The Press., 1898-10-20
Golden Cross meeting next Monday

Golden Cross meeting next Monday evening.
 Harmony Temple of Honor meeting next Wednesday evening. A. H. Crossley, former resident, has been renewing old acquantances in town.
 The Items taken from The Press thirty years ago will be found on the fourth page. "'. ... s-.
 Mrs. Rebecca Page has returned from Worcester, where she has been spending the summer.
 The Holland County Medical society held a meeting and banquet at the staf- foid Springs house Tuesday.
 Ma. W. E.Demond and two sons, Miles and DAnial. are spending week with Mira. Demond's mother at North Adams, MaSs.
 Joseph A. Simpson has severed his con- nection with the Warren woolen company and has taken a position in Fitchburg, Mass.
 A party of i've people on the way from Pomfret for a carriage ride through the country stopped overAt the Springs house Monday evening.
 Regular communication of Ionic lodge, Y. & A. M. next Tuesday evening. Dist riot Deputy K. K. Fuller of Rockville will be present and the third degree will be worked.
 A bus load of the members of Grace church ohair, and sople parishionsrs, start fot Rockville this afternoon to take part in the harvest festival to be held In St. Johns church this evening.
 The first rehsArsal of ,.' KsmerAlda's was held Tuesday evening at Grace church. This drama will be presented for the ben ent of Grace church November ga and 23. The cast includes most of the weII-known local amateur dramatic talent.
 There will be evening prayer and sermon at the school house at Bun Cap next Sum- day at a ma. 4tIs expected that infant baptism will Do administered at thls ser- vice. Sunday school will be omitted this time. All are cordially invited.
 David Bissett and Fl. O. Butteraeld, the we'll known hunters have started the fall campalgn. They reported a scarcity of birds. Mir. Butterfield had a peculiar ex- perIence while hunting Wednesday morn Ing. Two patridges arose at about the same time and so near together that he killed them both with one shot. Mir. Butterfleld has hunted for years and this Is the first time he ever made a shot of this kind.
 Rev. c. F. Wylie from the Hartford theological seminary supplied at the Con- gregational church last Sunday, and at the morning service read the acceptance of Rev. Edwin W. Bishop of Norwich to the call of the church and society to become the settled pastor. The call of both church and society was unanimous, and his acceptance was received with much pleasure by the congregation. Rev. Mir. Bishop will assume bis duties ut once and will have charge of the prayer meeting this evening.
 Grace church was the scene of pretty wedding yesterday afternoon, the groom being Oscar H. Meyers, of the borough, and the bride, Miss Lena Buchanan famIliarly known as Lena Peters" of Stafford Hollow. The groom was attend ed by his best man Frederick W. Meyers, his cousin, and the bride by her brides maid, Miss Katie Peters. The bride was very tastefully gowned ln white, with veil, white roses, and orange blossoms, and the brides maid was dressed in pale blue, with pink roses. The bride entered the church on the Erm of her step-father, by whom she was given away. The cere- mony was performed with two rings, &C., cordlng to 8 German custom, Rev. T. D. Martin, IT,, being the officiating clergy man. Mrs. M. B. Fisk presided at the organ and rendered the wedding march from "Lohengrin" and Mendelssohn's wedding march. In spite of the stormy weather, quite a large congregation wal present. At the close of the ceremony the bridal couple held . reception at theil new home on High street.
 Manager Eaton of the opera house has been fortunate enough to secure the Mozart Symphony club as an attraction at the opera house for next Tuesday even ing. The club includes Otto Lund, solo violin; Theo. Hook, violin and corne virtuoso; Richard Stoelzer, viola d. Arm our soloist, and Mlss Paula Biederman prima dononnA soprano. This club open cd the star entertainment course for the Young Mems Christian association ir Springfield last Tuesday evening. The Springfield RepubAcansayB of the concert 1.rk a A ow.~A us,r, ,>h ovx, oI,,h ,.R Navx, V,~I opened the Star entertainment course In Memorial hall at the Young Men's Chris tan association building last evening with a finely executed program. Th' quartet Is composed of Otto Lund, Theo dore Hook, Richard Stoelzer and Maris Blodeck and were assisted by Miss Pauls Biederman, soprano. The audience wal rather small but lacked no enthusiasm The players were called back a second and third time for many of, the numbers Miss Biederman, as solist, also received her share of the applause, pleasing every one with her rendition of the 'Reverie the Japanese GIrI and the several en. cores with which she responded. Tn, Montpelier Daily Journal says of the l company Each and every member il a star, and whether fin solo or symphony , work excels in brilliant, elastic and def interpretation of classical masters" The alarm was rung In 6 little after ii o'clock yesterday for a fire at the rest dence of Thomas c. Feeley, near thu Glyn mill. The department, responded promptly, but the fire was under contro when the boys got there. The fire evi dently originated In the vicinity of thu wood-box In the kitchen, and from ther' , was communicated to the woodwork O . the room. The damage is nearly all ou the side of the room where the wood-bo,