The Press., 1893-05-11

One of the most important auction sales of personal property ever held in this vicinity will be that held at the,resi- dence of Adelbert Needham next Mon- day, at 10 a. m. The sale will include fifty horses, including 8 lot received yester- day from Illinois. It can hardly help be- ing losing sale for MT. .Needham, his complete disabling by his recent accident, and his present critical condition making it a necessity. For this reason it is a great opportunity for buyers, as 1t in- cludes some horses far above the average in value-c carriage and work horses, pairs and single, including several of record for speed and paternity. It must, under the circumstances, be "elearing out sale'' in the strictest sense.
 E. w. Brooks has made sale of his new cottage on Vest Main-st. to Philo Walker, of Westford. Price, 1,425.
 Are you the owner of small boy If so. you have. of course, reason for attending the circus to-day. The little
 
 and this makes your going 8 duty. We trust you may not find yourself in the dilemma of one citizen, who, asked if he should attend noted circus billed for a neighboring town, replied that he had to go to take his little son. When the day came the little lad felt no desire to go- had never expressed any-and wouldn't go. Did the parent accept the decision as pleasant relief from the implied du- ty? He went alone:
 John Brosnan was shingling upon MT. Lawton's barn on Grant-ave. last Tuesday, scaholding broke, and MT. B. fell to the ground, most fortunate ly with no worse results than few minor bruises.
 The carload of horses which arrived yesterday for A. Needham, and are part of the stock to be sold at auction next Monday, are a fine looking lot, much above the average. MT. Underwood, the buying agent, has also arrived, and will remain until after the auction.
 The stone steps being put in position at c. Aliens fine new house on East Main-st. were made by David Bissett, from Monson granite, and are some of the finest specimens of granite cutting in town.
 Four members of the Russell family have died within year. Jason Russell died at Chicago in April, aged S2 years. Alkaline, widow of Thomas Weaver, form erly of Holland, died at Hynore, Dak. !, May 5, aged 71. Wm. Russell and Mrs. Amasa Converse died in Stafford. Of the family of ten who grew to mature years, most of them born in Stafford, the only present survivors are: Charles Rus sell. of Stafford; Geo. P. Russell, of Chi eago; Mrs. J.. P. Kline, of Wales, Mass, i, and Mrs. George PaEsons, of Worcester.
 Stafford will contain more "horse men" next Monday than it ever did be- fore-barring fair time. Such sales of good animals at auction do not often oc- cur. The sale is widely advertised, and will bring into the town some mighty good judges of horse flesh. :. ..
 Winter Post meets next Monday eve- ming. It is. the last meeting, before deco ration day. Let all the comrades make it point to attend.
 At the borough meeting Tuesday evening, it!wasfvoted to refer the matter of securing new depot by legislative ac- ton to the court of burgesses, instructing them to be governed by assurances they might have as to the intentions of the officials s'.>s
 -Adelbert Needham's condition con- tinues to be a painful and critical one. On account of erysipelas symptoms phy- sicians from Springfield, Hartford and Willimantic have inspected the case to consider the need of amputation. It was decided to endeavor to save the leg. Yes terday Dr. Sweet of Lebanon was called to see the case, and at the present time is in charge.
 The five sons of the late Amasa Con- verse are in town to-day, settling up the business sof the estate. All are iron moulders but one, and that one only is a resident of Staffold. The town was once emphatically a town of iron moulding, now it gives employment to very few of that trade.
 The stock, hay, farming tools and household furniture belonging to the es- tate of the late J. M. A. Sauie1 will be sold at auction at his late residence in the south part of 'Monson on Tuesday next, at 10 a. m.
 Miss Bertha Haskell is now employed at A. W. Walkers dry goods store.
 Stafford Hollow.
 Charles B. Pinney is among the Yale entries for the broad jump in the track athletics at Cambridge on May 13. -.
 (Correspondenee.)
 The only damage done by the heavy rains of last week that we have heard of was slight break in the warp mill dam. The damage was small and it was socn repaired.
 -SGaHOfd grange meets next Tuesday evening.
 The arbor day exercises on last Fri day afternoon were conducted entirely by the school. Every member of both schools had a part, even to the little ones four and five years old. The program was pleas ing one to the audience, which filled the vestry of the church, and showed that teachers and scholars had spent quite a little time in the training for the occasion.
 Mrs. Eliza Ann (BanforD Jenkins died on Saturday, May 9th, of heart fall ure, after an illness of nine months. She was born in Newtown, Wales, in 1838. With her husband and two children she came to this country number of years ago, and had lived in Stafford six years. She had been faithful and consisteaa manher of tho Ranfiaf s.i.1syssh far f3ftaos,