The Press., 1889-02-28

-bafg6IRS In Dfy dOOQS At OoIIu B. ~..r-
 Three bars good Soap for ten cents at Johnson's
 10 dog pairs of Kid Gloves, worth $1, for 62 cents per pair, in black only, at Helms.
 One lot of Feather Busters, q good deat less than cost. at Johnson's.
 Laundry Shirts 65c, worth $1, at Helms.
 -Eyaporated Apricotts at Johnson's.
 Cereal Coffee, prepared by the Health Food Co at Johnson's.
 A full line of the best brand of Canned Goods, at Johnson's.
 -Saratoga Potato Chips st Ellis. ..
 New New Orleans Molasses at Ellis.
 Try those Hickory Nuts at Ellis
 Fancy Comb Honey at Ellis.
 Choice Cranberries at Ellis.
 Rice Pop Corn, years old, at Ellis.
 -AReeular meetings of Winter Post, G. A. R., on the 1st and 3d Monday evenings of each month.
 STAFFORD.
 The M. E. Sunday school has been given a fine new piano by MT. and Mrs Georee O. Cleaveland, the gift being in memory of their deceased son, Ernest.
 Parties wishing to have the Stafford vile stage call at any place in the borough for messengers, may leave their orders hereafter at Heald's drug store.
 The Peoples Theater Company, which runs at Oronoco hall during next week, retains the old favorites, Dorritt Ashton and Bayard Wood, and strengthens a form CT weak point in having new comedian.
 At the Gong. church social on Tues day evening c. F. Orcutt sang, by request, to the great pleasure of those present, who dave him hearty encore. MT. Orcutt is fine singer and popular instructor, as his success in Stafford Springs indicates. In this connection we may say that any wish ing to avail of his services as teacher may leave orders at the residence of William Symonds, on Gold-st.
 Herbert Segar started on Monday for Chicago, where he is to enter the.service of wholesale shoe store as travelling sales man. If as popular among the patrons along his route as he IS among his asso- ciates at his home, he will be valuable man to his employers.
 A large number attended the. ;.social and reception at the Congregational church parlors last Tuesday evening, over 130 per sons being served with supper. The new pastor and wife had hearty greeting.
 Miss Annie Rawson is just getting around again after very severe accident to one of her eyes, caused by a fall on the ice three weeks ago. -.-
 MT. Buckley's communication Tn The Press regarding the propriety of 8 course of study in the Stafford Springs high school has called out number of explana- tions, which, it is fair to say, was not it's object. He intended to cast no reflections upon the past, or upon past.events: There is improvement needed in the direction pointed out, and all concerned will be glad if future work is in the direction of making such improvement, and thus increasing the value of our schools to the borough and town. It is foolish to settle down to self-eongratulation on the wonderful inn provement of our schools over the past if there is room to make them better than they now are without added cost. We have had time to rest from our last great effort, now let's jog on again.
 Rev. E. F. ClaIk's second lecture on geology was we'll attended at the M. E. church last Friday evening. Illustrations by charts added to the interest of the sub- ject as ably presented by the lecturer. The third lecture will be delivered on Fri day evening of next week.
 The borough schools close on Friday for three weeks vacation.
 70. l.. S. c. meeting at the Methodist church Friday evening at half-past seven.
 = Bear in mind ex-Chaplain-in- Chief Fosters lecture on prison life in Ander- sonyille, at Oronoco Hall, this evening. You can't help being interested in the subject, and Chaplain Foster will tell of what he knows from experience and ob. servation. ~r... -.--~- <.
 Geo. Needham, of this village, aged p years, who has been blind since he was eight months old, made an attempt at sui eide on Monday morning about 2 o'clock by cutting his throat The effort was 8 determined one, several hard gashes being made, but the dullness of the knife pre- vented the cuts extending to the jugular vein. He has been Respondent for some time from various causes, but the immedi- ate motive was to escape being made a town pauper, which he had in fear. He had before attempted suicide by hanging, and expresses determination to yet take his life. He is attended by Dr. David, and is expected to recover.
 Willard Dimock, who has been under bid $40 on his contract for carrying the mail between Stafford Springs and Staf- fordville, proposes to continue to run his stage, and will retain the we'll earned good will and patronage of the public whom he has so acceptably served. He has im- proved the appurtenanoes of the stage route, and is continually making further betterments. The interested public is much averse to any change.
 -Adelbert Needham is expected to un- load two carloads of western horses in this village next week.
 --Lathrop Cushman, who removed from Stafford Springs, about 30 years ago, to Hartford, and has since lived in Pennsyl- vania and Minnesota, has returned recently to this village to live. He is brother to Mrs. Daniel K Smith and passed all his early life here. A carpenter by trade he built and afterwards bought and lived Tn the Johnson house, which stood upon the present site ofsTafts block,and now stands in the rear of it. He also built for Preston Parkess the house now owned and occu- pied by Widow SpeIlman. This house was raised March 4th, 1841, the day on which Gen. ". H. Harrison was inaugurated president, and as soon as the frame was up Mir. Parkess, who was an ardent whig, hoisted flag over the frame, to the strong iy expressed disgust of his brother Lewis. who wasn't whig MT. Oushman's only child, a son, was killed in the war and brought home for burial, the town hearse now in use being first brought ont for his burial.