The Press., 1898-02-10
West Stafford.

West Stafford.
 Rev. J. A. Solandt was in Andover Tuesday.
 Mir. Phelps is here from Merriden for weeks visit.
 Miss Grace Bliss from Longmeadow Is a guest of MT. and Mrs. Fred Graves.
 MT. and Mrs. Kellogg, lon the mount ain, are entertaining their son from Hart ford.
 A. D. Davis from Paterson, N. J., is the guest of his sister, Mrs. Augustus Holmes.
 Mir. and Mrs. Sturtevant and daughter were the guests of Mrs. Wm. Shearer, last week.
 Mir. Waite from New York City, of the firm of Perkins, Waite & Co.,, is here on business trip.
 Mrs. A. E. Dimock passed an hour pleasantly with Mrs. Clarissa M. Charter in Rockville Tuesday.
 Messrs. Asel Phillips, Charles Billings and Edward Kibbe from Somers were in town the first part of the week.
 Subject of the Y. P. s. c. E., next Sunday evening, at 2 o'clock, "Called-to what? How ?" Clifton Ellis, leadel.
 All were pleased to have Mr. Waite present at the mid week prayer meeting, and many were encouraged by his testi- mony.
 The many friends of Chas. Newell of Chicago will be pleased to learn that his wife and two little sons, who have been very sick with scarlet fever, are recover- ing.
 c. G. Ellis has bought of 5. M. Har- wood a large wood lot and has employed Chism Brothers, who will move their steam mill and commence clearing the timber this coming week. HOLLAND. Miss Katherine M. Agard has been al home from Mt. Holyoke college on &C., count of illness.
 Miss Ella NJ. Brown and Miss Leila M. Steele attended the teachers convention in Hartford, Monday. Wolcott Waldo attended the funeral oi his son, Geo. Waldo, at Water bury last Wednesday. Burt L. Waldo accompanied his father.
 The Junior Endeavorers gave Miss Mamie Edgerton, daughter of J. w. Edgerton, birthday surprise party Fri day evening.
 Proprietor Kibbe entertained a sleigh. ing party of twenty-five at the Kibbe house Friday evening from Rockville high school. Friday evening, party of forty came from Stafford Springs and took supper at the hotel. The suit of Albert Aborn against w. E. Demond to recover amount claimed fol rail road ties was brought before Justice D. A. Brown for trial Monday morning Justice Bro VII decided that the difference between the amount clsimed and the amount offered to adjust evenly between them. Demond appealed. The severe snow of last week drifteC very badly in some places, but not SC badly as might have been expected. First selectman Henry Young had a force o men digging on Chapman hill on Wednes day, where the drifts were so bad that m til then teams had to go through the lots for quite a distance, to evade them. The stage had hard time getting over the hills from Rockville, and was very much delayed several trips. f
 The Endeavor Society have elected the following officers for the next six monthe. President, Fred s. Meacham; vice-pres1- dent, Miss Marian B. Agard; secret ny and treasurer, Miss F. Daisy Whiton ; chairman lookout committee, Mrs. c. H. Sterry; chairman prayer meeting con- mittee, W. A. Agard; chair man of mIs sionary committee, Mrs. E. s. Agard chairman social committee, B. Price i; chairman information committee, Miss Florence E. Agard chairman junior con- mittee, Mrs. G. W. Langsing. FLORA.