The Press., 1896-09-17

 New York.
 E. G. Muzzy spent Sunday with friends in Springfield.
 Mrs. Chas. Holt is at her old home in Hampden for week.
 Henry Hills has been taken to the Ma sonic home in Wallingford.
 Miss Mary Gould, of Ware, is a guest of her cousin, Mrs. s. w. Page.
 Miss Lizzie Jackson is visiting her brother, Samuel Jackson, in Springfield.
 Miss Cora Burwell, from Tallapoosa, Ga., is at w. W. Burwell's for an extend ed visit.
 Miss Myrnte Washburn has returned from a two weeks visit at East Long, meadow.
 Miss Grace Whipple, who has been at her uncle's, J. V. Squier, has returned to her home in Greenfield, Mass.
 HIS. Abel, Cyril Johnson, G. A. Bailey and G. L. Dennis attended the cnngrossiOn- al convention at Hartford last Saturday.
 Quite a number went to Staffordville
 
 at the Mckinley and Hobart flag raising.
 The democrats have ordered a new banner with the pictures of Bryan and Sewall attached, and 1t will soon be way ing in the breeze.
 The republican senatorial convention for the twenty-fourth district will be held at the Springs House, Tuesday, Septem- Der 29th, at Il a. m.
 The concert and ball given in borough hall last Saturday evening by the Citi- zens' Band drew but small attendance. The hard times have a very noticeable ef- feet on the patronage of amusement events.
 F. N. Crane received news last week of the death of his brother, John B. Crane, aged 75, who died at Rochester, Minn., the 9th. He formerly lived in Three Rivers, Mass, but moved from there to Rochester in 1870.
 Some idea of the fertility of the soil in the vicinity of Grant avenue may be re- allzed from the fact that s. w. Page has 1 ing one pound and seven ounces, which he raised on his vines.
 The macadamizing of Main street has made it necessary for teams to use the passage way behind Bakers block, and later to go round by the freight depot. Horses do not take kindly to the new steam roller, but, while several have been frightened, there have been no accidents.
 The last excursion to Block Island, Monday, did not prove drawing card. The weather was such that a day at the sea-shOre was not such an inducement as 1t was earlier in the season. But one ticket was sold from this station, and but few from the other towns along the line of the Central Vermont.
 Old folks day will be observed at the Methodist church next Sunday. The ser vices commence in the morning at 9. 15 with a love feast. At the regular hour for service the pastor will preach a ser mon appropriate to the occasion. The singing is to be done by old-time singers. If stormy the services will be postponed one week.
 Landlord Foley opened the ballot box Monday in which names for the hotel were deposited, and found that about 30 had taken advantage of the opportunity to suggest names. It was decided to call the house the Stafford Hotel. The offer was two weeks board to the person mak- ing the best suggestion. As two voted the selc cted name, John c. Sullivan sgdd Hen " Moulton each is entitled to board for one week. Some of the names suggested are as follows Hotel De Progressive, Stafford Hotel, Mansion House, Mer- chants Hotel, 2Oth Century House, Wind sor, Oriental House, Foley House, River side Hotel, Mitchell's Inn, Russell House, Haymarket Square Hotel, ,Oronoco House, Windsor Hotel, Imperial Hotel, Opera Hotel, Stafford Arms, Empire House, The Midway Hotel Nutmeg State Hotel, Commercial Hotel, Pequot House, Tol- land Hotel, Oneco House, The Alpine, Hotel Foley, Day Spring Hotel, Glynn House, Queen of Stafford, StaffordSprings House.
 The following books have been added to the Stafford public library by the Womans Library Club: