The Press., 1890-05-15

you better goods and lower prices than eve before. W. E. Hanley.
 - California Peaches, Pears, Apricots Plums, &c.,, 200. can, at Ellis.
 Ellis is selling good tub Butter iron Rockledge creamery at 200. ID.
 -"Old Colony" Corn, full weight cans, 7c can, or for 25c., at Ellis.
 Teas from 25c to $1.1O, Coffee from 25c to 4Oc., with premium, at the Oriental.
 A full line of fine Spices and Extracts a the Oriental.
 Nice presents with Baking Powder at thu Oriental.
 Try the tHustler," pure Havana cigar for 5c., made especially for our trade, at thu Oriental.
 Lamps are selling very low at the Ori ental.
 You can buy 30 bars good Soap for $1 at the Oriental.
 Fresh premium butter from the Filing ton creamery, at Ellis.
 STAFFORD.
 Joseph Rabadeau was drunk and disor derly on Tuesday, and Policeman Mullin tool him before the borough court, where he was let of on payment of costs and promise to dc better.
 70. l.. Johnson this week removes tc Wales, Mass, where in connection with N. M Stebbins, recently machinist at the Mineral Springs Co.'S. mill, he will start machine shop. with blacksmithing connected.
 James Risley, administrator, advertises an auction sale for Wednesday, 21st, at 10 a. m., of real estate in Wilmington and Ashford, belonging to the estate of the late Mary L. Adams
 Rev. James M. Eaton, long-tim and well-known resident of Stafford Street, died vesferClav after a long illness
 Wells are being driven and many i'm provements made at "The Island," Lake Mashapaug, and other improvements are un. der way or in contemplation to add to the natural charms of the place. Mir. Howard will erect some buildings.
 A numbering machine, for printing or tickets, etc., has been added to The Press office's jobbing outfit.
 A fine large granite monument has beer put up on the family burial plot of Edward Sullivan, in the Catholic cemetery
 -Wm. s. Quinlan of Stafford Springs has been put upon the list of pensioned veterans
 "A meeting of the executive committee ot the Stafford Springs Agricultural Society will be held at the office of E. O. Dennis next Sat urday at p. m. A full attendance is de sired.
 A customer recently called at clothing store in the village for five cent neck tie When shown one he declined to purchase fol the reason that it was too good for every day wear.
 -Gary Bros have put upon the streets a new watering cart, "with all the modern i'm. proyemsnts," made in South Bend, Ind, a brand new, good looking machine, which does it's work to the fullest satisfaction of the borough authorities, and nearly every one else. Pains was taken to get the best ma- chine made, and evidently this has been ac- complained.
 x-Maurice F. Shahan, of Millbury, Mass, who formerly kept shoe store, and who owns real estate here, started Monday night for Montreal. For many years his wife has been insane, and for few past years an in mate of the asylum at Longue Pointe burned last week. Mrs. Shahan is among the miss ing, and is probably among the dead, though there is bare chance she may have been among the number who got out and wandered of.
 0. G. Ellis is making improvements to his cottage on Highland Terrace, the addition o1 dormer windows to the ell being among them.
 #-Builder Day has contracts to bui d cot tages at New London and Groton, where he has before done like work He works sep arate. gang of employees there, and has no difficulty in securing all the help he needs at lower wages than paid in Stafford.
 -Wm. Farnsworth, who formerly ran the domestic bakery opposite The Press office, is again fitting it up for his occupancy.
 Gary Bros. are building new barn up- on their moving lot on East Main-st., near Ginger brook.
 The milk shake season was opened at Lathrop's last week, and the new ice shaving machine is handsome addition to the outfit, and makes improvement to the compounds.
 Miss Alice Fl. Derby, from Meriden, is at Mrs. Hicks', Highland Terrace.
 gs- Rev. Mr. Ricketts, of Rockville, will next Sunday. Rev. MT. Dickinson, the pas tor, and family, are away on vacation trip, having headquarters with Mrs. Dickinson's parents at Collinsville. 70. Fl. Bidwell, formerly of this village, whose illness with pneumonia was mentioned last week, died at Rockville yesterday morn Ing. He went from this village few months ago and established 8 bakery at Rockville. He was man highly esteemed by every one. A native of Willington, in early life he was engaged in business in Palmer. At the ont break of the war he was made butler of a Mass. regiment, and after the war remained in Virginia until 1886, when he came to Staf- ford Springs, where he was for a time in busi- u, so daughter by former wife, Mrs. H. M. Brooks, of Springfield, Mass, and son. He was brother of W. P. Bidwell and Mrs. John Brockbank, and son of the late Harvey Bidwell.
 -Marshal Bolieau's new 30x5O barn on South-st. is about completed.
 sTAFFoRDvILLE.
 There were large congregations at the morning and evening services at the Metho- dist Episcopal church last Sabbath The pastor, Rev. F. 0. Newell, delivered two very interesting sermons. The choir are do ing their part admirably. The singing is most excellent. The opening and closing selections were very finely rendered by the chorus choir under their leader, Prof. W. O. Turner, who has an enviable gift and repu. tation as choir leaders The praise services are greatly enjoyed by all, and the cornet, played by Mir. John McCarthy, is another grand attraction. Come, see and hear fol yourself. Morning service at 11.45. Even. ina service at o'clock.
 w. F. Peel was in Worcester, Mass, dur. ing the week.
 MT. John Smith is critically i'll.
 -Messrs. Peel & Mccarthy are preparing the foundation for a new mill office.
 WEDDING ANNIvERsARY.-Ata about half. past ten o'clock on tho morning of Thursday, May 1st, an unusual number of guests began to assemble at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. IT. Chaffee. As they drove up in quick succession Mrs. Ohaffee could hardly inter pret the event, until she remembered that il was the anniversary of her wedding day. The invading party took full possession and sent messenger to MT. Chaffee at his place of fbusiness, informing him that he was urgent