The Press., 1897-04-08
WELLINGTON.

,s.tk (Correepondence.) | Mrs. Starkweather has removed from town.
 trThe history of no people is heroical to it's mugwumps."
 hospital in Hartford.
 Let us not forever be fixing our gaze on warts and blotches." The Press bundle for Wilmington was carried by again last week. The Jellas family have moved into the Ormsby place, Miss Leonard's.
 rChas. T. Preston and wife were in Rockville and Hartford this week. The Baptist Sunday and Thursday even ing meetings will be resumed next week.
 Mrs. M. l.. Dimock and Mrs. George E. Robbins are recovering from their illness. Change meeting tomorrow night. Sub- jects, lecturers hour, Byron and "Peach YeHows."
 Ayoung man from the Yale Theologi- cal Seminary will supply the Congpega- tional pulpit next Sunday. Thomas Valley and family are at Geo. E. Sparrow's. Joseph Sparrow has been recruiting there from the grip. Mrs. A. B. Dave is teaching the Hol- low school, while Miss Jennie Church has the Daleville school this term. Mrs. Dora Essex Himmelar has left her home near the Willington R. R. sta ton for an indefinite time, it is said. I John Starkweather and Miss Rose Nichols were married in Willimantic Monday. They have gone to Philadel- phia on their wedding trip. Rev. Chas. H. Brown and Mrs. Chas. T. | Preston are delegates to the minister's conference and the ladies' missionary meeting in Willimantic to-day. | Selden, youngest son of the late Bart. and Ruth Snow, died suddenly, 1st inst. , at the house of his sister-in-law, Widow | William Snow, while on visit. The | medical examiners certificate gives cause of death as apoplexy. He met his death near where he was born sixty-two years ago. He had, however, spent most of his life in Stafford, whither the body was carried for burial.
 | Some of our older readers will recall | Mary, sister of Dr. Melanthon Storrs, who studied medicine here with one of the local physicians. Her home was in Westford, but she used to visit here oc-
 caAonally. She died last week at the
 home of her sister, Mrs. Brigham, ir
 Hartford, where she had lived many
 years. The Courant says: Miss Storrs
 was a woman of much strength of charac ter, refined tastes, and of deep religious l convictions, who impressed an unusually large circle of friends, particularly among I the older families of the eastern part ot the state with her loving and helpful kindness"
 (From another correspondent.) | A sociable will be held at the Congre- gational church next Wednesday evening
 The gentlemen are each requested te
 bring a pair of scissors, that they may cut pattern of ladies' dress sleeve 1T the latest spring style. All ladies who .l are in need of patterns can secure one b!
 coming. No doubt there will be varie l ty of styles to select from. All are in vited. Supper as usual. South Wilmington Correspondence. J. w. Harrison will have the agency for a number of wheels. I MT. and Mrs. J. W. Harrison spen 1Sunday with friends and relatives in Nor
 wiesr ..- .-.--. ..----.-----.-. | Orrin D. Lockwood moved Tuesda. I from the old Benton house to his farm
 near Willington Hill.
 I David Barrows, who recently went t. Andover to work on the railroad. is back
 and working for the company. Communion service was held in tn
 hall last Sunday immediately after tn
 service, and about twenty participated.
 Miss Rena Young is quite sick at he
 cousins, in Willimantic, with kidne
 trouble. Her mother Is with her al pres
 ent
 |, Last Saturday Miss Baxter, with number of helpers, gave the inside of tn
 school house good cleaning, which great
 ly improves its appearance.
 A few from this place attended thu minstrel show at at Hillside Hall las Tuesday evening, and report a fine enter tainment we'll worth the money.
 The wide tires on G. Hall, Jr., & Co.'s
 wagons are good road makers. MT. Ha , believes in wide tires and good roads The L. A. W. boys wish there were nor
 of his stamp.
 Mrs. Shaffer has moved from her farr near Charlie Eldredge's into the tenemen l in the village recently occupied by Albel
 Richardson. Alfred House has moved t
 Mrs. Shaffer's farm.
 ". R. Perry, of New London, who ha
 an ice plant here, expects to have 5 lengthy article Qllustrated) of his plar
 published in the "Ice and Refrigerator, l Chicago. The cuts will be taken froI < pictures made by J. W. Harrison. Il One of our prominent business people l after writing an important letter frol
 this place to Willimantic, signed herse
 ''C. R. Wilmington, Willimantic, Conn.
 She explains herself by saying that tt f minister was visiting in another room
 and that rattled her.
 John A. Starkweather and Miss Ros r Monday. Any one on the 4.30 train Mo
 day afternoon could tell that they were n married couple, because each had boo f and seemed to be absorbed in reading But going down in the morning how di
 ferent it was. Congratulations.
 The next meeting of the literary socie il will be held in the hall Monday evening Bryant will be the subject. The deba f will be on the question, 'Resolved-Th 7. capital punishment should be abolished a Affirmative, Rev. ThomasDenman al
 Charles Buckingham, D. V. s.; negativ il Chas. l.. Westcott and Leo A. Korpe