The Press., 1897-08-05
Mvron Blair has been in town this week

The Nipmucks will go into camp at Mashapaug the 2Oth,
 Mir. and Mrs. Emory Pierce are at the Willimantic camp ground.
 Mrs. Andrew Sawyer, of Bridgeport, is guest of her sister, Miss Emily Filler.
 Landlord Shine, of the Stafford House, has been spending short vacation in Vermont
 Harry E. Burwell and G. s. Baker have returned from trip to Newport and | Shelter Island.
 MT. and Mrs, Samuel s. Taylor, oi Worcester, are spending vacation in town with MT. and Mrs. George Siswick.
 Mrs. Fanny Page, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Is guest of Smith w. Page. Mrs John Blanchard, of Palmer, is guest oi MT. Page.
 Judge Chamberlin has sold house and lot on the corner of Strong avenue and Chamberlin street, in Rockville, to John Skibecki and John Janicki
 Senator Converse will attend meeting of the commission on state receipts and expenditures at Governor Walters sum- mer home, Pickwiok cottage, at White Beach, New London, tomorrow.
 M. O'Halloran attended a course of special lectures on embalming while in New York. Mir. O'Halloran shows a commendable disposition to thoroughly understand the details of his business.
 One or two lawyers have been in town this week, looking the field over with a view to locating here It is only a ques- ton of time when bright young lawyer will see his opportunity and grasp 1t.
 The excursion, under the auspices of the Willimantic Christian Endeavor So- oiety, to Watch Hill, Saturday, Aug. IA, will include all stations from Palmer to Coventry. Fare for round trip, $1.26.
 New Haven parties have been in town this week, with a view of getting char ter for an electric road to run from Rock vile, through Stafford, Wales and Brim- field, to Warren. The immediate pros- pect of such road is not fiowery.
 Workmen from Worcester have been
 
 main boilers at the Central mill. Water was drawn off from the boiler Saturday night and the fire box filled with wood, according to custom. In some way the wood became ignited and heated the boil CT, causing 1t to leak in one or two places. The damage is not serious, and the mill has run as usual with steam from the other boiler until to-day, with the excep- tion that some of the machinery has been run outside of the regular hours. To-day the sound boiler Is not In use, as the repairs on the other have reached a stage where the heat is not desirable. Only a part of the machinery of the mill is in operation, and it will probably be two o1 three days before the repairs are com pleted.
 Stafford.
 Mrs. J. c. Cross, of Hartford, Is visit ing relatives in town.
 Regular meeting of Wolcott Lodge, F. & A. M.. next Thursday evening.
 Mrs. Jennie Glover spent the day with friends in Chicopee Falls yesterday.
 Episcopal services at the town hall Sunday afternoon at the usual hour.
 Miss E. Lunette Strickland, of Buck land, Is guest of the Misses Putney.
 Mrs. Mary Beebe was guest of Mir. and Mrs. Geo. Chaffee, at New London, last week.
 Mrs. Andrew Damon and son, Harry, of South Norwalk, are guests of Mrs. James Holbrook. | Mrs. Nella Weston and son, Dwight leave this week for their summer solour1 at Lake Pleasant.
 Mrs. R. G. Beebe has been spending some time in Holyoke visiting her sister Mrs. A. D. Brown.
 : Miss Florence, Vernon, and Bertrand Chapman, of Orange, N. J., are guests O their uncle, J. c. Wightman. MT. and Mrs. Charles George spent thu latter part of last week in Eastford an( vicinity, returning Sunday evening. MT. and Mrs. Arthur Cady, and twC children, of Hartford, were guests of MT and Mrs. A. D. Cady over Sunday. Miss Mabel Buck has accepted a posi- tion in A. w. Walk er's store at the bor ough, and commences her duties Monday Subject for the meeting of the Y. P. s c. E. this evening Putting religion int our daily task. All are cordially invited Arthur Connors has been succeeded il his duties at Leger's livery stable by liar . l rTYf1l hox oIo0 0P establishment during the day. Glover's bus will take the band to tn . firemen's muster at Rockville Saturda morning, and will have to make an earl start, leaving here about 4.3O, o'clock. The house of J. G. Wightman has re ceived new coat of paint, which Is
 great improvement in looks over the yel 7 low with which 1t was covered before. d Owing to the fact that our haymaker !. have not as yet become web-footed, a @ intermission of about two weeks has bee :. taken. Work was resumed Monday. A. Cooley, of Shelburne Falls, Mass. has rented George Worthingtons black smith shop and will have 1t open for bust ness in about two weeks. MT. Coole was employed by MT. Warrington whe he first opened the shop.
 George l.. Thompson, who graduate from Tufts Divinity school in June, an has been regularly ordained, Is making T his parents, MT. and Mrs. George ThomI son, short visit. Mir. Thompson is sur plying the pulpit of the. Universalis church at Wilmington, Vt, this summer but expects to go to Indiana in the fall A party of men, who are connected wit various electric railroad schemes in othe states, were in the village the latter par of last week making inquiries of E. C : Pinney as to the feasibility of their build