderous attempt on the part of his wife, is now failing rapidly at the home of his daughter in Westford. He is in a condition of pitiable helpleesness and suf- fering, bad sores being formed both from contact with the bed and from discharge of poisonous matter from the wound. The care of him in his present paralyzed condi- tion is heavy burden even on those to whom family affection lighte IS the. labor.
 Mrs. Josiah Converse and daughter Mabel are now in Colorado; have been spending some time at Powell, in that state, and are going on to. Gunnison.
 A. J. Turner, since his appointment as prosecuting agent, has resigned the deputy iudgeship of the district court, and Gov. Lounsbury last week filled the va cancy by appointment of J. W. Chandler. MT. Chandler has served in past years as justice of the peace, and was accounted as discreet and discriminating in discharge of the duties of the office.
 Arthur F. Crane has gone to live in the Chas. Hobby house on B tst Main-st !, and P. B. Johnson, the builder, occupies the vacated cottage. Geo. Simonds ha> begun housekeeping in one of the High land Terrace cottages. MT. Carpenter has moved into the house of his partner, Geo. B. Buck, for the summer, the latter's fam fly living in the country for the summer. c. fl. Holt will this week remove from Hydeville to his house vacated by MT. Carpenter, pending the building of his new residence.
 Horace Pease, who has lived in Stafford Springs for many years, died last week, an attack of pneumonia being the beginning of his last illness.
 The funeral of Miss Ella M. Holt was attended at the Congregational church on Thursday last, Rev. MT. Hawley officiating. Among those present was Prof. Goodwin, from the Westfeld Normal School, where Miss Holt was pupil, who made few brief remarks at the request of MT. flaw ley. He said that he had known her but a short section of her life, but would never forget her. She had come to the school where he was and had taken up the school work, which she carried easily. She had been a member of his bible class, and her cheerful faith in the Savious was a comport to all her associates. He had re- marked to his wife after discussion of bi- ble topics with deceased that Miss Holt had a superior mind. All the school hoped for a recovery, and for a time, when there seemed fair prospect of this the world had looked brighter to all, but the end was not thus to be.
 The rain prevented large gathering at the reading of Prof. o. B. Bennett, of Worcester, last Friday evening, yet fair audience was well repaid for turning out by hearing a few choice selections most admirably given. The program gave op- portunity for great diversity ill style, the Irish, Scotch, and broken German English the dramatic in form of recltations of "Poe's Raven" and "The Famine" from "Hiawatha. Prof. Bennett is a young man, but as an elocutionist stands high al- ready.
 All the local rum-sellers were pulled again Monday by Prosecutor Hodgson, and brought before Judge Risley, who gave them one weeks adjournment.
 The school year at the borough schools close in about two weeks. The graduating class numbers 5, and particulars of the graduation exercises, which will be held at the Congregational church, will be given next week.
 The junior class in the high school are following a new method in their chem istry review, which is briefly this. Topics are assigned and two are presented each day, fifteen minutes being allotted eacK These topics must be illustrated by at least three experiments prepared and performed by the pupil himself, who thus derives the double advantage of presentation and ex- ecution, which is necessarily limited with the present opportunities. To these re- views, which occur from 9.55-1O 30 a. m. daily, save Wednesday, the public is cor dially invited.
 -Eldredge & Adams, the Rockville marble workers, have just set up in the Staffordville cemetery fine $500 monu- ment of Westerly granite for H. G. Dun ham, also in the Stafford Springs cemetery good monument for Joseph Allen, and in the Catholic cemetery one for Florence Mccarthy.
 Grace church adds to it's Sunday school library this week. ready for delivery next Sunday, about 75 new books.
 Mrs. Henry Smith will open her ice cream parlors on Brown avenue, for the season, on Saturday next.
 The Band of Hope will hold public meeting at the Congregational church Sun- day, May 27, at 33O p. m. The exercises will consist of temperance concert with songs and recitations. As 1t is the last meeting for the summer, it Is hoped a large number of the parents and friends will be present.
 The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. D. church will meet in their parlors upon Tuesday, May 29th. There will be an en. tertainment in. the evening divided into two parts, the first part consisting of dia. logues and music, the second part of music and mock trial, "The Great Watermelon Case" Admission, 25 cents for couples single admission, 12. cents. Notice the date, Tuesday, May 18th.
 Letters remaining in the office at Staf ford Springs May 24 T. P. Brooks, Charles Bazinait, Gus T. Chamberlain, Tom Karls from Della Fredte- Edward E. Johnson