The Press., 1898-02-10

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gational church next Sunday evening at
6.15, ''Called-to what How ?" Leader,
Miss Mile Royce.
John Hanley, a former resident, be-
came January 1st a member of the Yount
wooden mill company OF TOWNSVILLE, Ind.
Mr.. Hanley is vice. president and manager
of the company. The concern deals
largely in wool, besides manufacturing
wooden goods.
The ladies of Grace church are to hold
their NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. experience"
soclable in the Sunday school room of
the church next Wednesday evening.
Admission will be 10 cents, and will in
clude supper, which will be served from
6 to z. The sociable will begin at 7.3O
All who wish to enjoy good supper and
listen as we'll to the illusions Of some of
our local feminine poets, in which they
will tell of the various ways in which they
earned their dollar, are cordially Invited.
An agent of the New York World has
been in town this week in the inter-
ests of the paper. The New York Jour-
nal, published along the same sensational
lines adopted by the World, is proving a
warm competitor. In Stafford the World
is still quite popular, and is holding its
own on the daily circulation, while losing
to certain extent on the Sunday edition.
The local lodge of the U. 0. G. G. will
install it's officers next Monday evening.
Grand Keeper of Records W. N. Simons
and District Deputy Fayette Goss will be
present. The officers follow: NC, W.
Webster; V. N. c., W. Ackley; W. P,
j. g. Cleaveland; W. H., Fl. F. Parker
K. of r., George J. Bailey; F. K. of R.,
Miss Mary Howard; w. T., J. H. Reed
W. l. G., w. Whitaker; W. o. G., H.
M. Benton.
An adjourned meeting of the court of
burgesses was held Tuesday evening
Anthony Adams was chosen road COM
missioner for the coming year. A. N.
Nichols was elected collector of borough
taxes, In place of James Warren, re-
signed. The following we're appointed
as special constables Burt T. Eaton,
Napoleon Bolieau, Corydon Smith, John
T. Melbourne, Emory Pierce, Charles E.
Butterfeld, Owen Kelly. The commit
tee on fire department were instructed to
investigate matter of purchasing new
hose, and report at next meeting.
Stafford.
Regular meeting. of Stafford Grange
next Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Cady attended the
opera at Norwich last evening.
There will be Episcopal services in the
town hall next Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Titley of Huntington,
Mass, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Simon
Taylor over the Sabbath.
Subject for the meeting of the Y. P. s.
c. E. this evening-"TheC Christians Con-
fidence." Everybody invited.
Will Belcher, who had his ears so badly
frozen at the Klondike sleigh ride, says
they are all right again, and that there is
considerable comfort in life for him yet.
Mrs. Frank Carter, the lady at the
Street who was so seriously injured by
being thrown from sleigh In the early
part of the winter, is able to be out again
and was in the village yesterday.
Quite number from here will attend
the Hi-Henry Jr. minstrel entertainment
at the Springs this evening, using t7lover's
bus as a conveyance, which will start
from in front of the store about 7 O'Clock.
Unclaimed letters in the Stafford post
office: Mrs. H. A. Written, Mrs. Lizzie
Williams, Miss L. Hunter, Mr.. G. Con-
signy, Mr.. Chas. E. Vincent, Mr.. G. F.
johnson, Mr.. Lorenzo Buccino, two for
Mr.. Jerry Driscoll.
The town hall has been occupied all the
week by the Sawankee Indian Medicine
company. Their principal business is, of
course, to sell medicine, but in doing SO
they give good show to large audiences,
and an open-air band concert each even
ing.
Two more sleigh rides Tuesday night.
One to Monson, which stopped at the
Century House, where they spent very
pleasant evening, returning home about
3 O'Clock Wednesday morning. The
other party were mostly Hydeville people
and Wales was their stopping place. The
party that went up to Mr.. and Mrs. Bis
sells Saturday night passed through some
quite severe showers on the way there,
but no amount of water could dampen
their spirits, as they all report a very en-
joyable affair. The Hydeville party, that
went to Wales, think they had the best
of the others on account of the excellent
sleighing they met with, and the good
time enjoyed.
The Riverside Wooden company expect
next week to put In new horizontal
water wheel, to take the place of the one
now in use. The present wheel is an up
right and rated at eighty-two horse pow
or, but the new one will be horizontal of
1876 horse power. While they are making
the change they will run the upper part
of the mill with steam power. and after
the work is completed they will run the
lower part nights in order to catch up.
1t is possible that the whole mill will be
stopped one day in consequence of max
ing connection, but not any longer, and
not even that if it can be avoided. The
new wheel is from the Rodney Hunt ma
chine works.
many amusing incidents, not the least of
which was sleigh ride enjoyed by Char
lie Pero and Will Brown. Mr.. Pero says
he enjoys good sleigh ride all right
enough, but not exactly in the same way
as this one, and he also has serious OBJ
jections against being used as spile-
driver. 1t seems they had been down to