The Press., 1897-03-25

Mrs. J. H. Roberts and daughter, Ha- gel, of Manchester, arc visiting friends and relatives in town.
 Alec Roberts, employed by Armstrong, tipped over with his meat cart near Fisk avenue Tuesday. The team was not in iured to any extent, but Roberts hurt his shoulder badly, and has been unable to work since.
 Contractor Converse expects to have his work in the Opera House block done in about two weeks, He has three relia- ble men at work and is pushing the job. As it will not take long to get the fixtures in place, people may soon expect to get their mail at the old stand.
 The annual meeting of the Stafford Springs Cemetery Association was heid at borough hall last Monday evening, and the following officers chosen President, Andrew Whiton; vice-president, w. H. Cooley; secretary, F. H. Baker; treas urer, Chas. F. Harwood uperintendent, Geo. o. Cleaveland; finance committee, A. Whiton and w. H. Cooley. As will appear in the treasurer's report that fol- lows, the association is in very flourish ing condition. The perpetual fund now amounts to $3,0OO, and at the rate it has been increasing will soon reach large amount The perpetual fund is invested, and as it grows larger the income from it will be sufficient to keep the cemetery in first-class condition for all time. The work of the association in planning for the care of the cemetery at present and for the future is commendable. It is too often the case that cemeteries are allow ed to deteriorate in appearance. The treasurer's report is as follows: Cash on hand at last report, 1OO.37 Rec'Ved from sale of burial lots, 5 674.00 Deduct amount of land cert1fl-
 cates retired by applying the same toward purchase price, 6325O leaves net cash receipts, 41.50 Received for opening graves, 87.00 Amount for retiring the tm-
 proVement fund, 1,516.57 Request from estate of Mrs.
 Phronema T. Clark, 10000
 s2,145.M Paid G. O. Cleaveland, care of
 cemetery, 148.65 Paid note at Stafd Sav'gs Bank, 10000 Deposited to credit of perpetual
 fund from account forretiring
 improvement fund, 14OOOO Deposited in Norwich Savings
 Society, Society for Savings,
 of Hartford, Savings Bank Of
 Stafford Springs, and Stafford
 Savings Bank, $10O in each, to
 the credit of a new and sepa-
 rate account, in name of Phro-
 nema Clark fund, 10000 Deposited in the above named
 Savings Banks to the credit
 Of the perpetual fund, same
 being 25 per cent. of the cash
 receipts from sale of lots, 1O.38
 Balance cash on hand, 86.41
 $2,145.A Received from the sale of lots, s6,593.28 Cost of cemetery, 5,949.76 Cost for maintaining same for the year, 14S.65 Deduct amt reed for opening graves, S7.0O Leaves net expense for the year, 61.65 Cost of maintaining cemetery to date, 2,381.6 Amt of imp. fund outstandg last report, 3403.2 .25 Of this amount S2.5O has been retired,
 and the balance, S, ,4OO.75, has been re- placed by land certificates, which
 are convertible into burial lots at their face value, which has retired the full amount of our Improvement stock. Of the land certificates $632. 2.5O has been
 retired during the year which leaves
 the amount of the land certificates
 outstanding at this time, 276I.25 Cash on hand at last report for retiring improvement fund, 1,4s6.s5 This amount, together with $39.72 ac- cumulated interest on same amount, has been used as follows: $1, 400 has been transfer'd to the perpetual fund, $1OO has been used to cancel note for same amount at the Stafford Savings Bank, and the balance, $16.57, placed to the credit of our check account in the First National Bank. Amount to the credit of the perpetual fund at last report, 1,5O7.9O To this has been added during the year $1, 400 transferred from the ac- count for retiring the improvement fund, $10.38, same being 25 per cent. of cash received from sale of lots and $86.s2 from accumulated interest, which gives at this time to the credit of the perpetual fund 3,OO5.1O which is deposited in the Norwich Savings Society, Society for Savings of Hartford, Savings Bank of Stafford Springs, and Stafford Savings Bank, nearly equal amounts in each.
 We have received during the year from estate of Phronema T. Clark a bequest of $4OO for the perpetual care of her burial lot, which amount has been deposited in the above named savings banks, $1OO in each as a separate fund for that purpose. The liability of the association, aside hal PaT1ro cd hV hn is S125, due F. H. Baker, secretary, to date. The assets of the association, aside from the real estate owned by them, appears in the secre- tary's report, due from the sale Of lots, opening graves, etc.