The Press., 1898-03-31
Regular meeting Of the w R. G. to-


for the short vacation.
Reuben Converse made business trip
to Hartford yesterday.
Ralph Richards spent Sunday at his
home in Woonsocket, r. /.
8Dr. John L. Sullivan is home from
Philadelphia on vacation.
Miss Leila Foster is home from Smith
college for the spring vacation.
Miss Martha Sibley is spending few
days at her home in Sterling, Mass.
Fred and Oscar Meyers have purchased
new Rambler tandem of H. o. Butter
field.
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Warren of Gilead,
visited friends in town the first of the
week
Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Dennis enter
tanned the Amenity whist club Tuesday
evening.
Adelbert Needham will sell a car load
of horses at his stables at Willimantic
next Thursday.
Surveyor Gard Of Willimantic is at
work surveying for the macadam road to
be laid this year.
Miss Bertha Rider of Boston is the
guest of her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Reuben Edgerton.
Deputy Revenue Collector J. V. Squier
of Windsor Locks was in town yesterday
on official business.
The Merry go-round whist club will
meet next Tuesday evening with Charles
and Miss Lefty Meyers.
The Woman's Auxiliary, of Grace
church, will meet with Mrs. Chamberlin
tomorrow afternoon at $50.
Fred Sanford is expected to return from
the Adirondaeks about April goth. He
still continues to gain in health.
Arthur Moore of Willima7tic, who runs
coffee and tea route in this vicinity, has
moved to the Page block on Main street.
The annual rental of the M. E. church
pews for the year commencing April 1st,
will take place Friday evening, at 7.3O,
sharp.
w. H. Corbin moved this week from j.
F. Chamberlin's house on School street to
Mrs w W. Lathrop's house on Grant
avenue.
Miss NJ E. David has returned from
New York and Boston, and she will
have her millinery opening tomorrow and
Saturday.
The personal property of the late VIM
X Davis will be sold at auction at his
residence, near Orcuttville Saturday,
April 8, at 10 a. m.
Street Commissioner Adams has had q
gang of men at work the past week clean.
ing out the cutters and Sticking up the
streets of the borough.
Mr.. Dickson, formerly superintendent
at the Warren Wooden company, has been
in town this week, and has hired severed
operatives to go to Danielson to work.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Fenton of Orange,
Mass, were in the borough over Sunday.
His father, Dexter Fenton, returned to
Orange with him Monday morning to
spend few days.
Lewis Mclaughlin moved from Miss
Hollis house on Grant Avenue this week
to the house on Highland Terrace recent
ly purchased by his mother, Mrs. James
Mclaughlin, of j. v. Squier.
The debate at the Haymarket Square
club last evening on the question RE
solved, that man is intellectually superior
to woman" was much enjoyed. The la
dies won the debate for the affirmative on
the merits of the argument, while the
club vote on the merits Of the question
was for the negative.
At the joint meeting of the court of
burgesses and board of relief, held last
Thursday evening, it was voted to in
struct the clerk to return the books to
the assessors for correction. The asses
sors have given the soldiers the exemp-
ton required, and everything will now
move along smoothly.
Short calendar session of the April
term will be held at Rockville Tuesday,
April IL, at 10 o'clock, and at Tolland in
the afternoon. State Attorney Reed is
busy making preparations for next term,
which promises to be a busy one. Two
adultery cases and one of an attempt to
rape are the only criminal cases from
this town.
An adjourned meeting of the directors
of the agricultural society will be held
Saturday afternoon at four o'clock. AT
this meeting plan for new grand stand
will be submitted. The society has def
nitely decided to have new grand stand
with larger seating capacity, and it will
be placed little farther west than where
the present one stands
The sixth meeting of the Stafford Chris
tian Endeavor Union will be held in the
Congregational church next Tuesday, at
$50 p. m. Order of service: Devotional,
led by Miss Mena Adams; business; re-
ports of the different societies; discus
sion, The Relation of the Y P. S. C. E.
to the Morality of the Community, opened
by the West Stafford society; The Rela-
ton of the Y. P. S. G. E. to the Church,
opened by Staffordville society; How the
Y. P. S. G. E. Can Reach Its Ideal, by the
Y. P. S. G. E. of the Baptist church,
Stafford collation.. Evening, at 73O:
Song service; business, to be provided
for.
The Cemetery Association held it's an
nual meeting at the Business Mems room
Monday evening and reelected the old
board of officers. Andrew Wilton and
G. F. HARDWOOD were chosen committee
to investigate and fix the amount neces-
sary for the perpetual care of lot. The
treasurer's report was as follows:
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand at last report, S6.41
Received from sales of burial lots, $81500
Deduct from this the amount of
land certificates retired by ap-
plying same toward purchase
price, $3.50
Leaves the net cash receipts from such
sales, 222 80