The Press., 1895-09-05


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 South Coventry.
 Miss Adelaide Perkins left town Mon- day for Salem, Mass, where she has a position as teacher.
 Carl Perkins goes to Andover, Mass. Saturday, to attend the Berkley free school. .- Arthur Wood is to attend the Yer mont academy.
 Arthur Topliff returned to Mt. Her. man, Tuesday.
 Herman Albro, of Brooklyn, N. Y., came to his fathers Saturday, and with his family, who have been spending some weeks here, returned home Monday. According to the new law relative to bridges across streams which are town boundaries, Coventry pays three-fourths of the expense of the iron bridge at Hop River.
 The Sunday school convention at Clark's grove last Friday was very inter- esting.
 The presiding elder is to preach al the Methodist church next Sunday.
 Rev. and Mrs. H. H. Martin return home next week.
 The ladies' association Is to meet al the ''Martin-box" tomorrow afternoon.
 --South-st. school, Mrs. A. s. Parker teacher, commenced Monday.
 Miss Clavis A. Beebe has been spend. ing some time in Hartford and Manchester J. Montgomery White and Lucian E. Parker are to continue their studies al the Willimantic high school.
 Miss Sarah Boynton is to teach in a graded school at Branford, Miss Grace Stanley has charge of the ungraded school at Andover, and Miss Alice Stan. ley the one in Dist. 4. spoke on temperance at the Methodist church Sunday morning, and at the Con- gregational church in the evening.
 Miss Grace Stanley, who has been spending some time in Palmer, Mass, with her sister, Mrs. Jenkins, has return ed home.
 George Robinson, son of Elijah Rob. inson, graduate of the Normal school Willimantic, is to teach the east district school.
 In recent shower lightning splinter. ed large chestnut tree on F. A. Spauld. ing's farm.
 Edward Brainard and wife recently visited friends here.
 Miss Carrie Robertson, who has beer spending some days in town, went to Hartford, Monday.
 Miss Miller, who has attended tht Normal school, is teaching her first tern in Flanders.
 A dwelling house, freshly painted and a new carriage-house indicate tha not all of Frank Aldrich's months vaca tion was spent in Providence, though h' visited that city. He has recently pur chased a new carriage.
 (Correspondence.)
 Addison Kingsbury is preparing tC build new house on Wall-st. A family named Weaver are moving into town, the men to enter the employ O Armstrong & Sons.
 The silk mill of Washburn came neal being consumed by fire one day last week catching from smoke stack and burning through the roof. But for the promp action of some of the help the mill would have been burned. The mill is now shu down.
 --Wm. Potter is building a large ic, house and wagon shop on South-st.
 MT. Dimock's pair of bay horses lately purchased, make a fine showing on the street.
 MT. Tifft's daughter, Mrs. Wilcox has removed to Willimantic, where sh' will board her sons, who are in business in that city.
 Mrs. Bottum's mill is still on hal time, with no prospect of anything better
 Frank Maston is again seen on thu street with his horse, which has been & long sick.