The Press., 1897-03-25

Mrs. J. H. Roberts and daughter, Ha- gel, of Manchester, arc visiting friends and relatives in town.
 Alec Roberts, employed by Armstrong, tipped over with his meat cart near Fisk avenue Tuesday. The team was not in- jured to any extent, but Roberts hurt his shoulder badly, and has been unable to work since.
 Contractor Converse expects to have his work in the Opera House block done in about two weeks. He has three relia- ble men at work and Is pushing the job. As 1t will not take long to get the fixtures in place, people may soon expect to get their mail at the old stand.
 The annual meeting of the Stafford Springs Cemetery Association was held at borough hall last Monday evening, and the following officers chosen: President, Andrew Whlton; vice-president, w. H.. Cooley; secretary, F. H. Baker; treas urer, Chas. F. Harwood; superintendent, Geo. O. Cleaveland; finance committee, A. Whiton and W. H. Cooley. As will aPPbhI HI LhC O AOPOAb ShsS AOi- lows, the association Is in a very flourish ing condition. The perpetual fund now amounts to $3,000, and at the rate 1t has been increasing will soon reach large amount. The perpetual fund is invested, and as 1t grows larger the income from it will be sufficient to keep the cemetery in flrst-class condition for all time. The work of the association in planning for the care of the cemetery at present and for the future Is commendable. It is too often the case that cemeteries are allow cd to deteriorate in appearance. The treasurer's report Is as follows Cash on hand at last report, S 1OO.37 Rec'ved from sale of burial lots, : 674.O0 Deduct amount of land certih-
 cates retired by applying the
 same toward purchase price, 632 50
 leaves net cash receipts, 41.5C Received for opening graves, SOC Amount for retiring the im- provement fund, 1,51657 Request from estate of Mrs Phronema T. Clark, 10000
 s2,l45 A Paid G. O. Cleaveland, care Of
 cemetery, 1865 Paid note at Stard sav'gs Bank, 10000 Deposited to credit of perpetual fund from account forretirtng
 improvement fund, 1,4OOOO Deposited in Norwich Savings
 Society, Society for Savings,
 Of Hartford, Savings Bank Of
 Stafford Springs, and Stafford Savings Bank, $1O0 in each, to the credit Of a new and sepa- rate account, in name Of Phro- nema Clark fund, 10000 Deposited in the above named
 Savings Banks to the credit of the perpetual fund, same being 25 per cent. of the cash receipts from sale Of lots, 10.38 Balance cash on hand, S6.41 s2,14S.44 Received from the sale of lots, s6,593 2S Cost Of cemetery, 5,9497e Cost for maintaining same for the year, 14S.65 Deduct amt reed for opening graves, S7.OC Leaves net expense for the year, 61.6s Cost of maintaining cemetery to date, 2,3S1. .6E Amt Of imp. fund outstandg last report, 3,4O3 2s Of this amount $9.b0 has been retired,
 and the balance, s, ,4O0.75, has been re- placed by land certificates, which
 are convertible into burial lots at
 
 full amount Of our improvement stock. or the land certificates $6S250 has been
 retired during the year which leaves the amount Of the land certificates
 outstanding at this time, 2,76I.2I Cash on hand at last report for retiring
 improvement fund, 1,4sBs. This amount, together with $39.72 ac- cumulated interest on same amount, has been used as follows: S1 400 has
 been transfer'd to the perpetual fund,
 S10O has been used to cancel note for
 same amount at the Stafford Savings
 Bank, and the balance, S16.57, placed
 to the credit of our check account in
 the First National Bank.
 Amount to the credit of the perpetual
 fund at last report, 1,5O7.9( TO this has been added during the year s1 400 transferred from the &C.,
 count for retiring the improvement
 fund, s10.88, same being @ per cent. of
 cash received from sale of lots and
 sS6.so from accumulated interest,
 which gives at this time to the credit
 of the perpetual fund 3,0O6.1C which is deposited in the Norwich
 Savings Society, Society for Savings
 of Hartfo-d, Savings Bank of stafford Springs, and Stafford Savings Bank,
 nearly equal amounts in each.
 We have received during the year from estate of Phronema T. Clark a bequest Of $400 for the perpetual care of her burial lot, which amount hSs been deposited in the above named savings banks, si00 in each as a separate fund for that purpose. The liability of the association, aside from that represented by the land certificates is S125, due F. H. Baker, secretary, to date The assets of the association, aside from the real estate owned by them, appears in the secre tary's report, due from the sale Of lots, opening graves etc