The Press., 1889-10-24
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sf SOUTH COVENTRY. IA. s. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Manager
 of Coventry Local Register.
 lowing to the indisposition of Rev. A. J. Quick the morning service Sunday was conducted by Rev. John Pearse.
 Rev. A. J. Quick is to read a paper to day at the Congregational conference, which is held at Andover.
 HI. F. Dimock's family leave their sum- mer residence this week.
 The next meeting of Wangumbaug grange, 85, will be held in the school house in district (where hitherto un- occupied room has been hired for the sole use of the grange as regular place of meetine). Monday evening, and will be of icered and conducted by the young peo- pie.
 The grange met in Payne's hall on these dates: July 18th, Aug. 12th, Aug. 26th, Sept. 9th, Sept. 23d, our regular grange meetings, and Got. 9th, when a social and supper was given, to which the public was invited. Six meetings in all during the quarter.
 -Courant: A meeting of the trustees of the Hale Donation was held at N. O. Whites, in South Coventry, on Tuesday, and the old officers reelected. They are Rev. F. D. Avery, Columbia, president {: Rev. W. J. Jennings, Reading, formerly of North Coventry, secretary and treasurer. There was larger income than usual to divide among theological students and the library. The outlook is encouraging. All the trustees were present.
 Thirteen members and three regular attendants of Wangumbaug grange, 85, visited Mansfield grange Wednesday and partook of a bounteous harvest feast. Eight members of other granges were pres- ent, and twenty six members of the Mans field grange, in all sixty P's. of H..
 MANsFIELD.
 -Willimantio Cor. Hartford Courant 1: There is au increasing demand for tene- ments at Mansfield Depot. Merritt Smith has added an upper story to his store building and now intends to convert it in- to tenement and build larger store. The new chapel is nearly completed, and will be dedicated soon. It is neat look ing building adapted to the needs of the horse power. national turbine water wheel has just been put in at the Mansfield Organ Pipe Works, and also new Hume. The works have been stopped two weeks to make the changes, although the company is pressed with orders. What few years ago was small business has grown to one of the leading industries of Mansfield.
 The burning of Smead's house in Mansfield is now said to have been caused by the stove leg falling out, thus upsetting a kettle of hot lard, which soon enyeloped the house in flames.
 At the w. 0. T. U. state convention in Hartford on Tuesday, Mrs. Virginia T. Smith, of East Hartford, read paper on Ealmshouses and the care of dependent children. In contrast to almshouses of the worser class she spoke of that in Mans field: ''Not very long ago visited the almshouse in Spring Hill, Mansfield, kept by Mrs. Gardner, God bless her The house is clean and home-like. I was there to dinner; everything was neat and clean. There were beef, potatoes, and tea for every person. There Mrs. Gardner makes the inmates as comfortable as though they were in their own home. The only dis. turbing influence was crazy girl who opened the door and asked me if knew Jeremiah Graham. Poor thing, said the other inmates, her father and mother both drank"
 Charles Davis has been appointed postmaster at Wales, Mass.
 Albert Rice has moved into the house with widow Ainsworth. sa
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 At about half past 10 clock last Sat urday night the residence of II. M. Child CT was discovered to be on fire. When first seen the interior of the house was all ablaze. Quite crowd gathered, but could save nothing. All of the furniture, including piano and other valuable arti- cles, was burned. The family had left that morning for a visit to their former home in York state. The cause of the fire is unknown.
 MT. Eden D. Shaw has raised this year from one stalk A pumpkins, all of which were fully ripe. the total weight of the A being 150 lbs. Who can beat that for pumpkins
 Dogs have been making sad havoc with sheep in this section.
 -Everything is quiet in town at pres- ent; families. keep moving out all the time. Lester Childs removed to Staffordville last week.