The Press., 1898-11-17
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

E. l.. Burr has been in New York on a business trip this week.
 Mrs. Adelbert Needham Is attending the horse show in New York.
 Henry M. Bartlett of WillImantic has been guest at tho Springs House part of the week.
 Superintendent Scott of the Stafford Worsted company was at WOonsocket, R. l., over Sunday.
 Rev. s. Grifiths of Sterling, Conn, with his son, Winfield s was the guest oI hIs brother over last Sunday.
 Attorney Danahey was called to Tol- land last Thursday to defend Richard KayIor, who was charged with illegal liquor selling.
 Mrs. George Lawton has gone to her old homo in WOonsocket, and will re- main until after Thanksgiving. Mir. Lawton will spend Thanksgiving there.
 Those who desire can get their Thanks. giving dinner at tho Springs House this year. There will be no advance on the regular price of fifty cents for the dinner, but Landlord Segar reserves the privilege of making all the Improvements on the monu that his experience and skill sug. gests.
 The town meeting Monday afternoon was attended by over sixty voters. K. O. Pinney acted as moderator. A tax of 90 mills was voted on list next to be made. Three hundred dollars was appropriated to the Stafford Library AssociAtion for tho purohAse Of books and the dlstribu. ton of the same. One hundred dollars was voted for the observance of Memorial day. The farm of Eugene D. Ellis ir west Stafford was changed from sohoo district No. i7 to No. 1S. The clause Ir the warning In regard to the manner O repairing the roads for the next thre. years, was acted upon by passing the fol lowing
 Resolved, That from and after Apri iat, 1899, the highways In the town, out side the borough of Stafford Springs shall be under the care and supervision o the following committee: Edwin O. Pin ney, Myron W. Leonard and Daniel L. Ellis, and they are hereby authorized tC act In the matter of the care of said high
 
 best for the interest of the town, ana their acts shall be valid as agents of tn, town in all matters pertaining to the re pair and maintenance of said highway and the seleotmen are directed to homo all orders drawn by said committee, oI the town, for labor, materials or supplies used or consumed In the care and main tsnnnce 0t the highways In said town a aforesaid, provided that said commltte shall not enter upon. or contract for, O begin any work (the regular repairs upoI the highways excepted), nor order, con tract for, nor purchase any article O property involving the expenditure O more than i've hundred dollars, withou the same shall have been directed and ai appropriation therefor made by the lega voters of the town Rt Q regularly warne, meeting. And the sum total of all sum expended, contracted for, or by said com mittee obligated, shall not exceed tn sum of Ave thousand dollars in an one year. And the term of service O said committee shall be for the period O three years, or until April 1, 1909. Tn selectmen of the town shall have car and maintenance of all bridges in tn town, excepting such as are known a sluices or oulverts said sluices and cuI verts shall be under the care and main tenRnce of the aforesaid road hIghwa committee, and shall be included In an maintained under the provisions and e1 penditures provided for the highway"
 The last two names of the road commit tee are members of the present board c Belectmen. A step in the right directIo has been taken toward the betteTment c our highway. Whom those having charg of the highways arc changed every year 1t Is almost impossible for any plan c mOdeTnizlng the roads to be carrie out, ms each newly elected board Is yer likely to undo any permanent improve ments which had been introduced c started by the previous board. IL Is e1 pected that the plan to be adopted Apr ist, next, will bs one of great advantag to the town. It was voted that the 6. leotmen be instructed to bring the matt. of consolidating the school districts { the town before the voters, at tn next annual town meeting, for action u on. The following minor town oglcel were appointed by the selectmen, Pour keepers, Lyman Cushman, c. o. Parkes ID. J. Glnzler, sealer of weights. JacS Glover; sealer of leather, K. c. Dennis wood measurers, J. W. Witt, A. 8. Eato K. N. Butteraeld, N. H. Pinney, K. Truesdell, H. c. Holt, E- J. Worthin ton, Charles Garyi public wsighers, O. Pinnsy, N. 0. Dennis, 6. B. Amado E. O. Truesdell, Charles Gary, w. Demond; haywards, Lyman Cushma II. w. Davis, Geo. O. CleavolAnd; se tons, c. Y. Eager, W. J. Thresher, H. olazler, John Kane, Frank Convers Wilbur Holmes, George Cooley, N. ! Gold, Homer Lord.