The Press., 1898-06-30


 Mrs. E. M. Brown of Worcester is wis ing her brother, A. N. Nichols. Blanche Ramsden of Palmer has been the guest of her aunt, Mrs. J. J. Clark.
 Mrs. Walter Scott Is visiting at her home in Woonsocket, R. I. MT. Scott will go to that city Friday and remain over the 4th.
 The body of Phillip Mara, %, former resident was brought here for burial this morning and the funeral was held from St. Edwards church. Mara died at Nor wich Town Tuesday morning.
 The Stafford worsted company has add ed this week to It's equipment steam | pump from the Snow steam pump works | of Buffalo, N. Y. The pump has 8 ca- pacity of 750 gallons minute.
 Robert F. Raymond and Rev. F. D. | ! Blakeslee spoke in. the interest of the | East Greenwich academy at the M. E. | church last Sunday morning. A fire crip- | pied the academy by burning a large dOrmitory, and money is needed. Sev- eral in town have subscribed. The mems twelve hole handicap golf
 
 successful. There were ten entries. It was won by R. Nj. Fisk, grass score, 69, | handicap 6, net score, 63. The best grass score was made by Dr. Eaton, who was the scratch man. He made the twelve holes in 88. The best ladies score to date for six holes, Is 52. The many Stafford friends of both bride and groom will be interested in the follow
 ing from last evenings Springfield Union Amid profusion of June blossoms and , In the presence of numerous relatives and
 intimate friends, Miss Clara Belle Stacy of this city, and Rev. James A. Solandt
 of Stafford, Ct., were united in marriage 3 this afternoon at the home of Mrs. Fran
 cis M. Lombard, 456 Hancock street. The
 ceremony was performed in the south par Tor of the home. The contracting pair
 stood in the corner of the room, which was - banked with daisies, palms and ferns. On
 the table at their right, were bouquets of
 bright roses. The mantel was decorated
 with white roses and pinks, and there were
 many other floral decorations in the room. x Rev. John Whitehill of Old Town, this < state, performed the ceremony, assisted by
 Rev. Andrew P. Solandt of Odell, Ill.,, a - brother of the groom. Miss Jessie Barber [ of Hartford was bridesmaid and Charles
 s. Stacy, brother of the bride. was best
 man. The chief usher was l.. G. Stacy, a
 brother of the bride, and the other ushers . were Mahlon W. Stacy of Westfield and a James A. Stacy, Jr., of New York, broth ;. CTS of the bride, Charles B. Kingsley of
 this city and Parker l.. Montgomery of
 Westfield. The bride was charming in a o dress of white organdie, with white lace 0 and ribbon trimming. She wore wreath @ of bride roses and carried a bouquet of ny twenty bride rose buds. The bridesmaid
 wore blue organdie, trimmed with white, e and carried pink rose buds. The ring
 service was used. After the ceremony an @ informal reception was held, and refresh 1 ments were served. Early this evening Mir. and Mrs. Solandt will leave on an ex- s tended wedding tour. They expect to be l. absent for several months, and have not
 yet decided on their future home. Many o presents were received, including coin,
 silverware, etc.
 y Stafford. e Regular meeting of Stafford Grange d next Tuesday evening.
 e Henry Champlin of Burnside Is visiting O relatives and friends in town. @ Claude Pinney of Worcester academy s Is at home for the summer vacation.
 Miss Grace Mead Is at home on her va l cation from teaching at Babylon, L. I. l. Miss Gertrude Wightman and Miss D Beth Sprague are enjoying an outing at @ Mashapaug.
 The Mission Band will meet at the l Baptist church chapel Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
 ! Mrs. Sarah Potter and daughter spent several days in Hampden last week wis., iting friends.
 - Rev. P. G. Wightman was a guest of r his brother, Deacon J. c. WIghtman, a ] few days last week.
 ,- Augustus Cady of Ashfield, Mass, was @ a guest of his brothers, G. F. and A. D. g Cady over Sunday.
 ,- Subject for the meeting of the Y. P. S. e c. E. this evening-"The Right Use of
 Time" All cordially invited. Df Miss Nellie Connor is quite i'll, and has Is been confined to the bed some over two 'd weeks with a complication of diseases. 1t The pastor of the Universallst church y has arranged patriotic service for next D. Sunday morning, and the choir will sing g a number of national airs. n The Sunday school concert at the Uni- le versalist church last Sunday drew large g attendance, and Is pronounced by many
 who attended as the best ever given by D. the school.
 g. Mrs. James Holbrook and daughter, D. Mabel. attended the funeral of Mrs. John J. Fairman at Thompsonville Monday. Mir. e Falrman will be remembered by many as B. a resident of this town a number of years 1t ago.
 ,- Fred c. Miller made Century run to l. Hartford Sunday, going by the way of l. Palmer and Springfield, and returning by B, the same route. He covered a distance
 of 122 miles, and was back in the village In about 8 in the evening.
 Is Smith Barrett of Willimantic made his 1- appearance at Wightman's carriage shop it yesterday and his friends were just as Ie glad as ever to see him, but his stay will m be short this time, as 10 Smith must be home on the Fourth Of July,
 For the purpose of eating that green apple pie. Mir. and Mrs. Grant Hanna, who have been living in Abner Needham's lower
 cottage, have moved to the Bowden farm
 in Stafordville, but MT. Hanna will re- - tain his position here in the Riverside
 mill. The tenement vacated by Mr. Han-
 na has been rented by Matthew O'Keefe. The farce, "A Box of Cigarettes" pre- /, sented by the young people of the Univer-
 salist church last evening in the town - hall, was successful in every way-in the
 acting, in the audience, and in the re. !, a ceipts. A pleasing feature of the enter. tainment was the outdoor concert by the
 band.
 -' The Street nine proved to be altogether s' sN..-