The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-16
w. z. Hanley spent two days in Boston

Il. w. Ellis Is spending few days at
Newburyport, Mass.
Schools will close next Wednesday for a
two weeks vacation.
Mrs. Us. Smiledge Is visiting her niece,
Mrs. Willard A. Bugbee in Cromwell.
Orient Chapter, r. A. NJ, will hold q
special meeting next Wednesday evening
The managers of the library expect
soon to make change in the care of the
library.
A little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Herring on Grant avenue is i'll with
the scarlet fever.
Augustus Spellman, who has been for
several days with grip cold, Is at pres
emit confined to the house.
Daniel Hurley, formerly of the firm of
Hurley Brothers, has taken the position
of manager of the Hurley store for j. M.
Leach.
The administrators of the estate of the
late Elan Ellithorpe have sold the house
and lot on West Main street to Malvin
Smart.
Burt T. Eaton has purchased the two
cottages on Highland Terrace, occupied
by Arthur Bemis and Herbert Parker, OF
Z. s. Converse.
Lawyer John M. Cochrane Of South
bridge was in town yesterday, on business
pertaining to the estate of the late I. p.
Hyde Of that place.
The body of Eugene Sullivan, formerly
resident of Stafford Springs, passed
through here yesterday from Warren,
Mass, to Greenville, where 1t was buried.
The Young Mems Literary and Social
circle was compelled to postpone its de-
bate, Resolved, That City Life is better
for Young Man than Country Life, :"
from last Tuesday until next Tuesday
evening, owing to the absence of one of
the principals.
The Haymarket Square club will hold
a debate at the Congregational church
parlors next Tuesday evening at 7.45.
The question is on Womans' Suffrage.
The debaters are Mrs. s. A. Jacobs, Mrs.
Lewis Mclaughlin, Benjamin P. Cooley,
and William FL. Heald.
There will be meeting of the Woman's
Home Missionary Society of the M. E.
church Friday afternoon at O'Clock, at
the home of Mrs. S. F. Main. An interest
ing program has been prepared and re-
freshments will be served.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank B. Newton COM
pleted their wedding tour, which included
Washington, D. c., and Old Point Com
fort, and arrived Saturday evening at the
residence of Mr.. Newton's parents, DIR. and
Mrs. @. B. Newton on East Main street,
where the newly married couple will spend
the winter
The selection of DIR. Sullivan as exam
lining physician for the local branch of the
Knight of Columbus has been confirmed by
the grand officers and his appointment and
membership blanks are in the hands
of temporary secretary, w e. Hanley,
who desires intending members to call at
his store and fill out the blanks.
Lorin D. Avery, former employee of
Adelbert Needham, was knocked down by
a team as he was crossing Furnace avenue
about $50 Monday afternoon. He was
thrown against the curb and rendered I'M
conscious. DIR. Newton rendered medical
assistance and the injured man was carried
to his home. He was considerably injured
about the head and back and suffers con-
cussion of the brain, making his condition
at present quite critical. The unfortunate
man was industrious when temperate
The cause of accident is partly attributable
to his intoxicated condition and partly to
the reckless driving of the two women
occupants of the team which struck Avery
Somebody was getting hurt all the time
last evening at the opera house while
'tThe Fast Mail' was being played.
There have been tragedies In town be-
fore, but nothing to touch this produc-
ton. There was q murder in the first
act, but no one was sorry for the victim,
as he was anything but gentleman Al
ter this murder there were all kinds of
trouble, including steamboat explo-
sion. Nobody was locked for lost time
on account of the explosion, as they all
came down promptly, and kept right on
with their blood curdling work. In the
fourth act wicked Italian in Chicago
had secured the hero, and before the act
was over the audience were glad to get
back to plain American villiany. Walter
West got terrible blow from a shoe
b oslo hor H.
Chicago, and was rendered insensible,
but he got over 1t and took the train fo1
Niagara Falls in time to be nearly muir
dered again at that popular resort. He
got blow on the head at Niagara SINH
lar to the one he received in Chicago, and
was again obliged to be insensible or lose
bis job. While unconscious the william
and another man were about to throw
him over the falls, but were prevented.
Walter had passed through so much with
out losing his health that the audience
would have been rather pleased to have
seen him thrown over the falls, Just to
see II the water would wet him. But this
was not to be, as Sleuth came In and
threw the william over, after warm col
lar and elbow tussle, and ended the
agony. The piece was we'll handled, and
the company carries lot of good scenery.
Prof. Jordan led the orchestra, and
pleased the audience very much with his
work. His solo won the heartiest aD-
plause of the evening, and his encore was
also warmly applauded. The professor
knows just what to do with violin.
(Communicated.)
Mr.. Murray, Dear Mr.. Murray; Come
back Oh, come back and tell us where
you got 'The woman" We admire your
type of New England man of the olden
time. Your "John Norton is to be a
help and inspiration to our coming gen,
erations as Abraham was to the Jewish
nation,-but the woman! We never had
any such ancestors. Why, bless you
Our grand dame left In such condition
with three children would had all the
crevices In that old hut stopped up In no
time. She'd had corn and garden stuff
In the clearin'. She'd cured salmon