The Press., 1898-06-30
COVENTRY.
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South Coventry
(The Register is on sale at the post ONCE each
weekly
Mrs. David Tillinghast left this place
to visit her parents and friends In Plum
mer, Penn, last Saturday.
Last Thursday night burglars broke in
to the grain store of Norman Stanley and
blew open the safe with dynamite. They
did not get very rich, as there was no
money In the safe. A quantity of silver
had been kept there, but fortunately had
been taken out day or two before. The
Offenders helped themselves to some
tobacco and cigars, otherwise things were
undisturbed.
Two of our Coventry boys enlisted last
week Tuesday and started with Co. E., of
Willimantic on Wednesday morning for
encampment at Mantle. They were Paul
Fraser and Jack O'Brien. A number
from here rode down to Mantle on their
wheels last Saturday.
The Epworth League gave strawberry
and ice-cream social In the vestry of the
M. E. church on Wednesday evening.
Miss Constance Edwin of Yonkers, N.
Y, is visiting Miss Ethel Hull of this
place.
Herman Albro of Brooklyn, N. Y,
spent Sunday with his father, Henry Al
bro.
On Wednesday afternoon, Miss Hattie
Albro entertained her Sunday school class
and few other invited guests.
The Ladies' whist club vase ntertained
by Mrs. John Ishman yesterday afternoon.
Misses Hattie and Alice Coombs, Miss
Lizzie Armstrong and VIII Tracy took
the entrance examinations to the Wilt
mantle high school last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Loomis of Hart
ford have been visiting Mrs. LoOmis,
brother, D. H. Clark, of this place.
Miss Eveline Purdy, sister of Rev. G.
H. Purdy, is now at the parsonage.
Percy Barrett of Brooklyn, N. Y, is
visiting his brother, Rev. Sydney Hall
Barrett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Collins entertained
party of friends on Monday afternoon.
There will be picnic in the Green the
Fourth of July. There will be an Grafton
by Allen B. Lincoln of Willimantic, reel
tations by Miss Julia M. White and
Others
(From another correspondent
Herman Albro spent Sunday at his
fathers.
L. E. Parker will come home Saturday
to stay during the time of taking inven-
tory of stock of the U. FL. Co.
Not as planned by the communication
''the best laid plans of mice and men aft
gang agla"-but as circumstances de-
termined, the fourth will be observed.
Allen Lincoln of Willimantic will deliver
the address, refreshments will be served
by the s. G. /. s.
Mrs. Irwin was in town last week.
Walter Boynton's daughter Of Branford
is visiting her cousins, the Misses Coombs.
Miss Bessie w. Peterson, who has
spent several months in New Haven, re-
turns home Today.
Mrs. David Tillinghast left town, Sat
urday, to visit friends In pennsylvania.
Miss Clara Barnes of Torrington, a
classmate of Miss Bessie A. Parker at Mt.
Holyoke, Is visiting at the Martin-box
Fred Bump, who drove for F. E. Strong
of Willimantic, is cook for the 3rd. reg
iment. Paul Frazer and Ernest Squires
have enlisted.
John Ellis is school committee In dis
trict s.; Fred Snyder in district 4; A. J
Hutchinson in district 8. The annual
meetings in districts l and are to be held
this evening.
The strawberry crop this year is In ex-
cess of that of previous seasons the rasp-
berry bushes are full of buds, blossoms
and green fruit. A. 8. PARKER