The Press., 1898-09-01

Last Monday little child Of 6eorge Andrews. on East Main street, fell out of . baby carriage from the high side to tho street, striking on It's head, and sustained concussion of the brain. He Is attend ed by Dr. Newton.
 The Hewlett family held a reunion with Mir. and Mrs. A. F. Hewlett at their home yesterday. Among those present were Mrs. Myron Leonard, Eugene How lett of Monson, Erwin Hewlett and Mrs. E. A. Burdick of Brooklyn, and Hiram Cady of Stafford.
 Mrs. E. H. Pinney is spending a week at Block Island.
 MT. and Mrs. J. G. Wightman are at Block Island for few days.
 John Kay of Holyoke Is spending few days with his aunt, Mrs. Sanger.
 Henry Champlin of Burnside was in town few days the first of the week.
 John Potter Of Springfield spent last week with his sister-in-law. Mrs. Sarah Potter.
 Miss Alice Morse left Monday for a visit with her brother, Clayton, at New Haven.
 Subject for the meeting of the Y. P. s. 0. E. this evening-"With Your Might. " All cordially invited.
 MT. and Mrs. White of Holbrook, Mass, were guests of MT. and Mrs. R. G. Beebe over Sunday.
 Miss May Colburn has begun to i'm prove little, and she Is now able to sit up portion of the time.
 Mrs. Lucius Smith and Miss Mary E. Smith of Hydeville are visiting friends and relatives in Hartford.
 Regular meeting of the Mission Band at the Baptist church chapel next Satur. day afternoon at four o'clock.
 MT. and Mrs. George Brooks of Phila. delphia were guests of MT. and Mrs. J, R. Buck on Stafford Street last week.
 Andrew Damon of South Norwalk is a guest of MT. and Mrs. Abner Needham This is Andrews first visit in over ter years.
 It will be seen by a notice in another column that George Ginhold wishes te sell his place at the Village, known al the Cunningham farm.
 Mrs. W. H. Hassett and two childrer of Belleville, N. J., are making a two weeks visit with her parents, MT. ana Mrs. $. E. Dwight. MT. Hassett wal also with his family over Sunday.
 John Moore Is on the gain and Is nov able to be out on the street. As sOoI as he Is strong enough to travel 1t is the intention of MT. and Mrs. Moore to mak' visit to Mrs. Moore's former home 1T the interior of New York. In reply to some inquiries it Is stated that the Spiritualist society intend to holc a series of meetings at their hall som' time during the latter part of this montl or the fore part of next, and will probabl. have Mrs. Jennie Hagen Jackson fol speaker.
 Unclaimed letters in Stafford post office MT. Charles A. Smith, Lemuel Holmes W. O. Harris, M. Levin, Homer Plante Rev. F. W. Braithwaite, Rev. c. M. Ad dison, Mrs. W. H. Young, Mrs. H. T Dickerman, Mrs. Thomas Jefferson, Mrs L. Jandorf, Mrs. Jane Pierce, Mrs. Saral Davis, Miss Florence Siberson, Mis- Amnte Maiden, M. Antonio Napoli, Hu bert E. < F. Bestock.
 Miss Grace Mead will leave here a weel from Saturday for Yonkers, N. Y, wher she has bcen engaged to teach a school O the same grade as that taught by her a Babylon, L. l., last year. Miss Mead ha' good success with her school at Babylon and her departure is very much regr ette there, but the superior inducements fl the way of pay and chances for advance ment offered by Yonkers necessitated tn change.
 Mrs. Huldah Wakefield returned has week from a months visit with her sister Mrs. J. P. Moulton, at Birmingham Ohio, and relates of pleasant gatherin which was held at her sisters home At gust 17th, when five sons were calle home to meet their aunt from Stafford Mrs. Moulton was formerly well know in this place as Miss Emily Converse, an both MT. and Mrs. Moulton wish to h remembered to their former Staffor friends.
 Last Sunday was about as near a pe feet day as we ever have, and 1t ws taken advantage of by & large number ( our people, who went various ways search of rest and enjoyment. Twent! two visited Laurel park, going by whee and teams to Rocky vile and then takin the trolly to the park. Hatch's militar band of Hartford furnished music for tt day, and the superior advantages and @, cellent entertainment offered by this r sort, which Is situated about halfway b tween Rockville and Hartford, is high spoken of by those who attended.
 Horton Dwight, 69, an old and respec ed resident of this town, died at his res dence on Crow Hill, about 4.30 o'cloc last Saturday afternoon, after long il ness of Bright's disease. MT. Dwigl was born at East Longmeadow, Mass January l5, 1899, and came to Stafford January 1870, where he has enjoyed u respect and esteem of the entire comm nifty. He was married January 16, 1S8 to Mlss Electa M. Fairfield, who surviv, him. The deceased joined the Bapti church in 1S42, and since that time h, been a consistent and devoted memb, of that church. Funeral services wei held at his late residence Monday for noon at Il o'clock, Rev. F. L. Batcheld officiating, and the body was taken East Longmeadow for burial. Besid, his wife the deceased leaves a daughte Miss Eva Dwight, two brothers, Dani and Homer, and two sisters, Mrs. Teres Champlin and Mrs. Ellen Pease. All the schools in this section will COT mence their fall term Monday. The flu niture for the new room at the Plume SN-