The Press., 1898-09-29

N-r hs bmA0E mas D0uAA Ah Du1eon @ P@A' of the week.
 0. B. Gary attended the fair at West field yesterday.
 John Slswlck has returned from visit at Providence, R. I.
 Mics Beatrice Taylor has been visiting friends In Springfield.
 J. K. Strong of New York city has been the guest of James B. Comins-
 The street electric lights will burn all night next week during the fair.
 Mrs. !. J. Ellis and Mlss Maud Ellis are visiting relatives in Hartford.
 Regular session of the Wauseon Lodge I. O. O. F. next Tuesday evening.
 Mrs. G. H. Baker and Mrs. I. G. Baker are spending few days In Boston.
 Miss sophy Brown has returned to her studies at Peeksklll-on-the-Hu Hudson.
 Mir. and Mira. Wm, Chamberlain have returned from short visit to Thompson vile. --- --. ..-- ..- ------.,
 Mrs. M. A. Cady of Warrenville has been the guest of MT. and Mrs. J. F. Chamberlin. < '
 Frank Eastman left Tuesday afternoon for the Boston University, where he will study medicine. ..........f
 Arthur Myers left to-day for New York clty, where he will enter the Physicians and Surgeons college. ..-s..a... .. .:5
 There will be Q special meeting of the W. R. 0. Friday evening. All members are requested to be present.
 The insurance loss on borough hall has been settled for 0115. The work of re- pairing has already been commenced.
 Mrs. T. o. Lathrop and Miss Kettle Stephens will have their millinery open. Ing Friday and Saturday of thls week.
 Charles G. Cummings left to-day for Philadelphia, where he will take a nnedi- cal course at the Hahnemann medical college.
 Mir. and Mrs. w. W. Burwell and Miss Priscilla, returned yesterday from visit in New York. .... ..-
 Frank Butterfleld returned Tuesday from Cromwell, where he has been with the steam roller. e E aw ',
 The democrats Will hold their caucus at the town house this evening aud nomi. nate for town officials.
 K. K. Spaulding Is somewhat improved in health, and has been able to sit out on his piazza c part of the time and enjoy the beautiful weather of the past few days. .H...-- ...e
 The highways in the eastern part of the town are receiving the attention of the road Improvement force, under the di. rection of John Nichols. The heavy rains have washed the highways badly and the improvement Is needed.
 Prof. T. F. Jordan will go to Boston Monday to conduct the music programs at the Daniels Reed wedding at Waltham the Carter Lewis wedding at Winthrop Mass., and the Pine Dillert wedding IT Boston. He will return Saturday, Oct. 8
 Ten tickets were sold from this station to WillimantIc yesterday, the attraction being the fair. Several attended Tues. day and a few have gone down to day. Among those who went down yes teTday was President Dennis of the Staf ford Springs Agricultural society.
 Rev. Edwin W. Bishop Of Norwich, who has twice preached so acceptably at the Congregational church, will conduct the prayer meeting this evening, and will preach the two following Sundays. He will spend a part of the intervening time in the borough, stopping at the Springs House.
 The grocery stores will close fair days from Il Q. n. to 5 p. m. They will be open between 6 and 6 p. m., after which they will clOse for the evening. The bal ance of the stores will keep open Tuesday evening. but will close Wednesday anC Thursday afternoons.
 The town clock became unmanageabl' last Monday morning. Every time 1t go a chance to strike It would try to mak, the residents of the borough think that | was 30 or 40 o'clock. As soon as possl ble this unfortunate hilarity on the par of the old church clock was corrected.
 c. A. Vile of ThompsOnville will Opel a cash meat market at Armstrong's olC stand in Tilden's block on Friday evening and advertises the same in an other col umn. Mir. Vile has been in the emplo, of A. 0. Bright of ThompsOnville for ( number of years and thoroughly under stands the meat business.
 The golf team of the Country club wa defeated at Rockville last Saturday. Tn team expected that the. score would b closer, but they were handicapped by tn abSenOe of E. H. PInney, who Is secon' on the team. The score was as follows