The Press., 1897-11-04
Mlsa Molly Lathrop ls visiting friends

NttiC tAhii Suto WVVNs
 Owing to lack of interest among the young people of the town the dancing school has been given up.
 Quite a number are planning to attend the presentation of the Wizard of the Nile" at Willimantic this evening.
 Contractor Converse has commenced work on . shed for W. A. Comius 42xA. A platform will be built over the shed.
 James Hurley has resigned hls position with J. M. Leach at the Hurley store, and will be succeeded by J. B. Demorest of Belchertown next Monday.
 William Engley, who has been at the Eastman business college, Is spending in town. He will return to the college later and take shorthand course.
 One of K. 0. Dennis horses broke loose In the barn a few nights ago. and acted in e very disagreeable manner. It bit and kicked the other horses, nearly spelling one.
 At the M K. church next Sunday morn Ing communion and reception of members will take place. After the prayer meet ing this evening the annual meeting of the Epworth League will be held.
 J. V. Squler has purchased @ home in Windsor Locks, and will remove to that town about Dec. 1st. Both Mir. and Mrs. Squier have many friends ID town who will regret their departure very much.
 Miss Laura Edgar of Philadelphia is the guest of Miss Alice Hey at the Springs House. MT. and Mrs. R. G. Westcott oi Amherst, who are taking a carriage ride through the country, are guests at the hotel.
 The electric lights faded away Monday evening on the East-Main-st. and the Hollow lines, and 1t was an hour before the trouble was located. A falling der. rick on Willington avenue caused the trouble.
 Mrs. W. W. Burwel was called tc Brooklyn last Saturday evening by the serious Illness of her sister, Mrs. T. E. Penny, Of that city. Mrs. Penny died Tuesday morning of a complication oi diseases.
 Newton raced at Charlotte, N. C., yes. terday. He took a second In the two. mile handicap and a third In the I mile professional. He Is evidently getting ao climated. Bald broke the { mile record doing 1t in 8S 2-5.
 Superintendent Scott of the Stafford Worsted Company will move his house hold goods to the house on Grant avenue formerly occupied by Addison Arnold Mrs. Scott is at present with her husband at the Springs House.
 The children of St. Edwards are being drilled for the entertainment in connection with the kiImess which Is to be held Nov 24th to 29th inclusive. The children will take an active part, and will appear fl drills, musical selections and eIocutionar, efforts.
 W. A. ComIns is making a new set O wheels for E. N. Washburn with tires inches wide and 1 inches thick. Tn combined weight of the four tires Is sbou $50 pounds, and MT. Comins has rigge a derrick to move them from the fire t the forge.
 The town meeting will be held nex Monday at 30 p. m. at the town hall The warrant, which Is printed Tn anothe column, contains articles relative to tn memorial day appropriation, an approprl alton for the public library, and severa minor matters.
 Col. Charles L. Dean has been re-elect cd one of the representatives from Ma den to the general court. He Is compl mented by receiving the largest vote ( any candidate for representative on th ticket. Maiden elects two other repr, sentatives, and Mir. Dean received 1S more votes than one of them and 24 more than the other.
 The county commissioners were in se sion at the Springs House Tuesday, ar granted licenses to Timothy O'Grady, \ Fl. Mccarthy, John Labonte, Lewis S. monds, and John Shine. Paul Chan pagne's application was denied. TT licenses cost $45O this year. Druggist licenses were granted to A. c. Eaton, VI D. Heald and E. K. Taft.
 Work of macadamizlng WIllington-av was begun yesterday. Ten carloads
 trap rock from the W. N. Flynt GranI Co.,, have already arrived, and more a
 to follow. The street will have to | closed for a few days after they commen,
 to put on the second coat, and teams vi
 be obliged to take in quite circuit
 order to get to the freight depot.
 The Davy & Kimmell aggregation fl
 lshed their engagement in town last sa
 urday evening In e highly sensation
 manner. After the first act of Saved
 Last" had been put on, three of the COT
 pany refused to go on and continue tl
 play. The audience may never have
 chance to see the play again, and 1t W
 probably be a source of lifelong auxie
 to many 10 know just how the heroi
 was to have been saved. Mir. Davy ma
 8 little speech to the audience, al changed the bill from a melo-drama to
 vaudeville performance. George Nell |
 audience to state his side of the case, b
 was not allowed to do so by Manae
 Eaton of the opera house and Manag
 Davy of the company. This discourag Mir. Mello, and accompanied by Lila M : White and Morris Burr, the other t, !, dlscontented ones, he left the hall and we , to the hotel. Their troubles had just | |. gun. Manager Davy notified Landlo Shine of the Stafford House that would not be responsible for the boa . of the three who left the company. SU
 day morning the three made all prepai
 tions to leave for Palmer. They wt : arrested before they could get away : OHheer Helm, charged with defraudins f hotel. As a result Mello was put in {
 cooler, but the other two hustled arour and by pledging various articles settl I the claims against them. By this ti 0 the sympathy of thoee who knew the ( : cumstances were with the persecuted u |, atrical people, and purse was made which relieved the situation and releas - Mello from his dungeon cell. Mello ma ! 6 speech later to a large gathering | front Of tha Qfa Ag,rd unuoo zhtoh