The Press., 1896-10-01
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 STAFFORD SPRINGS.
 James Wood is to move to Warren, Mass.
 Willis Reed has returned to Wesleyan University.
 Florence Washburn is visiting friends in Granby, Mass.
 Secretary Charles B. Gary attended the fair at Brattleboro yesterday.
 Rally dAy will be observed by the ME. church Sunday school next Sunday.
 Miss K. F. Horrigan will have her mill linpry opening Friday and Saturday.
 Mrs. Henry K. Baker, of Springfield, is spending a few days with relatives in town.
 George Cardinal has moved into one of George Bucks tenements on East Main Street.
 William Pierce is to occupy Lathrop's cottage on Grant avenue, to be vacated by Wallace Morse.
 Arthur Meyers took second prize in the two-mile handicap at the bicycle races at Southbridge last Saturday.
 Topic for the Y. P. $. c. E. at the Congregational church next Sunday eve ming, "Why believe in the atonement" w. G. Ellis, accompanied by A. c. Ea- ton, left this week for the Adirondacks. Later MT. Ellis will go south for a season. Mrs. Amelia Prouty, 83, widow of the late Carlos Prouty, died of old age last Sunday. The funeral was held Tuesday. A special meeting of the directors oJ the Cemetery Association will be held at the office of G. H. Baker & Co.,, Friday evening, Oct. 9th.
 Topic for Epworth League at the M. E.. church next Sunday evening, "The friends of Christ-the outer circle" The meet ing will be held at o'clock.
 DI. c. H. Snow, who was formerly To- cated in Tildens block as an eye special ist and jeweler, is to return to the bor- ough and open an office next week.
 The republican caucus for the nomina- tion of town officers will be held at the town hall Friday evening at z 30. The democrats hold their caucus at the same place this evening.
 St. Edwards society will furnish first class dinner each day of the fair in the room under the horticultural hall, where the Relief Corps has usually catered. A professional cook will have charge.
 A little son of Napoleon Gilman, while at play near his home Tuesday, found a bottle containing carbolic acid. He tast- ed the contents, and as result is badly burned internally and about the face. The child was attended by Dr. David and will recover.
 Lincoln Athletic Club will hold a con- concert and ball Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings next week, at their own hall, West-Main-st Music will be furnished by Lynch's orchestra B. J. Mullins prompter Tickets 75 cents each evening.
 The real estate and personal property of the latS Luman Orcutt, at Orcuttville will be sold at public auction next Satur- day, at 10 a. m. The sale will include two farms and several tracts of land, also live stock, hay, farming tools, household furniture, etc. See advertisement.
 Charles R. Newton won the profession. al handicap at Lynn last Thursday, and finished second, with Butler first, in the mile open. Saturday, the Stafford boy with Hoyt, of Bridgeport, won tandem Iace on the Charles River park, Boston He has entered for the races here Tues day.
 Just as we are going to press we heal with regret of the death of Chas. M. Ea ger, which occurred about ten o'clocI this morning. Mir. Eager was 35 years O age, young man of good habits, anC in the borough for number of years, but owing to a serious heart trouble, which caused his death, he has not been active for the past year.
 The Stafford Street nine again defeated the high school organization in game o ball last Saturday by score of 13 to 12 The batteries were Sealey and Foster anC Day and Cogswell. The score by in nings:
 Streets, 3O1O2 OO-13
 High school, 3 0O2 3 0 1-12 Next Saturday the Street team will com mence a series of games with Stafford vile in the forenoon, and will play the high school again in the afternoon.
 A we'll dressed, smooth-talking gentle man was in town last week and tried tC interest some of our leading citizens il gold and silver mining stock which h' was selling. He had gilt-edge stocks ant was very anxious to let few in on thu ground floor. He was so we'll pleased with the men here that he felt that it wa duty he owed himself to let them hav' few shares each of the stock. He claim sion house of Boody & Mcclellan, of Nev York City. As far as known he did nt business in town.
 Florence Mccarthy, aged six years, child of Michael Mccarthy, broke hii collar bone while playing circus in his fathers yard last Saturday. He will bt able to go the fair and see the acrobatit performances there, however. Mrs. Polly Blodgett Is another victim of an accident She Is about 100 years of age, and is nc doubt the oldest resident. Last Friday when rising from her chair, she fell ol her right side and fractured her thigl bone, near the hip joint. It is feared that the accident will result seriously, be cause of her extreme age. Both eases were attended by Dr. Newton.