The Press., 1898-05-19
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ELLINGTON.
 Crystal Lake CorrespOndence.l
 Edith Men of Stafford Springs was home over Sunday.
 Nearly all the children in school are down with the humps
 Lemuel Slater of Somers visited friends 8 few days last week.
 The Misses Nettle and Clara Stacy of Staffordville called on friends last Satur- day.
 Philo Kihbe. who Is employed by Leon Leach of Ellington, was with his parents over Sunday.
 The Ladies' Aid society meets this (Thursday) afternoon at Geo. Newell's. Social and supper in the evening, aa usual. Mrs. F. E. Charter of. Bridgeport, in company with her sister, Mrs. Giles s. Dlmock, of Yonkers, N. r., and also Mrs. F. s. Charter of Vernon, spent 8 few days with relatives in Stafford Springs and this place last week. Mrs. Dimock expects to remain while with her father, Seymour Carpenter, and later will visit friends here.
 Geo. H. Willie and A. U. Charter visit ed the soldiers at Camp Mantle last Sum- day, two of the members of Go. of Rockville, Perlin L. Charter and Geo. McClellen, being residents of this place. They found the boys all we'll and in good spirits. They leave this week for Mo- bile, Ala.
 MANSFIELD.
 Mrs. Martha Marcey of Wilmington has bought the Ezra Abbot place near At wood4ille.
 There was an auction at James Sulli- van's at Spring Hill yesterday of Mrs. Upham's household furniture and tools of the late Mir. Upham.
 GurleyvAlle.
 Louis Ingals of Abingdon spent Sunday with friends in this vicinity.
 Miss Nellie Crabb, who has just re- covered from the measles, has taken cold and Is suffering with bad cough.
 Mir. and Mrs. Allie Bassett and their friend, Miss Aldrich, of Warrenville, at tended church at Gurleyville Sunday. There areseveral in this vicinity battling with the whooping cough. Among the number are Miss Cora and little Frances Dimock.
 Mrs. Edith Matthews, who has been with her sister Mrs. Herbert A. Bosworth for number of days, has returned to her home at Rock Meadow.
 Mrs. Patience Royce, who has been sick for g long time, passed to her rest Monday. She possessed 8 beautiful christian charac. ter, and will be sadly missed by her rela- lives and many friends. The funeral will be held today.
 Mrs. Margeret Zeigler, 60, wife oi Joseph Zeigler, died very sudden Wednes. day the 11th, with pneumonia. She was sick only two or three days. The funeral was held Friday at o'clock, Rev. G. W. Crabb officiating. Interment was in Gurleyville cemetery.
 John Jacobson of Wormwood Hill and Lulu Squires of Atwoodville were united in marriage Wednesday, the eleventh, at Norwich, by Rev. L. Pratt. They spent two days at Norwich, stopping at the American House. On their return home they were serenaded by the Mansfield Center boys.
 StOrrs.
 Trustees W. A. Hammond and s. O. Bowen were here last week, making ar. engagements for placing an electric plant. Senator J. Carl Converse of Stafford P. s. Bennett of New Haven and Repre- sentative T. A. Barnes of New Haven anG H. W. Williams of Salisbury, the special Investigating committee app: inted by the legislature, were here Thursday and Fri day of last week, examining the buildings and the grounds. The committee also inspected the business methods of the in. stitutlon and all books and accounts. The committee left on Friday afternoon for Holland, where 1t visited the county jail.
 WALES. Mrs. Nathan Bradley has returned from visiting her mother.
 Ernest H. Camp of Holyoke spent Sun day with his parents.
 Charles Needham is painting and pa pering the Shaw place.
 Mrs. Alfred Fox has been visiting hel mother in Southbridge.
 Ernest Barnes of Sturbridge visited friends in town last week.
 Arthur Boyden of Worcester made { visit to town on his bicycle last week.
 Will Shaw has moved from the Monsor road to the center on Fountain avenue.
 Glass meeting was held at Fred Came's with large attendance, on Tuesday evening.
 Charles Thompson has his new house on Thompson avenue nearly ready for oc cupancy.
 Mr. and Mrs. William Harrls made { visit to their son, Asa Harris, of Hyde vile, last week.
 Miss Bessie Fisher has left Mrs. Ly on's, and Is now clerking in her fathers store on Main street.
 Mrs. ". L. Arnold and Miss Maggie Tobin made visit to Southbridge or their bicycles last week.
 Mrs. E. L. Needham and Miss Mary Converse made visit to Stafford Springs on their bicycles last week.
 Rev. Jerome Wood, pastor.of the Peo ple's church, Newburyport, called or Rev. c. L. Camp last Wednesday.
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