The Press., 1894-12-27
COVENTRY.
COVENTRY. A. $. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Man. ager of Coventry Local Register.
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COVENTRY.
 A. $. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Man
 ager of Coventry Local Register.
 South Coventry. Skating on Wangumbaug is excellent.
 Rev. H. H. Martin conducted the funeral services of the late Geo. Parker.
 The vesper service at the Congrega- tional church Sunday was we'll attended.
 HI. c. Parker, of Rockville, is spend ing some time at the Geo Parker home- stead.
 The w. c. T. U. is to meet with Mrs. Sarah Wolfe tomorrow afternoon at three o'clock.
 Two eight months old pigs. fattened by John Payne, weighed three hundred and twenty pounds each!
 Master Carl, Misses A. Katherine and Ruth Perkins, Arthur Topliff and Miss Mary White are among those at home from school.
 The altar of St. Mary's church was very prettily ornamented with flowers and green Christmas day, and the attend ance indicated that the services were of interest alike to men, women and the children.
 North Coventry grange has extended an invitation to Wangumbaug 85 to be present at the installatiop of officers the evening of Jan. 3.
 A large and happy company assem- bled in the Methodist vestry Tuesday eve fn pfo kn of hn r1ia pared by the ladies of the society.
 Jas. D. Ledoyt and family partook of Christmas turkey at Geo. N. Marcy's.
 Alfred Lee was badly injured while assisting in clipping a horse at John Payne's livery stable Saturday. The horse kicked and broke both bones of the leg just below the knee. Dr. Sweet re- duced the fracture.
 Hartford Courant: The executive committee of the Connecticut Humane Society held an important meeting Satur- day afternoon, and determined upon 8 general policy to govern their awards of medals, and then voted to award two medals for a brave rescue of two people who were near drowning at Willimantic last winter. The committee recommend ed that silver medals be awarded to Fred H. Topliff and Orian T. Babcock, of Willi- mantle, for bravely rescuing MissG. Chaffee and Llewellyn Kinney of that place. On January IS, 1894, Miss Chaffee and MT. Kinney were skating on the Willimantic river in the evening. They broke through the ice and found themselves in deep and swift water and in very great peril. MT. Topliff crawled out to the very edge of the ice and reached out his hand to those in the water. MT. Babcock lay down be- hind MT. Topliff and held his feet, and thus the two pulled out the drowning skaters. The story is vouched for by several witnesses who make affidavit to. it. The executive committee was agreed that the case fully justified recognition. The award of these two silver medals and the award of the gold medal to M,r. Blumenthal are all that the society has. made as yet. It is not inclined to have it's decorations too abundant, but is very ready to r9cognfze well authenticated cases of braYe conduct, Mir. Topliff is a son of Deacon H, F. Topliff, of South Coventry, where he was born B years ago, and where he received his education. About two and one half years ago he'con- nected, himself with the Will imantic Sav- ings Institute as book-keeper, where he has since remained. He<is a yeEhg man of most excellent character. '