The Press., 1892-10-06
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y . Wednesday, and her windows are attract i've in appearance. Persons needing good tasty millinery work can obtain 1t in town.
 Ladies' Dark Print Wrappers at B. l.. Burr's.
 A, W. Walker offers this week one case ladies' Jersey ribbed vest and pants at 45c Extra good value. Call and ex- anime.
 Mrs. T. c. Lathrop returned from New York this morning with new fall millinery goods.
 Extra bargains in lace curtains at A. W. Walkers.
 Walkers.
 Extra bargains in Ribbons at A. w. Walkers.
 Ladies Initial Handkerchiefs, two for 25 cts, best yet, at A. w. Walkers.
 Call at A. w. Walkers and see the largest stock of Fur Capes that was ever shown in town-all lengths and prices.
 Bargains in Fall and Winter Dress Goods just opened at E, L. Burr's.
 Plain cheese, sage cheese, Eng. Dairy, Roquefort and Neufchatel cheese at Ellis
 Fresh premium butter from the FL lington Creamery, at Ellis.
 STAFFORD.
 Sometime after the shades of night fall last Saturday the Bidwell and Cranfill flag was hung out. Whatever enthusiasm accompanied the act was pent up-silent -undemonstrative.
 Charles P. Hodgson and Frank AL drich were delegates to the prohibitionist congressional convention at North Man. chester yesterday.
 A tract of land lying on the west side of Furnace Avenue and north of it's junc- tion with Edgewood, has been recently put upon the market by F. F. Patten, and eleven of the sixteen 75x120 feet lots into which it has been divided have been sold. The lots are numbered from the south end of the tract, and the sales have been as follows: 1, Fred. Kitchen; 3, Charles McKendrick 8, reserved by MT. Patten for himself; 4, Joseph Clifford 5, w. w. Lathrop; 6, George Siswick; ', Thomas Whitaker; s, Wm. Whittemore; 13, J. D. Armstrong; IA and 15, Joan Brown j; 16, Alvarado Howard. It is understood that the little wooded tract lying on the opposite side of the road and next to the pond is to be made into park, which will add to the natural beauty of the neighborhood. Almost all of the buyers contemplate building very soon, MT. Lathrop, and perhaps some others will build this fall.
 The Cleveland and Stevenson club, having quarters in the west store in the American House block, has now large membership, and is officered by c. H. King, president; W. P. Sweetser, w. M. Crawford, vice presidents; S. s. Jackson, secretary J. V. Squier, treasurer; D. L. Ellis, M. P. Avery, Geo. Zimmerman, Michael Murphy, Samuel Paisley, Robert Hampston, F. E. Fitzpatrick, John Me Cronan, committee on membership.
 The county commissioners continued their hearing on the Gold-st. hill and it's condition at borough hall on Tuesday. Lots of evidence was heard on both sides, indicating a wide difference of opinion as to whether the street is in a safe or unsafe, passable or impossible condition. The
  greatly cutting down the expense of keep ing it in repair. Some witnesses objected to the paving as bad job, some to any paving, others wanted it conereted. All wanted sidewalk, the making of which the court of burgesses was considering when the complaint was made. The diff. faculties in the way of sidewalk are the limited width of the street, the apparent injustice of putting the costs on the one abuttor, and the need of new and better wall along the street side before walk is made.
 The train for the north which has been leaving Stafford Springs at 1920 p. m. is now put back to nearly it's old time, $50 a. m.
 The "license" voters seem to have been better coached than those for ''no Hcenae." Enough made the mistake of putting no license ballots in the envelopes with their tickets to have changed the re- suit had they voted properly. One voter alone put license ballot into the envel- ope with his ticket, which, by the way, was prohibition ticket!
 Rev. and Mrs. W. B. Allen and Mrs. - Springsted, of Sea Cliff, Long Island, are guests of MT. and Mrs. J. M. ..Horniss.
 Assessors lists may be had at the post-ofices in Staffordville, Stafford and West Stafford, of the town clerk or either assessor and at the stores of F. B. Fitz- patrick and H. O. Butterfield, Stafford Springs.
 The Congregational ladies' social last Tuesday evening, among many other points of success was made especially en- joyable by the fine recitations of Miss Pat ten and singing of Miss Sibley, both of Stirling, Mass. .-.
 Isn't that neat description of our Mashapaug given by Rev. Dr. Harris, in another column? And now, at the close of the season, we are especially pleased to endorse his praise of the con- duct of The Mayflower at Mayland Park, and hundreds who read this will thank Dr.. Harris and The Press for voicing their ap- preciation of the attention to comfort, the excellent and liberal fare provided, uni form courtesy and good service of MT. and Mrs. Howard and their capable and al ways pleasant employees. But one com plaint has come from patrons of The May flower, though that one is loud and ire quent-t that patrons not allowed to pay as much as they feel to be an equivalent for fare and service rendered.
 Mrs. Jacob Rich, of Oxford, Mass, and her son, s. D. Rich, of New York, have been visiting her brother, Rufus H. Moulton.
 pr. F. l.. Smith has removed into the Ives house on East-Main-st., Geo. F.