The Press., 1898-11-17
WILMINGTON.

ford last week.
 Hard and constant knocks bring suc- cess; no abracadabra will do it.
 Lena Whitford came from Willimantic recently for a brief visit at her home.
 Josiah c. Sparks was reelected deacon at the Baptist church meeting last Sun- day.
 L. Preston slipped while descending his cellar stairs last week, and was slight ly hurt.
 The adjutant of the G. A. R. post has mailed a notice to each member to be present at the annual inspection Saturday evening, 18th inst.
 The annual meeting of the Baptist so- oiety will be held in it's conference room Saturday evening, 18th inst. A full att tendance is desired
 Mrs. Della A. Rider returned to her home last Saturday. Miss Hattie c. Robbins was with her sister at the store and post office during her aunt's absence
 Why don't farmers raise the Gillifower apple more? It is seldom rotten or de- cayed at the core, and it is always grabbed for first when the fruit is displayed in the market
 Meeting of the local w. 0. T. U in the hall at South Wilmington Saturday after noon, 18th. Officers for the ensuing year will then be chosen. A full attendance
 is requested.
 w. D. Holman and wife and c. T..
 Preston and wife are attending the annual
 meeting of the board of management at
 the Holland County Temporary Home at Vernon to-day.
 It is requested that the grange Gre ception night" committee, F. w. Pratt,
 A. H. Eldridge, Mrs. J. B. Carpenter,
 Mrs. s. P. Morrison, meet at c. T. Pres toms tomorrow evening. The silver wedding of G. E. s. Amidon
 and wife was recently celebl ated. We
 are not in receipt of particulars Any ' way, their many friends wish them hap Epy journey on to the golden milestone, V and beyond.
 = A number of persons from this vicinity
 attended the ordination and installation
 exercises at Stafford Springs last week. - Those who attended in the afternoon
 would have been more comfortable had
 the meeting house been warmed. :, Benny Benton and wife and Miss Emma Leckler were thrown from their buggy n Sunday afternoon while on the way from U the Hill to Geo. A. Cosgrove's. The e former was bruised somewhat, Miss Leck. u Ter lost one or two teeth, while Mrs. Ben. ] ton escaped injury.
 u Bert D. Preston, eldest son of Joshua Il Preston, an invalid for many years, died at Colchester Sunday morning at the age l. of 63. The funeral was held there Tues. y day. He leaves widow. He went from Il here to Hartford in 1854, and had also 0 lived in Chicago, Ill. and Brooklyn, N. Y
 A special meeting of the local grange
 Is called for Tuesday evening, 22d inst.
 as reception night" when supper is tC
 be given to the fifteen members who have il been married since the organization oi
 the grange, five years ago. This meeting n will also mark it's fifth anniversary, the
 first visit of the county deputy occurring h Thanksgiving week, 1893. The connubi
 ality of the occasion will include the w n M, the w. O., our senator-elect and rep
 resentative-elect. The point to be noted Q in this connection is-If you want to gel
 married, join the grange! s A somewhat animated talk was had al
 the last meeting of the local Y. F. s. 0 " B. over the evenings topic, "Christiar | recreation" Dancing and card playing
 Sag toto, seemed to be condemned by tho a majority of Christians who spoke. Tht
 sexual aspect of the former position wal = prominently brought to view. The meet ,o ing was ably led by Mrs. A. D. Dimock
 Next Sunday evening the topic will be . Thanksgiving one, "Praise the Lord, '. Rev. s. W. Clarke leader. We are re - quested to say that that meeting, as vel
 as those following this winter, will begiI at 7 o'clock, sharp, an introductory prais - service occupying the first half hour. " Last Wednesday afternoon the boile n of the steam saw-mill on the Clarenc Mclean lot exploded with terrific force : the attendants miraculously escaping in a stant death or serious injury, the explo
 sion being upward. The cause and re =. sponsibility attending the accident ar = both problematical, J. L. Enc havin
 charge of the job and mill, and one Kel
 logg, of Holyoke, Mass, being the owI /. CT. The former, with his team, was a . some distance from the mill, and so re in ceived considerable injury. The mi :. had long and somewhat chequered ca T.. leer, and, we understand, had been ono = condemned. Among the succession ( owners are: Griggs, Ryder, Barrett l., Bramble and Downs. As evidence of tn
 force of the explosion, the shell wa
 whirled some twenty rods, bounding an q rebounding four or five times. The in mediate damage-to the mill itself-i
 some $175.
 H. South Wilmington COrrespOndence.
 Mainrstreet has received a top dressin mt of gravel.
 The company have stopped solicitin CT outside blacksmithing.
 The only thing lacking in the oyste he stews served on the Hill election day wa l.. the oysters.
 The horse recently owned by Miss Cha ed lotte Brigham has changed owners. Fran he Pobuda now furnishes the feed.
 w. E. Battye, who lost bull some tw lis weeks ago, has found the animal som 9vi seven miles from here, in the locality
 Storrs.
 ng Mrs. w. H. Nichols was called hurried 'es ly to the home of her mother in RhoC
 Island, Wednesday afternoon, her moth' le- being seriously sick.