The Press., 1890-12-04

"A few barrels of choice hickory nuts a Eliis.'
 Plain cheese, sage cheese, Eng. Dairy Roquefort and Neufchatel cheese at Ellis
 Extra choice Northern Apples at lis Read ad.
 Buy the Premiere Kid Gloves. For sal at A. W. Walkers.
 Found at last, the best one dollar Xii Glove in the market. It is the Premiere and A. W. Walker is the agent for them il Stafford.
 Fresh premium butter from the Filling ton creamery, at Ellis.
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 Miss H. Elizabeth Bacon, superviso at the Hartford Insane Retreat, has beer visiting friends in town, and spent Sunday here.
 Regular meeting of the.A. o. U. w this evening. All members requested tt be present.
 As Charles Rock was fixing shaft il Smith & Cooley's mill in Glynville las Friday he fell from the ladder to the floor cutting his head over the right eye, sprain ing his wrist, besides getting badly bruis ed, from effects of which he will be laid by for some time. Dr. Watts is attending him.
 There will be short but importan meeting of the Woman's Foreign Mission ary Society of the Methodist church at the church parlors Friday afternoon at 3.45.
 The game of foot ball on the parl Thanksgiving day was highly enjoyed by those who witnessed it, and was very pretty, and all things considered, vel contested game. The Rockville club bore the honors, as was expected, 3 to 9. II WIS the first game of the Staffords. The Rockville club contained several. old play CTS, including Lake, who played with the Haryards when they recently defeated the Yales.
 -E. c. Dennis has connected his Mair street stand with the private telephone system, which includes his house and of flee at the store and mill on South-st.
 All sorts of peddlers are patrolline the town with "bargains" in specialties some on foot, some in wagons. Their GUS toners boast of the bargains they get-at frst-usually do not care to talk about them later. If you care to purchase any thing these men carry don't take their as snrances as to the advantages of buying oi them. First give your local dealers g chance you may regret it if you don't.
 Frank J. Cardinal, formerly with E. l.. Burr, has taken the photographic car near the Central Woolen Co.'S. office, and will open it next week for business.
 The semi-annual session of the Grand Temple of Honor, held this week at Staf. ford Springs, has been attended by the following, among other prominent mem. bers of the order: J. A. Clark of Ansonia, G. W. 0. T.; J. w. Rawlings of New Britain, G. W. R. John 8. Hayes of Wa. terbury, G. W. "; J. W. Denton of New Haven, G. W. o. l.; Perry Davis of Staf. ford, G. W. s. W. O. Buckley of Hart fond, P. ". 0. T. The out of town guests with many resident members were served with dinner at the Congregational church parlors on Wednesday, gotten up to order, by the Congregational ladies. Reports o1 officers showed the order to be prospering, with net gains in number of temples and membership during the past half year. The annual session of the Grand Temp ( will be held in Waterbury six months hence.
 ':-On Monday evening was held the an nual election of officers of Winter Post A, the following being chosen: Com mander, D. l.. Converse; s. V. O., W. D. Irons J. V. O., w. J. Butterfield sur geon, E. K. Taft; chaplain, Rev. T. O. Druley Q. M., Anthony Adams; o. D., Geo. Brennan; O. G., Chas. Roberts trustees memorial building fund, Col Chas. Warren, Anthony Adams, Reuben Burley; post historian, Chas. Warren fsif committed, T. o. Druley, chairman Anthony Adams, Gerald B. Marsdale, em powered to appoint all sub committees.
 The W. R. 0. soliciting committee fo, line fair are: Miss WilheImina Adams Mrs. Etta Wilbur, Mrs. Nellie Johnson, Mrs. Carrie Clark, Miss Hattie Ellithorpe Mrs. Dolly Druley, Mrs. Francis Lord, Mrs. Annie Mckinney. The fair has re ceived its first boom. The Relief Corps has been presented with pig (s weeks old) for the benefit of the fair. It is al ready in the possession of the corps treas nrer. The ladies of the soliciting commit. tee are expected to collect and deliver al those little dainties that pigs are supposed to like, 30 that the pig will thrive. This pig is bound to be the historic pig of the age. Rally round the pig.
 At the annual meeting of the Stafford Springs Aqueduct O., held this week the old officers were reelected. The com pany is contemplating the rebuilding o the reservoir above the supply pond, an old dam in leaking condition, and al. so will make changes in the main supply pipe, which will tend to make more uni form pressure.
 Judge J.eF. Chamberlin has been ap pointed by the superior court receiver te wind up the affairs of the Granite Mill Go
 Smith ". Bartlett, who went severa years ago. from Village Hill to Florida but who is now resident of Florence, Ala bama, is now in this vicinity, his first vlsi for six years. MT. B. IS an enthusiast a to the prospects of the future of Florence . town which IS growing without boom having had population in June last c nearly 1000, in 1887 of 125O. He is inter ested in the mammoth cotton mill now be ing built there. The main reliance of tn place is on its rich beds of iron, coal an limestone, its good railway and waterwa means of transportation, and it's ampl water power.
 --Correspondence James H. Bowe died at his homo in Haydon, Neb., Oc Hth, aged 63syears, g months and dayl Deceased was formerly resident of Sta ford, and left there about six years az and came west. He was beloved by a who knew. him. He leaves wife and fiv children Mrs. Joseph Hobbs, Mrs. Georg ". Poole, Mrs. .Stetson. and Vim. E. an Charles o. Bowen, all formerly of Stafford