The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1898-10-06
W.R. 6. meeting Friday evening.


fair week In town.
Frank Abbott of Poughkeepsie Is visit
Ing friends In town.
James Roache of Holyoke is spending
few days with his parents.
jeremiah McCrohan of Providence, for
merly of the borough, is at home for the
fair.
Harry E. Burwell received the twelve
dollar pipe which F. E. Fitzpatrick gave
away.
Napoleon Lambert of Bridgeton, Me-,
formerly of the borough, is at home for
the fair.
Benjamin Butler OF Springfield is among
the visitors at the fair who have lived
here formerly.
The repairs at the lookup have been
completed. The cells Lave been newly
painted and now look comparatively
cheerful.
John L. Sullivan leaves the last of the
week for Philadelphia, where he will CON-
tinue his studies In the Philadelphia Dem
tai college.
Station Agent Bumstead appeared
Monday morning with q new and tasty
uniform. New regulations have gone
into effect on the Central Vermont which
requires the employees to use certain ma
terial and color In their apparel.
There will be meeting Of the members
Of the Congregational church next SUM-
day, Immediately following the morning
service. A full attendance Is requested.
A special meeting of the Ecclesiastical
society will be held next week Wednes-
day evening.
The hand-car house recently erected by
the Central Vermont people near the
tank house has been taken down and
moved to point just above the Tolland
road crossing. The borough officials re-
quested that the building be covered with
cOrrOgated steel, and the railroId thought
1t would be cheaper to move 1t.
w. E. Demond has purchased several
large tracts of wood land in Union. His
purchase includes the Wales farm, the
Bugbee farm, and the Mellen Newell
place. He will set up steam mill which
will run all winter In charge of III. G..
Fiske. 1t will require eight mill settings.
Prescott NJ. Belcher of Staffordville
was arrested Thursday night on charge
of adultery, and arraigned before the SUI
perlOr court at Rockville Friday morn
ing and placed under $1,000 bonds for
appearance before the December term of
the superior court. Lawyer P. J. Dam
ahey appeared for the defendant.
An alarm of fire was rung In Friday
afternoon for fire near the fair grounds.
1t was at first feared that one of the fair
buildings was being destroyed. This was
not the case, however, as the fire proved
to be in barn owned by Pillanck Faba-
MO. The barn was destroyed but the
residence was saved. The loss Is esti-
mated at $500 and the insurance at $3.50.
At the meeting Of the descendants of
the Holmes family, recently held in East
ford, permanent organization was start
ed, with Dwight II. Cady of Springfield
as president, and A. w. Kingsbury as
secretary and treasurer. The next annu-
al meeting will be held at Tray Hollow,
next September. Among those who were
present at the last meeting were Mrs.
Robert Madams, Mrs. Chas. Hobby, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles FL. Hobby, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Thresher, all of Mansfield; Mr..
and Mrs. Dwight II. Cady of Springfield;
Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Kingsbury and Mr..
and Mrs. George Kingsbury of this town.
At session of superior court, held in
Rockville last Thursday, divorce was
granted Rosetta Needham of Stafford
from Miner G. Needham, of the same
town, on the ground of habltual intern
perance. The plaintiff was allowed to
change her name to Rosetta Agard. The
defendant did not appear. The divorce
case of Mary M. Belcher against Prescott
Belcher was not heard.
The need of better telephone facilities
In town has been felt for some time, and
in the near future thare will be two me-
tallic circuits in town. These circuits
will connect with the central office al
| Will1mantic, and communication among
the subscribers or with the outside world
will be very convenient. The instru.
ments will be fitted up with slots, so that
subscribers by dropping in their money
can communicate with outside cities
The rental of the same will be $18 per
year, which Is very reasonable for the
service to be rendered. One of the cir.
cults will include Stafford, and will go az
far north as the Phoenix mill at Hyde
vile. Enough subscribers have been Sc
cured to make the plan feasible, and 9th.
erS will be added later. Superintendent
D. F. Burritt of the electric light compa.
ny has been working for the plan, and
the prospect of the Improvement In the
near future Is largely due to his efforts.
The town election Monday resulted In
a majority of 100 for no license, the
largest majority ever given in the town
1t isavery evident that the lessons of the
past year were well learned. The repub
lican majority, using the vote for auditor
as test, is II, gain of one over last
year. The following table shows the
vote by districts, the successful candi
| dates being markad with q =