The Press., 1897-07-01
sTAFFORD SPRINGS.

neighDOrS and friends, not only TOT the alu' but also for the kindly sympathy rendered him during the whole of his long illness.
 STAFFORD SPRINGS.
 Dr. c. L. Nichols returned yesterday from Buffalo
 John and Willie Hanley have a new Packer wheel.
 J. NJ. Leach went to Boston yesterday on a business trip.
 R. w. Ellis announces that his share of the tandem is for sale.
 Miss Alice Clark has returned from Boston for the summer.
 Regular session of Winter Post. c. A. R., next Tuesday evening.
 John English is home from Burlington, Vt., for the summer vacation.
 Regular session of Wauseon lodge, l. O. o. F. next Tuesday evening.
 The Eagles will play with the South Willingtons Saturday, July 10th.
 Communion and reception of members of the M. E. church next Sunday.
 Regular convocation of Orient Chapter R. A. M., next Wednesday evening.
 Charles Chandler has taken position in the National Bank for two months.
 The Stafford Springs bank declared Q semi-annual dividend of ? per cent. to-day. Mrs. Hewett and daughter, Miss Jose phine, ale spendidg a vacation at Whi- tinsville.
 Epworth League topic at the M. E. church next Sunday evening "As a Citizen"
 Harry Converse made a bicycle trip to Holyoke and visited friends the first of the week.
 Andrew Lucas. of Holyoke, is spend ing few days with his parents in the borough.
 F. w. Carpenter and Fred Shippey will spend the 9th at Knowltons pond on fishing trip.
 Captain Rafftery, of Norwich, was in town yesterday, the guest of his brother, Dr. Rafftery.
 William Tuthill returned Saturday morning from a brief vacation spent at New London and New York city.
 Dr. Sullivan will go to Willimantic to- morrow to attend the banquet of his class in the high school to be held there.
 Several went to Springfield last Satur- day to see the game of ball between the Springfelds and the Providence team.
 Joseph Quinlan, of St. Charles col lege, Baltimore, returned home for his summer vacation last Thursday evening. Cottages at Crystal Lake are renting readily this season, and the indications are that there will be a busy season at the lake,
 The Block Island train commenced to make it's regular trips Monday. This train has not been put on so early for sev- eral years.
 The gypsies are in camp on the upper road to the Hollow, opposite the Wright place. They have some very good horses with them this trip.
 The new proprietors of the Major Smith grove, at Mashdpaug, will serve a shore dinner and open their grounds for visitors July 3, and 5.
 Several of the local members of St. Johns Commandery, of Willimantic, at tended the St. Johns day banquet and exercises at that place last week.
 The Shahan property at the corner of High and Prospect streets was offered for sale last Thursday, but as there was but one bid on the houses no sale was effected
 Dr. A. o. Comins has a new electrical cataphonic apparatus at his dental office. This apparatus is designed to allay pain in filling teeth for nervous and sensitive patients,
 Miss Baxter, teacher of South Will lingtOn, who has been the guest of MT. and Mrs L. D. Gary, will go at once to Upper Bedford, Canada, for the sum- mer vacation.
 Work has been commenced at the mill in Fox village to be used by the shoe business. Everett Warren has charge of the work and it will be but short time before all is in readiness.
 The court of burgesses have concluded to grant the petition asking for the exten- sion of the West Main street sewer and work will be commenced at once They have advertised for bids
 Miss JenDie Orcutt, of Montclair, NJ. :, is spending brief vacation with her parents, Mir. and Mrs. Frank Orcutt, of Village Hill. She will sail for Scotland Saturday, and spend July and August in the British Isles and on the continent.
 Mrs. w. A. Comins, Miss Comins, Miss Hewitt, and Miss Mena Adams, will &C., company the Brooks excursionists, who will leave Springfield to-day for four teen days outing at Old Orchard Beach. There will be about one hundred and fifty people in the party.
 In the preliminaries at Manhattan Beach last Saturday Newton went down with six other men. His legs and back were skinned and he received blow on the head. He was unable to race any more that day, but will try his fortune on the same track Saturday.
 People are making plans for celebrat- ing the popular national holiday. With the exception of St. Edwards picnic at Patten's grove there is not much going on in town. The picnic at the grove will have an attractive program of sports and there will be dancing with music by Lynch's orchestra, Many will go out of town. Of these some will go to Hartford and see the horse races, others will go to Palmer and see the bicycle races, and quite party of Newton's admirers will go to Bridgeport where he Is to race on that day.