The Press., 1896-12-03
srAFE0Rn sPRINGs.

The annual borough election will take place a week from next Monday.
 A. c. Eaton has returned from a two months hunting trip in the Adirondacks.
 Mrs. H. c. Eddy and daughter, Miss M. Eddy, have gone to New London for the winter.
 Stated communication of Ionic Lodge, F. &A M, next Tuesday evening. Work, third degree.
 An entertainment, under the iu'pices of the Womans' Library Club, will be giv- en at the Opera House Dec. 23
 Regular meeting of Winter w. R. c. Friday evening. Work-election of off, cers. A full attendance is requested.
 Fred G. Sanford received this week two very promising rabbit dogs. As he al- ready has one of the best squirrel dogs in town, his friends think that it is among the possibilities that he may have more game than he can use himself.
 States Attorney Reed will go to Hart ford next Monday, and appear before the state board of pardons to oppose the granting of a pardon to John Warren, who so deliberately killed his wife by drowning, few miles south of here, in 1959
 The first snow storm fell last Sunday night There was not over an inch and 1t did not finger long. November, this year, was a very peculiar month. The westher, during large part of the month, was very mild, and there were many pleasant days.
 The phenomenal catch of rats at Den nis' barn chronicled in the last issue does not make much of an impression on Will liam Woods. MT. Woods states that when he was engaged on the Springs house barn, some time ago, 49 rats were killed one day and 16 another.
 The patrons of the public library were surprised at the opening this week to find a more stringent line of rules laid down in the matter of use of books and the privileges of the library. The manage, ment report that during the past year the privileges grahved the public have been abused go consistently by few, that in order to protect the majority of the pa frpns, the rules now in force were abso- IuteIy necessary.
 Passenger and freight traffic on the New London Northern road was delayed sev- eral hours Tuesday. About 1 o'clock in the morning four cars of special south bound freight train were derailed near Orcuttville. The wreck was caused by a block of granite, which fell from one of the cars. No one was hurt. The track was cleared so that trains could pass at about 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
 Henry Butterfeld, John Foster and w. H. Webster went to MashapaHg Monday for their annual hunt, It Is the custom of these gentlemen each year to take a few days, and with one of the cottages at the lake as headquarters, to give the hunting grounds in that section careful attention. Some years the party has been larger than this, but as visitors are d. ways welcome, 1t Is probable that the hunters have not been lonesome.
 Alvin Tyler, of Staffordville, came to town last Sunday with his head badly bruised and black eye, He called Law yer Reed out of church and explained that he had been assaulted hy Arthur Wilkip- son. It seems that Wilkinson was hunt ing on land that Mr. Tyler had charge of. Mir. Tyler remonstrated with him, and was knocked down and kicked on the head as a result. Wilkinson was brought before the borough court Monday, and was fined $10 and costs. As he could not pay, he was banished to the Holland jail,
 Superior court has been in session this week. In the case of the state against and assault on Henry Green, both of Tol- land, the defendant was found guilty and was fined $1 and costs, which were paid, In the case of the state against Sarah Moulton, of this town, charged with breach of the peace and using abusive language to Eva Wright, Mrs. Moulton was found guilty and ordered to pay a fine of $20 and costs. Jefferson Began,
  sault on Arthur Williams, both of Union, put in a plea of self defense and the jury found him not guilty. Among the civil cases was a suit for absolute divorce, brought by Mary Pinney against Julius Pinney, which was granted. Clara H. Fuller, of Somers, was also granted di- vorce from Charles A. Fuller, on the grounds of desertion, and was granted $2OO alimony and the custody of their T. year-old child.
 The Willimantic High School foot ball team played game with the Staffords last Saturday. There were very few stu dents on the Stafford team, and the Willi- mantle team was open to the same criti- cism. The staffords were the heavier team, but were badly handicapped by a lack of knowledge of the game, being more familiar with hide-and-coop, barn ball, and four-old-cat. The Willimantics opened up business with rush, and be. fore the Staffords really realized that there was game on, had made two touch. downs. The Staffords gathered them. selves together after 1t was too late and made good showing during the balance of the game, which resulted in score ol Ito in favor of the visitors. There was fair sized crowd on the park, but it is openly alleged that large proportion oi those present got in over the fence and avoided the gatekeeper. The game was not a success from 8 financial standpoint Another game will be played with the same team later.