The Press., 1889-01-03


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 STAFFORD.
 The Stafford Savings Bank paid f semi-annual dividend of per cent. Jan 1st, and carried $500 to surplus account. .
 -The first annnM meeting Of the Firsi National Bank of Stafford Springs will be held next Tuesday at 10 8. m. President business having called him to Chicago fol for fortnight. His absence..is the more noticeable, ssas he has never missed an lm- portant meeting of the directors nor reg ular fortnightly visit since its organiza- ton, which is. saying considerable, since ; bis principal business is iIl Boston, Apd bis :. residence in MaIden, Mass*s j. l.. '- The '. P. s. c. E, of Stafford Springs will hold social for it's members at the Congregational church parlors Tuesday evening, Jan. 8th, at o'clock.
 The Schreier-Alden wedding last Thursday evening was pleasant affair. A considerable number of guests were resldence of J. D. Fenton on East. Main st.
 
 exhibited to- guests, showing warm in- terest in the young couple to be united A fine fepastswas finely sesTed by caterers from Norwich. The bride and groom left the house (under liberal sprinkle of rice) in the early evening to take the boat train for New York. They are today at. their neksHnme at the residenceof F. N; Crane on East Main-st. They will soon begin housekeeping on Edgewood.
 The Chautauqua circle will meet Fri, day evening at 7.30 at.the M. E. church.
 -E A. Buck 6 Co.'S. hardware store in
 1imS x;s .xisited by burglars on .Satur-
 9Z5lS lh5y had taken anything They repeated the visit again on Tuesday night, however. and took reyolyers, razors, etc, to small amount, showing that it was undoubtedly home genius that did it. This store has been similarly visited at several different times.
 Many friends were glad to greet Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Hawley of New Hartford on their visit to Stafford last week to at tend the Schreier-Alden wedding. They had spent Christmas with their daughter in Monson, and MT. H. on that day receiv-, ed as 2 gift frdn his children a vafhable gold swatchs finely inscrfbed.
 f-The .oficefs-eiect Of Winter Post, G. A. R., and of the Women's Relief Corps will be installed on Monday evening, the former by Past Commander Winch of D. P. Corbin Post of Union. and the latter: by department president, Mrs. Durfee, of Rockville. Both events will occur at the same time in G. A. R. hall.
 There is on exhibition in the win dows of Bnrr,s photograph rooms richly framed collection of photographs of Tor rent Engine Co. Cabinet photos of the several members arranged around the central picture, which gives view of the steamer and hose carriage, with driver, engineer and firemen at their posts, :.
 Rev. A. B. Drew is about to start for Florida to spend few weeks, his family remaining here. He will procure supply for the M. E. church next Sunday, and on the Sunday following Rev. Edgar F. Clarke will take the pastorate for the sremainder of the conference year. Mi. Chrke's last passionate was at the Broadway church, Providence; though hee took no charge in April last, ,<proposlng to. take Q year of rest. He will lbe renaembered as having filled, some years ago, three years appointment at Willimantic. He ranks among the ablest preachers in this M. B. conference, and has been noted also as lecturer on geol- Der his having once delivered a geological lecture here.
 Henry O. Butterfield has mounted on 8 board the head and ;antleEs of, the buck shot b # XIII laf Asath. wilba K the form of hooks, making coat and hat rack. It is handsome article, and several persons have tried to purchase it, but to have to any one else, additional to that of being his own trophy of the chase.
 The town board of relief meets next Monday at the town house.
 -Those. va1o were awake so see aoaiced that the new year arrived on schedule time last Monday night. A bright crimson tinge in the western sky was no part of it's: I retinue, being caused by the burning of some tobacco sheds at Broad Brook. The new year wore more be9 aspect than did it's predecessor, though the latter was the more infatu8ed in appearance. The pres ent year will leave us more quickly than did its predecessor, notwithstanding that there is less leap about it, because of that Y. TTs sai I Ladies Aid Society of the M. E. church will meet in their church parlors upon "Wednesday afternoon and evening, Jan. 9th.
 70. J. Holmes and family left last Sat urday for Phenix, Arizona, where they propose to locate if the prospects there meet present anticipations. They will. spend fortnight at Tallapoosa, Ga, whither David Holmes and family, re- gently removed. Mir. Holmes recent resi- lence on Edgewood is to be occupied by | Rev. \. E. Drew, who removes from the N. E. Parsonage, and for the present gives up the work Of preaching on account of ais health.