The Press., 1890-03-13

Daniel Shea and Chas. McCarthy are among the graduates of the Long Island college hospital at New York to day.
 Miss Annie M. Crane gave a drive whist party at her home on East Main-st. last evening. @.s
 John Wood has left at The Press of fee two eggs laid by Plymouth rock hen weighing pound, and the larger measuring S9x63 inches around.
 Service Friday evening, March 14th, at 2. 80 o'clock, in Grace church.
 -"Man-about Town, in Hartford Post If Hon. James Mclaughlin, of Stafford Springs, census supervisor, will come to Hartford he will hear something to his ad- vantage The office seeking overflow from Washington is now located in this city.
 The sale of seats has already insured a good house at the dramatic entertain ment to be given at St. Edwards hall on the evening of Monday, 17th, though there are yet good reserved seats to be had at Parsons. The play is 'The Shamrock and the Rose," and the cast is made to in- clude well known and favorite names, as the list, printed last week, showed. Lit tie Gertie Buttertield will play cornet so- To, and by request 'sthe national flag drill' will be repeated, also other tableaux.
 Isaac Van Wagner, former resident of this place, died last week in Hartford of pneumonia. F STAFFORD HOLLOW.
 Primary department, Dist. No. l, taught by Lottie R. Weston. ca account of so much sickness there were only two IL -1.~ S,,o kho winter term, namely, Mary Pero and Katie Peters.
 Stafford Grange meets next Tuesday evening. Topic of the evening, Poultry. ''
 A service in memory of Rev. G. V. Maxham will be held in the Universalist church next Sunday morning.
 HYpEv1L1E.
 Service at the house of MT. Beard, Hydeville, Sunday, March 18th, at 3 p. m. All are invited to attend.
 Henry Rect is again quite i'll, so that he is not only unable to. work himself, but is too feeble to permit of his wife's doing so. - .@
 MT. Smiths son is dangerously ill of typhoid fever. ..
 sTAFFORDvILLE.
 Correspondence
 On Friday evening last about forty of their friends assembled at the home of Mir. and Mrs. Prescott Belcher the 25th tanniversary of their marriage. Consider. able amusement was afforded during the congratulations by several of the gentle. men taking the privilege of kissing the blushing bride. The pastor of the M. E. church made the presentation speech and refreshments were then bountifully served and after very pleasant evening the com pany broke up at late hour. Among the gifts were sundry piles of silver coin an6 crisp bank notes, as well as silver napkin rings, spoons, etc, etc. :. | On Friday evening a large sleighine ing party was improvised. They proceed ed to Wales and partook of an oyster sup per there, returning home by moonlight 1T the wee sma' hours. a
 Several parties here and in Hydeville have been engaged in cutting and hauling very fair ice during the past two or three days. -. -.- r s.-.~ 5:
 | The Stafordville woolen mill has in | troduced the incandescent electric light and put in twelve new looms, just double their tormer number, and are running the spinning and carding departments night and day to keep the looms supplied.
 -Mrs. Bicknell, sister-in-law of Deacon Smith, of the Congregational church here, was buried Sunday. .~..
 On Saturday afternoon Rev. Geo. w. Elmer gave free lecture on Japan and the Japanese to the children of the village, and on Tuesday evening his advertised lecture on Old and New Japan, the last of the course of five advertised last fall.
 The 4th quarterly conference of the Methodist Episcopal church will be helo next Tuesday evening, the 18th inst, ir the vestry of the church, ,eat o'clock. A meeting of the Second Methodis Episcopal church will be held in the yes try tomorrow (Friday) evening, at { o'clock, to consider the. matter of transfer ring the church property to the confer ence.