The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-16

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Mrs. Fl. @. Eddy and daughter. Miss
Lillian Eddy have gone to New London
for the winter. an
Josiah Converse is Ill at his home on
west main street, having been threatened
with pneumonia.
A special meeting of Ionic lodge, F, &
A. M, will be held this evening. Work
in the second degree.
Charles. FL. Stevenson, who is now
living In Willimantic, spent couple of
days with friends In town this week.
Mrs. M. A. Washburn and Miss Georgi-
anna Washburn expect soon to close their
home on highland terrace and spend the.
remainder of the winter at Atlantic City,
Nj.
The usual Christmas exercises at the
Methodist church will occur on Christmas
eve. The features will be Christmas
tree and concert beginning promptly at
Z O'Clock.
| Representative j. M. Leach expects to
attend the business meeting and banquet
which has been arranged for the memhers
of the legislature of 1897, to be held at
Hartford January 5. I
Regular meeting Winter, w, r. O.,
Friday evening. A full attendance is re-
quested to prepare for installation OF
officers. Mrs. j G. Pultz of Plantsville,
the department president, will be present.
The body of Mrs. Richard O'Rourke,
formerly resident of Stafford, was
brought to this place from Holyoke for
interment, Monday. The same day the
body of Daniel Brennan Of Hampden, ALSO
former resident of Staff ord was brought
here for burial.
Proprietor Collins of the Springs House
is having built an entrance to the billiard
room from the outside, at the rear OF the
hotel, which will obvlate the necessity of
passing through the office to reach the
lower floor.
The annual fair at the Congregational
church was ushered in with down pour of
rain Tuesday evening, and very few were
brave enough to attend. Last evening
however there was large attendance and
1t was a self evident fact the occasion
was enjoyed by all. The 'snip table,"
presided over by Mrs. w. w. Burwell,
Mrs. g. M. Lawton and Mrs. A. W.
Kingsbury, was laden with numerous
useful and fancy articles. Choice con-
fections were dispersed from q pretty
booth in one corner by the Misses Baker,
4 oRAd Mn1Iy PC ~
| Butterfield, Mrs. Christopher Allen and
Mrs. J. G. Converse and Miss Mary /.
Newton, presided the fancy article table.
The one act farce, "Who is Who' or Cali
In Fog' was rendered in highly pleas
ing manner a train of unfortunate predi-
caments serving to give the actors great
trouble and the audience an equal amount
of pleasure. w. FL. Head essayed the
part of Bloomfield Brambleton, country
gentleman, in an easy and dignified
manner and Charles Chandler as Simon
| tdes SwanhOpper an aspirant for the
hand of the old mans daughter was ex
tremely funny. Charles r. Newton as
Lawrence Lavender valet mistaken for
a gentleman proved himself equal to the
occasion maintained his mistaken posi-
ton with the grace of a chesterfield until
he made known his appreciation for the
maid servant. Miss Josephine l.. Hewitt
the demure Cicely, daughter of Bramble-
ton, played her part exceedingly we'll and
Miss Meyers as Matilda Jane evinced a
fondness for Mr.. Lavender and his "hand-
some whiskers" which was In accord with
| the other himourans qualities of the play.
Owing to the inclemency of the weather
of the opening night, the fair and play
will be held again this evening. The u.s.
ual Thursday evening prayer meeting
will be held tomorrow evening and the
adjourned meeting of the Haymarket club
will be postponed until next Tuesday
evening.
The annual borough meeting was held
at borough hall Monday. AS there was
only one ticket nominated, very light
vote was cast. Ninety-eight ballots were
counted The ticket voted for and elect
ed was the one nominated at the citizens
caucus last week Wednesday evening",
Anthony Adams, warden, and Burgesses
Alvarado Howard, elected for two years,
and A. E. Converse and J. M. Leach,
elected for one year, were on last years
board; Lyman Cushman and G. G. Park
ess, elected burgesses for two years, and
w. J. Williams, elected for one year,
have all served on the board before.
| William H. Heald, clerk and treasurer,
and Otis Chapman, bailiff, have both
| filled the same offices for a number of
years. James Warren was elected col
/ lector for the first time. The assessors,
James f. Chamberlin and Hannibal AL
den, held the same Office last year, and
the third assessor, John Brosnan, has
served the borough in the same capacity
a number of times before. The board of
relief, E. G. Dennis, w. e. Hanley and
FL. s. Abel, Is the same as last year. At
the business meeting 1t was voted to lay
tax of y mills, the same as last year,
and a poll tax of ST., which has not been
laid before for number of years. The
annual report shows an increase of the
borough debt $13, $50 to $4,000, an in
crease of nearly $4,000. The large in
crease Is due, partly, to the great i'm
provement of Wilmington and Westford
| avenues, and also to the unfortunate ex-
| plosion of dynamite in the shop OF w. A.
Comins, which building was badly dam
aged, as were many others in the same
vicinity. A number of permanent i'm
provements have been made to roads in
different parts of the borough. 1t will
take a number OF years to pay off the In
crease in the borough debt, made this
year, at the same rate of taxation as has
usually been laid, but the improvements
will be very much appreciated for years
to come. In the borough report atten-
ton is called to the expense Of $40 to the
borough in answering the call for aid at
the fire at Staffordville last spring, and 1t
is suggested that If the borough fire de-
partment is to respond to calls outside
the borough, that the town should pro-
vide for the attendant expense. The ex-
penditures this year, compared with last
year, are as follows:
1897 1896
Streets, So, 1862 so, 1903 SO
Macadamizing Will
lington and West
ford avenues, 4,O12 S5 1876. is
Water, $4,000 $4,000
Fire Department, 1921 467. 90
Interest, 668.45 62O.8S