The Press., 1892-03-10
COVENTRY. A. s. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Man ager Of Coventry Local Register
COVENTRY.

4. s. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Man
 ager Of Coventry Local Register.
 South Coventry.
 Nov is the time to take drives for profit. One gets full worth ofall he pays for the hired horse and better understands why the subject of .sroad making' Is SO agitated at present by those who are obliged to "team it" for a living.
 The death of Augustus Storrs is not only great loss to his immediate family, but to every farmer boy in the state of Connecticut. The greatness of his gift to them is beyond estimate. IT. s s George Parker and wife expect to fe- turn. to their home from Bridgeport this month. Fs
 If pleasant, grange meeting next Monday evening. Program, readings anf tableau. .s5 ,.. 10. H. Kenyon < Co.'s woolen mill is soon to be running in all it's departments --Notasvery easy job for teams, is. the. drawing of large quantitles; of manure from Hop River to: be used on the Rose lot. of H. F. Dimock's. .'s
 Probably James Ledoyts sells more wood in the village than any otherf farmer His teams are on the road nearly every day. e-s' : - .s
 Hattie M. Wilson is. home on :a va cation. . Isaac Fryor ef Ellsngton haa boa6 spending some silns at F G Eaton,s
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 On page 1st is given sketch of the late Augustus Storrs, of Mansfield, who died on Thursday last. His funeral was attended on Tuesday. It was at first pro- posed to hava it ask fs t05rxs resilf lfenceT but: on account o1 tlss szlozIs iIIness osI MT. Robinson. hath ~
 was attended lastsad shapsl 6 Storrs school. It.was expected that Drss Lynan Abbott, Mir Beecher's successof in the pulpit of Plymouth church, would attend, but a. previous engagement pre-. vented: Rev. Mir Bliss came instead. There was a large attendance, including most of the trustees Of Storrs school, Coy. Bulkeley, graduates of. the school and others. Profs. Rooms, Chamberiin, Peebles and Phelps acted as bearers. In his discourse MT. Bliss spoke feelingly of the. tender friendship existing between Mir. Storrs and Mir. Beecher, and the formers staunch friendship during the trials of his pastor. Next Sunday eyen- ing 8 memorial service will be held at Plymouth church, at which, MT. Abbott will speak, and, at request of the storrs family, Gov. Hyde will in his presence represent the board of trustees, and Prof. Peebles. the school The burial was in the beautiful cemetery overlooking the Storrs school. 4s,s.s @.s' :. 's;' 7s 2 ' --The supreme court has dismissed the plea in abatement in the case of the state vs. James Costello, the noted Mansfield criminal, but this has. nothing to do with the appeal made by Costello's counsel to the supreme court for new trial This appeal will be decided by the supreme court at the May term. Costello was found guilty on second charge of .dese~1 cfating the church at Storrs with obscene, earicatures, etc., at theaSeptemher term of the Holland county: superior court, but has not yet been sentenced ,.aa fhis appeal was taken. Immediately, and the jndga was obliged to await the decision of the supreme: court. Costello, after! serving out his first sentence, was released undef' bonds. ssasse.ss s z as !. The old Gen. Cummings bomesteaas at Mansfield Center has been purchased by James s. Macfarlane, silk s.nanufao- turer. s.iA -: :: .. .s.:t ..s ,..:.4 ;
 "a. .. ..s ROCKyILLE. ! .i.. s.-- s.---i The city is feeling regretful overothe; prospective change of residence ,ot Judge. Loomis. He has sold his house to George Sykes for $15, ,Ooo, and win remove either to" Hartford or New Haven to practice law, in connection with his duties as law instructor at Yale college. Judge Loom- is has resided in Rockvil since 1a47, and been prominent in the social, religious, business, and political life of the town.
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