The Press., 1895-04-18
HI. S. Stevenson, attorney at law, has

springs, having an OI1c0 III warren DlOck Mir. Stevenson is a native of Eastford and studied law in Danielsonville. Before becoming a law student he lived for 8 time in Staffordville and so has consider able acquaintance in town.
 Frederick Batz of Rockville was in the borough on Tuesday.
 Margaret Sullivan was at home from the Willimantic Normal School over Sun- day.
 A. w. Walker has 8 special cash sale of kid gloves on Saturday, and advertises to give one-half the profits on gloves sold on that day to the Girls Library club.
 Regular meeting W. R. c. tomorrow (Friday) evening. A full attendance IS requested.
 The young ladies of St. Mary's guild will give supper at Grace church on Wednesday evening, April 24th, begin ming at o'clock. At 8 o'clock the Sweet family will give one of their original mu- sical entertainments. The family consists of mother and seven talented daughters
 
 Sweet, with many winning ways; Betsey Belindy Sweet, the delicateOne; Caroline Cordelia Sweet, Dorothy Delilah Sweet, both twins; Elizabeth Eliza Sweet, by l far the most attractive; Frances FedOry Sweet, partial to flowers; GlOrianna Cad about Sweet, who giggles. Another feat ure of the evenings entertainment will be mandolin solo by MT. Holland, with guitar accompaniment. Admission, ln- cluding supper, 15 cents.
 The w. c. T. U. have issued invita- tions to reception to be held with Mrs. F. F. Patten, on Edgewood, next We'd nesday at 3 p. m. Mrs. E. B. Forbes, state president, and Mrs. s. s. Fitch, county president, will speak.
 The following addional assignments of M. E. clergymen are of local interest New England conference-Monson, w. H. Marble; Lynn, St. Paul's, w. T. Worth Boston, Winthrop Street, E. M. Taylor. New England Southern confer ence-East Greenwich, J. E. Hawkins Providence, Broadway, E. Tirrell; New Bedford, Pleasant Street, c. B. Harris Taunton, Grace church, E. F. Clark ; MOOdus and Haddem Neck, w. c. New ell.
 -Amenity club were entertained at Walkers hall on Tuesday evening by MT. throp and Charles Reynolds making best scores, Mrs. Reynolds and A. w. Kings bury the worst.
 The Chautauqua Circle have arranged for talk on Connecticut Geology, to be given in the Methodist church tomorrow (Friday) evening by F. H. Beede, princi pal of the Willimantic high school. Ad mission, 10 cents.
 A good audience saw the presenta tion of Enlisted for the War; at the Opera House on Tuesday evening. The play was very we'll presented, some bits of the action being exceptionally good fol amateur work. c. F. Orcutt's tenor solos between the acts particularly delighted the audience. The high school was ben eficiary in the net results to the amount of thirty dollars, which will be used fol graduation expenses. The class desire tc thank the Cadet Band, which gave fint music before the entertainment, also al who helped by patronage and attendance
 The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E church will give their annual dinner anC entertainment May day. Full particulars will be announced next week.
 John Mccarthy is blasting out ledge IOv7 FIOnIUnnd ho of irh st., to make room for two good grade cottages, the cellar walls of one being al ready completed, on land of and for F. F Patten,
 E. w. Brooks is able to sit up, thougt gaining strength but slowly.
 Bakers new block is to have a iron of buff colored brick, iron and plate glass three stories high. The south end vii be of pressed brick, and the building vii rank among the best looking in the vii lage. Work of removing to the rear tn building now standing upon the site vii l begin at once.
 Miss Caroline Brown is home iron school at Peekskill-on-the-H Hudson. The Holt drinking fountain now fur nishes water for thirsty bipeds. The Odd Fellows of the United State ) will generally celebrate on Friday, Apri 26, the 76th anniversary of the institu tion of the order. Wauseon Lodge vii on that evening, with invited friends, en :, joy musical and literary entertainment followed by few figures of dancing, ant perhaps other forms of recreation. At the 18th regular meeting of St Edwards T. A. & L. Society, held in thei rooms on Tuesday evening, the following officers were elected for the ensuing si: months: H. F. Wise. president; T. c Feeley, vice president; W. J. Williams , Jr., recording secretary Lot O'Halloran l. financial secretary; Thos. Hassett, treas
 urer; J. J.J.Connor, marshal; M. D. Welsh . serg. .-at arms.
 f A fire alarm yesterday at 4.3O p. m was rung on account of the burning of tn house of Geo. Ramsay, west of the fai 6 grounds, The great distance caused s Q much delay in giving the alarm that tn
 firemen could do nothing more than '' save the barn close by. The fire caugF 1t from chimney in the ell, and there wei e none but children at home, one of whoI IT was sick. Neighbols helped to save portion of the furniture. There was insul
 ance of 8 400 on building and $4O0 o @ furniture. MT. Ramsay's many misfol ;, tunes during the past year, including deat 0 of his son (by accident) and his wife l. were before subjects of remark, and nor g so now.
 t A 15 years-old son of Amable Harri . of West Main-st., caught his hand in tn Q gearing of a picker on Thursday last, an as a consequence will lose most of thre . fingers of the right hand, the thumb an
 little finger alone being saved. He wa l taken to Dr. Newton's office for treat 1 ment. Dr. Newton was also called to al r tend Mrs. Blodget of Staffordville, wh = fell, breaking her right arm, above the e q bow joint, the fracture extending into tn