The Press., 1890-05-08

The annual convocation of the Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons of this state will be held at the Masonic Temple, Hart ford, beginning next Tuesday. H. s. Abel, Judge Sage and G. 0. Parkess will represent Orient chapter.
 Mrs. Ebenezer Colburn died at the house of her sister in Wales last Saturday night, af- ter an illness of ten days. Her funeral was held at her late residence on Tuesday, and she was inferred in Sandy Knoll cemetery. A few years ago she caught cold, and was de- prived of her voice, being unable to speak aloud for ten years, then her voice suddenly came to her again. She has had three shocks at different times. Although her health fail ed her, she wasn't of the Respondent kind, not inclined to borrow trouble, but was smil- ing, cheerful and social, always busy, ever trying to do all in her power to have people enjoy themselves when they visited her. She took great interest in plants, always having garden of beautiful flowers, and large window filled with house plants. She leaves husband and an only son, John A. Colburn, of Stafordvile. and two sisters, Mrs. Eunice Hubbard and Mrs. Eden Shaw of Wales.
 Charles and Ernest Cady, IT,, of Hart ford, are spending the week with E. Y. Fisk at the Street.
 -Dr. F. L. Smiths name should have been printed last week in the list of censors ap- pointed by ths Holland Go. Medical Society at it's recent annual meeting.
 Rector Allen of Grace church has aban- doned housekeeping, and is boarding at Mrs. Wiers', on Prospect-st.
 Louis s Converse, of the Mineral Springs Co.,, is having one of the companys cottages on Highland Terrace fitted up for his occu- pancy.
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 The entertainment given by the Re lief Corps at the town hall on Wednesdsy evening was successful in all but the finan cial part A small but appreciative au- dience attended The professor is fine elocutionist i'd excellent as character delineator. The Stafford Orchestra, nndel leadership of J. w. Dimock, gave 8 few good elections, and the ladles of the Relief Corrs desire through The Press to return thanks for their services, which were ren- dered gratuitously.
 The annual meeting of the Sunday school convention of the Ashford Baptist association will be held at the Baptist church in Stafford on Wednesday, June 25th.
 The concert and ball of the Y. M s. 0. at the town hall tomorrow evening will be furnished with music by Alstrom's orchestra. Prof. Chadwick, prompter. Concert and ball $1 Supper served at Universalist hail.,
 W. E. Truesdell leaves this week to be- gin course of study at Eastman's business college, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
 Mrs. Sarah A. Byrnes will lecture in Spiritual hall next Sabbath at l and p. m. A cordial invitation to all.
 On account of bad weather on the even ing of the regular meeting Stafford grange will have special meeting next Tuesday evening, when the subject of gardening will be discussed.
 Special meeting of Wolcott Lodge, No. 60, F. A. M., on Thursday evening, May T.. H. s. Abel, the district deputy, will be pres ent 'f :
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 70. P. Bradway has during the winter been engaged in making iron and wood framed cultivators and horse hoes of different styles, which he now advertises for sale.
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 On Tuesday Mrs. John A. Oolburn had but just returned from the grave of her moth er-in-law, Mrs. Ebenezer Colburn, when she was summoned to the bedside of her dying father, John Smith, of Wales, (formerly oi Stafford Street,. She is his only daughter.
 
 Hartford Post, May 5: E. M. Lull, who practiced law several years in Holland and New Britain, and represented the town ot Holland in the legislature in 1867 and 1872, spoke to the prisoners at the jail yesterday. Mr. Lull told of his early life, so full of prom ise, his mistakes and follies, and eventual degradation and shame-all through rum and finally his conversion and reformation some few we ks ago while behind the bars in Hartford county jail. He was listened to with close attention by the prisoners, many of whom, he said, knew him once as one of their number-and it was evident from their faces that his earnest words of warning made a deep impression.
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 The remains of Mrs. :Beckwith, of Water. bury, were brought here for interment on Tuesday of last week.
 Court adjourned Thursday evening. The jury in the case of O'Keefe vs. St. Francis church of Naugatuck, brought in verdict in favor of O'Keefe E
 70. V. Hein and family have moved on the Peter Becker farm.
 Miss May Weeks, of Hartford, is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Ladd
 Joseph Palmer was arrested on Friday morning for forging note on man in Della. ware. He is in the Holland County jail awaiting the requisition papers, and he will be sent to Wilmington. Some years ago he was sent to the N. Y. state prison for a like ofense, but was pardoned out on petition ot friends, m Miss Ruth Brown, who has taught the center school here the last year, left on Satur. day for Rhode Island, where she will teach q two months term. sF8 A football club was organized on Satur. day. It is proposed to train up and challenge some other club.
 Word was received here by friends of the death of Mrs. Crittenden, of New Haven, and Mrs. Diantha Moore, at the same place. Both died of pneumonia, and within a very few days of each otfiar. Mrs. Moore was the sis ter of MT. Geo. Eaton of this place, and. oi Dr. Eaton of Monson. She has spent consid erable time in Holland, and has many friends here. G FLORA.
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 (Correspondence.) .i -Adelbert Baker, while at work with hi oxen, left them standing for few minutes te enter his house. On returning he found they had gone to brook where they were in ths habit of drinking and had fallen into tn. water, and before they could be rescued ont of them was drowned. It is quite loss tc him and to his aged, widowed mother. g