The Press., 1898-01-27
WILI.INGrnN.

WILMINGTON.
 Slippery roads the past week. Miss Marion Sparks is to enlarge her poultry business.
 Miss Ethel Bronson has returned from her visit in the neighborhood of New York City,
 | Loren 9olding and wife returned to New Hampshire to-day from 8 visit to the Baptist parsonage.
 Mrs. Grace Johnson Huntington of Mansfield visited her relatives near the Willington railroad station last week.
 Members of the local W. 0. T. U. are in attendance to-day at meeting with Mrs. George Huntington, Mansfield Depot. By best accounts all the sick mentioned last week are on the gain. Geo. Lyon is l getting along quite we'll with his broken leg.
 \ Many have been the falls on the icy roads and walks of late. Among them was that of a gentleman oa his way to New Haven, Monday.
 On recent dark night, a party of Swedes and others returning from Staf. ford Springs or vicinity to Buff Cap, drove into Willimantic river. No serious damage resulted.
 The very indictment weather last Sum- day prevented a service in the Congrega- tional church, although the minister re- ported fas duty. Services were held at the Baptist church.
 | Stephen Lockwood of Willington and Adelaide Buckminster of Rockville were married Jan. 26th, at the house of the bridegroom's father, O. D. Lockwood, by Rev. Charles H. Brown. We have been prompt and painstaking in announcing the time, topics, etc., of the grange meetings since it's organiza- tion We give notice of the regular meeting tomorrow night. when. it is ex- pected, installation of, officers will take place.
 There are families, all the members of
 which are animated by the same intere ts
 who echo each others praises or condem- nations, are alike cold or hot-all seem- ing to possess the same mental and moral
 mechanism "a "mush of concession" It f |
 unanimty.
 The board of relief closed their sessions for the year last Monday. Ttere WAS only one appearance for "relief" before the board, and that was the case of an alleged pagtially blind person, who, not
 being ''aggrievrd by the doings of the , assessors." had standing in court | hn cr.1 h.,11 ha% fA
 der the statute to act in the premises.
 Rev. Leonard Smith of Spring Hill will preach Tor the pastor of the Baptist church next Sunday afternoon, at the hall D in South Wilmington, the latter having a
 part assigned him at the exercises on that day in Warr+nville. These two churches used to fraterniza a good deal
 in the years agone, and it may be that, , even now, In this ice period, there are.
 persons in this vicinity who will attend
 this anniversary. Hence we clip the fol
 lowing notice from the Willimantic Jour- nal:
 The date of the golden jubilee of the Baptist church has been changed from 2 the 23a to the Both of January. Printed f programs of the occasion will be put out a the early part of next week. The public
 is most heartily invited to these services U Sunday morning and evening. Rev. c. H. Brown of Willington, C ne of the ablest !. Baptist clergymen in the state, will
 preach in the evening.
 South Wilmington Correspondence. Ms, Mary Muhdell has been quite sick
 She is under the care of Dr. Johnson. Now is the time to get up your sleigt party. As the snow will not stay with us
 long we had better take the first oppor
 tunity. Who'll go ahead?
 Owing to the absence of Pastor Browr next Sunday, Rev. Leonard Smith O :, Spring Hill will preach in the hall. MT Brown will preach at the exercises il honor of the anniversary of the Baptis
 church at Warrenville.
 Last Sunday morning, owing to tho z, slushy weather, number of the mel came home from the barber shop vel prepared to keep their coat-tails out o , the wet. One of them was extensivel,
 advertising Portland star matches ant sweet caporal cigarettes.
 Elmer Macfarlane fell and hurt himsel quite badly one day last week. He wa Ic walking on the curbing by w. H. Hall' 5. house, and in some way he fell and cut Is deep gash in his forehead. The traine
 nurse at Origin Halls sewed up tn g wound, and it is now healing rapidly.
 The South Willington literary and de batting society held meeting in the hal
 Tuesday evening. Thomas Bailey Aid k rich was the literary subject, and a mum 3. Der of his poems were read. The debat y was on the question-"Resolv 'n beauty is of more worth than usefulness.
 The debaters in the affirmative were Mis- D. Rose Hall and Rev. c. H. Brown; in th d negative, Miss Callie Hopkins and Geo
 w. Bracket. The debate was very iI J. teresting. The judges, Miss Nellie Mol al rison, w. H. Buckingham and Georg It Worden, decided in the negative by
 vote of two 10 one.
 TOLLAND. 'e High grade secondhand piano fc sale. A bargain. Prof. Jordan Staffor z. Springs.
 ln Mir. aud Mrs. Greenwood Deavden hay B. another son.
 IT The endeavor society will hold socit al at E. s. Agard's on Friday evening. e- Miss Florence E Agard is the guest (
 friends in Fall River, Mass, for a fe
 days.
 al Miss Harriett Tilden and her niece, ,wh 'e- nave been spending several weeks