The Press., 1898-10-20
Golden Cross meeting next Monday

The items taken from The Press thirty
years ago will be found on the fourth
page.
Mrs. Rebecca Page has returned from
Worcester, where she has been spending
the summer.
The Tolland County Medical society
held q meeting and banquet at the Stat
ford Springs House Tuesday.
Mrs. w. E.DemOnd and two sons, Miles
and Daniel, are spending a week with
Mrs. Demond's mother at North Adams,
Mass.
Joseph A. Simpson has severed his con-
nection with the Warren wooden company
and has taken position In Fitchburg,
Mass.
A party of five people on the way from
Pomfret for a carriage ride through the
country stopped oyerst the Springs house
Monday evening.
Regular communication Of Ionic lodge,
F. L A. M. next Tuesday evening. Dist
riot Deputy E. E. Fuller of Rockville will
be present and the third degree will be
worked.
A bus load of the members of Grace
church choir. and sOme Practitioners, start
for Rockville this afternoon to take part
10 the harvest festival to be held in St.
Johns church this evening.
The first rehearsal of 'Esmeraldah was
held Tuesday evening at Grace church.
This drama will be presented for the ben
eft of Grace church November % and %.
The cast includes most of the well-known
local amateur dramatic talent.
There will be evening prayer and sermon
at the school house at Buff Cap next Sum-
day at 8. ii. ItIs expected that infant
baptism will be administered at this SER
vice. Sunday school will be omitted this
time. All are cordially invited.
David Bissettand Il. o. Butterfeld, the
we'll known hunters have started the fall
campaign. They reported scarcity OF
birds. Mr.. Butterfield had peculiar ex-
perlence while hunting Wednesday morn
ing. Two patridgest arose at about the
S8LAO lALA0 hAAu 50 u7nE SOSoSAOA In6I lac
killed them both with one shot. Mr..
Butterfield has hunted for years and this
Is the first time he ever made shot OF
this kind.
Rev. C. F. Wylie from the Hartford
theological seminary supplied at the Con.
gregational church last Sunday, and at the
morning service read the acceptance Of
Rev. Edwin w. Bishop of Norwich to the
call of the church and society to become
the settled pastor. The call of both
church and society was unanimous, and
his acceptance was received with much
pleasure by the congregation. Rev. Mr..
Bishop will assume his duties at once and
win have charge of the prayer meeting
this evening.
Grace church was the scene of pretty
wedding yesterday afternoon, the groom
being Oscar II. Meyers, of the borough,
and the bride, Miss Lena Buchanan
Familiarity known as elena Peters" OF
Stafford Hollow. The groom was attend
ed by his best man, Frederick w. Meyers,
his cousin, and the bride by her brides
maid, Miss Katie Peters. The bride was
very tastefully gowned in white, with
veil, white roses, and orange blossoms,
and the brides maid was dressed In pale
blue, with pink roses. The bride entered
the church on the arm of her step-father,
by whom she was given away. The cere-
mony was performed with two rings, &C.
cording to German custom, Rev. T. D.
Martin, Jr., being, the officiating clergy
man. Mrs. NJ. B. Fisk presided at the
organ and rendered the wedding march
from "Lohengrin" and Mendelssohn's
wedding march. In spite of the stormy
weather, quite large congregation was
present. At the close OF the ceremony
the bridal couple held reception at theil
new home on High street.
Manager Eaton of the opera house has
been fortunate enough to secure tbs
Mozart Symphony club as an attraction
at the opera house for next Tuesday even
ing. The club includes Otto Lund, sole
violin; Theo. Hook, violin and corne
virtuoso; Richard Stoelzer, viola d. Arm
our soloist, and Miss Paula Biederman
prima dononna soprano. This club open
ed the star entertainment course for the
Young Mems Christian association IL
Springfield last Tuesday evening. The
Springfield Repubncansays of the concert:
1.-THE Mozart symphony club of Nav York
opened the Star entertainment course In
Memorial hall at the Young. Mems Chris.
tlan association building last evening
with a finely executed program. The
quartet Is composed OF Otto Lund, Theo
dore Hook, Richard Stoelzer and Marie
Blodeck and were assisted by Miss Paula
Biederman, soprano. The audience was
rather small but lacked no enthusiasm
The players were called back a SECOND
and third time for many OF, the numbers
Miss Blederman, as solist, also received
her share Of the applause, pleasing every
one with her rendition of the 'Reverie
the Japanese Girl and the several en-
cores with which she responded. The
Montpelier Daily Journal says of the
company Each and every member Ii
star, and whether In solo or symphony
work excels in brilliant, elastic and def
Interpretation of classical masters"
The alarm was rung in little after II
O'Clock yesterday for a FIRE at the resi-.
dence of Thomas c. Feeley, near the
Glyn mill. The department responded
promptly, but the fire was under control
when the boys got there. The fire evi
IDENTIFY originated In the vicinity of the
wood-box In the kitchen, and from there
was communicated to the woodwork Of
the room. The damage is nearly all OF
the side of the room where the wood-boz
sat, and the lath and ioists are quite bad
~ burned, especially around the place
that first became ignited. The kitchen
Is badly smoked. and the cRrpets In thu