The Press., 1897-09-30
COVENTRY.

Mrs. c. P. Boynton is visiting friends in town.
 Mrs. Wm. Potter has been visiting in Hartford the past week.
 Will Hartman has solo his oxen and bought pair of draft horses.
 Wm. Lathrop is quite i'll. Dr. Bennett of Willimantic was summoned. Preston Briggs, winner of the tennis tournament-from Bulletin board
 D. W. Fiske has picked three bushe..,, of cranberries from the roadside.
 Charles Hendershot, wife and child have returned from New Jersey.
 The wheel shaft to replace one bro ken few weeks since in Tracy's mill broke on starting.
 Elisha Edwards arm was injured by the fall of bale of rags weighing several hundred pounds.
 The wall of Monson granite built along the entire front of the Nathan Hale cemetery by the s. 0. I. s. is nearly con- pleted.
 Charles Cook has moved into the Winchester house and Henry Basset of Willimantic into Storrs Ford's house. Both work for E. A. Tracy.
 Early in the morning of Nathan Hale Memorial Day the pupils of the inter- mediate department, accompanied by the teacher, Miss Edna Newhall, carried rope of golden rod forty feet in length, which had been wound by children attend ing school in district No. 1 and placed it on the Nathan Hale monument.
 Mrs. Sarah Chadwick, who was buried in the Nathan Hale cemetery Friday by the side of her husband, Edward Chad wick, who died some years since, was the daughter of the late Stephen Mercy, and until the death of her husband resident of this town, lived with her only surving son, Frederic, in Mansfield. She was member of the Methodist church here. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. c. A. Purdy.
 A note has been handed the correspond ent containing the news that Nathan Hodgson and David Tillinghast have gone to Pennsylvania to marry sisters, but fails to give the names of the brides. MT. Hodgson was expected in town yester- day. MT. Tillinghast will return Saturday.
 Mrs. George B. Carpenter of Phillips, Me. , and Mrs. Arthur Russell of Wilton, Me-, sister and niece of Mrs. Addison Kingsbury are making her a brief visit this week. Mrs. Russell returns soon, but Mrs. Carpenter will spend some time visiting relatives and friends in Hartford, Plainville and other parts of the state.
 (From another correspondent.)
 Mrs. Henry Parker is still quite sick.
 Dr. H. s. Deans health is still very poor.
 Mrs. Chas. Hunt went to Hartford last Tuesday.
 Miss Hillard of Bristol is visiting Mrs. F. E.Hull.
 There is to be an enter tainment in the Methodist church on Friday evening.
 Miss Skinner of Philadelphia, visited her uncle, Dwight Clark last week.
 The Ladies' Whist Club is to be enter tained by Mrs. F. E. Hull on Friday afternoon.
 The Rev. MT. Perrin of Providence preached in the Congregational church last Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. John M. Wood are visit ing MT. and Mrs. Fred Washburn in Beld- ing, Michigan.
 The Grange meet on Tuesday evening. Two gentleman are to take the third and fourth degrees.
 The Ladies' Missionary society held social in the vestry of the church on Wednesday evening.
 The members of the Junior Epworth League are busy making little fancy articles which are to be sold.
 There have been two 'sisters of mercy" here for the past week trying to secure enongh money to start a school.
 There was reunion of MT. and Mrs. Wm. Bradbury's family last Sunday. There were about twenty of them.
 A large number from this place attend ed the fair at Willimantic. The exhibition building under the direction of H. c. Murray presents very fine appearance.
 The funeral of Willie Mcfarland who met so terrible death last Wednesday night was held on Saturday afternoon. He had tied the halter, with which he was leading the COW, to n4o DOdy, and the COW ran and dragged him to death. The diseased was a very active member both of Sunday-school and Junior Endeavor
 The tenth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt Kingsbury was pleasantly cele- brated last Thursday evening. The even- ing Was passed in playing various games which were followed by refreshments There was a variety of pr ,scnts, mostly tin articles. The members of the box shop presented them with very hand some Delft china clock.