The Press., 1897-06-17
Daniel Harley, of Gilbertville, is visit

The High school held an enjoyable pie nic at Crystal Lake yesterday.
 Regular meeting of Harmony Temple of Honor next Wednesday evening.
 Regular communication of Ionic lodge, F. and A. M., next Tuesday evening.
 Miss Jennie Newbury and Miss Alice Mabbett, of Mystic, are visiting Miss Lena Siswick.
 Y. P. s, c. E. topic at the Congrega- tional church next Sunday evening Our Brothers Keeper"
 The annual meeting of the school dis trict will be held at borough hall next Wednesday evening"
 Epworth League at the M. E. church next Sunday evening, topic-"The Folly of Pride" Collection
 John O'Halloran has taken a position with c. J. Leary of Monson. He con- menced his duties Monday.
 The teachers of the various schools in the borough have been asked to return next year, and there will probably be no change
 A. W. Kingsbury has contract to put up nice monument of Quincy granite, in the town of Pomfret, for the Thomas Osborne family.
 Robert Mcleod has new Hartford cycle, purchased of the Tilden agency, and Ernest Taft has a Cleveland, pur- chased of the Burwell agency.
 Charles Ellis lost a large number of young chicks Monday. afternoon during the storm. They were killed by the hail stones. Several othes had smaller losses of the same kind.
 There was game of ball on the Agri- cultural park between the Willimantic Juniors and the Stafford Eagles last Sat urday, which resultedsin a victory for the local team by a score of 16 to 1. One of the features of the game was Days work at first base.
 At Crescent Beach track, Providence, last Saturday. Newton and Hoyt made a good showing Newton took first money in the mile open, also in the mileshandi- cap. McDuffee: the fast man from Ever cit, was beaten in both races. Hoyt took a second and third.
 The Stafford Library Association ac- knowledges itself indebted to Representa- tive Leach for valuable additions to the public library. Through his interest and efforts the library is enriched by copies of state reports, the new state atlas, revised statutes and other valuable works of ref erence.
 Ernest Taft and La Vergne Dimock, while racing on Main street, met with an accident Tuesday. Taft lost control of his wheel, causing him to swerve, so that Dimock came against him with consider able force. There was general mix, but neither the wheels nor the riders were much injured.
 The annual parish picnic of Grace church will be held at Evergreen park next Wednesday eff stormy then Thurs day). 'Busses will leave from front of church at o'clock sharp. If the wealth CT should be uncertain the ringing of the bell at S.15 will indicate that the picnic will be held. Although the affair is in- tended especially for the Sunday school, all the parishioners and their friends are invited.
 The improvement of the highway on the road to West Stafford, under the di- rection of Road Superintendent Ellis, meets with the approval of all who have occasion to travel that way The grade has been changed for distance of several hundred feet. Another change that is appreciated is the work that has been done on the little hill near John Girard's house on West Main street, where the grade has been reduced noticably.
 The entertainment at the Lincoln Ath- letic Club will ssattract many Saturday evening. It will consist of club swing ing, dumb-bell drill, bag punching, hori- zontal bar exercises by Myers, Tiersh- man, Sullivan Marsdale, Remmert, Ash, and Taylor, statue acting, tableaux, baton juggling by B. c. Russell and E. Mann, and feats of strength by members of the club There will be scientific box ing for points at the conclusion of the program. Whitford's orchestra will be in attendance and furnish music.
 Mrs. Lottie Ruby Arnold, aged 24, who returned from Colorado about two weeks ago in a very weak state from consump- tion, died at her home in Moose Meadow last Thursday night. Mrs. Arnold was formerly in the employ of A. w. Walker and was well known here. She was a daughter of MT. and Mrs. William D. R-by, of Wilmington. She was married early last fall and soon after went to Colorado in the hope that her health, which was poor at the time, would inn prove. For time the dry air of that state seemed to agree with her, but the benefit was only temporary. The funeral was held from her late home Sunday afternoon at o'clock. The unusually large attendance was an indication of the popularity of the deceased. Rev. o. G. Terry, of Quarryville, officiated, and the music was by a quartet composed of Mrs. J. w. Squier, Miss Jennie Hewett, F. J. Chandler and H. B. Burwell.
 The home of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Sis wick, on Furnace avenue, was the scene of pretty June wedding yesterday after noon, when their daughter, Miss Louise, was married to Samuel s. Taylor, of Wor- cester. The ceremony was performed with ring, by Rev. J. I. Bartholomew, of the Methodist church. Robert Taylor, brother of the groom, was best man, and Miss Lena Siswick, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. The house was at- tractively decorated with flowers, and the couple stood under floral bell during the ceremony. MT. and Mrs. Taylor took the 4 30 train for brief wedding trip, after which they will reside in Worcester. A large crowd of their young friends gath cred at the station to see them off, and if the amount of rice thrown is any criteri- on, the young couple start in life with plenty of good wishes. In order that there might be no mistake, the carriage in which they rode to the depot had a large placard. ''just married"
 Rev. F. D. Buckley preached an ex- cellent baecalaureate sermon at the Opera House Monday evening to a good sized audience. He took his subject from these words, '' Nevertheless, when the Son of Man cometh, shall he find faith on the