The Press., 1898-09-15

Thomas Burke of Willimantic was in
town Tuesday.
w. Fl. Heald returned from his vaca-
ton Monday evening.
A. J. Squires has been In Hartford on
q business trip this week.
Mrs. Rhodes OF Worcester Is the guest
Of her brother, Walter Scott.
Miss Mary squires is spending vaca-
ton with friends in Norwalk.
]. N. Leach is In New Haven attending
the republican state convention.
Thomas Lapham of Springfield has
been in town part Of this week.
Deputy Collector J. V. Squier was In
town yesterday on business trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. IL. Horniss have re-
turned from Sharon Springs, N. Y.
DIR. and Mrs. Frank Nichols return to-
day to their home In Hoboken, N. J.
The Country club golf team will go to
Norwich Saturday and play match there.
Caroline Harris, town charge, died at
the insane hospital at Middletown, Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Taylor have re-
turned from their cottage at Crescent
Beach.
Rev. Edwin w. Bishop of Norwich will
preach at the Congregational church next
Sunday.
The railroad company Is building a
small hand-car house on it's property near
the tank house.
Lewis Shaw has bought farm In the
edge of Wilmington of the heirs of the late
Dexter Robbins.
Nelson Towne has exchanged the
Phelps farm In Wellington for property
in West Stafford.
Rev. A. J. Mcleod and family left to-
day for New London, where they will
make their home.
The boilers connected with the heating
system of st. Edwards church and school
are being repaired.
Nelson TOwne, the real estate dealer,
has sold the Brown place in Wellington
to Hartford parties.
The Wright place on the upper Hollow
road was sold at auction last Saturday to
Nelson Towne for 81, 800.
Operations are In progress on West
Main-st., but it will be some time before
the improvements are completed.
L. d. Gary's running horse, Hydra will
start in running race at Rockville next
Tuesday, and at Palmer Wednesday.
DR.. G.. L. Nichols returned from New
York City, where he has been spending a
part Of his vacation, Sunday evening.
]. T. O'Halloran has moved from the
tenement over the The Press office to
Timothy Shea's house on Church street
Misses Louise and Mary Brennan of
Worcester, formerly of the borough, have
been guests of Miss Alice Clark for few
days.
A two-seated buggy belonging to the
w. w. Lathrop estate will be sold at auc-
ton on Haymarket Square Saturday, at
2 p. m.
B. P. Cooley is to take course in
business college at Poughkeepsie, and
will go next week to commence his
studies.
David Bissett has placed handsome
monument In the Stafford Springs ceme-
terry In the memory of the late W. w.
Lathrop
The court of burgesses will take action
at their meeting this evening on the petit
ton for sewer through Crown-st. and
Westford-ave.
The selectmen will hold their last meet
ing for the year next Monday, and all
who have bills Against the town should
present them on that date.
The Stafford Springs fire department
will hold their annual ball on the second
night of the agricultural fair, Wednes-
day, Oct. 9Th, at the opera house.
The law Is off on birds In Massachu-
sets, and several of the local hunters are
taking advantage of this fact and have
gone over the line for hunting trip.
st. Edwards parochial school reopened
Monday. One change has been made in
the teaching force, Sister Frances, recent
~ of Westerly, taking the place of Sister
Lucina.
Mrs. Kate E. Foster and daughters will
move to Northampton the first of next
week. Miss Leila Foster has accepted q
position as teacher In Miss Capen's school
in that city.
Mrs. Vaughan, who Is visiting with Mr..
(IhIsm On Stafford StrooA aoII 1oo4 TN~.,1
evening in the yard, breaking both bones
of her left arm near the wrist. She Is In
care of DR.. Newton.
Advertised letters: Angelo Campo,
Paul Paison, Mrs. Fl. K. Purton, Frank
b. Upham, Louise Ranek, T. NJ. Roy,
DIR. Eta G. Wiggin, S. T. Willard, John
Hadley, Orville Keller.
GRACE CHURCH NoTEs.-Holy COM
munion next Sunday at 7.3Oa. m. Infant
baptism will be administered at the close
OF the second sermOn......S Sunday evening
service, with sermon, has been resumed.
The little six-weeks' old girl of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Bugbee of Cromwell died
yesterday afternoon of pneumonia, and
the funeral Is to-day. Mrs. Bugeee is a
former resident, and has many friends
who will be panied to learn OF her be-
reavement.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Allen and Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Wilton went to West Woodstock
Sunday and called on j. M. Carpenter.
Mr.. Carpenter has raised some very fine
squashes on his place this summer and
disappointment will be felt If he is not an
exhibitor at the annual Stafford fair. "
The local circle of the University asso-
citation will hold its first meeting for work
at the Library building, next Monday
evening at 8 o'clock, universal history be-
ing the first study to be taken up. A full
attendance is earnestly requested. All
who are interested vvhathar uoaDobarc m.