The Press., 1897-03-25
srAFFoRD SETTINGS.

Mrs. A. J. Tilden is confined to hel room with the grip.
 Mrs. Simmons, of Mystic, is the gues of her brother, W. c. Avery.
 Miss M. T. Russell will have her spring opening next Monday and Tuesday.
 George c. Fenton and wife, of Orange have been spending few days in town.
 Miss Josie Hewitt is out again, after ar illness with a severe quinsy sore throat.
 A case of scarlet fever is reported in the family of Theron Ryder at Stafford Street
 The annual rental of the pews at the Methodist church will occur tomorrow evening.
 The entertainment given at St. Ed wards, the evening of March 17th, netted about $8O.
 Mrs. J. c. Converse entertained the Current Events Club at her home Monday afternoon.
 Mrs. Chas. Holt and Miss Celia Holt are spending a week with relatives in Brooklyn, N. Y.
 The condition of w. c. Avery has not changed. He is quite weak, but does not suffer much pain.
 Al. Tilden, who has the agency for the Columbia wheel, is to open a repair shop in connection.
 FIN. Crane offers for sale his desirable Main street property, consisting of two houses and large lot.
 Large numbers of wild ducks passed over the first of the week on their way to summer fishing grounds.
 The date for the appearance of Myra Collins, in ''That Naughty Kid," has been changed to April 1, 2 and 3.
 The Rev. F. F. Johnson, of Middletown, Bishop Williams secretary, will officiate at Grace church next Sunday.
 Superintendent E. w. Muzzy, of the Electric Light Company, returned Monday from business trip to Waterbury.
 MT. and Mrs. John Foster will enter tain the Monday Evening club at their home on Stafford Street tomorrow even- ing.
 w. H. Desper, of Worcester, former principal of the borough schools, was the guest over Sunday of MT. and Mrs. Josiah Converse.
 Y.P. S. c. E. topic at the Congrega- tional church next Sunday evening, "What Christian heroism is and does. D Leader, Miss Josie Hewitt.
 The lateness of the arrival of Easter Sunday may make it necessary for the la dies to appear in their new spring hats and wraps before Easter arrives this year.
 The amendment to the borough charter, which came before the legislature last week and received favorable action, came up in the senate yesterday and was passed.
 A Holyoke firm has opened in the studio formerly occupied by Wm. Milan. For 10 cents they will make a dozen tin types, and for five cents more they furnish frames. There is no free lunch clause in their advertisements.
 E. c. Wood will sell at auction his per sonal property on the Dean farm, on the road to Monson, next Monday, at 10 a. m. Said property consists of a number of horses, wagons, farming tools, etc.
 The Ladies' Aid society, of the M. B. church, will hold its annual meeting next Wednesday,, at 4 p. m. Supper will be served as usual at 6 o'clock Hostesses, Mrs. F. F. Patten and Mrs. B. A. Cleave- land.
 After April 1st E. O. Dennis grain store and office on Main street will be closed in the day time but open in the evening. The office at the mill will be open in the day time, but closed in the evening.
 Michael Hannafin made on-lookers very nervous Tuesday afternoon, when he used Haymarket Square to exhibit the different gaits of horse he had hired. He tipped over once, and there was no apparent req son for the fact that he was not hurt
 Manager J. H. Gray, of Willimantic opera house, will run a special train from Stafford to Willimantic and return, on the night of April 12, for the entertainment of Donelly, Girard and Maud Granger, in the comedy entitled, My Friend from India. D
 Miss Alice Walker spent Sunday with her parents. Wednesday she started out with the Mount Holyoke Glee Club, of which she is member, on an eight days trip of the larger cities Miss Walker will be in Stafford again for a few days before vacation is ended.
 Samuel Baldwin, 70, died Tuesday, af- ter a short illness, of pneumonia. MT. Baldwin has been an employee of the Warren woolen company for several years, having had charge of the fulling. He leaves a widow and five children. The funeral was held from Grace church this Rev. T. D. Martin officiating.
 Mir. Mccarthy, the shoe manufacturer, who is thinking of changing his location, has been asked to visit town. The real estate agent, who is working to get the concern to locate here, reports considera- ble interest in the plan, and it will nor be if matters are arranged so that the industry can be brought here. From forty to sixty hands will be employed at the start, with more as the growth of the business requires.
 The Epworth League reading circle met with Rev. J. I. Bartholomew at the M. E. church Monday evening. Ernest K. Taft read a paper on the "Crusaders," and Miss G. A. Washburn one on Martin Luther" A feature of the program was the vocal solo by Miss Alberta Eaton, and the talk on John Wesley. by Alvara- do Howard, also proved interesting. The subject for general consideration and criticism were the books, "The Torch Bearer of Christendom' and "Christ Among the Poets."