The Press., 1898-02-10

'. P. s. 0. E. subject at the Congre- gational church next Sunday evening at G. 16, "Called-to what How ?" Leader, Miss Millie Royce.
 John Hanley, a former resident, be- came January 1st a member of the Yount woolen mill company of Yountsville, Ind. Mir. Hanley Is vice-president and manager of the company. The concern deals largely in wool, besides manufacturing woolen goods.
 The ladies of Grace church are to hold their h-talked-ab "experience" socIable in the Sunday school room of the church next Wednesday evening. Admission will be 10 cents, and will in- clude supper, which will be served from to 2. The soclable will begin at 7.3O All who wish to enjoy 8 good supper and listen as we'll to the effusions of some of our local feminine poets, in which they will tell of the various ways in which they earned their dollar are cordially Invited.
 An agent of the New York World has been in town this week in the inter- ests of the paper. The New York Jour- nal, published along the same sensational lines adopted by the World, Is proving warm competitor. In Stafford the World is still quite popular, and is holding it's own on the daily circulation, while losing to a certain extent on the Sunday edition
 The local lodge of the U. 0. G. c. will install it's officers next Monday evening. Grand Keeper of Records W. N. Simons and District Deputy Fayette Goss will be present. The officers follow: N. O., w.. Webster; V. N. C., W. Ackley; W. F., J. c. Cleaveland; w. H., H. F. Parker :; K. of R., George J. Bailey; F. K. of R. w. I. G., w. Whitaker; w. O. G.. H. M. Benton.
 An adjourned meeting of the court of burgesses was held Tuesday evening. Anthony Adams was chosen road con- missioner for the coming year. A. N. Nichols was elected collector of borough taxes, In place of James Warren, re- signed. The following were appointed as special constables: Burt T. Eaton, Napoleon Bolieau, Corydon Smith, John T. Melbourne, Emory Pierce, Charles E. Butterfield, Owen Kelly. The commit tee on fire department were instructed to investigate matter of purchasing new hose, and report at next meeting. Stafford.
 Regular meeting. of Stafford Grange next Tuesday evening.
 MT. and Mrs. H. F. Cady attended the opera at Norwich last evening.
 There will be Episcopal services in the town hall next Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
 MT. and Mrs. Titley of Huntington, Mass were guests of MT. and Mrs. Simon Taylor over the Sabbath.
 Subject for the meeting of the Y. P. s. c. E. this evenIng-"The Christians Con. fdence." Everybody invited.
 Will Belcher, who had his ears so badly frozen at the Klondike sleigh ride, says they are all right again, and that there is considerable comfort in life for him yet.
 Mrs. Frank Carter, the lady at the Street who was so seriously injured by being thrown from a sleigh in the early part of the winter, is able to be out again and was in the village yesterday.
 Quite number from here will attend the Hi-Henry Jr. minstrel entertainment at the Springs this evening, using Giover's bus as a conveyance, which will start from In front of the store about o'clock.
 Unclaimed letters in the Stafford post office Mrs. H. A. Whitten, Mrs. Lizzie Williams, Miss L. Hunter, MT. c. Con- signy, Mir. Chas. E. Vincent, MT. c. F. Johnson, MT. Lorenzo Buccino, two for MT. Jerry Driscoll.
 The town hall has been occupied all the week by the Sawankee Indian Medicine company. Their principal business is, of course, to sell medicine, but in doing so they give good show to large audiences, and an open-air band concert each even- ing
 Two more sleigh rides Tuesday night. One to Monson, which stopped at the Century House, where they spent a very pleasant evening, returning home about 3 o'clock Wednesday morning. The other party were mostly Hydeville people and Wales was their stopping place. The party that went up to MT. and Mrs. Bis sells Saturday night passed through some quite severe showers on the way there, but no amount of water could dampen their spirits, as they all report very en- Ioyable affair. The Hydeville party, that went to Wales, think they had the best of the others on account of the excellent sleighing they met with, and the good time enjoyed.
 The Riverside Woolen company expect next week to put in a new horizontal water wheel, to take the place of the one now in use. The present wheel is an up- right and rated at eighty-two horse pow CT, but the new one will be horizontal of 135 horse power. While they are making the change they will run the upper part of the mill with steam power, and after the work Is completed they will run the lower part nights in order to catch up. It is possible that the whole mill will be stopped one day in consequence of mak- ing connection, but not any longer. and not even that if it can be avoided. The new wheel is from the Rodney Hunt ma chine works.
 The deep snow of last week furnished many amusing incidents, not the least oi which was a sleigh ride enjoyed by Char lie Pero and Will Brown. MT. Pero says he enjoys a good sleigh ride all right enough, but not exactly in the same way as this one, and he also has serious ob jections against being used as a spile- driver. It seems they had been down to Nightmare shop after a sleigh belonging