The Press., 1897-06-17

SchOOl In this district will close next Friday. Examinations will be held, and all are invited to attend. Children's day, which was to have beeu held last Sunday was postponed until next Sunday. The program will be as pub | lished last week. The exercises will con- mence at o'clock.
 At the annual school meeting of district No. 9 held in the school house Monday evening, the following officers were elected: Committeeman, Homer N. Neil, Wm. H. Hall and Carlos Gurley clerk an treasurer, Adolph Korper; col lector, Henry 0. Gurley. Alvy Allen, of Hampden, Mass, was arraigned before Justice Essex, Wednes- day, on complaint of Grand Juror Brack- cit. Allen worked last winter for Mark Mercy, of Daleville. In the month of February he left Morey's and took with him Moreys watch which is valued at $15. Mercy had not been able to find sufficient evidence until lately. Officer | Helm, of Stafford went to Hampden and brought Allen back. Justice Essex fined him $5 and costs, the total amounting to $23.75. In default of payment Allen was placed in Holland jail.
 | sOMERs.
 Julius B. Glover and Miss Fife Monta- que, of Monson, spent last Saturday at his home in town.
 H. F. Langdon, of Hartford, is visiting his sister, Mrs. N. A. Patten. | Ernest $. Fuller, of Monson academy, was home over last Sabbath.
 Regular meeting of the grange Thurs day evening. Program in charge of Worthy Flora, Miss Alice Wardwell.
 Mrs. Clara Fuller, who assumes the du- ties of postmistress July 1st, Is spending a brief vacation with relatives in Brattle- boro, Vt.
 MT. and Mrs. Marcus Durkee will cele- brate the 40th anniversary of their ma1- riage by a family gathering on Thursday, 17th inst.
 Young people will be interested in the free scholarship contest started this week by The Press. Conditions given on the first page.
 Mrs. Samuel P. Hurlburt has been in Rockville the past fortnight, at the home of her brother, Charles Bradley, whose wife is seriously i'll.
 Rev. F. B. Harrison is spending the week with friends in New Haven and o0Lul0u0u
 Miss Laura Root started last Friday for Butte City, Montana, to visit relatives She will be absent about n onth. Her place in the choir was acceptably filled last Sabbath by Miss Emma L. Pease.
 Although colds are quite prevalent, the town has been unusually healthy no death having occurred for two months.
 Miss Alma Kibbe closed successful year of teaching in the 'Hall Hill" dis trict last Friday. A picnic was enjoyed by the school in the afternoon. Scholars not absent or tardy during the year Chester Pease, Hattie Chapin. Durine the summer term, Agnes Dwycr anC Susie Harris, Annie Dwyer and Etta Locke ranked highest in their classes. Mrs. H. M. Dimock, of South Coventr, was in town recently, and left an appro , priation of ten dollars for Magazines fol the public library, which sum it is to re ceive annually during her life time, gif highly appreciated. Mrs. Dimock is , daughter of Mrs. l.. Collins Whitney o , Brookline Mass, to whose beneficenc, the town is indebted for it's library.
 Children's Sunday was appropriated, observed at the Congregational churcl last Sabbath. A sermon of special in terest to the young was preached by th pastor at the morning service, a Sunda school concert was held in the evening and an interesting program rendered.