The Press., 1898-09-01
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

 guest of relatives In Norwich. St. Edwards parochIAl school will open the fall term September 18th.
 Miss Grace James of Springfield Is the guest of Mss Edith Cushman.
 Mas Trresa Ketchsen uf New York Is tho guest of Miss Emma uary.
 l.. D. Gary will start his running horse, "Hydra," Ht the Rockville fair.
 Mrs. Arthur Arnold of Wales Is the guest of Mir. and Mrs. John Arnold.
 Calvin Pattsn of Meriden visited friends in town the latter part of last week.
 Officer Helm has returned from camp and resumed hls duties as night patrol. Mrs. Robert Buckley has been visiting friends in Holyoke, ChIcopee and Spring field.
 Mrs. W. c. Avery, formerly of Stafford Springs, Is to spend the fall at the Springs House.
 II. l.. SeArls of Wnlimantic, a former resident, has been visiting friends In town Lhis week.
 The Stafford Springs bali team will play the HazArdvilles Saturday, wealth CT permitting.
 Mrs. Ida A. Stowe of ScItioO has been been spending two weeks with her uncle, M. F. J. Walker.
 MT. and Mrs. M. F. J. Walker spent Saturday and Sunday with friends in Springfield, Mass.
 Miss Alice Walker has accepted a po- sltlon as teacher At Mount Clair, N. J., and will go Sept. 9th.
 Miss Teresa Clark leaves town Satur- urdAy for SImsbury, where she has taken A position as teacher. ElmeI l.. Blair has brought suit through LAwyer P. J. DanRhey for divorce from his wife, Ellen Blair.
 Mrs. A. W. KIngsbury has gone for a vlslt of one week with friends and rela- lives ln ThOmpsonville and Holyoke.
 Miss Ruth Walker will spend the win ter with her uncle at Akron, Ohio, and will pursue a course in German while there.
 Examinations for Rdmittnnce to the high school will take place Tuesday morning, Sept. 9th, at Q a. m., at the school building.
 Hannibal Alden has taken tho position of paymaster at the warren wooden com dany made vAcant by the resignation of George Slswick.
 Miss Clara ChAfee, who has boon spending her vacation in town, has re- turned to ThompsonVills and resumed her duties as teacher.
 The furniture, etc., used in the Scrip ture restaurant arc advertised to be sold Rt auction Saturday, at 9 o'clock, In the house opposite the restaurant.
 Mrs. Louis Kraf and son, Frederick, of Leipzig, Germany, who have been guests of Chas. HArwOod, left town Wednesday, and will sail for home Sept. sth.
 Mir. and Mrs. r. II. BIdwell from New York City arc guests of their uncle, W. r. Bldwell, and with Mir. Bidwell and family are spending week At MAshApaug. Mrs. Mary Davis of SouthbrIdge has hired the restaurant in TAft's block which has boon conducted by Mrs. George Scrip ture. Mrs. Scripture has taken Q posi- ton Rt tho Springs Honse.
 The Citizens band has been engaged
 
 to play at Snipsic lake, Rockville, Satur- day. The concert work of this band ls very pleasing, and 1t Is quite probable that the boys will make hit at SnIpsIC grove.
 A man objects to tho statement In the Springfield Republican to the effect that all who attended the republican caucus were remembered. Every man who at. tended the caucus was not honored with place on the various delegations.
 The Stafford Street base ball team re- inforoed by ono or two men from the LIn. coin nine, went to BrImheld last Satur. urday and played a game of ball. The game was quite interesting, and up to the 7th inning the score stood 8 to 0 in favor of the Brimhelds. The Street boys made all their runs in one inning, and at the conclusion of the game the score stood I to 6 in their favor.
 Tho train north due to leave at 9. 60 did not arrivs until 1880 Monday morning owing to a disabled engine. The same train should have arrived back here nt 7.5O, but lt WIS again two hours late. People who were depending on the train for outside connections were dlsMppoInL ed, and some of them made no effort to conceal their feelings in the matter.
 Sarah M. TOwne, T7, wife of Hiram Towne, died at her home Sunday, after an lllneas of about two months of uloera- ton of the stomach. The funeral was held Tuesday morning, Rev. c. II. Van Natter oIiolatlng. The burial was as Union. Besides her husband the doceased leaves three sons and a daughter Oi tho sons Truman and Alien reside in ChL eAgo, and Morrick lives in Worcester Tho daughter, Miss Laura Blodgett, livea in Holland, Mass-
 A delegation, consisting Of Lot O'HAl loran, Dana Gary, Dr. A. O. Comlns ana Charles Gary, went around to l.. ID GAry's stable last ThursdAy evening tC soo tho now running horse, Hydra One of the delegates started into the bon stall to load the runner out, but Lev would not have it Instead of acting pleasantly he got out several feet of hos and turned stream on the entire party In the stampede that followed one or tw' fell down and were bruised, and all wer' morD or Ices vet Later a truce was of footed and the horse was exhlbitod. I ls pretty woll understood that the boy went over to have fun with Levi, bu thare Is an uneonhrmed rumor that Lev had just As much fun as anybody.