The Press., 1889-08-08
HOME NEWS.
Local Notices.

Local Notices.
 Buy new Home Sewing Machine cheaI for cash, at the Oriental.
 Have you seen those Jersey Ribbed Vests that A. W. Walker is selling for 25 cts. each Just the kind for fall wear.
 CARD.-We desire through these columns to express our thanks to our neighbors and friends who have kindly aided us in our late bereavement and during the long sickness preceding. W. H. CHAMPLIN AND FAMILY. : m-i have a full line of Mems short and thigh Sporting Rubber Boots of the best makes All this season's goods. WE. Hanley:
 Just received new Baking Powder with nice presents, also as fine 8 lot of teas as eyel shown in town, and at rock bottom prices. Call and get samples at Johnson's.
 -Closing-out sale of short lengths of Dress Goods at A. W. Walkers.
 No better time could be selected to visit Goldsmith's Photographic Studio, 274 Main street, Springfield, than now before the rush of next season. Every perfection of the art at hand, and the very best work guaranteed.
 You will make your home comfortable, your wife happy, and save money by buying one of those Monitor Oil Stoves at Moore's. Only three left. A low price takes them.
 BUSINESS MEN You will at this season be approached by drummers, who will show you samples and bid below living rate for your business stationery. They go out in dull seasons when it is deemed best to do work at no profit, or even at small loss in order to keep working force together. They give you lower prices than they will or can afford to give their home customers just to get your patronage started, and expect to make up the loss on future orders you may send them. Do you consider that system of cutting rates away from home square deal
 The Press will furnish office stationery, printed in the best style, as low as any office in the country can afford to furnish it, and if your continuous patronage is given to this office you will auerage in the end better terms than you can get from drummers. Our scork soiH hosd out fsH cossast. Stock furnished is al. ways equal to samples shown. We buy stock from first hands for cash, and we respectfully ask that you compare our regular prices, stock and quality with the auerGge prices, stock and quality of other printers.
 -Coffees at the Oriental Tea Store:, o. G. Golden and Compounded Java, Mocha, Rio, Maracaibo, Corona, New Era, Cereal, French Breakfast and Condensed, also Mocha and Java in lb. sealed cans.
 Good cooking Raisins He. per ID. at the Oriental
 Fresh premium butter from the Filing ton creamery, at Ellis.
 The cheapest place in town to buy Crock cry and Glassware-at the Oriental Tea Store.
 Remember you can always depend on the shoes you buy from Hanley. He will give you new goods for them if they do not wear as he says.
 Fancy Pickles, all kinds, at the Oriental. G. W. Adams, proprietor.
 -6 per cent. Gold Debentures as small as $50, as large as $5000, for sale by J. F. Chamberlin.
 -First-class Groceries at the Oriental Tea Store.
 Lettuce, Radishes and Spinach at Ellis
 Keep your eye on Maine's 37 cent win dow. It may do you good.
 Spring Dress Goods. All the latest nov elites. New and desirable shades. At Helms
 Moving Machines, Horse Rakes, ScytheE and Snathes, Hay Forks and Hay Rakes, Hun garian Seed and Golden Millet at B. A. Buck & Co.'s.
 Regular meetings of Winter Post, e. A. R.. on the 1st and 3d Monday evenings of eact month.
 Rent receipts, made up in books of 50 o1 100, with stubs for memoranda, for sale at Int Press office.
 Tickets to all points west for sale at the office of the N. L. N. R. R., Stafford Springs J.=v. squier, agent.
 STAFFORD.
 -E. 0. Dennis has bought the fine pair of gray draft horses recently brought to town by A. Needham. They are four years old, and muscular looking pair.
 Because of rain the Willimantics did not appear to contest with tho Stafortls as advertised last Saturday. A game is ex. pected to be played on the grounds next Saturday, perhaps with the Thorndike club.
 J. H. Gray, advance agent of Charles Lees London Circus, has this week been billing the town for an exhibit to be made on the afternoon and evening of Friday Aug. 16th. The show will be on the fail grounds, none of the other usual places be ing large enough for the tentsE There, ars 50 horses, @d besidssf athletes. and riders there are advertised fine performing troupe of educated dogs. tzains1 by MT Charles Lee. Also other hink animals clowns, and all the usual features of cir GUS. Admission 25 cents.
 -E F. Whiton, who has for some timt been troubled with cataract on his eyes, il now in Springfield undergoing an opera tion and treatment.
 MT. Harris, the concreter, after wait ing a week for pleasant weather, got in hi first full days work on Tuesday. He hal finished the walk in front of Johnson' block, East Main street.
 -J. Danford Ruby is preparing another greatest effort of his life in musical com position ssThe Russian Bird" which ht declares will be national anthem for botl America and Russia, and the greatest thu world ever saw, implying that he is to ac complish the impossible in outdoing him self.
 -LastSaturday mornings thundershow or was the severest of the season, both il aqueus and electric results. Three heay, bolts startled nearly everybody, one 0 them striking the borough building, th chimney catching it, the tall hose tower which extended many feet above, escap ing. The charge followed two iron brace down from the chimney, making holes il the slate roof and shattering rafters a their bases, though the chimney seems t have acted as conductor for the mai charge, which, after entering the ground gave one or two parting kicks, breakinI up through the concrete flooring of tn engine room. Fortunately the lookup wa empty, and no person was in the building also fortunately no fire resulted. A spite ful little wind gust early in the shove blew down a small walnut tree on tn Woodland house grounds, also rent hug limb from one of the largest naples in tn Springs House grounds, which in fallin broke of two smaller limbs.
 A walk is being made from the nortf east corner of East Main,st. across Furnac avenue.