The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-02-03
Regular meeting of A. O. U. W. this


State Attorney Reed went to South
Norwalk Oh business trip yesterday.
The borough assessors have passed the
abstract and list to the borough clerk.
Mrs. ]. M. Valentine and Miss jose
phine Valentine are guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Fl. Valentine.
]. w. Chandler has received his COM
mission as postmaster, and will commence
his official duties Monday.
The first freight train on the New Lon
don Northern since the storm passed
through about noon yesterday.
Contractor Converse is building an ad-
dition to the cold storage department Of
the sample room at the Springs House.
The meeting of the court of burgesses
was not held Tuesday evening, owing tc
the unfortable weather, but will be held
later in the week.
There will be an Episcopal service at
Buff Cap school house next Sunday at
p. M, preceded by Sunday school at 2
All are cordially invited.
A. L. Taintor and Miss Beatrice Col
Inns were married at New York City last
Saturday. Mr.. and Mrs. TaintOr re-
turned yesterday from brief wedding
trip.
Several applications for Accommodations
for sleighing parties have been received
at the Springs House. and the house will
do lively business while the sleighing
lasts.
There is trouble with the fire alarm
system. The rope at the Congregational
church was broken while ringing the
alarm for the Main street fire last Friday
evening.
Wallace and Edward Jones of the Street
are to go into the ice business. They
have put in a stock from John Fosters
pond, and will establish route as soor
as the season opens.
The Norwich ice dealers commenced
the latter part of last week to fill the
large ice houses at Orcuttville. They
were interrupted by the storm, but viii
continue the work at once.
L. E. Dimock has moved from Edge
wood to West Stafford. The tenement
vacated by Mr.. Dimock has been takel
by Mr.. Brand, the boss carder at the
Stafford worsted mill, who has been living
on Westford avenue.
Grace church notes.-the Junior Aux
Hilary will meet in the Sunday schoo
room next Saturday at 80 ...... Hcl.
Communion next Sunday at 10.45 a. m .....
Bishop Coadjutor Brewster is expected
to visit the parish sometime in May.
About twenty of the members of tn
Christian Endeavor Society we're taken t.
Tolland by Gary Brothers last Sunda.
afternoon to attend the Christian En-
who intended to go decided not to on &C
count of the severe cold.
Those good women of Grace church
who have agreed to earn dollar 70
church purposes in novel way, and ar
wondering how they are going to do it
need wonder no longer. "Old Mothe
Nature' has just given them glorious
opportunity to earn their dollars.
At the fourth annual masquerade bal
of the German club next week Frida,
evening, al their hall in Rock Wells build
ing, Westford avenue, the Rockville or
chestra will furnish music and William
Hops will prompt The floor manager
will be Paul Schmidt and r. Nothnick
The tickets will be so cents, and are OF
sale at the Hurley store and Kriesel'
shoe store.
The concert which was to have beel
given in the Grace church Sunday Schoo
room on Tuesday evening was postponed
till next Tuesday. In addition to tn
number on program mentioned in las
weeks Press, Misses Chamberlin an
Butterf1eld will play the march, 9TH
Bride Elect" by Sousa, and Prof. Jordan
the violinist will play Concert Polonaise
by Blessig. The concert promised to b
delightful affair.
Last Friday evening, about 1O45, Sam
uel Kuslansky's grocery store In Taft
block was discovered to be on fire. TIL
fire was in the rear of the store, and ha
reached considera BILE Roadway when dis
covered. The firemen were obliged t
drag the hose cart across the Spring
House lawn through the snow, as freigh
train arrived and stopped to take waite
just as the alarm was being sounded, an
. | blnokn6 IN tho orOccinr Tho 40
were quickly extinguished in the store q
soon as the firemen arrived. The fiji
had worked through the ceiling into tn
room above and spread under the roo
but was soon under control. The builC
ing is one story, with low attic. b
sides the grocery store, the building
occupied by F. J. Cardinals photograp
rooms and George B. Scriptures dinin
rooms. Kuslansky's loss will be nearl
total, and is insured for $4,000 throug
the Tilden agency, in the Fitchburg NJ
tual and Wooster Mutual of Danbul,
each company carrying $1,000. The /
, K. Taft estate was insured for 81 500 G
the building in the Tolland County Nj
tual, and the loss has been adiuste
for $780, The fire did not reach Ca
| dinal's or Scriptures rooms, and the
? loss is estimated to be about $75 for tt
former and $50 for the latter, from smof
and water, with TO insurance.
: The attraction at the opera house ne.
: Thursday evening will be the Hi-Henr
: Jr., minstrels of Monson. There a.
about so men in the organization, incl
ding the orchestra. The orchestra hi
/ eleven pieces, and is led by the we
4 known musician, e.. w. Hardy, of Sprin
1 field. Several of the leading singers a
we'll known III Stafford The overture
: very catchy, and the strong chorus
t male voices brings out all there is in
l There are IA soloists, and the songs S
| lected are new and of pleasing variet