The Press., 1890-08-21
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Persons interested in the Village Hill cemetery propose to meet Aug. 3Oth, at 8 o'clock a. m.. to clean up the grounds. If the weather gives poor prospect of half days work on that day postponement of one week is desired, subject to the same conditions. A CITIZEN.
 Ladies in need of dress-making will note the card of Mrs. Potter. E MT. Alfred Baldwin, now of Rhode Island, son of the late Dea. Baldwin of Willington, has lately been promoted to be assistant superintendent of Kenyon's mills 0ancy cassimeres). When he gave up the overseeing of the weaving the weave room employees presented him with an elegant easy chair costing $3O.
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 Mrs. Jones, of Springfield, is visiting again in South Willington.
 The Willimantic Courant correspond ent was misinformed when he said the late Wilson Curtis willed his property to the Baptist church here. He left his entire estate to his housekeeper. Mrs. Clarissa Russ
 The house and barn belonging to Henry l.. Keen, formerly owned by the late Perry Potter, were burned to the ground last Sunday while the occupants, a French family, were at church at the Springs. The buildings were insured for $1 900, loss claimed to be $500.
 That was pretty cute story-"A Summer Romance"-in last weeks Press.
 -Eiisha Jennings, an ld-time resident, visited friends here last week, after an ab- sence of nearly forty years His home is with widowed daughter in Springfield, Ill.
 Mrs. Amelia Wilcox, of Hartford, a daughter of the late Ira Johnson, is stop ping few days at 0. T. Preston's.
 -S. P. Morrison has bought back his old place near Stephen Slingsby's. He contemplates moving the buildings some what to the north.
 -Selden Curtis has concluded to remain in town, so he is digging a cellar across the road, opposite the old house, over which he is to erect a new dwelling. An derson, the Holland meal man, Is to build it by the day.
 -Chas. Allen and family nave returned from their summer outing at Fisher Island.
 70. c. Essex has been appointed school committee in Dist. No. 9, in place of Mir. Benton, resigned.
 See notice of stray sheep on the prem ises of Mrs. Wm. Eldridge. She wishes to follow the law as to advertising the 8 ,me, &c.
 E. B. Tyler, the tinsmith, has sent out peddler and equipped him with an sortment of his first-class goods.
 That part of the gang of boys who re- main in town, who undertook to break in to 'tKersey" Shows house, Buff Gap, re- gently, settled for the damages. But she and her husband have removedto Stafford.
 Meeting of the Y. P. s. o. B. in the Baptist conference room Saturday evening. Messages are now taken and received at the commercial and cable telegraph Of fee in w. D. Holman's house, near the depot.
 -J. J. Hemmelar is introducing spring water from Chas. B. Nichols land into his house.
 -E. P. Boynton, of Coventry, and W. J. Aborn of Holland. were in town Wed nesday.
 Albert Hall, of Idaho Springs, Col, is expected this week.
 Miss Minnie Robbins, of Norwich, Miss Jennie Landfear, of Brooklyn, and Benjamin Robbins, of Zululand, Africa, visited at G. B. Robbins this week. The latter, son of the late Rev. Elijah Rob- bins, is preparing to become a medical missionary.