The Press., 1898-11-10
WELLINGTON.

Little Alice Pratt is quite i'll with iaun- dice.
 Warren Hobby has moved on to the Ormsby place. Mrs. S.W. Clarke is visiting her daugh- ter in Holyoke, Mass. | Mrs. Maude Macfarlane is now recu- perating at her father, s. P. Morrlson's. Communion at Baptist church was postponed to next Sunday on account of | the rain.
 Eli D. Hayes and wife are on a months visit to their son, Edward Hayes, at Longmeadow, Mass. | Mrs. Della A. Rider is visiting her son, Frank, in Waterbury. He Is recovering from serious illness. The pair of horses long owned by Geo. E. Robbins, having outlived their useful ness, were dispatched last week.
 Comrade James Harvey of Sedgwick Post, Norwich, is expected to inspect the local post Satui day evening, 17th inst.
 Helen, the little daughter of Chas. E.: Nichols, recently broke her collar bone, falling while at play. It was adjusted by Dr. Hill in Willimantic.
 Dewitt Manning came from Westfield, Mass, and is now caring for his father, who remains very low. Mrs. Manning has become entirely blind. | Where's our election poet of two years ago? Down in - hunting foxes Mo- ble syndicate, the poet, the inspirer, the paymaster and the typewriter.
 Charity Eliza came October 18th to make glad the hearts and home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Marsh. Weight 124 pounds, and all are doing we'll.
 Grange meeting tomorrow night, and don't forget the subject for lecturers hour: Resolved, that neighborhood gos- sip is more harmful than chicken steal ing"
 l Electors meeting Tuesday passed in a quiet and uneventful way. The oysters were served by G. A. Robbins, while outside Lon Roswell sold coffee, candy, hot peanuts, frankfurts, etc., from his lunch cart. The vote in detail was Re- publican state ticket 1894, democratic 2s ; judge of probate, Wm. F. Essex, r, AS, w. D. Holman, d, IA; representatives, Origin Hall, r, Al, Rev. Chas. H. Brown, r. 13O, A. D. Dfmock, d, 34, George A. Rounds. d, 30; justices republican, Frank Orcutt. 113, George A. Cosgrove, T 112, Gustin B. Marble no, Charles T. Preston 1Os, w. F. Essex 1O2; democrat ic, James Pierce 4, A. D. Dimock 4, Frank Mason 4, Herbert Lillibridge 4. The following were the election officers : l Moderator, l.. w. Holt booth tenders, w. H. Buckingham, Phil Denman, Jos eph Tennant, Dwight Lamb, Alfred Lee ; counters, W. H. Holt, D. c. Dimock, J. F. Starkweather, A. H. Eldredge, Dwight | Lamb, Ernest Wilson, | ELECTION NOTES.
 There was slight falling off from the vote of 1896.
 My son" was not placed on the jus tices' ticket this time.
 Sheriff Dickinson fell little behind his ticket, and Pinney ran correspondingly ahead.
 | Is there another town in this state where the republican vote is five to one democrat?
 will make useful member of the com. mittee on education in the next legjsla- ture.
 The republican vote for the democratic candidate for judge of probate was some. thing phenomenal. One hundred and sixteen republicans turned tail on thei, nominee.
 | How about the legality, under the new law. of the election of the four democrat ic justices written over the name of one of the candidates on the republican ticket at 6 late hour
 I Pretty small business to scratch the candidate because he Is Baptist minis. ter, or because he advocates a town Ii. brary and a wholesome and proper ad- ministration of the schools. ,l We understand that both new repre- sentatives elect stand unpledged as to U s. senator; at least one surely is, not only as to that office. but as to all other officers elected by the legislature.
 Did the republican delegates to the re cent probate convention voice the senti ments of their party9 And how does f look, now, even once again, to place { man in nomination just to see hin "mowed under ?" as we have said onc' before.
 South Wilmington Correspondence. Charles Buckingham returned Tuesda. from a four days wheeling trip. Miss Stella Shaffer and Miss Maud, Potter spent Sunday in Rockville.
 One of the departments in the mill hay, commenced to run over time for a shor period.
 Election returns were received at tn,
 store Tuesday evening, through the cour tesy of Senator-elect w. H. Hall } South Willington people cannot wan for news with three papers giving Soul Willington news weekly.
 The company have cast aside the ''barl
 yard welr' at one of their barns and sub stituted running water. If others coul, , or would do the same the town health of ! fcer would have a short report to make The South Wilmington base ball tean closed thgsseason of 1898 with about $3 in the treasury. The members of tn : single meas ball team do not remembe of receiving the clam chowder suppe
 they so valiantly won, and they are o
 the opinion that it would not be ba' a scheme tosg"blow in" 8 little of tha
 "dosh" in appeasing their hunger, ant
 also saving the reputation of the married men from a very bad stain. If any one has lost cat the loser O
 same cannot blame Phillip Denman, to : the cat should not have been posing as coon around his premises up juniper tree
 in the still, hours of the night. Phil