The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-03-17
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Warren's block.
Rev. G. H. Puffer of Salem, Mass, was
a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ Leach the
first of the week.
Anthony Adams is placing hot air
furnace in the house of Burt T. Eaton on
Highland Terrace which Mr.. Eaton is to
occupy.
The annual meeting of the Cemetery
Association will be held In the rooms OF
the Business Mems Association, Monday
evening, at 7.30.
The A. o. H., held a social in their hall
last evening A musical and literary pro-
gram was rendered. Lynch's orchestra
was in attendance.
w. E. Hanley has placed tiling in the
bottom of his other show window and the
effect is very neat. Both windows are
now filled up in this way.
S. F. Maine, superintendent of the
Methodist Sunday school, attended a
superintendent conference at the Normal
college in Springfield yesterday.
Harry O. Converse has gone to Chicopee
Falls, Mass, where he has taken a posi-
ton as assistant shipping clerk for the
Spaulding Manufacturing Company.
Miss Mary Squires is i'll at her home
ON West Main street with the grip. Dur
ing her illness, her position at Browns
bakery is filled by Miss Minnie Enright.
Joseph Levene, the ice dealer, has an
advertisement in another column, calling
attention to the fact that he has been
able to get first class crop for his sum-
mer trade.
| Several men have been to Anthony
Adams store this week with an idea of
enlisting in the army. The report be-
came current in some way that Mr.. Adams
is a recruiting officer. In case of war
this town will furnish its share of. men
for national defense.
The advance sale for by Force of I'm
pulse,' to be presented at the opera house
this evening, is the largest in the history
of the opera house, The gallery is en-
tirely sold and but few seats are left on
the floor. When the curtain goes up to-
night standing room will be at a premium.
A large quantity of new machinery has
arrived in Boston from England, and will
soon reach here and be set up at the plant
of the Stafford Worsted Co. 1t is the
aim Of the company to make the local
plant model one, second to none in the
country. Edward Wilcock and Edwin
Farnell of the company are spending q
few days this week at the Springs House.
Joseph Scholnick has brought suit
against Harris Bavisty, charging him
with libel. Bavisty was arrested yester-
day, but was soon released on bail. The
trouble grew out of postal card sent by
the defendant to a creditor of Scholnick's 8,
telling him to look out, as Scholnick was
liable to go to jail for embezzlement.
there was left Of goods sold to Scholnick
and left the postal to explain his action.
The selectmen have called a special
town meeting for Monday at p. M, to
see if the town will vote TO appropriate
money to extend the macadam road and
| for the improvement of public roads as
provided for by chapter 229 of the acts of
1897. There is a general feeling that the
section of road beginning at the end Of
last years contract to the borough line,
which is a very short section, should be
built at this time in connection with the
completion OF last years contract. After
this section is completed the macadam
should be extended north. towards Stat
| fordville.
GRACE CHURCH NoTEs.-Rev. Robert
| G. Tongue, rector of st. Johns church,
Rockville, will preach tomorrow (Fri-
day. evening at 7.45......Next week the
weekday evening service will be on Tues
day, as before, the preacher being Rev.
VIM. s. Emery, rector of Christ church,
Norwich......The Woman's Auxiliary will
meet with Mrs. Joseph G.. Martin, on
Edgewood, tomorrow friday afternoon
at $50, to sew for some poor negroes in
North Carolina. Ali the members are
urged to come and help in the good work
1.-THE Junior Auxiliary will meet Sat
urday as usual. Holy communion next
Sunday at 7.30 a. m.
The case of Mrs. Samuel Kuslansky
against Joseph scholnick came up in the
borough court yesterday before Judge
Parkess. States Attorney Reed and Law.
yer King of Willimantic appeared for the
plaintiff, and Lawyer Danahey for the de.
tense. Mrs. Kuslansky testified that
Scholnick came to her and borrowed $10C
for the purpose of buying the stock OF
goods of the insolvent estate of Samuel
Kuslansky from the assignee, Judge
Chamberlain. She said that Scholnick
represented that the goods at that price
would be a bargain. Mrs Kuslansky
told the court that she had not received
the goods, and had been unable to recover
the 300. The defense admitted iudg
ment and appealed. The defendant is
under 300 bonds, and the case will come
up In the superior court the second Mon
day in April.
The fourth quarterly conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church elected the
following officers and committees:
Stewards: Burt I. Eaton, Freeman
f. Patten, Reuben s. Converse, Ebert A
Cleaveland, Charles F. Harwood, George
0. Cleaveland, William Lee, Joel Il
Reed, Herbert F. Parker, Louis S. Con
verse, Artemas Kellogg, Ernest K. Taft
Charles p. Hodgson; recording steward
Charles P. Hodgson; district steward
! Freeman F. Patten; delegate to camE
meeting, Amos n. Nichols
Committees Missions, Louisa A. Pat
ten, Martin Hunt, Alonza Charter, Har
vey Davis, w. E. Benton, Mary Kellogg
/ Lucy A. Ellis, Charlotte o. Willis, Johr
, Brown.
Church extension: Olive Bushnell
Arthur Bemis, Edna M. Bolieau, Flanl
: Clifford, Jane Fl. Cleaveland.
/ Freedmen's aid and southern education
w. A. Comins, Nettie A. Comins, Nelli,
Converse, w. II. Clark, Jeanne g. Con
verse, VIM. Wobbecke, Hattie Cleave
: land.
Temperance Albert Gray, S. F. Clark
Raymond Eaton, W. E. Whitaker, Waite
Ballantyne.
Tracts: Ezra K. Spaulding, Mary e
Adams, Samuel Bidwell, Lititia N Smith
Conference claimants Grill Ellis
Maria A. Cushman, Mary A. Symonds.