The Press., 1897-01-21

Monday.
 Miss L. S. osdy Is visiting friends in Springfield.
 Advertised letters: Mrs. Jennie Birney, Geo. Wesson.
 Fred W. Burwell Is getting better, and his parents hope he will soon be able to come to his. home and stay until he fully recovers his health.
 Fl. V. Harris, in the employ of w. A. Comins. has been caring for his brother ln,law, who has been seriously i'll for 8 week in Manchester, Vt.
 Dr. J. E. Middleton, who recently sold his office to Dr. A. O. Comins, has taken a position in Springfield with Dr. Roberts, one of the leading dentists of that city.
 Miss Mary Bourassa, youngest daugh- ter of Mir. and Mrs. Joseph Boursssa, Is to be united in marriage to Divine Bol- Ieau, son Of Mir. and Mrs. Henry Bolieau, next Monday.
 There will be a special meeting of the members of the Stafford High School Alumni Association at the parlors of the
 
 block, next Monday, at o'clock p. m.
 k. H. Moulton Is circulating a subscrip- ton to raise the necessary money to pay the fine of his wife, Sarah, and procure her release from Holland jail. Some time ago petition for her pardon met with failure, owing to a property clause in the law governing the Case.
 D. J. Mccarthy has received an ap- pointment to the position of assistant clerk of engrossed bills in the state legis- lature. The appointment covers the pres ent session, and will necessitate MT. Me- Carthy's leaving college for the rest of the college year. He will go to Hartford Tuesday to take up his new duties.
 There was such demand for The Press last week that the edition ran out Thurs day evening. For the accommodation of those who wished to secure 1t, the ac- count of the death and funeral of Father Lawlor, and also his portrait. was re- printed in the Monson Register. Copies of this paper may be obtained from news dealers, or ut The Press office.
 The officers of Stafford Lodge, A. O.. U. w, will be installed next Thursday evening by D. D. G. NJ. w., Charles w. Worthington, of Norwich. G. NJ. w., J. c. Gallagher, of New Haven, and P. G. M. w., c. F. Higgins, of Providence, will be present to give instructions in re- gard to a matter of much importance to the order.
 Considerable indignation was felt by the leading Catholic families last Sunday, because of the way a photographer took to dispose of pictures of the late Rev. D. H. Lawlor. He stood near the door, af- ter the last morning service, and tried to sell the photos to people as they came should have selected some other time and place to do business.
 There is but little change from last week in the condition of the scarlet fever epidemic. One new case has been report ed in the family of Moses Lee. Mrs John Robbins has a slight attack, and in Staff one more case has been heard of. None of the cases are liable to result in death. It has not been decided when the two grades of the public schools, which are closed, will be re-opened.
 There will be a supper and sociable at the Congregational church next Wednes- day evening. Ladies in charge, Mrs. J. NJ. Leach and Mrs. Lewis Mclaughlin. An entertainment will be given, consist Ing of recitations and the dialogue, Through Chlldren's Eyes" The fol- lowing ls the cast of characters:
 Bessie Gilbert, Mary Leach Fred Gilbert, Charlie Moore. Walter Mason, Robert Mcleod Fannie Mason. Louise Webster. Robert Eaton, Charlie Demond. Madge Harper, Florence Chapman. Supper and entertainment ten cents.
 Rev. W. H. Morrison, of Grace church, has accepted n call to St. Andrews parish in Cripple Creek, Colo. He will take charge of his new pastorate, Ash Wednes- day, March Sd. MT. Morrison is an ac- tive worker, and during the time that he has been in town the interests of Grace church have been closely attended to. His versatile experience, and extended travels previous to the time that he &C., cepted a call to the ministry, have given him clear conception of human nature in all It's phases, which Is of the utmost value in the work which he has chosen to do. Mir Morrison has many friends in town who regret to have him go, but who wish him success in his new field. It is hoped that the change of climate will prove beneficial to him, as he has not en- joyed good health since his sojourn in Stafford.
 The lecture tomorrow evening at the Congregational church, under the aus plces of the senior class of the high school, will be one of interest The speak CT, c. D. Stephanoff, of Yale, who Is a native of Macedonia, should be familiar with his subject, "The Unspeakable Turk, or the Last Days of the Ottoman En- pire." The lecture deserves to be we'll attended for its own sake, aside from the fact that 1t has worthy object in view in a benefit for the senior class in the high school. Mir. Stephanoff, whose native country Is under Turkish rule, has been in this country not quite five years, and did not know one word of English when he came, yet at present he is in his sec. ond year at Yale college, having prepared himself at MoDson academy in two years He Is a very bright young man, and his lecture on the declining Turkish empire should appeal to the lively interest which the Turkish question is exciting every. where at the present time. Admission, 25 cents.
 In the death of Mrs Aurelia Whiton which occurred last Thursday evening the town loses another of it's respected oldest residents. Mrs. WhiUon was 77 years of age, and was the widow of the