The Press., 1898-05-26
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South Coventry.
 Miss Hattie Maynard of Baltic is visit ing at Mrs. G. Phillips. Miss Edith Colman entertained party of her young friends last Saturday after noon.
 Mr. and Mrs. Neff, with their two child ren, have been spending week at T. E. Hull's.
 Mrs. Marshall Tilden, Miss Matilda Tracy and Miss Gladys Tilden spent Sum- day at F. Tracy's.
 On next Monday evening the Catholic society give public entertainment and dance in A. O. U. w., hall.
 Last weeks item should have read Miss Mary Kirk and Miss Eugene Hanks rode their wheels to Spring Hill, not Spring field.
 On Monday evening the Al. Martz Speciality Co.,, gave an entertainment in A. o. U. w., hall. They have a very good orchestra with them.
 Next Wednesday evening there will be bow and railroad social in the vestry of the Congregational church. to which the public is cordially invited.
 There was mistake made in another of the items. That was regarding the Grange meeting at Storrs The program has been entirely arranged by the lecturer, Mrs. Ella Loomis, she not being assisted by any other member.
 The larger part of the service on Dec oration Day are to be held in North Gov entry this year. Rev. MT. Barrett is to deliver the address at that place. There will be speaking by several different ones here in the afternoon, and the graves of the soldiers in our cemetery will be deco rated.
 Buffalo Bills wild west show at Willi- mantle tomorrow will attract large num- Der from here. This exhibition has many interesting features and Is said to be larger and better than ever. To step on to plain where are encamped Indians, Cos sacks, cowboys, Bedouins, Mexicans and people of other nations, is an opportunity that make this event day of instruction.
 A party of about twenty seven of the bicyclists took ride down to Willimantic last Sunday afternoon. While some of them were racing on the macadam road over by the camp grounds, quite a serious accident occurred. Arthur Carpenter and Sam Fisdale had collision The former was badly hurt, his lower jaw being badly torn and cut The latter was badly bruised about the head and neck and broke his front wheel all to pieces. They had to be brought home in team and were attended by Dr. F. H. Edwards.
 (From another correspondent.)
 MT. and Mrs. J. Randall Root were in town last week.
 The senior class at Storrs is to picnic at Clark's grove, June 1st.
 There is to be an eight mile bicycle race Monday, with six entries.
 Arthur Topliff returned home Saturday and reopened school Monday.
 Mrs. Marshall Tilden and sister, Miss Matilda Tracy, spent Sunday in town.
 The Memorial sermon is to be preached in the Congregational church Sunday next.
 Mrs. Roxanna B. Wilson is caring for the wife of John Brown, who continues feeble.
 Fred Topliff, whose accident was re- ported last week, is able to be about on crutches.
 The cannon is now mounted on large block of granite which bears on it's face the inscription, "Veterans 1861-1S65."
 Extensive repairs and additions have been made on the Babcock homestead. The exterior of the house is being painted.
 The wife and family of MT. Bullock, butler for H. F. Dimock, came to town last week and occupy tenement in the Lord house.
 w. H. Vail, formerly teacher in South street, is a practicing physician in St. Louis, Mo-, and on the staff of editors of the St. Louis Hospital Bulletin.
 Mrs. Horace Lawton of Mansfield, Mass, who is sufferer from heart trouble, has had a number of ill turns since her arrival at her daughters, Mrs. Hutchinson.
 Would it not be well to have Ashur "AASAO SAdNO ultbL SOI10 COuSplC- ious way? He was Nathan Hale's friend and by his care the camp basket, diary, etc., of Hale were saved. Two parties, one with camera, searched in vain for Wright's grave one day this week.
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