The Press., 1896-06-04

school on Friday, and for the flowers which they contributed and arranged. se-p sTAFFoRD STRINGS.
 Theodore P. Needham has been granted pension.
 Dr. A. o. Comins spent memorial day at Springfield.
 Regular meeting of w. R. c. Friday evening at 8 o'clock.
 Miss Rose 0hl of Worcester is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Henry Butterield.
 Nelson Whiton, of Palmer, former resident, visited relatives in town Monday. E. 0. Dennis is putting a new 24-inch steel penstock from his dam to his grain mill. 2 Topic for the Epworth League next Sunday: His membership in the Jewish church.
 R. M. Fisk and R. w. Ellis returned Monday from short trip to Worcester and Boston.
 Miss H. E. Bacon of Hartford is stop ping with Ms. R. s. Hicks, on Highland Terrace, for a week.
 Mrs. E. A. Horton and daughter, Mrs. Miles, of Meriden, were in town over Me- morial day and Sunday.
 Rev. w. H. Morrison, of Grace church, will attend the diocesan convention at St. Johns church in Hartford next week.
 Rev. J. I. Bartholomew attended dis trict convention of the Epworth League at Mystic yesterday, and made an ad- dress.
 Miss Ramsden, who has been a student with Miss Mcdonald, has taken tempo rary position in the office of Station Agent Fisk at Palmer.
 Miss Lillian Fowle is expected home soon from school, and reception will be given in her honor at the Springs House soon after her arrival.
 June 10th is 'soldiers' home day' for the w. R. c. at Noroton. Delegates from Winter Corps are Mrs. Jane Cleve- land and Mrs. Martha Nichols.
 Mrs. Delbert McIntire and two daugh- ters, and Miss Lillian Benton, of Willi- mantle, spent Memorial day with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Benton.
 c. R. Newton opened the season last Saturday by taking first in the mile open at Middletown in 3. 35 3-5 He qualified in the handicap, but did not ride in the final.
 Maurice Disley, of Palmer, a former resident, was killed by the cars, near North Wilbraham, Sunday afternoon. He was sitting on the tracks at the time he was struck, and his death was almost instantaneous.
 Mrs. Wm. o. Judd of Holyoke, with her daughter, Miss Lizzie, of Hartford were guests of Mrs. Judd's mother, Mrs L. J. Horton, on the Street, Memorial day and over Sunday. Mrs. Judd and hel sister, Mrs. Stafford, have never failed tc decorate the grave of their father, Lieut. Horton, on Memorial day.
 Superintendent Muzzy, of the electric light company, has a new horse whicf caused some trouble on Main-st. Monday It became frightened at the cars ant pranced around until it badly broke tn,
 
 smashed the wheel on a team owned il Wales, which was hitched near.
 Joanna Teershmann, 76, died last Sat urday morning of paralysis of the heart The funeral was held from her late resi- dence Monday afternoon, Rev. w. H Morrison, of Grace church, officiating Mrs. Teershmann had enjoyed good healtl in nf her garden the day before she died. Sh left two sons, Hermann and Emil, and daughter, Mrs. Fred Mann.
 Mrs. Emily Converse, widow of Free man Converse, an highly educated broth CT of the late Solva and Farley Converse died May 26th at her home, 1513 Linde avenue, Baltimore, Md. She had been il feeble health for number of years, an three weeks ago she had a severe fall which hasteit1 her daath With her sis ter, the late Mics Maria Miller, Mrs. Con verse conducted for number of years school for young ladies on Hamilton Ter race. This she discontinued about flftee years ago. She was sister of the lat Judge Oliver Miller, of the Marylan Court of Appeals. Three children, Mis- Emily Converse, Rev. John Converse, c the Protestant Episcopal church, wh lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia, an J. Holmes Converse, in the law library c Baltimore, survive her. She was highl esteemed and beloved by the Convers family.
 Wm. B. Brown died last Friday after noon after short illness of pneumonia He was one of the oldest members C Winter Post, and was their color beare for many years. The funeral was COT ducted by Rev. J. I. Bartholomew Sunda afternoon. Winter Post attended in body. The burial was in the Staffor Springs cemetery. A widow survives him
 William B. Brown was born in Carlisle England, Nov. 10th, 1919. He enlistc as a private in Co. c, New York Ligh Artillery, in 1847, and was mustered int the U. $. service, at New York City, fo the war with Mexico. He served unt the close of the war, and was honorabl mustered out of service at Fort Lafayette te New York. On July 22d, 1869, he enlist ed in Co. H, 18th Regiment Conn. Vols and was again mustered into the sereic for three years, from Aug. 18th. Leavin the state with his command he encampe at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Aug. 24t until May 22d, 1863, when the regimen moved to the Shenandoah Valley. H was engaged in the battle of Newmarke Va, May 18th, 1864, and in the battle Piedmont, Va, June 9th, 1864, where l. was wounded in the right leg and capture by the enemy, and sent to a hospital i Staunton, and afterwards was sent f Libby prison, where he remained abou one week, when he was paroled, bein disabled. Returning north to New H; ven, Conn.,, he was honorably discharge from the service for disability, caused | wounds received in the battle of PieC mont, Va, June 9th, 1864. He was mu tered out at New Haven, March 25th, 186