The Press., 1890-08-07

Ellis is selling good tub Butter iron Rockledge creamery at 2Oc. lb.
 Tickets to all points west for sale at thu office of the N. l.. N. R. R., Stafford Springs J. V. Squier, agent.
 Type writing paper at The Press Office.
 Regular meetings of Winter Post, c. AK: on the 1st and 3d Monday evenings of eacf month.
 See Gary Bros. announcement in anoth CT column.
 STAFFORD.
 The sale of bottled water from the spring is growing, and is promising to be the beginning of considerable and profit able business. Beside the call for the plain water, charged with gases for preser v.tion merely, there is heavy local trade in favored water, as ginger ale, sarsapa pari Ia, sodas, and beer fisvors.
 Somewhere money is being found to work many improvements upon Nelson Townes farm-the old Ctpt. Albrey place Tn Wilmington, near the Babcock bridge. Mir. Towne is too sagacious business man to expend upon farm money that It does not earn, and the inference Is that one farm in this vicinity is worked at profit. Tho improvements are numerous, many of them not extensive, but passers by are al ways noting something new. The great est improve ment is Q neat new cottaG @, also new barns, and several hundred feet of curbing enclosing the front lawn.
 WhipI ed cream sodl" is the newt st thing. Its preparation IS patented, and Lathrop has it's exclusive ale in St. ford. The name awakens great expectations the taste fulflls them.
 Announcement is made of a farmer $ basket picnic at Evergreen Park, Aug. 18th, with music and dancing in the even- ing. The Universalists of Monson held their annual picnic July 31st at same place, with usual large company and good time
 Friends of Mir. and Mrs. Walter Car penter gathered at their residence on East Main-st Tuesday evening, in honor of their 10th wedding anniversary. Music, social pleasure and refreshments were ad juncts to an evening of very pleasant en- joyment.
 Calvin Kendall, who lives in vicinity of Square Pond, was last week thrown down by some cattle he was driving along the road and sustained fracture of the right thigh bone near the joint. He is an old man and was in feeble health. He is now in care of Dr. 0. B. Newton.
 -Stillman Ellis, formerly of Stafford, dled at his residence in Palmer last Thurs day morning of typhoid fever, followed by pneumonia. He had been sick for some time, but had improved. and but few days before his death his recovery had seemed not improbable. Mir. Ellis was born in Staffordville, and was 61 years of age. He had been 8 manufacturer of woolen goods at Warren and at Orcutt- vile. He went from Orcuttville to Palm CT, taking an interest in the woolen mill at North Wilbraham, which he had sold little over year ago. He leaves a widow and two daughters, who live at home. His surviving brothers and sisters, all natives of Stafford, are--D. W. Ellis of Monson, aud Justice J. Ellis of Stafford Springs, both woolen manufacturs, Mrs. A. A. Hyde of Pittsield, Mass, Mrs. George Spauld- Springfield. Mir. Ellis had wide acquaint warm friends beside numerous relatives here. He was an active member of the Universalist church while resident in Staf- ford, and was as active in the church of the same denomination in Palmer, being at the time of his death member of the parish committee. His funeral at his late residence in Palmer on Saturday was largely attended, and was conducted by Rev. Dr. O. w. Riddle of Cambridge, Mass. former pastor of the Stafford Uni versalist church, and cherished friend of the deceased and his family.
 Subject of sermon next Sabbath morn- ing at Congregational church, Stages in the development of life." A devotional and social service at p. m. There will be no evening preaching service during August.
 Rev. Messrs. Newell and Clark of Staffordville and Stafford Springs M. B. churches exchange next Sunday morning.
 Philip Sibley, whose death was men, toned last week, will be remembered by every ssold resident" who is not present resident, and will be missed from those who have been long seen upon our streets. He was at one time in the naval service, having been four years upon the U. s. frigate North Carolina, along in the '30s. He was great lover of martial music, and never happier than when with his fife he was part of a fife and drum corps.
 Stafford Street has it's usual large quota of summer visitors.
 Some of our merchants have a lively interest in the starting of the Warren Co.'S. mill. Not so much to increase their trade as to ensure their getting pay for grocer ies they are supplying to those out of work, which, with so many of them, means being out of money.
 Grace church services, Rev. J. B. Robinson officiating: Morning, 10.45 i; Sunday school, 12 m.; evening, 2 o'clock.
 R. s. Converse has made improve ments to the interior of his residence, in- cluding the making of bathroom.
 The Stafford Clippers beat the Mon- sons at the park last Saturday-16 to 8. Clippers, 0 | 3 0 1T 0 *-16 Monsons, 3 1 0 O 0 0 D.
 Struck out-by Conley, Is; Brennan, 2 j; base hits-Clippers 6, Monsons 9; errors Clippers 13, Monsons IT.
 The premium list book of the Stafford Springs Agricultural Society is about to be issued, 1000 copies, and those desiring to make use of the limited space given to .hoolI ornlu ok opoo of Tho