The Press., 1891-01-08

Judge J. F. Chamberlin and Col O. IL. Dean are named as executors in the will of the late Danford Knowlton. and to- day Judge Holman of the Holland district
 will hold a court at Judge Chamberlin's g sfllce to act upon the matter. Mir. Knowl- toms remains were taken to Greenwood cemetery, Brooklyn, N. ". where his wife was buried.
 Rookville Journal The Rockville gsb presented "a p1etty and animated
 me Tuesday evening, thirty -four of the "SO0y Of slafEord Springs honoring the city of their county with visit. They came in sleighs, and right good time they had too. Rockville ls contemplating and wide awake, but if all the ladies in Stafford Springs are as handsome as those who &C., >companied the party we shall have to look out for our laurels in this direction. Land lord Ryan served one of his noted turkey suppers, after which the dining room was turned into danaiDg nail, where the trip ping of the light fantistic toe was highly enjoyed until late hour. The following are the names of the gentlemen, each of whom was accompanied by his wife or sweetheart Dr. P R. Watts, Dr. 0. H.
 David, Dr. E. ". Finney, A. J. Tilden, M. R. Holoomb, Geo. Symond@, J. H.. Segar, A. W. Walker, Jas. Warren, F. w. Wescott, Chas. Pinpey, Jas. Clark, Her. bert Crawford, Dr. Lucius F. Eaton, NJ
 M. Elliott, M. Blair, Dr. I'll. Raffierty.
 Supreme Deputy J. J. Hatlinger last Tuesday evening instituted here Oronoco Lodge, No. 99, of the Bay State League, a fraternal endowment and benefit society. This%is the first of these societies to be es. abolished in town, though they are very numerous. There are but few towns of the size of Stafford but have several. Monson has just started one with about 60 mem- bers. The Oronoco Lodge starts with eleven charter members, and Secretary J.
 H. Reed has the necessary blanks for new applicants. For the present the meetings will be held at J. Fl. Reeds office on the second and fourth Monday evenings of each month. The limit of cost to mem. bers is $39 per year, of endowment reeeiy- ed 8100 per year. There is much discus sion as to the merits and benefits of these associations, but meanwhile they are gath ering in a large and reputable member ship. The Bay State is the last chartered by the state of Massachusetts, and, as is understood, the last to be chartered, which is well, as the field is much over-crowded
 John Brockbank, who has long been ailing with lung trouble, died on Satur- day morning. Mir. Brockbank was born in England and at an early age came to this country, living first in Mansfield, then in Willington. When the war broke out he was working at his trade-carpenter- in New Jersey, and he enlisted in the 1st N. J. cavalry, serving through the war. Returning to Wilmington he married Mar tha, daughter of Harvey Bidwell. Later removed to Stafford, where he was asso. ciated in the building business, first with John K Lord, later with T. D. Johnson. The firm of Johnson < Brockbank did an extensive business, among their work be. ing the building of residences of Julius Converse, the Messrs. Patten on Edge wood, and many others in Stafford Springs Congregational churches at Monson and Ellington, residence of Cyrus Holmes, Jr. in Monson, etc. They established here the first coal and lumber yard, that now conducted by W. E. Demond & Go. When this partnership ended Mir. Brockbank en. tered the straw shop at Monson as pattern maker. He was sent to the Mass. legisla ture in 1886, as representative of the dis. trict of which MonsoD was part. His health failed and he twice went to Oalifor- mia, hoping to find the climate beneficial, but finally came to Stafford Springs, where he owned house, being unable to do any thing save to struggle against disease. He gradually failed until the end. His widow survives him, also three children, Mrs. Dr. P. R. Watts, Harvey Brockbank, who is builder at Wakefield, Mass, and a younger daughter at home Mir. Brock. bank had wide acquaintance, many warm friends, and was universally esteemed af friend, neighbor and citizen.