The Press., 1896-04-23

Martin Parker has nice spring pigs for sale.
 Workmen are busy on E: A. Tracy's bank wall.
 Herbert Boynton- has bought out the Hop River store.
 The widow of Benoni Austin has been quite i'll for some weeks.
 Royal Rose is having the Potash Hill roadside cleared of brush. . Steam saw mill is in operation in the woods of the late Geo. Parker.
 Arnold Warren, arbor day, set out about forty shade and fruit trees.
 Auction sale of property belonging to the late Sumner Payne, April 29th.
 Bonnet Willis has the job of re-silling and covering the barn of c. c. Thiem.
 H. c. Parker, who moved here from Rockville one year since, is quite feeble.
 A maple and an elm were set out on the South-st. school ground on arbor day.
 The W. c. T.,U. is to meet with Mrs. Lydia Morton tomorrow at the usual hour.
 Rev. B. F. Perkins preached Sunday, after an absence of three weeks from church service. ~
 MT. and Mrs. J. V. B. Prince came to town last week to attend the funeral of F. c. Spaulding.
 Geo. Freeman is slowly recovering from his late accident. He is attended by Dr. Welden, of Willimantic.
 Dr. w. L. Higgins attended the Tol- land Medical Go. association which was held at Rockville, Tuesday.
 c. P. Boynton's. family is soon to re- move to 'Branford, where he has been working at his trade for some months.
 Cullen Potter, now of Providence, R.I., but for many years resident of this town, recently spent several weeks with friends here.
 Owing to the death of F. c. Spaulding, who was member of the committee on work for arbor day, Wangumbaug grange did not meet, as was arranged at meet ing of the grange held April 7th.
 At the town meeting held Monday to consider the road question, it was voted to rescind the vote taken last fall to take advantage of the new law relative to building a road, and to adjourn sine dje:'
 From the Boston Daily Advertiser, April 17th, we learn that H. F. Dimock is one of the principal leaders in tn" es- tablishment of the Mass. Pipe Line Co.,, by means of which gas shall be furnished at price not exceeding 35 cts. per thou sand feet. Cash capital $5,0OO,0
 Dr. Henry Higgins, brother of Dr. w. L. Higgins of this village, at the com petitive examination for the position of physician at the Wm. w. Backus hos pital, Norwich, stood first, but chose the position of assistant, as by so doing he could gain practical knowledge of the work before assuming greater responsi- bilities.
 The funeral of F. c. Spaulding, mem- Der of Wangumbaug grange, who became i'll while speaking at the last regular meeting of the grange, died Thursday, and the funeral was attended at the Con- gregational church, Rev. F. E. Jenkins, brother-in-law of the deceased, conduct ing the services. Burial in the Nathan Hale cemetery, not far from the lake shore. The only surviving brothel Brig ham brigham o. Spaulding, of Williman- tic, two brothers-in-law, Norman and Geo. Stanley, and nephew, Edward Stanley, were pail bearers. His wife, daughter of the late Jas. Stanley, and their only child, Frank A., survive him. MT. Spaulding was, well-informed man, an interesting speaker, staunch repub- lican, thoroughly business-like in his dealings, and his answer to the question at the roll-call in the grange as to the work of arbor day, was, 'I cannot tell where I shall be on that day, but if am here I will help"