The Press., 1889-03-07
Issued Every Thursday Evening.

Issued Every Thursday Evening. We regret the failure in the interest of
 the farmers, and we are also sorry for the
 village communities whose prosperity is so interwoven with that of the outlying farm districts.
 The president and directors of the
 Willimantic Savings Institute have issued lengthy statement of facts connected
 with the proceeding which brought trouble to theinstitution. The statement is signed by Edwin A. Bnck, president, and George Q. Martin, Dwight Carey, Frank M. Lin coin, John M. Alpaugh, and John Hickey, directors.
 They lay the blame upon Treasurer Royce and what they call 'sthe ring" for bad management and losses in past years. The directors say '...
 "The bank is now in good condition and will, we believe, compare favorably with most of the savings banks in the state, and notwithstanding the large amount of money we have had to carry to meet with drawa1 notices, we have earned the Arril dividend of per cent, which will prob ably be paid about the usual time, and with all of the worthless paper and cash advances to Francis Post and the Ingersolls charged of, we shall have fair surplus remaining"
 With regard to the swapping and kiting of checks, by which the bank lost $7O, ,O0O,
 the directors say:
 "The record book and journal of the
 bank show that For four years, com
 mencing with 1884, $1,046, ,521. .92 of the so-called Ingersoll paper, which was &C.,
 tually discounted by the treasurer was
 never acted upon by the directors, and let it be particularly noted in this connection
 that none of this class of paper was ever discounted by them, except on recommen- dation of Royce Note the following affi- davit:
 We hereby certify that we have carefully examined the record book of the Willimantic Savings Institute, which shows the quantity and kind of paper ordered discounted by the
 board of directors and have compared the same with the journal of said Institute, which
 shows the actual paper discounted, and we find for four (4) years, from and after 1884
 the amount of Ingersol paper, or their en-
 dorsements, discounted without knowledge
 of the directors, to be $1 ,O46, ,521.92 of O. Fl. Andrews to be $S,325; of W. H. Grantley
 to be $114,45O. F.F. WEBB, N. D. WEBSTER.
 State of Connecticut, County of Windham.
 Sworn to before me the Esd day of Febru-
 ary, 1889. o. H. K. R1sLEr, Notary Public.
 Senator John M. Hall, president pro
 tenn of the senate, wore the title of gov.
 ernor and filled that office while Gov. Buikeley and Lieut.. Gov. Merwin were
 in Washington at the inauguration. This gives him henceforth the right to be called ex-Gov. Hall, until the people in good time
 may sponge off thes''ex."
 Ethan s. Chapin, for forty three years of the firm of M. < B. s. Chapin, proprie. tors of the Massasoit house at Springfield, Mass, died in that city on Friday, aged "A.
 He was native of Somers, Conn.,, and the |. bent of his mind was distinctly toward ! mechanics, in which he worked during his youth. He published in 1867 volume . under the title "Gravitation in Nature, which was revised and republished in 1887
 His mechanical talent was very highly 5 commended by the late Professor Benja min Peirce.
 Robert Buckland, of Ellington, who { started for the Hawaiian Islands last Mo- vember, is now on the island of Maui, ] about ninety miles from Honolulu, where l he has a good situation as book keeper in 8 a general store.
 Hon. E. s. Henry, G. M. Paulk, T. !, !, A. Lake, G. w. Randall and several oth !! CTS from Rockville accompany the Wide ' Awakes on the trip to Washington this 3 week see Harrison inaugurated. 8 A Willimantic lumber dealer sent 6 a three-horse team to New London Friday - morning for load of lumber, because il t could be transported in that way $S cheap
 or than by shipping over the New London 8 Northern railroad, notwithstanding the :. teamster was paid $7 per day. rv It is expected that the bill to moor porate the city of Rockville will pass the legislature, as no opposition was presented cities and boroughs. The town will vote . vile Manufacturing Company has received ? letters from President-elect Harrison and Vice President-e Morton, expressing , thanks for the cloth manufactured ex f pressly for their inaugural suits. . Resin soaps cost &c., a cake. Brussels soar N which contains NO RosIN, costs 7c. One cake of Brussels soap will do as much work as two
 cakes of rosin soap.
 S w. G. Ellis sells Brussels soap. Frank B. Stockton is delightful con 3 verstionalist. He is perfectly willing te talk about his own works, and is as modest as he is frank. He is of the opinion tha , the majority of women would have choser ] the tiger in ''The Lady or the Tiger?" di lemma.
 Catarrh cured, health and sweet breath SC , cured, by Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy. Price 5t cents Nasal Injector free. W.D. Heald agent 1. For over three months my son suffered ; night and day with rheumatism so much SC that he was unable to feed himself. Youl 5 Sulphur Bitters cured him, and am truly thankful to say they are an honest medicine 3 Mrs. w. H. Carleton, wife of Deacon Carleton First Baptist Church, Winchester, Mass.