The Press., 1897-06-17
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

MISS mauu Blalf, O1 OpfLnSHolu, lS NlS- iting friends in town.
 Miss Viola Vinton is the guest this week of Miss Esther Chandler.
 Alvarado Howard and Holly Howard have new Heating wheel each.
 Miss Grace Walker, of Boston, is the guest of Miss Blanche Cleaveland.
 Infant baptism at Grace church next Sunday morning after the 2d lesson.
 Miss Olive A. Spring has new Pierce wheel purchased of E. A. Buck x Go.
 Miss Ella Harris, of Bridgeton, Me-, is visiting friends in the borough this week.
 About S275 was cleared at the series of socials recently held at St. Edwards hall
 Love feast at the M. B. church this evening. Quarterly conference at the close.
 Mrs. D. w. Brown and her daughter, Ella, have returned to their home in Prov idenee.
 Mrs. John Mccarthy and baby, and Miss Jennie McCarthy are visiting Dr. Mccarthy, at Winchester, Mass.
 Mrs. Engley, with her daughter, Mrs. John Watts, of Otto River, Mass, Is a guest of hel son, Frank Engley.
 H. M. Day has returned from Masha- paug, where he has been employed for several weeks by Alvarado Howard.
 Mrs. H. H. Pease, of Marlboro, N. H., is spending a week or more with Mrs. Horace Pease and family of this town.
 Mrs. John H. Tracy, with Misses Sybil and MarionTracy, of JewettCity, has been guest of her father, Charles w. Beckwith.
 Mir. and Mrs. Edward Sullivan, MT. and Mrs. Wm. Simonds and Patrick Han ley and family will spend Sunday at Snip sic lake.
 Young people will be interested in the free scholarship contest started this week by The Press. Conditions given on the first page.
 M P. Shahan will sell his three tene- ment houses, situated on High and Pros pect streets, at auction, next Thursday at 1 o'clock.
 The local division of the A. o. H. will observe their+annual memorial day next Sunday. The members are requested to meet at their hall at p. m.
 Mir. and Mrs. Joshua Larned and child have returned to their home in Ohio, having spent two weeks at the Larned homestead on Stafford Street.
 The Boston Globe refuses to recognize Newton. After his splendid work at Providence last Saturday, not a line ap- peared in that Journal last Sunday.
 The people of St. Edwards will hold a picnic at Patten's grove July 4th. Ath- letic sports, dancing and a generous sup ply of refreshments will be the attractions.
 Misses Edith Cushman, Myrnia and Florence Washburn, Alberta Eaton, Clara Ellis, Bertha Heald, Beth Sprague and Gertrude Wightman are occupying the Cliff cottage at Mashapaug for two weeks.
 The members of Wauseon Lodge, I. o. O. F., will observe next Sunday as me- morial day. The members will leave the lodge room at 4 p. m., and march to the cemetery and decorate the graves of the deceased members.
 John R. Atwood, of Willimantic, the well-known peddler, leaves July 29 for San Francisco, Col, where he will attend the Christian Endeavor convention. Of the amount necessary for the trip $25 has been subscribed by Stafford people, and for which he feels extremely grateful.
 The report for school district No. 4, for the spring term, is as follows: number of scholars enrolled IA, average attendance 10.71. Hawley Larned was neither absent nor tardy during the term. Andrew Far rell was absent one half day but not tardy. Prizes in spelling were received by Hawley Larned, Andrew Farrell ,and Leo Garvais
 The firemen's quarters are now in the pink of condition. The building has been painted on the outside and much has been done in the line of improvement on the inside. A new hard pine floor has been laid in the engine room. The recep- tion room has been papered and painted and new metal ceiling has been added This room now presents very neat and pleasant appearance.
 Miss Ellen Donovan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Donovan, of Forestville, Woo A4hlLlC0 IO OOun IbCdIuG1ly OI OdLu- bridge, Mass, Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock, at St. Edwards church, by Rev. R. c. Gragan. Cornelius Rearden, broth CT of the groom, was best man, and Joan na Donovan, sister of the bride, maid of honor. A reception at the home of the bride followed the ceremony. After a few days the couple will go to Cambridge to make their home.
 Dr. G. L. Nichols will go to Buffalo Monday to attend the Homeopathic Insti- tute to be held there next week. About 1000 physicians will be present, including some of the most eminent surgeons of the old world and this country. Lectures on subjects of interest to the pI ofession by men who are well qualified to interest and instruct will be feature of the insti- tute. His father, Dr. Frank Nichols, of Hoboken, N. J., will attend to his prac- tice during his absence.
 The weather has continued moist with rain nearly every day for long time. Monday afternoon there was the usual shower with the difference that 1t rained harder and was accompanied by hail. During the hail storm a practical joke was played on number of young men who were waiting in Butterf1eld's store for better weather. Druggist Pease took 8 chunk of ice from the soda fountain about the size of a goose egg and threw 1t down in front of the hardware store. The attention of the young men was called to the piece of ice, and they were much surprised at its size. One of them went out and got it and took 1t in and had it carefully weighed. All agreed 1t was the largest hail-stone they had ever seen.