The Press., 1896-03-12
Snntll Coventry.

l .,.s-. SOuGA coventry A. s. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Man. ager Of Coventry Local Register
 Copies Of the Local Register for sale at the post of1ce, South Coventry.
 Mrs. Susan Ledoyt is improving.
 The birthday party at the Congrega- tional church last Wednesday netted nearly eighty dollars.
 A class is to be initiated in the first and second degrees at the next regular meeting of Wangumbaug grange.
 The W. c. T. U. is to meet with Mrs. Emma Kolb tomorrow afternoon.
 Mrs. Dove of Rochester. N. Y.. is visiting relatives here. -
 The decoration of the Congregation al church at Easter is to be of lilies. Each class in Sunday school and several individuals are to furnish one growing plant.
 George w. Robinson, of Bridgeport, visited Mrs. Abby Parker last week.
 A nephew of the late Watson Rider came from Rockville to town, Monday, to make inquiry relative to the estate of his deceased uncle.
 School in district 5, Miss Millar teacher, closes this week.
 Ernest Perkins is at home. having closed his winter tenn of teaching at Pomfret
 l Last week Joseph Colman, an oc- togenarian, fell and dislocated his shoul- der. MT. c. is very agile for a man of his years, but did not perceive the thin coating of ice which covered the ground hence the accident.
 -Benoni Austin, aged 82, an old res- ident died last week after long illness, and was buried in the Nathan Hale cem- etery MT. Austin was twice married. His first wife, Laura Eds, the mother of twelve children, died some years since. His second wife, Mrs. Burgoyne, survives him, also four children, Ellen, wife of AL bert WoOdworth Mary, wife of Marcus Shell; Hudson, who is married and re- sides in North Coventry, and Thomas, who has lived at the old homestead for several years. FrOm another COrrespOndent.) \ -N1Es Hu. OulEUI IS JSStu1SOcG lOI w uIs Lattimer.
 The roads are in bad conditions near Charlie Lathrops house. l -Harly WoodwOrth has bought him a nice turnout
 Oscar Collins lost a valuable horse 8 few days ago and has another quite sick. | MT. Elijah Robertson is not so we'll, and it is doubtful if he ever recovers from his sickness.
 Charles Lathrop is cutting wood on shares for Mrs. Almira Tifft.
 Miss Rose Carr is home from Massa- chussetts, visiting at her fathers on Fucker street.
 TOLLAND.
 Rev. J. I. Bartholomew, of Stafford Springs, will exchange with Rev. J. B. Ackley, of the Methodist church, next Sunday.
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 The Endeavor Society will hold a so- cial at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Os- car A. Leonard, on Friday evening of this week.
 MT. George w. Lansing was called to Troy, N. Y., this week. to attend the fu- neral of his father. who died last Satur- day.
 | -Selectman Kibbe and men were kept busy last week in repairing the roads, which were washed very badly by the heavy rains.
 Mrs. E. s. Agard has been confined to the house with the grippe.
 The Ladies' Aid Society meets this week with Mrs. John Clough. FLORA.
 ROCKVILLE.
 It has been announced that tho New England Railroad is to surrender the use of the Rockville branch to the owners, the Rockville Railroad Company, March 31. It was great surprise to the citizens generally. A notice to that effect has been received from the New England road, but no action has been taken by the Rockville Railroad Company. The notice given by the New England is considered a scheme of the company to get the road at bargain. The Rockville branch has been one of the best paying branches the railroad company has had in it's posses sion and the receipts of the branch have been equaled at only one OF two places on the line from Boston to Fishkill. The people of Rockville look forward to an amicable adjustment of the present difi- culties and better freight and passenger accommodations. If no arrangements are made and an increase in freight and passenger rates goes into effect, probably in few months the electric railroad sys- tenn from Hartford to Rockville will be completed.