The Press., 1897-11-04
Miss Mollv Iathroo is visitine friends


 school has been given up.
 Quite number are planning to attend the presentation of the Wizard of the at Willimantic this evening.
 Contractor Converse has commenced work on shed for w. A. Comius 42x24. A platform will be built over the shed.
 James Hurley has resigned his position with J. M. Leach at the Hurley store, and will be succeeded by J. B. Demorest of Belohertown next Monday.
 William Engley, who has been at the Eastman business college, is spending a in town. He will return to the college later and take shorthand course.
 One of E. c. Dennis horses broke loose in the barn few nights ago. and acted in very disagreeable manner. It bit and kicked the other horses, nearly spelling one.
 At the M E. 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. Squier has purchased home in Windsor Locks, and will remove to that town about Dec. 1st. Both MT. and Mrs. Squier have many friends in town who will regret their departure very much.
 Miss Laura Edgar of Philadelphia ie the guest of Miss Alice Hey at the Springs House. MT. and Mrs. R. G. Westcott oi Amherst, who are taking 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 it was an hour before the trouble was located. A falling der. rick on Willington avenue caused the trouble.
 Mrs. w. w. Burwell was called to Brooklyn last Saturday evening by the serious illness of her sister, Mrs. T. E. Penny, of that city. Mrs. Penny died Tuesday morning of complication oi diseases. ..-m
 Newton raced at Charlotte, N. c., yes terday. He took a second in the two. mile handicap and third in the ] mile professional. He is evidently getting ac climated. Bald broke the l mile record doing 1t in 38 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 kirmess which is to be held Nov 24th to 29th inclusive. The children vii take an active part, and will appear il drills, musical selections and elocutionar, efforts.
 w. A. Comins is making new set o wheels for E. N. Washburn with tires inches wide and s inches thick. Tn combined weight of the four tires is abou $50 pounds, and MT. Comins has riggeo derrick to move them from the fire t the forge.
 The town meeting will be held nex Monday at 1 30 p. n. at the town hall The warrant, which is printed in anothe column, contains articles relative to tn, memorial day appropriation, an appropri ation for the public library, and severa minor matters.
 Col. Charles L. Dean has been re-elect ed one of the representatives from Nal den to the general court. He is compli mented by receiving the largest vote C any candidate for representative on tn ticket. Maiden elects two other repre- sentatives, and Mir. Dean received 12 more votes than one of them and 24 more than the other.
 The county commissioners were in SCI sion at the Springs House Tuesday, an granted licenses to Timothy O'Grady, H. Mccarthy, John Labonte, Lewis s, monds, and John Shine. Paul Chan pagne's application was denied. Tn licenses cost $45O this year. Druggist licenses were granted to A. c. Eaton, W D. Heald and E. K. Taft.
 Work of macadamizing Willington-avt was begun yesterday. Ten carloads trap rock from the w. N. Flynt Granit Co.,, have already arrived, and more al to follow. The street will have to | closed for few days after they commend to put on the second coat, and teams wi be obliged to take in quite circuit i order to get to the freight depot.
 The Davy & Kimmell aggregation fiji ished their engagement in town last Sa urday evening in highly sensation manner. After the first act of "Saved Last" had been put on, three of the con pany refused to go on and continue u play. The audience may never have chance to see the play again, and 1t wi probably be source of lifelong anxie to many to know just how the heroil was to have been saved. MT. Davy mac 8 little speech to the audience, al changed the bill from meIo-drama to vaudeville performance. George Nell one of the striking actors, went out in tl audience to state his side of the case, bl was not allowed to do so by Manag Eaton of the opera house and Manag
 Davy of the company. This discouragt
 Mir. Mello, and accompanied by Lila Ms
 White and Morris Burr, the other tV l Idiscontented ones, he left the hall and we
 to the hotel. Their troubles had just b gun. Manager Davy notified Landlo
 Shine of the Stafford House that I would not be responsible for the boa of the three who left the company. Su
 day morning the three made all prepar
 tlons to leave for Palmer. They we
 arrested before they could get away
 Officer Helm, charged with defrauding hotel. As result Mello was put in |
 cooler, but the other two hustled aroun
 and by pledging various articles settl
 the claims against them. By this tiE the sympathy of those who knew the c
 cumstances were with the persecuted th
 atrical people, and purse was made U
 which relieved the situation and releas l MelIO from his dun0aOn coll MoII0 ma