The Press., 1895-09-26
STAFFORD.

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 STAFFORD.
 John O'Halloran and Miss Josie En- glish are to be married Oct. 1.
 MT. and Mrs. J. M. Leach are spend ing few days in New York.
 The masonic home at Wallingford for poor and deserving masons was dedi- cated yesterday. J. c. Converse and H. s. Abel represented Ionic lodge at the dedication.
 -C. R. Newton lowered the track record at Wilimantic, Saturday, to POT 4-5, and received gold watch as prize. He will race at Keene, N. H., Oct. 2d, at Norwich, Oct. 9th, and either at Stafford Springs or Danbury, Oct. 8th.
 $. H. Holland is intending to hold a dancing school the coming season, and expects to have both a lady and gentle man teacher. The first lesson will be given some evening of the week con- mencing Oct. 20.
 Lincoln Athletic Club have concert
  their hall, West-Main-st. Lynch's or chestra will furnish music; B. J. Mullins will prompt. Tickets 75 cts. each even ing. Citizens Band will hold a ball the first and last evenings of the fair, at the opera house, with Pease's orcI C3tra for music, and David Bissett fol prompter Tickets 75 cts. The Stafford Springs fire department will hold their ball the second DFE RoSr OE 4Ia with Hollands orchestra for music, and David Bissett for prompter. Tickets 75 cts. So there will be two balls each even- ing of the fair.
 Robert Hampston and Hattie Gun ningham were before the district court Friday, charged with adultery. The charge was not sustained to the satisfac- tion of the court, and they were discharged.
 A difficulty that will confront the towns in Connecticut this fall, who are anxious to take advantage of the state appropriation in building macadamized roads, is the lack of competent load builders. There are about eighty towns in the state that have made application and have advertised for bids on the pro- posed section of improved highway. The experience of most of these towns is that no bids are made on the work. There are but few firms that understand how to do the work, and they are rushed, and have more orders than can possibly be attended to this season. After the ground is frozen five inches deep the work cannot be done. With these conditions existing it is evident that many towns in the state will be unable to reap the benefit this year. It is practically settled that Main street, in this borough, will be macadam- ized this fall, and if the same parties can be induced to build the section of road between the Hollow and Staffordville the town will be very fortunate.
 A petition has been circulated in the towns along the line of the New London Northern railroad to have the Block Island train continued during the winter, and the corporation has decided to keep the train on. The train is quite convenient for Stafford people, and the fact that it will be continued is source of general satisfaction.
 At Brooklyn, last Friday, Rockwell Boy, driven by Dana Gary, took first money in the 2,25 class, beating Brown stone and Walter J.
 The Retail Merchants Protective As sociation held its annual meeting last Friday evening, and elected the following officers: President, W. E. Demond |; vice. president, A. W. Walker; secretary and treasurer, $. F. Maine.
 Regular meeting of Wauseon Lodge, l. O. o. F.. next Tuesday evening.
 The selectmen and town clerk will be at the town hall next Saturday, from 9 a. m. to 12 m., and at the borough hall from to p. u., for the purpose of mak- ing voters.
 Rev. w. H. Morrison will conduct services at Buff Cap next Sunday at pr
 Mrs. Jabez Knowlton and her niece, Miss Lillian Chapman, of Newburgh, Me-, are visiting at J. F. Chamberlin's.
 The Woman's Foreign Missionary So- ciety of the M. E. church held their an- nual meeting at the parsonage last Fri day. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. Frank Orcutt; vice presidents, Miss M. A. Francis, Miss Olive Bushnell, Mrs. E. K. Taft recording secretary and treas urer, Mrs. Robbins Patten; corresponding secretary and committee on program, Mrs. J. 1. Bartholomew solicitor, Mrs. Chas. Ellis. Refreshments were served and 8 very pleasant time was enjoyed by all present. During the year the society has raised one hundred and ninety-three dol lars.
 Mrs. A. M. Royce of Village Hill is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Frank Brown, at St. Charles, Ill. The following from the St. Charles Chronicle will be of inter- est to farmers in this vicinity: Frank Brown, who has some very rich low land under cultivation, this season put in the red ensilage corn there, the results being truly remarkable, in ten-acre field the average height of stalks being upward of twelve feet, and some of them being over fifteen feet high, with ears ten feet above the ground.
 One of Gary Bros. best horses was killed by the Block Island train Monday evening. The horse was overdriven by a man few days ago, and had been put out to pasture. It got out of the pasture in some way and wandered on the track, and was struck near the covered iron bridge.