The Press., 1897-08-05
STAFFORD SPRINGS.


 Mss Kate Lord is visiting relatives at Worcoster, Mass.
 Lot O'IInllornn has boon quite i'll at his homo with the asthma.
 Mrs. M. A. West, of Hartford, is the guest of hor si4tor, Mrs. J. M. Leach.
 Al. Tilden has sold Columbia wheel to George LAwton, n Hartford to F. c. Stevens of Forestville, and Hartford to Ernest Johnson of Stafford.
 Roy. A. J. Mcleod of the COngrega- tional church will leave tho last of the week for hls vacation. Mir. Mcleod in- Lsnds to take mn ocean voyage.
 Mrs. Charles HarwoOd has returned from vacation spent at Wilmington, Vt. Miss Grace IIarwood and Mrs. James Walker will remain there until about Sept. lst.
 Thero ls to be an out door meeting noxt Sunday afternoon on tho lawn of tho Con- gIegationnl church. Rev. r. A. Adams will be tho speaker. Services will con- mence at 6. 30. These meetings arc prov ing quito popular.
 A special train will run to Willimantic August 18th, the opening of the season at Loomer opera house. The attraction, a very strong one, Is to be Chas. E. Blaney's company in "A Boy Wanted" It Ia a farce comedy and comic opera combined. Tho opera house has boon newly deco rated in white and gold, and presents vprv nitrnntivp apnoorunrO
 At Trenton, N. J., Monday, Newton took n second in tho half-mile handicap from the 3O-yard mark. He was beaten out by Stevens. In the mile-open he got q fall, but was not hurt. He will race at Philadelphia tho last of this week in the national circuit races. It Is possible that n few of his friends may go down and see him go around. Hoyt, his racing partner, took first in the 2-milo professional from tho GO-yard mark at Manhattan Beach Saturday.
 A Are was started in tho fireplace at the Baker residence In Mrs. J. c. Con- verse's room last Thursday, and as q re- suit thore was a narrow escape from a se- rious calamity. About 8 o'clock in the evening there was n strong smell of there was fire in tho walls and between tho floor around tho fireplace. Chief Wise of the Are department was summon cd, and with some assistance extinguish- ed the blaze The damage to clothing, carpets and building amounted to $500. Al n. much disturbed by tho incident, although they had to be moved to another room.
 Stafford will be we'll represented at Rockville next Saturday to witness the events arranged for the firemen's annual field day. There is to be a parade in the morning, tho line of which will form at l0.30. The sports in tho afternoon on Hyde Park include 100 yards dash put ting shot, hurdle race, pole vault, half mile run, running broad jump, mile and half milo bicycle races, a relay race, and a 300 yards hose race. In the evening a reception and dance Will be held at tho town hall, commencing at o'clock. There will be 12 bands in the parade, in- Cludlng Colts' and Reeves'. The Stafford cornet band has been hired for escort du- ty and concert work in the afternoon during the athletic events. Citizens band will accompany the local Stafford Springs fire department.
 Tho special town meeting at the town house last Thursday did not call out a very large number of voters, and 1t was by only n narrow margin that 1t was de- clded to build q strip of macadam this year. lt was voted 17 to 13 to instruct the selectmen to apply for state aid for improving and macadamizlng a section of the highway 16 feet in width, beginning at the present end of the macadam going south from Adelbert Needham's house towards the borough line, or as far us the $3,0O0 appropriation will admit. The aye and no vote was doubted, and k. c. Pinney, chairman of the meeting, called for all in favor of the appropriation to stand on the right side of the hall, and those opposed on the loft. Quite mum Der of the voters present kept their seats and did not vote. Whom the result was announced the claim was made that the vote wns illegal, as a number of minors had been counted, and that the voters present sitting on the right side of the house intended to vote against the appro- priatlOn were not counted. All of the minors who were present had kept their seats. Mir. Pinney asked to have any boys who had voted pointed out, and also if any of the voters present who had re- mained seated intended to be counted aa voting. No response being received, it was very evident that the motion was carried as declared. It is to be regretted that matter of SO much importance should call out so small a number oi voters, and if those that were opposed tc macadamlzlng had used a little more of ford they would have succeeded in pre-. venting the further extension for this year of tho good road improvement that has SO we'll been started. It is thought that the section of road to be improved will reach within two or three hundred feet of the borough line. Next year tho connecting strip can be completed, and c section of the road at Hydeville where the mAcadam was first started bo extend. cd towards Staffordville.