The Press., 1897-11-04

F. J. Glover is on the gain, and is now able to be up and around the house.
 Quite pleasant event was the marriage of Herbert Ernest Glover and Miss Alice louise Alsfeld, at the resi- dence of the brides parents, No. Provi- dence street, Johnston. R. I. Johnston Is suburb of Providence, where Mir. Glover, in company with his partner, car ries on the machine business. Among those who attended the wedding from this place were Mrs. Jacob Glover and MT. and Mrs. Charles Whiton.
 R. G. Beebe expects to start next Tues day for his winters sojourn in California. His first intention was to go by the way of the southern states, but on account Of yellow fever there has decided to give up that route He will make quite stop at Washington, going through the western states, and probably make 8 visit to the City of Mexico before taking up his win ter's residence in California. Mrs. Beebe expects to join him in California about the first of January.
 All will remember the series of vesper services at the Universalist church last year, with the interesting talks by the pastor and the delightful music rendered by Dimock's orchestra. At that time the church was crowded at each service and thoee who attended felt we'll paid for so doing. It will be welcome news to the community to learn that these services are to be resumed at the same church next Sunday evening at 6 o'clock. As before a cordial invitation is extended to all, and MT. Druley asks everybody to bring their Gospel Hymns. Seats will be free
 Shortly after the fire last evening, q young man from the borough, who evil dently had been giving the working sys- tenn of the license question a thorough lively in the square for a time. One of his feats consisted in trying to drive both sides of the electric light pole in front of Mrs. Simonds' store at the same time. His success in this line was limited, and he started for the Springs by the east EOdu lulO dCCOuub hAb COIOlblOu and the condition of this road, 1t is an open question as to what must have been the condition of the team when he arrived there.
 Last evening, about 5.30, 1t was seen that the barn on the Willis place, now oc- cupied by Frank Smith, was on fire and burning fiercely. A crowd soon collect ed, but it was seen at once that nothing inside the barn could be saved, as the stock was at the farther side. Fortu. nately the COWS were in the yard, and they were saved, but the contents of the barn, consisting of two horses, two or three hogs, a calf, lot of hens and all the hay, were entirely consumed. The barn was completely filled with hay which will swell the loss to quite a sum for Mir. Smith. The attention was next directed to the house, and here Is where the saddest part of the whole affair comes in. On opening the door fl was found that the house was full oi smoke and entrance that way was barred but Ed Burke, in company with some others, went to the south side of the house, broke out some windows, letting the smoke out and the air in, and gained an entrance. 1t was found in three O. the bed rooms that the beds had en se on fire, and were all smouldering. The, were quickly thrown out of the house and the building saved. Now here comes the only reasonable explanation of th' fire. MT. Smith is employed in the Phoe nix mill, and for some time has beer working until nine in the evening, hii wife sending his supper down by the twt boys. On this evening she sent the tw'
 boys down with the supper at the usua time, and as soon as they were out O sight she must, in a fit of insanity, hav
 set fire to both the house and barn, thel
 leaving the premises, where they wer
 unable to find her. Later in the evenin,
 she was found on the upper Staffordvill
 road. It appears that for the last year o
 two Mrs. Smith has not been right in he
 mind, and has had to be watched most o
 the time. There was an insurance on tn
 barn of $275. The place is owned b
 Mrs. Emily Barton of Milford. Ther I was no insurance on the personal propert of MT. Smith, and he has the sympath of the whole community in both his los
 and affiiction. Mir. Smith is one whor , fortune has never seemed to smile kindl on, though he Is a hard working, faithfu
 and industrious man; MT. Johnson say
 one of the best he ever had in his employ
 while E. Fl. Pinney says he had charge ( the books of the Phoenix mill for the pas eleven years, and how much farther th record goes he is unable to say, but dul
 ing those eleven years MT. Smith hs half day, and that to attend funeral 1 Wales. There can be no question as i
 Mrs. Smiths insanity, ds she was in Mir,
 Thomas Melbourne's house a little befol , five, and then made some remarks 1 t Mrs. Melbourne that If they did not fin
 her in the morning she would be dead. Fifty years ago last Sunday, the Re D. P. Livermore, who has since becon
 noted through the public work of , wife, Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, united
 marriage s. E. Dwight and Miss Martt
 Francis, the ceremony taking place in u
 house now owned and occupied by E . Whiton. A coincidence is the fact tn
 the day of the week on which the ma
 riage ceremony was performed was Su day, the same as now. Last Saturdi r evening MT. and Mrs. Dwight were talk,
 unawares and given a pleasant surpri v by their neighbors, friends and relative who made the evening one long to be r membered by the happy couple. TT
 many presents left on the occasion we @ valuable and handsome, testifying to u e love and esteem given to Mir. and MI
 Dwight by the residents of this commur - ty, where so many years of their life ha been spent. Among the many presen @ were gold-headed cane for the fathe n a gold thimble for the mother, fro ;. the children, and gold and silver bo U from the grandchildren. Among Il
 pleasant features of the evening were ty 1t poems read by Mrs. H. F. Cady, O. n written by Mrs. Anna KeppIer, a niece
 Mrs. Dwight, and the other by Miss Mel II Hassett, a granddaughter of the coupl
 MT. Dwight was born in Belchertown N s vember 18th, 1895, coming to Stafford Q the spring of "A. With the exception his service in the 25th Connecticut re, ment and a year or two besides, his Il has been passed in this village, a , it needs no words of ours to tell wh
 that life has been. Mrs. Dwight was t daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Alvah Franc