The Press., 1897-08-05
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

Miss Kate Lord Is visiting relatives at Worcester, Mass.
 Lot O'Halloran has been quite i'll at his home with the asthma.
 Mrs. NJ. A. West, of Hartford, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. M. Leach.
 Al. Tilden has sold Columbia wheel to George Lawton, Hartford to F. O.. Stevens of Forestville, and Hartford to Ernest Johnson of Stafford.
 Rev. A J. Mcleod of the Congrega- tional church will leave the last of the week for his vacation. MT. Mcleod in tends to take an ocean voyage.
 Mrs. Charles Harwood has returned from vacation spent at Wilmington, Vt. Miss Grace Harwood and Mrs. James Walker will remain there until about Sept. 1st.
 There is to be an outdoor meeting next Sunday afternoon on the lawn of the Con- gregational church. Rev. F. A. Adams will be the speaker. Services will con- mence at 5.3O. These meetings are prov ing quite popular.
 A special train will run to Willimantic August 18th, the opening of the season at Loomer opera house. The attraction, 8 very strong one, is to be Chas. E. Blaney's company in "A Boy Wanted" It Is 8 farce comedy and comic opera combined. The opera house has been newly deco rated in white and gold, and presents a very attractive appearance.
 At Trenton, N. J., Monday, Newton took a second in the haIf-mile handicap from the 3O-yard mark. He was beaten out by Stevens In the mile-open he got fall, but was not hurt. He will race at Philadelphia the last of this week in the national circuit races. It Is possible that a few of his friends may go down and see him go around. Hoyt, his racing partner, took first in the Emile professional from the 6O-yard mark at Manhattan Beach Saturday.
 A fire was started in the fireplace at the Baker residence in Mrs. J. c. Con- verse's room last Thursday, and as re- suit there was narrow escape from a se- rious calamity. About o'clock in the evening there was a strong smell of smoke, and an investigation showed that there was fire in the walls and between the floor around the fireplace. Chief Wise of the fire department was summon ed, and with some assistance extinguish- ed the blaze. The damage to clothing, 4o taO Neither Mrs. Converse nor her son were much disturbed by the incident, although they had to be moved to another room.
 Stafford will be well represented at Rockville next Saturday to witness the events arranged for the firemen's annual field day. There Is to be parade in the morning, the line of which will form at 10.30. The sports in the afternoon on Hyde Park include 100 yards dash, put ting shot, hurdle race, pole vault, half mile run, running broad jump, mile and half mile bicycle races, relay race, and 300 yards hose race. In the evening a reception and dance will be held at the town hall, commencing at 8 o'clock. There will be 12 bands in the parade, in- cluding Colts and Reeves. The Stafford cornet band has been hired for escort du- ty and concert work in the afternoon during the athletic events Citizens band will accompany the local Stafford Springs fire department.
 The special town meeting at the town house last Thursday did not call out a very large number of voters, and 1t was by only a narrow margin that 1t was de- cided to build strip of maeadam this year. It was voted IT to 13 to instruct the selectmen to apply for state aid for improving and macadamizing a section oi the highway 16 feet in width, beginning south from Adelbert Needham's house towards the borough line, or as far as the $3,000 appropriation will admit The aye and no vote was doubted, and E. C. Pinney, chairman of the meeting, called for all in favor of the appropriation tC stand on the right side of the hall, ant those opposed on the left. Quite mum Der of the voters present kept their seats and did not vote. When the result was announced the claim was made that tht vote was illegal, as number of minors had been counted, and that the voters present sitting on the right side of the house intended to vote against the appro. priation were not counted. All of the minors who were present had kept theil seats. MT. Pinney asked to have any boys who had voted pointed out, and also if any of the voters present who had re- mained seated intended to be counted as voting. No response being received, il was very evident that the motion was carried as declared. It Is to be regretted that 8 matter of so much importance should call out so small a number o voters, and if those that were opposed tC macadamizlng had used little more of ford they would have succeeded in pre- venting the further extension for this year of the good road improvement that has so we'll been started. It is thought that the section of road to be improved will reach within two or three hundred feet of the borough line. Next year the connecting strip can be completed, and { section of the road at Hydeville where the macadam was first started be extend ed towards StaffordVille.