The Press., 1898-05-12

special meeting next Wednesday evening for the installation of officers.
 Ralph Richards, book keeper for the Stafford Worsted company, spent Sunday at his home fin Blackstone, R. I.
 The adjustors on the insurancs of J. H. Mccarthy, the shoe manufactures, have come to an agreement, and place his loss at about &1900. ...... .,.
 Y.P. s. c. E. topic at the CongTega- tional church next Sunday evening at 6. l5, "0ur bodies Gods temples" W. H Heald, leader.
 A salvation army meeting will bc held at the Methodist church, Friday evening at 79O, led by ensigns MT. and Mrs. J. H. Henderson of South Manchester. All are invited to attend.
 Robert Hampston, employed in the card room at Warren's mill, caught his fore finger in a gear last Friday. The in jury was quite painful, as the nall was torn of. He was attended by Dr. Mich ols.
 The ladies of St. Edwards church are to hold a strawberry and ice cream festival In St Edwards hall, to last five evenings. It will begin the evening of May 26th and close the evening of May Slst. There will be musical and literary entertainments and dancing each evening.
 Mrs. Wm. Smith has removed the fence from In front of her residence, and Is grading the lawn. East Main street pre- sents very neat appearance. There are now only a few fences left in front of the residences, and the grounds receive car''- fal attention throughout the length of the street.
 | The Al Marks speciality company is booked at the opera house for May 24th. | On the evening of June 1st there will be an entertainment by the young blind peo- pie of the Blind Industrial home of Hart ford. The company renders a first class vocal and instrumental musical program. besides putting on a mock trial with a competent cast.
 Lawyer Reed has been corresponding with the Central Vermont railroad relative to the extra train asked for in a petition circulated in Stafford and Monson. The | mittee who will come here in the near future and confer with those interested The outlook now seems favorable for the train service asked for.
 Miss Alice Raymond, who has been
 employed in one of the mills, finished her
 labors in town few days ago and went
 to her home in Willimantic. She gave 
 Mrs. Charles Needham an order to cover
 her board on the firm for whom. she had
 been working. When the order was pre-
 scented there was no money due. Miss
 Raymond was arrested in Willimantic,
 avoided prosecution. This Is the third
 time that this game has been worked on Mrs. Needham lately, and she Is becom-
 ing tired of 1t
 GRACE CHURCH NoTEs.-The Junior Auxiliary will meet next Saturday as us-
 ual...... Holy communion next Sunday at 7.80 a. m......Next Thursday, being ascension day. holy communion will be celebrated at 10 o'clock. There will be music at this service. This day com memorates the ascension of Christ, and its observance dates back to the time of the apostles...... Bishop Brewster, on the occasion of his recent visit to the parish, paid high compliment to the choir and organlst, saying that the service was one of the finest he had heard thus far on his
 rounds of the diocese, and he has visited
 all the large, city churches......A Another
 first-class concert to be given In the Sun- day school room in about two weeks. A lady violinist will be one of the attrac- tions.
 COUNTRY CLUB NoTEs.-About forty ladies and gentlemen were at the grounds Saturday afternoon, and a good part oi them had their first experience in playing
 golf. Judging from present indications the game Is destined to become very pop ular here. Several ladies and gentlemen 3 show signs of becoming experts in the near future. The best record thus faI
 for the course Is 39. Ernest Arnold haG been secured to be in attendance every ' afternoon to look after the welfare of tho members, and to have 6 general care o . the grounds. Two tennis courts, ons
 dirt and one grass, are being laid out and many Improvements in the appear 1 aDce of the grounds have been made since . last week. The board of governors have invited each clergyman and wife in towr to become honorary members of the club
 Considerable interest was taken in the 7 baby contest at the glass blowers exhi 1. bitIon last week. There was consider 1 able hustling during the last day for thu . various candidates. The prize was wor l. by Baby Chamberlain, who had 119t votes. Baby Mix was next with III! votes. Miss Annie Shea won prize fol ' being the best walker, and Charles Cum mings took the prize for the homelies
 man. Carl Helm made the largest mum Der of words out of the letters in "crys tai" and took prize. Katie Carey alsG 8 took a prize for selling the largest mum Der of tickets. The library association Il gains $25 by the entertainment, aftel paying It's share of the expenses. Tin glass blowers profits were probabl, @ larger. The attendance Saturday even c ing was the largest of the week. The court of burgesses have called
 special borough meeting this evening & It 7.90 o'clock to consider several import }. ant matters. The most important per 6 haps Is the relocation and improvement U of West Main street. There is no questio W that improvement of this street is badl 8 needed. Another article relates to tn t. macadamizlng of Furnace avenue. Thl @ Is the only business street in the boroug :; that is not macadAmized. The soil l. such on the lower part of this street ths Ia in wet weather or in the spring of tn 8, year when the frost Is coming out of tn sr ground there Is 6 rich deposit of blac