The Press., 1897-11-04

Mrs. John Dorsey, 30. died this morn- ing at four o'clock from paralytic shock. The funeral will be held at St. Edwards church Saturday morning at g o'clock.
 Regular meeting of Winter w. R. c. tomorrow evening, at 7.30 sharp. A full attendance Is requested, as preparations will be made for inspection, which occurs Nov. 18th.
 - Winter W. R. c. Is preparing for c supper at society hall, on Friday evening, Nov. 18th. A supper, consisting of clam chowder, etc., will be served for 90 cents. An invitation Is extended to all.
 Mir. and Mrs. c. w. Beckwith celebrat- ed the 50th anniversary of their wedding at their home on Crown street Tuesday evening. Both MT. and Mrs. Beckwith are hale and hearty after their fifty years of welded life, and bid fair to celebrate many more anniversaries. Their neigh bors and friends who know them we'll and appreciate their kindly worth, certainly hope that they may enjoy many more as pleasant family reunions as that of their golden wedding anniversary. The gath ering was a surprise to MT. and Mrs. Beckwith, but MT. Beckwith thought Tuesday that his grandchildren were ar irving in town in greater numbers than usual, and asked c. F. how it was that three, who came from Springfield, were not at school. Including the children and grandchildren, there were twenty-four present, and Mir. and Mrs. Beckwith were presented with couch, $50 in gold, and other presents. The same Set of china that was used at the wedding, fifty years ago, was used at the anniversary Tuesday. Those present were: Mir. and Mrs. J. B. Burbank and children, Grace, Eunice, David, Lulu and Laura, of Longmeadow,
 Mass.; Mrs T. c. Tiffany and daughter, Ruth, of Mechanicsville, N. Y.; MT. and
 Mrs. J. H. Tracy of Jewett City; Mrs.
 J. NJ. Smith of Hartford; Miss Georgie Beckwi Mir. and Mrs. F. J. Chandler and children, Esther, Charles, Maud and
 May; Mir. and Mrs. c. F. Beckwith and children, Malcolm and Louise. All mem-
 bers of the family were present except Dr. T. c. Tiffany, who was unable to be present, owing to an accident in which
 his knee was injured. Both MT. and Mrs. Beckwith come from old and well-known | families. MT. Beckwith's ancestors date
 back to the Tempe family, direct descend-
 ants of William the Conqueror. MT. Beck | with was born at Greenport, N. Y., |
 age he shipped on a coasting vessel, and
 after about eight years service in this | line he came to Connecticut and learned | the tanners trade at Coventry. Later he
 served as an apprentice In the card shop
 of A. DeDslow at Hartford, and still later
 an appI enticeship to the machinists' trade
 at Rainbow, Conn. He was employed by | Locks, from 1863 to 1888, as master me-
 chanic. This position he resigned O be-
 come foreman of the Rider & Whiting Card company, which in 1869 did business | on Westford avenue. In 1870 MT. Beck | with started for himself, and even now, | at seventy-six, can be found each day at
 the head of one of the departments of the
 manufactory, managed by his son, c. F. Beckwith. Mrs. Beckwith was born in
 Lee, Mass. Her maiden name was Miss Sophia Foote. Her great aunt was the
 mother of Henry Ward Beacher and Mrs.
 Beecher Stowe. Her great grandfather
 received grant of what Is now the town of Coventry, from King George II, in re cognition of valuable services rendered
 to the King.
 Il $50, 900 for a Park.
 ;I The residents of Stafford were much
 surprised and pleased to hear that the
 will of Isaac P. Hyde of Southbridge
 Mass., who died October 21st, which was
 filed for probate at Worcester last Friday
 provides for the establishment of public
 park in his native town of Stafford. The
 estate Is valued at $10,0O0 real and $50.
 900 personal, and after bequeathing $1 ,O0(
 each to two of his sisters, $5,000 to his
 widow, and $5, 900 in trust for the benefit
 of his sister, Harriet A. Marble, the resi-
 due Is left in trust to the widow, Eliza F
 Hyde, and John M. Cochran of South
 bridge for the town of Stafford, on tn,
 condition that the town accepts the glf . and appoints trusts to control the funC f for the establishment of a public park t' B be known as Hyde Park, the income O
 the fund to be devoted to the use of tn . widow during her life, and at her deatl D to be used for the maintenance of tn 5 park. At the death of Harriet A. Mar
 ble, the trust fund of $5, 900 left for he
 benefit Is to be turned into the park fund
 MT. Hyde was born on Stafford Street fl 1888, at the old Blue house, and was tn !. son of Isaac Hyde. He learned the ma - chinist trade-in his early life, and worke
 at his trade in town until in middle life
 when he moved to Southbridge and start @ ed in the cutlery business, in which h y was quite successful. He married Mis-
 E4h1o ooSoA Oi V0pPAlS Wullo hNihS |
 Stafford.
 ). Mir. and Mrs. Charles Bromley move f from HydeviIle to East Lyme on Monda @ last.
 @ Miss Hannah Black of Willimantit e made visit to her friends here the frs e of the week.
 The carload of potatoes expected b D H. F. Cady have arrived, and he is no
 delivering them.
 Mrs. R. M. Griswold and daughter, ( l. Hartford, were guests of Ms. John Lav 1l ren ce last Friday.
 It Mrs. George Chaffee of New London l. was the guest of Mrs. Mary Beebe tt le latter part of last week.
 a Subject for the meeting of the Y. P. Il c. E. this evening: Trust Christie y what?" A cordial invitation to all. le The blacksmith recently engaged | le J. G. Wightman moved into the vaca1 I'd tenement in the hotel block Tuesday. a "There are many strange things abo, 7, and beneath the sea-" and there are son 1t strange things over in Holland now- sr days, also. ,. s---4z1ss ssss.s.q-. s.- 'E Saturday and Sunday mornings wei " decidedly winterish, ice being nearly g 70 inch thick Sunday morning on water le 1t outdoors over night.
 2, The Ladies' Aid society of the Bapti 10 church meet next Wednesday afternoo I'd for work, and of course will serve the h. customary supper from 5.3O until 2. Frank EdsUn, who for some years h. " lived on the Isaac Cady place, is moviI Q into the village this week, and will occ 1e py the east tenement in the Howe hous sd Miss Fife Lincoln of Woodstock, Chi ne who has been visiting relatives in Come