The Press., 1898-10-20

B. Wilbur has succeeded Charles Ben
ton in driving the creamery wagon. A
physical aihnent compels the latter to re-
linquish the route for the present.
The towns poor of Holland and Filing.
ton are now provided for at Upton's.
There are now only IL inmates from the
four towns-W Wilmington, Tolland, Ash.
ford and Ellington.
3. A. Wilbur, formerly driving for j.
D. Armstrong, Is now running butchers
cart for himself in this vicinity. He, with
his family, are now living in Westford
having bought the late Dea. Clapp place.
Rev. Wilson r. Terry, former pastor
of the Baptist church, has removed from
Newton, N. H., and is now pastor of the
church in Lyonsville, Colrain, Mass. He
also supplies the church In Christian Hill
in that town.
Mrs. T. s. Weaver, whose husband
was former editor of the Willimantic
Journal, and who is now of the Courant
editorial staff, writing the Hartford let
ters to the Sunday Republican, attended
the Baptist church last Sunday. She was
a guest of Stephen Slingsby
Doubtless there will be come observ.
ance OF Lafayette day, 10Th inst, in the
schools in town in response to the invita-.
tion received from the commissioner-gen-
eral OF the worlds fair in Paris in 1900.
1t is desired to raise funds from the
schools in America sufficient to erect q
monument to the memory of Gen. Lafay.
cite in Paris.
| Teacher E. G.. Richardson treated 9
lportion of his school to an outing last
FRIDAY. He drove them to Storrs, to the
agricultural college there, where cour.
teous reception was given them, and tc
the Nathan Hale monument in South
Coventry, for an object lesson in U. s
history and patriotism, enjoying there g
basket picnic.
The following from Tuesdays Courant
may not be out of place or season in this
column:
The republicans of the probate distric
of woodbury. have shown their sense IL
removing the probate judgeship there
from the province of politics, where sucf
an office does not belong. They have
again nominated Judge Huntington, whc
Is democrat. The question is not VIVA,
his politics may be, but whether he is 1
satisfactory judge. If 80, the interests o
the people demand that there should b.
no change in the office. Soon or late al
Of hn ICAr NJ mil
& through the probate office. A Judge
there, who is familiar with the law, wht
Is uniformly just and courteous, who |!
known and trusted by the people, belongs
where he is; and it is no concern of the
widows and orphans, whom he is to car,
for, what party he belongs to.
The neighboring daily newspapers hav'
made quite sensation over an Academia
shooting which occurred at the Hollow
In the Burr house occupied by Myron Up
ton and wife and her grandmother, Mrs
Watrous. Upton had been cleaning ant
loading his gun, when on leaving the opel
doorway he slipped, whereby the piec'
was discharged, lodging the contents O
the she'll in the thigh of his wife, wht
happened to be in range. A serious ant
painful wound was caused, the wad ant
some dozen shot being at first extracted
by Drs. Newton and Converse, who haC
been sent for. Being in delicate health
Mrs. Upton, Mabel Burr, the daughter o
J. J. Burr, II years of age, is in pre-
carious situation. Unless blood poison
ing sets in, however, she will probabl.
recover. The young husband, of course
is deeply grieved over the sad accident
but he didn't appear to us the other da.
like ''crazy'' person at all. The unfor
tunate victim is bearing up bravely, ant
it is hoped she will have speedy ant
safe recovery
Cards of invitation are out by Mr.. an
Mrs Geo. A. Cosgrove for the weddin,
of their grand-d daughter. Miss Ethel Bron
son, to B. E. Benton, on the goth inst, a
II O'Clock a. m.
(From another correspondent
: There will be sociable at the Congre
tional church next Tuesday afternoo
and evening. There will be a pumpki
doll pressed in style. The one who ca
guess the nearest to the weight can hav
, the doll. All are invited.
South Wellington Correspondence.
r. H. Worden spent Sunday in thi
place. z... .. ...
Origin Hall is preparing to have hi
house shingled
Thirty five names have been added
the list to be made voters.
Albert Hall of Denver, Col, is east o
business and is stopping with his brother
Origin Hall.
E. N. Gibbs, of the New York Life Ii
surance Co., spent day recently wit
Gardiner Hall, Jr.
Geo. w. Bracket, attending Child
Business college, Springfield, made
, flying visit home last Friday.
Joseph Kingsbury, who has been col
fined to the house with severe cold,
once again at his post of duty.
George Elliott and wife of Willimantio
NJ. M. Johnson, wife and daughter, Mabe
! of Mansfield, spent Sunday last at Gal
diner Halls.
Republican caucus to nominate repre-
sentatives and justices of the peace wi
) be held in the town house, Saturday, DC
goth, at 2 p. M,
Arthur Spicer, formerly in the stampin
room, has taken a position in the spoolin
depar -ment, his place left vacant in tn
stamping room has been filled by Charli
Eldridge.
The railroad company have been at wor
for the past week distributing gravel alon
the line through here, in order that th