The Press., 1897-01-21

standing with his creditors Is arrived at. MT. Dimock anticipates no trouble in coming to a settlement.
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 George O. Spencer, optician, from | Willimantic, will be at Blacks hotel next i Monday and Tuesday.
 Miss Hannah Black is visiting relatives and friends in Holyoke and Chicopee Falls.
 Meeting of the Y. P. s. c. E. tonight. Subject at home and in Mis- sion Fields" All are invited.
 Mrs. Futile returned to the Gov. Hyde homestead last Saturday after an absence of several weeks in Hartford.
 Mrs. George Bolieau and daughter, Gertie, of Hydeville, are in Providence on a three weeks visit to Mrs. Bolieau's mother and other relatives.
 E. H. Pinney and c. E. Burke, dele a session of the Grand Lodge of Masons, which Is being held at New Haven yestei day and to-day.
 The Mission Band will meet at o'clock Saturday afternoon in the chapel of the Baptist church. A full attendance is re- quested.
 Mrs. Mary Dennison, who has been making her home with her nephew, J. G. Wightman, has gone to Maiden, Mass. |, to spend the winter with another nephew there.
 'Sam" Benjamin, a drummer, but who Is full as we'll known as an ardent and en- thusiastic Second Advent preacher, spent Saturday and Sunday at Blacks hotel. "Sam" is always ready with an argument in support of his views, and, somehow, after you get through talking with him, you leave him with a sort of a feeling that he had the best end of it.
 A circular letter from the trustee of the insolvent estate of Russell Colburn has been mailed to each of the creditors of said estate, in which the trustee offers, providing that all accept at once, thereby avoiding any more expense, to pay each creditor 60 per cent. of the amount of his claim. This result is much better than has been anticipated, and it is morally certain that all the creditors will accept the propo- sition. The total amount of claims allowed by the commissioners foots up $5, ,226. .09, which includes preferred claims of $5S. 90. The total assets, so far collected, amount to $3, l94.01, with a probable amount of $332, 67 yet to be collected.
 For the first time since the flood of TT, there has been pickerel caught through the ice on the mill pond. Charlie Whiton and Sted Williams had some tilts set last Saturday, and both managed to secure a few fish.
 The ice harvest is practically over, and the ice houses are all filled with a much better quality of ice than is usually ob- tained.
 The Bible class meetings, connected with the Baptist church, will be given up for the present, and Tuesday night prayer meetings held instead.
 Mrs, 0. T. Hulett spent Sunday with Mrs. Clarence Parker in Wales.
 Next Wednesday afternoon the Ladies' Aid Society, of the Baptist church, will meet as usual for work. The ladies will serve one of their customary good suppers from 5.3O until 2, and hope to see the faces of all their friends there. As usual the Universalist society scored another success last evening with their entertainment. The farce, "A Box of Monkeys," was full of vim and fun, ana was splendidly presented. the general verdict of the audience being that there was not poor actor or poor feature in the play. The music was worthy of more notice than can be given here, for it was of the best. Certainly the young people of Grace church are deserving of great credit for their unique and splendid en- tertainment. The supper, which preced- ed the entertainment, was a bountiful one and must have been of the best, for one man was heard to remark that he be- lieved there was a hundred and seventy five different kinds of cake, more or less. Ice cream was in abundance, and take it all in all, the evening will be remembered by those present as one of the most enioya ble in the annals of the society. Last Sunday morning the village was shocked by the rumor that E. c. Pinney had fallen from a roof at his home and had received serious internal injuries. Later reports, however, were more favor able as to his condition, but it was learn ed that he had had a most miraculous es- cape. On being awakened by the alarm of fire, he went to the window. opened it and stepped out on to the roof of the yer anda. In order to get still better look he stepped little farther along. The roof was covered with frost and very slip perry, when suddenly he slipped and fell to the ground, a distance of from fifteen to eighteen feet. He was completely dazed by the fall, but managed to get to the door and ring the bell, which was the first notice the family had of the accident. Dr. Newton was immediately summoned, and, after a careful examination, failed to find any broken bones. Mir. Pinney is still confined to bis bed, being consi dera- ply bruised and shaken by the fall, but it is now thought that he will come out of 1t without any serious complications. It was narrow and lucky escape, and that it was an escape the community is thank full.
 Mrs. Nellie Weston leaves tomorrow for a visit of several weeks with her sis ter, Mrs. Will Hassett, in Belleville, N. J. A portion of the mill, consisting of the finishing and weave rooms, shut down last Friday and Saturday in order to al low the other departments to catch up.
 The fine Jersey COW owned by Will , Lasbury, and which has been noted for her many good qualities, had to be killed last week. In coming out of the barn she stepped on some ice and fell, breaking some bones for which no help was possi.