The Press., 1894-04-19
HOLLAND.

is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.''
 HOLLAND.
 The Hartford Courant says: James Costello, the noted Holland county crim- inal, recently attempted to commit sui eide in the county jail at Holland. He made rope by tearing sheet into strips and moose from the belt of his overalls. He was discovered just as he was swing ing his head off the bed. He fastened the rope to his cot bed post. Costello's sec. ond trial begins tomorrow.
 l (Correspondence.) Ambrose Clark's he use, which was reported burned last week, was only par tially destroyed. The insurance company will make good the loss.
 Rev. J. B. Ackley, from Manchester, has been assigned to the Methodist church here, and occupied the pulpit last Sunday. He was stationed here a few years ago, SC does not come here stranger to the peo- pie.
 Rev. J. Thompson, who has presided over the Methodist church here, very ac- ceptably, for four years, has charge in Rhode Island. He has made many friends here by his kind and courteous ways, and a great many will regret his departure. A temperance lecture will be given at the town hall on Friday evening, April 2Oth, by Prof. Caswell of Canada. W. H. Hall, secretary of the Congre- gational Sunday School Union, will give an address in the interest of Sunday school work at the Congregational church on Wednesday evening, April 25th, to which all are invited.
 William l.. Benton has been drawn to serve on the jury at the superior court this week.
 Rev. A. H. Post has gone to his home at Clinton, N. Y., for a two weeks visit. The pulpit of the Congregational church ! will be supplied by his son next Sunday. A. L. Benton's saw mill has been re- moved from P. Charters lot at Skunka- maug to Dr. Jacobs on Buff Cap. The two little girls of Dr. Charles Daniels have been spending some time with Mrs. Lansing. MT. Daniels has re. moved his family from Brooklyn, N. Y., | to Boston. Mrs. Daniels is sister of Mrs Lansing, and daughter of Hon. Charles Underwood of this place. Dr. Daniels being secretary of the A. B. c. F. M. will go south soon and into Mexico in the in the interest of the American Board.
 George Lansing has been spending g few days in Boston. FLORA. ELLINGTON.
 Ellington farmers are casing their to- bacco, not being willing to sell at tho prices offered. A number of lots have been sold for and cents pound.
 The large two-story house of Mrs George Kimball, in Ellington Street, wal completely destroyed by fire Sunday eve ming. The fire started in the woodshet in the rear of the house. There was nt one at home at the time, the occupants being at church. As soon as the fire was discovered the meeting broke up and ev erybody rushed to the scene. All that could be done was to remove the furniture and endeavor to save the barns. The barns were connected with the house by covered passageway, and this was torr down, saying the barns. Nearly all tht furniture was saved, including the car pets. The loss is about $2,5OO, partiall, covered by insurance. It was the larges fire in Ellington for some years. | Crystal Lake corFespendence.)
 The late Wellington Charter bull the house now owned by L. A. Aborn.
 Deacon Orwell Dimock and wife wer guests of Mrs. Mary Taft one day las week.
 l John Carson, who recently purchases the Ephraim Newell place, has had painted by John Hunter.
 We hear that the Alvin Ladd place to be occupied by Ezra Ladd.
 -Revs. Q. H. Edwards and Charle Baker gave interesting discouFses in tn Advent chapel here last Sunday, and az expected to speak again next Sunday MT. Edwards, as usual, at 10.45 a. m.
 MT. Baker at p. m. The same roadmen, George Willis Denison Baker and Wm. Kibbe, wht
 "mended our ways" last year, are hire' again for this season, MT. Willis havin charge of ''the big scraper.'' Several of our children passed tn
 house Monday evening, happy in hlayinl
 been succesaffnl gft!l in gathering aFbutas. l. -9urr friend, Orriin Newell, who wa
 so very sick during the winter, was il
 church again last Sunday.
 Samuel Booth, who gave several Bi ble readings in Holland recently, gave u pleasant call Sunday morning.