The Press., 1898-09-29
WELLINGTON.

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 The Congregationalists held pleasant and we'll attended social Tuesday evening.
 Joseph L. Bessee of Hartford has bought the John A. Brown place-the. old David Clark farm.
 Republicans all, attend your caucus Saturday, Oct. 1, at 9 p. m., and then don't complain afterward.
 The late Elam Eldredge willed all his property, real and personal, to his sister, Lucy, also constituting her executrix.
 On Saturday, Oct. I, at 2. 30 p. m., there is to be a special meeting of the local w. To. T. U. at the school house in the Hol- low.
 The republican caucus for the purpose of nominating town officers for the com ing year will be held at the town hall Saturday, at 2 p. m.
 The visiting members at the grange meeting last Friday night were State Mas ter Bowen, Quinnebaug Pomona Master Stbley, and W. D. Holman and wife.
 Young Private Dimock of Hartford, of whom mention was made in recent issue of The Press, has died of the sickness he incurred in camp with the First Conn.,, '. S. V.
 At church meeting last Sunday the Congregationalists chose Wm. Henry Holt their clerk, and took under consid- eration the revision of the church mem- bership list.
 The Boston papers last week said that Corporal Clarence Preston had left Porto Rico on the Massachusetts hospital steam CT, "Bay State," in company with other lconvalescent members of his, sixth Mass. regiment. If the report is true, he must now be in or near Boston.
 The special matters up for considera- Ition at the town meeting Monday next, as given in the warning, consolidation Of the schools and their management, and Appointment of tcommittee to solicit tfunds for the care of the cemeteries" in flown. ..... -.
 At church meeting last Sunday the Baptists chose Mrs. o. T. Preston, Mrs. IIsagrand Johnson and Miss Rose O. Hall ab delegates for the church and the two lShnday schools to attend the state con- ivention at Meriden. Oct. IF, IS and 19. lIshe pastor is also a delegate, ex-ofacio. | The result of the last grange meeting Twas to highly resolve to maintain the or- 'tganization. It is contemplated to hold
 open meetings in different; parts of the
 town, making the literary feature of the lorder speciality. At the close of the enthusiastic and largely attended meet ! ling, 2 supper. to which all the members ! Ipfesent contributed, was given at c. T. Preston's.
 The democrats have nominated the fol- lowing officers: Assessor, George A. Hounds; board of relief, Joseph T. Ten lnant selectman, Lucian w. Holt; town ? lclerk, Moses l.: Dimock treasurer and
 treasurer town deposit fund, Moses l.. Dimock; constable, Nathan D. Royce i;
 registrar of electors, Henry O. Sparks i; auditor, Henry O. Sparks; grand jurors,
 Frank NJ. Mason, Herbert Lillibridge,
 Addison D. Dimock.
 Meetings are appointed for the teachers . of the public schools to be held at the
 Baptist church tomorrow, Friday, 30th inst, at 10. 30 a. m. and 1.30, p. m. also at the Congregational church at 7.30 p.
 m. They will be conducted .by State Sec retary O. D. Hine. In the evening he will speak on "Town management of the
 schools." Lunch at noon, and tea will be
 provided in the Baptist church parlors. } Presumably, the committee on entertain 2 ment are Rev. Charles H. Brown, Charles { H. Hobby and l.. W. Holt, the present
 board of acting school visitors, and their
 wives. south wilIington Correspondence. : HI. C.. Gurley is reported quite sick. w. H. Hall and G. H. Worden attend ! ed the Brattleboro fair Wednesday.
 A new business has been established in ! this village, the "Pearl Job Printing Go. ' Leo A. Korper, student at Huntzinger's E business college, Hartford, spent Sunday 9 in. town.
 8 Everett Scott of Hartford has been depending a, few days with Joseph Kings. bury. ~ ssft r Every one about here is looking for y IIward to the Stafford fair next week, which '- Imeans a holiday for the people of this village.
 VI G. Hall, Jr., 6 Go. have built and lequipped blacksmith shop, and are now 8 prepared to. do all kinds Of iron work fol
 the public.
 Ice Is being taken from the fifth and n last room at the ice house. A few weeks
 more will clean it all up. Ice dealers T this year have enjoyed a very profitable
 season. # J. w. Harrison received an invitation
 this week from member of the Rhode 3, Island wheel club of Providence, R. I. 'et to join with number of that organiza.
 tion on wheel trip to Norfolk, Va, vii n New York. Philadelphia, Gettysburg Baltimore, Washington and Richmond.
 Quite e number from here visited th
 Rockville fair last week. Joseph Kings <. bury and R. H. Worden made the trip or
 tandam. Ruff says 'sthe next time h. goes on 6 tandem he will stay at home. h. Joe thinks he will go down as far as thu , coast and up the Connecticut valley t( ~ visit the poor roads and mountaia0u
 hills. Ets i'd We are told that the Block Island trai ,d Is being run for short time to see if ?. pays; If not, 1t will be pulled of. Tick ty cts and miieages to the amount of be n tween one and two hundred dollars ar
 sold here monthly, but still we cannc E, get the use of this train. We are SOFT he we cannot help Stafford people in tryin
 to have it run throughout the year.