The Press., 1897-06-17
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

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 STAFFORD SPRINGS.
 Mrs. Jams Mclaughlin Is visiting friends In Holyoke, Mass.
 Miss Maud Blair, of Springfield, Is vis- iting friends In town.
 Mss Viola VInton Is the guest thls week of Miss Esther Chandler.
 Alvarado Howard and Holly Howard have new Keating wheel each.
 Miss Grace Walker, of Boston, is the guest of Miss Blanche Cleaveland.
 Infant baptism Rt Grace church next Sunday morning after the 2d lesson.
 Mise Olive A. Spring has a new Pierce wheel purchased of k. A. Buck X Go.
 Mss Ella Harris, of Brldgeton, Me-. Is visiting friends In the borough this week. About &275 was cleared at the series of soelals recently held at St. Edwards hall. Love feast at the NJ. E. church this evening. Quarterly conference at the close.
 Mrs. D. W. Brown and her daughter, Ella, have returned to their home in Prov idenee.
  Mss. Jennie McCarthy arc visiting Dr. MeCarthy, at Winchester, Mass.
 Mrs. Engley, with her daughter, Mrs. John Watts, of Otto River, Mass, is a guest of heI son, Frank Engley.
 II. M. Day has returned from Masha- paug, where he has been employed for several weeks by Alvarado Howard.
 Mrs. II. II. Pease, of Marlboro, N. H., Is spending a week or more with Mrs. Horace Pease and family of this town.
 Mrs. John II. Tracy, with Misses Sybil and MarionTracy, of JewettCity has been guest of her father, Charles w. Beckwith. Mir. and Mrs. Edward Sullivan, Mir. and Mrs. Wm. Simonds and Patrick Han Icy and family will spend Sunday at Snip sic lake.
 Young people will be interested in the free scholarship contest started this week by The Press. Conditions given on the first page.
 M. r. Shahan will sell his three tene- mont houses, situated on High and Pros pect streets, at auction. next Thursday at 1 o'clock.
 The local division of tho A. o. II. will observe their annual memorial day next Sunday. The members arc requested to meet at their hall at p. m.
 Mr. and Mrs Joshua Larned and child have returned to their home in Ohio, having spent two weeks Nt the Larned homestead on Stafford Street.
 Tho Boston Globe refuses to recognize Newton. After his splendid work al Providence last Saturday, not a line ap peared in that Journal last Sunday.
 The people of St. Edwards will hold [ picnic at Patten's grove July 4th. Ath letlo sports, dancing and a generous sup ply of refreshments will be the attractions Misses Edith Cushman, Myrnle anC Florence Washburn, Alberta Eaton, ClarI Ellis, Bertha Heald, Beth SprAgue anC Gertrude Wightman are occupying thu Cllff cottage at Mashapaug for two weeks The members of Wauseon Lodge, l. O O. F., will observe next Sunday as me morlal day. The members will leave tn, lodge room Gt ( p. m, and march to tho cemetery and decorate the graves of tn, deceased members.
 John R. Atwood, of Willlmantic, thu well-known peddler, leaves July go fol San Francisco, Col, where he will attend the Christian Endeavor convention. O the amount necessary for the trip $25 hai been subscribed by Stafford people, anC for which he feels extremely grateful.
 The report for school district No. 4, fol the spring term, is as follows; number o scholars enrolled t4, average attendanc, t07t. HAwley Larned was neither absent nor tardy during the term. Andrew Far roll was absent one half day, but not tardy Larned, Andrew Farrell and Leo GaTvals The firemen's quarters are now in tho pink of condition. The building has boon painted on the outside and much hal boon done fin the line of improvement or the inside. A new hard pine floor ha, boon laid in the engine room. The reoep ton room has been papered and painted and n new metal ceiling has been added This room now presents a very neat anC pleasant appearance.
 Miss Ellen Donovan, daughter of Mir and Mrs. Daniel Donovan, of Forestville was married to John Rearden, of Cam bridge, Mass, Tuesday morning at { o'clock, At St. Edwards church, by Rev K. c. Gragan. Cornelius Rearden, broth or of the groom, was best man, and Joan nA Donovan, sister of the bride, maid O honor. A reception at the home of tho bride followed the ceremony. After ( few days the couple will go to Cambridg, to make their home.
 Dr. G. l.. Nichols will go to Buffalo Monday to attend the Homeopathic Insti tute to be held there next week. Abou 1000 physicians will be present, including some of the most eminent surgeons O the old world and this country. Lectures on subjects of interest to the pI IofessIor by men who are we'll qualified to interes and instruct will be feature of the lnsti tute. His father, Dr. Frank Nichols, O Hoboken, N. J., will attend to his prac tice during his absence.
 The weather has continued molst witf rain nearly every day for a long time Monday afternoon there was the usua shower with the difference that 1t rainet harder and was accompanied by hail During the hail storm q practical jok' wns played on n number of young meH who were waiting in Butterneld's stor, for better weather. Druggist Pease took n chunk of foe from the soda fountain about the size of a goose egg and threw it down fin front of the hardware store The attention of the young men wai called to the piece of Ice, and they were much surprised at it's size. One of them went out and got it and took it in and hac it carefully weighed. All agreed it wal the largest halLstone they had ever seen