The Press., 1888-02-09
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i, SOUTH COVENTRY.
 4. s. PAnKHR. Local Editor and Busineas Manager of Coventry Local Register. Number of scholars in district No. l, 121.
 Mrs. H. s. Dean went to New York Tuesday.
 The employees of the cartridge shop took sleigh-ride to Willimantic laat week. U MT. Ferguson has removed from Huntington to Storrs Fords tenement.
 70. D. Bottom has slow fever.
 -Sam1 Storrs has had quite a severe attack of erysipelas.
 -Addie Cross was in town Sunday.
 -The ladies of the Congregational church gave bake bean supper Tuesday evening.
 The cellar that has escaped freezing during the last cold snap is the exception. Farmers kept fires in their cellars for days and nights in succession tO keep out frost.
 Mrs. H. F. Parker has gone to Spring field, Mass. to visit friends.
 Mir. Jones is putting piazza on the south side of his residence.
 John D. Wilson, president; R. ". Barber, treasurer. Board of trustees cleo tion Tuesday evening. @
 -Wm. Sweet out his leg quite seriously while chopping in the woods.
 -J. J. Franklin is building an addition 1Ox2O to the cartridge shop.
 Mrs. Chas. o. Buell. is stopping with her sister, Mrs. J. J. Franklin.
 --Andover has grange of 24 members since Monday evening, and the farmers club and others in the south parish are saying "why not we ?"
 Sunday evening, when the domestic employed by E. F. Tracy reached home after having attended church, she found that a lighted lamp which had been left on the table had exploded, setting fire to and charring the ceiling, 90, but for this opportune discovery, in short time the house would have been blazing, as the fam fly were in their sleeping room.
 We want to buy the Connecticut river bridge near Hartford, and there are lots of widows and maiden ladies in town who are aching to pay taxes to help the pur- chase, in order that the poor of Hartford, who haven't cent of money to pay toll, can have chance to come east into our beautiful free country to enjoy the bless inRs of orchards and hen roosts, to quicken their sensibllities and startle their nerves by their unnanounced presence. Ever since the female members of our family, coming from another part of the house in- to the kitchen, there to hnd tramp re- gallng himself with raw onions, our hearts have been warm towards itinerants. O, yes, we want to buy the bridget!
 NORTH COVENTRY.
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 The enumeration returns from the sev, ersl districts of the town show that on the first Monday of January last there were 3sO children in town between the ages of 4 and Is years, divided as follows |: No. l, 121 No. 2, 40; No. g. A; No. 1, 29; No. 5, IS; No. 6, 16; No. 2, 24: No. 8, 19 No. 9, 29 ; No. 10, 29; total, 360.
 At the singing school held last Friday evening it was voted to close the term with an old folks concert, and the future schools will be devoted largely to preparation for it.
 Quite large company of relatives and friends met at the home of Mir. and Mrs. H. M. Kingsbury last week Wednesday evening to witness: the marriage of their daughter Jennie to Mrs T4 Weaver. Rev. H. R. HOisington performed the ceremony. The bride was the recipient of many val uable presents. The happy pair started for New Bedford, Mass, on Thursday to visit the brides sister.