The Press., 1895-08-01
STAFFORD.

y relatives in town.
 Tom Lee has opened a laundry in American House block, auxiliary to. the one on East Main-st.
 Regular meeting of W. R. C. to-mor- row (Frlday evening. 4 full attendance is requested. Any persons having prop 2 s.sy asalonsiaa tQ t1e SV R e. will please leave it at Anthony Adams' store
 Wauseon Lodge, I. o. 0. IF, meets next Tuesday evening.
 Winter Post, 0. A. R., meets next Monday evening.
 A. 0. U. ". meets this CThursa ay) evening.
 Mrs. F. A. Warfield of Washington, D. o., formerly of Stafford Springs, also her sister, Mrs. Geo. E. Buck, of Palmer, are this week at Sachem's Head, near Guilford, Conn.
 Miss Katie E. Smith of North Brook field, Mass, is spending her vacation with relatives in the borough.
 Detective Wm Gary, who has made national reputation by ferreting out the Holmes case, visited his brothers in this borough last week.
 Miss Edith Gleason of Warren, Mass. is visiting Miss Florence Smith.
 Miss Katharine Smith is visiting Miss Alma Bissell of Holland, Mass.
 MT. and Mrs. C. Allen have gone to spend a week at Mrs. Aliens old home at Davisville, R. I.
 John Ferry has moved into the tene- ment near Grant avenue, vacated by w.. E. Demond.
 The examinations for admission to the normal schools will be held at the High school building, Stafford Springs, to-day and tomorrow, (Aug. 1st and 2d). The advertisement last week incorrectly gave the date as Aug. 18th. See adver- tisement.
 Rev. W. II. Morrison has accepted a call to become rector of Grace church Mir. M. is from Bay Ridge, an annex of Brooklyn, N. Y, is a graduate of Berke- ley Divinity School, and this is his first parish. He will begin upon his work next Sunday. He has preached here but once, but the parish was very united in choos- ing him. He has family and will occu- py the rectory.
 The meat market in RockwelI's block was closed Tuesday, under attachment of Willimantic parties, and Officer Mullin was in charge.
 The vacant store in the National Bank building is being fitted up for occupancy by A. L. Howard as dry goods store.
 The prizes to be competed for at Rock Villes firemen's field day next week Sat urday will be on exhibition in Hanley's window Monday evening and during Tues day next. As Stafford Springs firemen and athletic clubs will be represented in the competition, much interest will be taken in the exhibit. The contests will be in all forms of athletics, fire practice, bicycle and foot races. The prizes are gold and silver medals.
 The injunction put upon John Me Carthy against removing a barway on the avenue leading to his house, at the in- stance of the Mineral Springs Co.,, has been dissolved by Judge Shumway of the superior court. Much interest has been taken in the case. MT. McCarthy's deed gives him unobstructed right of way to his premises. The same party later deed ed the land adjoining to the Mineral Springs Co.,, who claimed to have acquired the . right, by years of custom unobjected to, to maintain barway across the avenue. The injunction was to prohibit Mccarthy from removing the bars without replacing
 Mrs: Dr. William Woods and Miss Katie E. Woods of Somers are at Dr. o. B. Newton's.
 Next week will be ''Stafford week. at Mayland Park. Among those who will be at the Mayfower are Mir. and Mrs. J. J. Ellis and Miss Maude Ellis, MT. and Mrs. J. V. Squier, Mrs. G. H. Baker, Misses Edith and Clara Baker, Irving c. and Frank H. Baker, J. Carl Converse, Miss Grace Pinney, Dr. L. F. Eaton, Dr. G. L. Nichols, MT. and Mrs. James Me Laughlin, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Mclaughlin, also MT. and Mrs. c. A. Brown and per haps other friends from Palmer J. M. Leach who was to have been of the party, is disabled by illness.
 Lewis Mclaughlin this week removes into Mrs. Holt's cottage on Grant avenue, recently vacated by Charles Roberts.
 Rev. A. J. Mcleod of the Congrega- tional church went away Monday on va cation trip, going to Shelter Island, and perhaps including coast voyage to Some southern port. He will be away two Sun- days, and as it is also vacation time with many of his congregation, and the other churches meanwhile to be open, it is deem. ed best to omit services at his church dur ing these two Sundays. The omission in. cludes s. $. and c. E. services.
 The Westerly, R. l., Weekly speaks of the Stafford excursion party as one ot the best that comes to Watch Hill. An other Westerly paper, we understand criticises the party less favorably. Per. haps both were in part right. In crowd of 900 people there will be some who would disgrace any town they may live In. They are generally ''foaters," such as drift from one manufacturing village to another, and are sure to get into extra respectable company when possible. But the general verdict of people about Watch Hill and along the line is that the Staf ford party is 8 good crowd to encourage the coming of, and for an average unse. lected crowd one that any town might feel proud Of. Some 400 people who landed at Watch Hill on the same day were not from Stafford.