The Press., 1898-12-08
STAFFORD sPRINaR.

Mrs. Martha c. Brockbank Is to return to Sacramento, Gal, this week.
 Miss Lena Slswick Is visiting her sis ter, Mrs. s. s. Taylor, in Worcester.
 T. c. Feeley has flock of 60 hens, and claims that they average about 38 eggs per day. As eggs are now worth about 8S cents a dozen, Mir. Feelsy is to be congratulated.
 The New York papers have ceased to arrive on the morning train, and now ar- rive In the afternoon, as in the days be- fore the war. The local circulation of the Boston dmlll@s show an increase as a result.
 The first rehearsal for By Force of Impulse' was held Tuesday evening. The play will be presented the first week in January for tho benefit of the relief fund of the A. O. H. The play has been put on once before in town, and most of the parts will be taken by the same actors who were in the cast at the former ap- pearance.
 M. J. Bowler has withdrawn his appll- cation for lIcense at the hotel at Crys- tai Lake. There Is considerable oppOsi- tIon to the granting of a license at the lake among the temperance people of this town, Holland and Ellington. petition to the county commissioners, asking that the license asked foi be withheld, was in circulation previous to Mir. Bowler's ac- tlon.
 Mrs. Alvarado Howard and Holeomb Howard have returned from MAshapaug. They were there during the late blizzard, but returned as soon after as possible. Holcomb Howard is much improved In health. He stood his ride home In good shape, and Is able to walk about the house. His friends hope he will be able to play football and other wild outdoor games next season.
 The attraction at the opera house next Saturday evening will be the American WRr-a-Graft and Concert company. Th' program will include vaudeville special ties, the singing of illustrated songs. anC the biograph pictures, illustrating scenea of the war, and other events. The pic tures are very lIfe-like and interesting and the entertainment, as a whole, fl clean and wholesome. .
 The annual sale of fancy articles at thu Congregational church will be held nex Tuesday snd Wednesday evenings. Tn, farce, "Ths Flying Wedge" will be pre- sented both evenings with the following casti ..r.=G Tom Hulburt, captain Of YaIe's football team Q Percy suydAm, his friend, Yale ps, " -" -, Alfred Chester, their chum, Yale .1' Ts, '.''''' ~ Miss cornelis suydam, a chrysanthemum bud, Nellie suydam, her niece, and Tons T iiancee, Kate Chester, her chum, PercZ's nancee, '--- Jack scribner, a reporter, Karl Adam Mn. o'flynn, the Janitress, who takes gloom
 view or football, MrS- A. E- Jacob Admission, 16 ots. The articles donates may be left ut the home of Mrs. ChrIsto pher Allen before Tuesday noon.
 The frame of lamp was attached t, two of the electric light wires, in front O Rawitser's mill, during the storm sunda evening, in such way as to form . shor circuit. As a result the fuses were burn ed out at the station, the wood work wa damaged, and William Converse. an em ploye, was slightly burned about the face So active was the returning current tha large rubber bolt heads were burned of As Q reeult Of the joke the west part c the town was without the incandescen lights for the rest of the night. The al tachment was placed on the wires from cherry tree, conveniently located for tn purpose. The frame was tied in plac with pieces of lace leather. The perso who did the job must have had som knowledge of electric work, as electri wires carrying over 1000 volts of electri' iEy are very unsafe playthings for the ur initiated. The company ls making . enort to nnd out more about the cas' and win prosecute if evidence can be q cured.