The Press., 1896-06-11
FROM THE STAFFORD
 NEWS LETTER.
April 12, 1862.

APEAA ASS 4oO%.
 1t is our intention to print under this head, from week to week. items of interest from the old Stafford News Letter.
 The premises owned and occupied by Geo. H. Kimbell have been sold to Oliver Dorman, of the Oronoco House. We un- derstand MT. Kimbell will continue his business at present in the room he now occupies.
 A hen belonging to J. w. Chandler came up to the turkey standard this week by laying an egg measuring ? inches in length and 9 inches in circumference. This does well for a young hen, and is about up to the Springfield quotation.
 Miss B. Gay has received notice of the safe arrival of box and contents shipped to the 11th Reg. Conn. Vol., by the Meth odist Episcopal society of the Springs village. The contents were in time, and relieved many wants of our brave men. The Methodist Episcopal society have their best thanks.
 IMPROVED WRINGER.-Mr. White, of Westford, has left with us for trial a ma chine which does away with much hard labor. It takes the water from the clothes, by simply turning crank, in half the time ordinarily required.
 Union ticket for justices of the peace eIected in Stafford Joseph H. Connors, Elisha A. Horton, Mahlon R. West, Dan iel F. Fairman, Milton Leonard, Ephraim Dimmick, Samuel E. Fairfield, Jr., Sen eca Page, James M. Chaffee, Theodore P. Winter, James F. Brooks, Harvey Or cutt, George w. Miller, John R. Wash burn, Julius R. Whiton, Farley Holmes, Hiram Wiers, Horace D. Ellis, Franklin S. Holmes.
 ELECTION RETURNs.-The state ticket republican majority was 9,O5O Repre- sentatives for Holland county: Holland, A. F. Hyde and Edmund Joslyn, dem. Andover, Milo M. Loomis, rep. Bolton, Jabez L. White, dem.; Columbia, E. Baldwin, dem. Coventry, Henry A, Brewster and Henry Lillie, rep. Filing ton, Calvin Pease, Jr., rep. Hebron, F. | P, Bissell and Geo. w. Kimball, rep. ; Mansfield, Chas. Arnold and w. H. Rich ardson, rep; Somers, sc. Reynolds and Gardner c. Wood, rep; Stafford, E. A, Converse and J. L. Fairman, union dem Union, Geo. D. Colburn and Chauncey Paul, rep. ; Vernon, Allyn Kellogg and Joseph Selden, rep. Willington, R. R. Battey and Leander Hill, rep. John R. Washburn, senator from the 2Oth district D. l.. Fairman, judge of probate.
 A NARROW EsoAPE.-The daughter oi Peter Cornell, of this village, girl ol 8 years old, fell into the river while at. tempting to cross on timber used fol the purpose in the rear of Eaton's shop A large number of persons were on the ground immediately, but did not succeed in finding her till she had floated dowr some 50 rods or more to the dam below the village. The current was so strong they were deceived, not thinking she could have fOated so far in so short time. When taken from the water sht was said by some to be dead-at least ap parently past help. One gentleman o1 the ground immediately suspended hel by the heels, when some two quarts O water was elected from her stomach, anC a vigorous rubbing of the limbs and stom ach brought her to. She was carried home and placed under Dr. Newton' care. The escape was narrow one, anC we have wondered many times at tn recklessness of parents in allowing thei children to be constantly playing aroun the streams and depot of this village.
 Born in Stafford Springs, April 18th 1869, son to George F. Lucas. Married in Stafford Springs, April 9th 1869, by Rev. George A. Mo1se, Along L. Howard and Hannah E. Winter, bot , of Stafford 10th, by Rev. A. w. Ide James Coinage of Holland, and Jennett Ballentine of Stafford.