The Press., 1897-04-29
WELLINGTON.

Communion at Baptist church next Sunday.
 Mrs. A. D. Dimock is spending the week at levitt City and Norwich.
 Miss Emma l.. Brown, with L. Gould ing, returned from Boston last Saturday. MT. Goulding returned Tuesday.
 stNo dishoner soils our ermine, and the judges of the supreme and superior courts retain the full confidence of the bar and the people," The laws delay is not en- couraged by the present courts of Con- neeticut. The time has been when the judges, on the east side of the river, par ticularly, were too much the contrary of the lawyers, and rather narrow-minded. The present judiciary, from the chief down to the newest judge, is an honor to our beloved Commonwealth. Miss Adelaide E. Hallen, of Lebanon, a pupil of the Willimantic Normal School, spent Sunday with the Misses Mason, and with them attended the Baptist church Sunday.
 A. H. Eldridge is dealing extensively in fertilizers and agricultural implements.
 A very interesting discussion was had over the law concerning peach yellows at the last Grange meeting. Fine selections were read from Byron, as the literary part of the program. At the next meet ing the subjects for lecturers hour will be Potatoes how to raise them, and how to cook them j; :" literary part, Shelley.
 Dow Ide, who had a responsible posi- ton with the Phoenix Woolen Co.,, Staf- ford, with his family, spent Saturday and Sunday at his house in the Hollow. He is also putting in considerable work az agent for the Holland Go. Fire Insurance Company.
 Frank Preston, formerly of this town has, with a partner, bought out Bugbee's grocery and provision stand in Willi. mantle.
 l Rev. c. H. Brown was in Willimantie yesterday arranging for the annual meet. ing of Ashford Baptist s. s. convention to be held with the church here in June.
 Things are getting down pretty fine these late days, all around, and there's more to follow.
 John A. Brenon, of Ashford, was al Chas. T. Preston's Saturday last. | By the new law, assessors must swear that they have placed property on the list at its JmU valuation. Now watch oul assessors next fall.
 | Charlie Amidon is enlarging his black smith shop at the Hollow. He is te further utilize his water power. | The innumerable stories and reports concerning the recent Ryder divorce suit the counsel in the case, the parties in 1t the witnesses and so forth, were amusing to say no more. But the old world will still whirl in space, as usual. There will be no public observance O Memorial day, so far IS the Grand Army of the republic post here is concerned No speaker, no sermon on Sunday, nc music, no childrens' exercises, no colla tion. Two comrades will simply go to leach graveyard SundaE morning and plac' flags, purchased by money from the littl' fund belonging to the post from dues, oI 1.-the deceased soldiers' graves. Shame Ishame, on the town of Wilmington. 1spokesman for the soldier haters here re gently offered to be one to defk the grave Iof the soldiers, instead of decorating ant honoring them l
 Idella 0. Ryder returned to New Havel this morning. She visited Mrs. Lev Gary, Tuesday. Mrs. Ryder has beel visiting at Chas.. r. Preston's, in Willing ton, of late.
 I Mrs. Annie A. Preston is now writin, unsigned articles for the Youths Com panion.
 T Moose Meadow. The usual service at the M. E. churcl was omitted last Sunday because of tn