The Press., 1889-01-03

Frank Wescott, 2.s I Frei 3ht bill, x ' 5.5 MT. Marsdale,. GA
 Lumber bill, 20-5 w. Graves, s z s 3O.O
 E. A. Buck X Go, Al Clock weights, 31.9 $56l.2 F The amount raised by subscription wa $527 35. To meet the deficit the Howar
 Clcck Company have abated SIS. 59 on tn
 bill, and the following subscriptions hay
 been made: Rawitser x Bro. Additional ES944; B. F. Taylor, $1; W. E. Demond $2. This leaves still deficit of $7 16 which, if no volunteer contributions ar made, will fall urol a few persons who hay already borne more than the;r quo'a of th Eexpeuse-and, work. ~ Tt is suggested that instead of giving all the slippers to the ministers at Christ mas trees, some be judiciously distributed among the, parents of the children wht play taginsahe church oi'tfe evenings Q sociables. >%a'
 The annual meeting of the Congrega tional church. will be held this evening al Ithe-cBapei, ,at,730.
 The Congregational Sunday schoo re-organized for the new year last Sunday choosing Everett B. Warren superinten sdent, F. J. Chandler assistant: Mrs. F. H. sSRelman secretary spds tfsasaler, and Geo Iss Fspton ibEaria4a ssas
 E44he lawless e3sment -hayes been al work upon tie fair grounds Since the fair, breaking locks, entering buildings, and scattering, stealing and destroying con. tents. Are they aware they are commit, ting state prison offensesL? It est $75 at least to repair wanton breakages about the buildings before the last fair. The off. cers of the society forbid all trespassing on tlse grounds, and will pay for informa ton concerning trespassing and destruc tion of property. $25 reward is offered for information that will convict any person of breaking locks on the premises.
 { : The Congregational ladies very pleas antly opened the season of sociables last Tuesday evening, with good attendance and nice entertainment connected. Mrs. Dennis and Mrs Newton were in charge.
 Divine sersies in the w. c. T. U. reading room next Sunday at 3 p. m. Bring Gospel Hymns.
 Mir. Editor: Next Monday, Jan. 2, will be enumeratjon day, when the district schdoT cQmpittses are; required by law to ennn1efate the children over four and un- der sixteen years of age belonging to the town. Blanks for the purpose have been furnished to each committee. Children must be counted as belonging in the dis, tricts where their~parents or guardians re- side. The oaths required may be admin istered by either one of the visitors. If a parent or one have control of child re- fuses to give the required information he will be subject to a fines of three dollars. Each. committee must make his retarns to the acting visitor Fin charge of his district on orsbefore the Dthinst If he enumer- ates less than fifty children he will receive one dollar compensation, and three cents per head for all above that number.
 G. V. MAxHAM. : A fair sized: audience gathered at the Congregational church last evening to hear m address by Willie DuBoise, graduate ,f Fisk University. The Stafford Springs ,hurch was one of four New England the Sunday schools of which have ointly supported u scholarship at Fisk, md DuBolse was their last beneficiary. He has spoken in each of the churches to which he is indebted and gives evidence of l mind worthy of the cultivation afforded Jim, Mr. DqBoise isxa young man of nore than average intelligence. His story # student life, his experience as teacher Il the south, and of the educational status # the poorwhites and blacks, was very in. erestipg. He began by saying that the cal soath could never be:seen from the nfnle ride through the back districts, was needed to open up view of he genuine thing.
 ;-In the early evening of last Monday hB reflection of blaze was seen on the western sky from this village. Early risers lext morning saw light in the same quarter, and wondered what confagration 'ould last so long. It appears that the ,vening light was from burning tobacco heds at Broad Brook, while in the morn- ng the Windsorville woolen mills made he illumination. The latter caught fire in he early morning and were totally burned. Loss $35, 900, insurance $21, ,OOO. 150 hands ose employment by the misfortune.
 WEST STAFFORD.
 Rev. J. M..Lord of Weymouth, Mass, will supply the pulpit at the Congrega- ional pulpit next Sabbath. F.
 sTAFFoRDvILLE.
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 The week of prayer will be observed lext week at the Methodist church.
 A humorous Aggression from MT. New ll's lecture last Tuesday evening was the ,nocking of traveller at the vestry door nd inquiring if he could have nights odging there. "Variety is the spice of fife. Rev. F. c. Newell, native of Square 'ond, and now pastor of the M. B. church, Wexford, R. l., is spending this week in Ellington, and the last of the week will be he guest of his son at Staffordville.
 STAFFORD HOLLOW.
 There has within the past year been considerable change of ownership of real state, healthy indication of the growth the village. It is an "open secret"1 pat within a fey. years the; eheraqter of eterminaHon of itss leading citizens to ut down the rum element that had tried 3 domineer the village and town. "The follow" is now known as one of the most | rderly of manufacturing villages, and the equation is increasing the desirability of wning houses there, and must therefore 1crease values. W. H. Champlin is build lg pretty cottage west of the M. B. | Iaryey place, and some time. ago bought he latter splace also. Oscar w. Sanford | ow owns the Elijah Fairman place, John Lassett the D. F. Fairman place, and E1- | 'atd Written the Augustus Alden place.
 -"The Wide Awakes" announce an en.