The Press., 1894-08-02

borough people will go to Mayland Park for stays ranging in length from one tt two weeks.
 The Willimantic camp meeting opens Aug. 18th and closes Aug. 18th. Among the speakers of note to be present are Bishop Thornburn, from India, Rev. Dr. Upham, of New Jersey, and Rev. Dr. w H. Milburn, the blind chaplain of the U s.. senate, for many years previously chaplain of the house.
 Mrs. c. H. King is visiting in Wili. mantle and Columbia, and will remain away from home for some weeks.
 Mir. Jacobs, the newly chosen princi- pal of the high school, was in town on Tuesday, having driven from his home in Dudley, Mass, and being on his way to attend family reunion at Merrows.
 Anthony Adams and Albert E. Con- verse spent Sunday on Block Island. Frank Converse, who accompanied them remains for a longer stay.
 Miss Cora Almeder, of Everett Mass, is visiting at her uncle's, B. L. Burr. ....r...
 MT. and Mrs. c. F. Harwood and E. H. Pinney and family have been at Block Island.
 Mrs. W. w. Ellis and Mrs. M. s. Smith are at the Willimantic camp ground.
 David Bissett and family are at their Crystal Lake cottage; also part of MT. Bissett's double cottage is occupied by MT. and Mrs. Owen Kelley.
 A. W. Walker has gone to his old home on Cape Cod for a weeks vacation, joining his son Clarence, who had been there for some time previously.
 HI. s. Abel has gone to his ancestral home in Bozrah for a fortnight of rest and 
 Mrs. Charles Holt and Miss Celia Holt are at Block Island.
 Mrs. George Syslonds and her two daughters and Mrs. A. J. Tilden spent Sunday in Warren, Mass.
 Master Ralph and Miss Alta Selfridge from Holyoke have been making a week g visit with their aunt, Mrs. J. J. Clark.
 Miss Sadie Harris goes to-day for a visit of several weeks with friends at Crescent Beach.
 .. W. H. Stafford, wife and children, from New Haven, are visiting with Mrs. S.'s mother, Mrs. Jennette Horton, Staff ford Street.
 Many friends have greeted Rev. Geo. L. Dickinson during his brief visit here. He leaves tomorrow, and will attend this evenings social meeting at the Congrega- tional church. He is very pleasantly sit uated as pastor of the 1st Congregational church at Cedar Rapids, an Iowa city of 22 ,OOO inhabitants. Since leaving Stafford himself and family have enjoyed very good health.
 J. M. J. Quinlan has taken place in Lathrop's drug store.
 stafTordville.
 Rev. J. Tregaskis, pastor of the M. E. church some 12 years ago, now of Manchester, was in town on Tuesday, calling upon old acquaintances.
 At Mayland Park.
 J. M. Leach has put 8 good boat upon the lake, which he is fitting with sails.
 Rev. c. H. Puffer, of Salem, Mass, is in camp on Leaoh's island, and will spend a large portion of the month of August at the lake.
 :, Among Stafford visitors during the week have been: Mrs. Josiah Converse, Frank Orcutt, W. A. Comins and family, W. H. Webster and family, F. A. Bag nall, with his sister and mother, Dr. G. L. Nichols, Carl Converse, Irving Baker, Qr. l.. F. Eaton, J. M. Leach, Dr. A. L. W. H. Heald, Anthony Adams.
 Charles L. Randall principal of the (Mass.) high school, who, with Mrs. Randall. had been spending 8 week at Mayland Park, was on Saturday morning last summoned by telegram to Barre, where he was met with an offer of the principalship of the high school there, which he accepted.
 Stafford Hollow.
 (Correspondence.)
 May Colburn has been spending her vacation at New London. She was called home by the illness of her aunt, Mrs. Dun can.
 -E. Whiton and family went on Sat urday to Willimantic to remain until the mill starts up again. They stop with rel atives.
 Jacob Glover spends his vacation at the Spiritualist camp ground at Mantle.
 Hannah Black has been some weeks at Woodstock, visiting with her sister. Mrs. F. J. Glover and Margaret have also spent some weeks there.
 -C. B. Pinney is at Block Island.
 Rev. T. c. Druley and family will be in Montville for 8 couple of weeks.
 Frank Brown and family are at Crys- tai Lake, where they expect to remain some weeks.
 Mir. and Mrs. E. c. Pinney will visit Weils, N. H., next week for the Univer- salist summer meetings there, to remain a week or so, and will probably take a trip or two.
 a. P. Chapman and family of East Orange, N. J., are spending the summer with J. c. Wightman.
 Mrs. Clark, the widow of Qr. Clark, died at her home in Ashford on Wednes- day, July a4th, of Bright's disease. She was married to Dr. Clark Jan. 22d, 1866, and lived in Stafford for twenty-two years. Mrs. Prince and Mrs. Sibley attended her funeral.
 Those interested in the Sandy Knoll cemetery are requested to meet there to now it, and do whatever else may need to be done to keep it in order, on Satur- day, August 4th, at p. m. If the day should be stormy, the friends will meet on the following Monday at the same hour
 About one hundred of the members