The Press., 1898-09-01
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South Coventry.

AMN8 A@o~A A3 ea @N+1 - eo ke@~ S~@.~~ - Miss Fannie Parker goes to Boston to- day for few days.
 Rev. and Mrs. s. H. Barrett start on their vacation next Monday.
 Preston Briggs Is with his mother at their summer home on Manning hill.
 Mir. and Mrs. Merwin of New Haven are guests of MT. and Mrs. O. k. Hoxie. Mrs. s. A. Bottum and Miss Eugenie Hanks returned from Niantic last Mon- day.
 Mrs. Eliza Gay of vineland, N. J., is visiting her uncle, D. H. Clark, of this place. ...-... ....... j. .| The ladies' whist club was entertained by Mrs. Marvin Colman last Friday af- ternon. ..a.e
 Mrs. Albertine and family have moved to wlllImantic. They left town last week Monday.
 Ernest Perkins, son of Rev. B. F. Per kins, is staying for few days at Norman Boynton's-
 The Junior Endeavor society held a sale and social In the vestry of the Con- RregatIonal church last evening.
 Invitations are out for a whist party to be given by Mrs. K. s. Loomis on the evening of the sixth of September.
 Mrs. Wm. Uncles was found dead In bed last Tuesday morning. She was as smart as usual the day before. She was about 70 years of age.
 Dumont Seagraves returned to his home In New London last Friday after noon, after spending few days with his uncle, B. Seagraves.
 At the service in the Congregational church last Sunday morning, Rev. C. c. Creegan of New York delivered a very interesting missionary sermon.
 A large number from this place attend ed camp meeting last Sunday. There was the largest number of people on the ground that there has been for years
 The reporter has been requested to cor rect last weeks item regarding the car fridge machinery. It was not all sent to New Haven, a part of 1t being sent to Bridgeport as previously stated.
 The Sunday school picnic at George Clark's grove, held last week Wednesday, was enjoyed by about 12O. The day was perfect, and the gathering was participat- cd in by children and older people alike. Two steamers transported passengers, as we'll as a number of private conveyances. There were cake, sandwiches and fruit in abundance.
 (From another corespondent.)
 Ernest Perkins was in town Sunday.
 H. F. Dimock has another St. Bernard dog.
 School in district commences Tues day, Sept. 6.
 Henry Wright's peach trees are laden with fine ripe fruit.
 A Special meeting of Wangumbaug grange was held Tuesday evening.
 Wangumbaug grange Is to hold 6 bas- ket picnic in Marcy's grove, Saturday.
 A watermelon weighing thirty pounds, grown on Martin Parker's farm, was picked recently.
 Cullen Potter of Providence, R. l., Is visiting his children resident here. Mrs. Potter Is In feeble health.
 Mrs. Bezaleel Seagraves and Mir. Hen- dershot are to be received into the Con. gregatiOnal church Sunday.
 Seth Buell., a graduate of Storrs col lege, now a student at Oberlin, O., called at the "Martln-box" Saturday. h. NY uV-woIna Roob Aa- oRF Io week, and with his brother, Dr. Harry Higgins, of Norwich, visited Ocean Beach
 Mrs. Wm. Uncles, ST., was found dead In her bed Tuesday morning, when called to breakfast. Heart disease was the probable cause.
 The s. c. I. A. have recently fixed the driveway in the Nathan Hale cemetery and moved the grass there, greatly i'm proving the yards. Marvin Coleman is having peach bud ding done this week. The ladies' whis club, which met there last Friday, were served with peaches and Ice cream.
 Mrs. Maggie Olmsted and her daugh ter, Hattie, of East Hartford, who hay, been spending three weeks at Winthrop Beach, are visiting at D. H. Clark's.
 The sidewalk near Tracy's plant is tt be completed with a curbstOne and coa ashes. A hand rail of pipe Is to be pu In position. If the street could be graded with earth taken from the rise in front o Bidwel's hotel, Main. street would b' greatly improved. A. s. PARKER. SOMERS.
 A son was born August 21st to MT. and Mrs. Fred Wood.
 Mir. and Mrs. k. D. Avery went on the excursion to Newport last Thursday.
 H. M. Gager is enlarging and otherwise improving the general appearance anc convenience of his residence.
 Miss Lillian V. Lee of Springfield is