The Press., 1888-04-19
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Local Notfces.

fine French Serge, all new shades, WHlcn VIII not fade, 75 cents. Samples sent free
 Don't forget the closing out sale of Boots and Shoes at No. Dr. Eaten block, opposite Press Office. Selling this month for less than cost.
 Poultry netting by the roll only cent per square foot at E.. A. Buck Co.'S. ..~
 Spring Millinery at H. c. Wheeler's. .
 Job in Dress Goods at H. c. Wheeler's.
 Ladies, if you want comfortable, easy Shoe, look at those low heel gypsy cut shoes at Hanley's.
 Bargains in Kid Gloves at A. w. Walkers.
 Forbes & Wallace, Springfield, are selling Swiss Flouncin s from three hundred pat terms. Stick loaded into shapes of exquisite beauty, twenty-two inches wide, 39 cents to $2 Forty-fve inches wide, elegantly em- broidered, 75 cents to $3. @w
 Lace Curtains, at A. ". Walkers, at lower prices than any travelling agent will sell you the same quality for.
 -Kale received every week at Johnsons. = Goods sold at the lowest possible prices at Johnson's.
 a lbs of good Black Tea for $1 .OO at John sons.
 Best Timothy Seed $3.2 per bushel. E. A. Buck & Co.,.
 Self Raising Buckwheat in 6 lb. packages for 25 cents at Johnson's.
 -Colors, Varnishes and She1lacs, at E. A. Buck & Cts.
 Maple Syrup in quart bottles at John sons.
 Pure Linseed Oil, soc. per gal, at E. A. Buck & Co.'S.
 In these days when there is so much fault to find with almost every article of commerce on account of adulteration, it is pleasant to saIo rlol1 grance OZONE article at least, with which. no fault can be found, namely Mir. W. G. Ellis Perfect Tea.
 Pure White Lead, $6.5O per 100, at E. A. Buck & Co.'S.
 Tickets to all points west for sa'e at the office of the N. l.. N R. R., Stafford Springs. J. V. Squier, agent.
 '-s Plain >age, Edam, Eng Dairy and Neu- chatel Cheese at Fl is.
 A few bushels extra good Hickory Nuts at Ellis
 Ellington Creamery Butter at Ellis.
 Pop Corn, which we warrant to pop, at Ellis.
 Indian River Florida Orangesy the best Oranges in market, at Ellis.
 The celebrated Deerfoot Farm Pork, Lard, Sausage, Hams and Bacon at Ellis.
 Oriental Condensed Coffee, Pure Liquid Coffee Full rich flavor, delicious aroma and healthful stimulating properties of finest fresh roasted berry. One spoonful makes a cupful of perfect coffee in one moment. For sale at the Oriental Tea Store. If :
 Regular meetings of Winter Post, G. AR, on the 1st and 3d Monday evenings of each month. ..
 Legal Blanks at The Press office. ~
 STAFFORD.
 Ionic Masonic Lodge meets on Friday evening. . Warren Lee Goss, author of war books, and writer of mapv-of the Century war articles, was in town last week, look ing after the interests of an elaborate war history, of which the Century papers by himself and others are to be part. Mr. Goss was a prisoner at Andersonville, cap tured at the same time that the 18th Conn. was taken, and is, in consequence, poorly equipped with health, but has head full of war statistics, and ability to tell what he knows in very graphic style, as those who own his writings we'll know. ~7 -. John Fisk of Stafford Street is study ing law with: Esq. Hanson,
 George L. Dennis is now located at Great Falls, Montana, where he has po- sition as freight checker for the Northern Pacific railroad.
 In some western cities it is proposed to set trees on arbor day in memory of de- ceased persons of note. Several cities will have Lincoln, Douglass and Logan trees thus set. The custom might we'll be localized. Let us have trees set in our various towns in memory of deceased per sons deserving such monumental remem- brance. How will it do to have the bor- ough authorities each year set tree in some slightly place in memory of deceas- ed citizen deserving of such honor, and ee- lected by ballot of the court of burgess es? Just think of the inducement it will be for citizens of the borough to be good during life, in order to have tree planted to their memory after death.
 Regular convocation of Orient Chap. ter, R. A. M, next Wednesday evening.
 Geo. Sing, who has fitted up laun- dry on East Main-st., is better equipped for business than any of his predecessors have been, and his pleasant and honorable methods are winning him good patronage MT. Sing is studying hard to master the art of reading and writing as we'll as speaking English, and is regular attend ant upon Sunday church services.
 Edward Jones, of Rockwell Hill, is now seriously Ill with pneumonia, making the third case in the family of his father, Samuel Jones. His sister, Mary, who was first to contract the disease, is yet in a critical condition.
 This has been the worst mud spring known for years. The worst of it is over, however, and the roads are getting quite passable. The spring is very backward, and all early vegetation, May flowers, etc., must be behind time.
 Tomorrow is the last day for payment of taxes without added interest.
 A canvasser has been working Stafford this week to raise funds for prohibition political work. He was an ex-minister, and said that he had lost his position as preacher by having cast vote for St. John.
 There's opposition among vendors of potatoes imported from Canada, and sold from freight cars. Runners from rival cars were about the streets Tuesday, one offering at $1 per bushel, the other at $1 10. The price at the stores is $1 9, and much of the stock there sold is inn ported from Scotland. These are of me- dium size, smoother than the native tubers, but of a scabby appearance, that suggests the need of thick pairing.
 The maple sugar crop is a,large one this yote-,, and the quality is therefore the better, there being the less reason to in- crease it by adulteration. We have sam- pied some of extra quality at Ellis' -