The Press., 1898-06-16
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| Orange were In town over sunday.
 Mir. and Mrs. E. L.. Burland of Holyoke arc among the summer arrivals at the | Springs House.
 Archer Simpson will go to Dover, N | H., tomorrow to spend the summer with his grandparents.
 II. R. Howard ls gaining slowly, but Is not yet able to walk. He Is at the May flower at MAshapaug.
 Mrs. Edward Baker and daughter, Miss Madeline, of Springfield, were guests of Mrs. G. H. Baker during commencement.
 Joseph Qulnlan has accepted posi- ton with the Springfield News company, | and will commence his duties the last of | the week
 W. M. Crawford is doing quite a whole sale business in flavoring extracts of his own manufacture, and is receiving many compliments on the quality.
 Mrs. M. II. Hewitt and daughters; | Misses Jennie and Josie, left town to-day | to spend the summer with friends in whitingsville, Worcester, Providence, and Narragansett.
 Miss Bertha Heald, the Misses Wash burn, Miss Clara Ellis, Miss Gertrude Wightman, Miss Beth Sprague and sever al others are to go to Mashapaug for a brief interval of camp life.
 | Next Sunday will be observed as chill dren's day at the Congregational church. In the morning there will be appropriate services and baptism, and in the evening a concert by the children. All are cor dially Invited.
 Teachers and scholars of the high school formed a party of about 50, and held picnic at Fosters grove in Masha- paug yesterday. The trip was made in Gary's 'busses. The weather was per- feet, and a quiet, enjoyable day is report cd.
 l A. W. KIngsbury has the contract to erect a saroophagus of Barre granite for A. K. Morse of WillImantic. It Is to be highly polished and will be placed in the local cemetery He has also set up a Hartung.
 Grace Church Notes Rev. George R. Warner, rector of St. Thomas church, Hartford, will exchange with the rector next Sunday. Holy communion next Sun. day at 7.30 a. m. The sermon at the Sunday evening service will be omitted during the rest of the warm weather.
 Prof. T. F. Jordan Is moving his stock of musical instruments from the llbrary building to Taft's block on Main street
 where he will occupy part of Dlo's store
 Mir. Jordan is to have charge of tho anu ements at Forest Lake In Palmer this summer in addition to hIs other duties.
 The case of Ida Kuslansky against
 Joseph Soholnik, to recover S100, tha
 the plaintiff alleges was wrongfully SC. cured from her by Schonik, Is to come uI
 In the superior court the 22nd. Lawyers
 Reed and King will appear for the plain tin and Lawyers Danahey and Thayer for the defendant.
 | Benjamin Barr of Staffordville came before the court Monday morning. charg ed with breach of the peace, intoxIcatior six months at Holland. His term will amount to about eight months, as he had q small fine and costs that will have to be worked out.
 An entertainment will be given at Grace church next Wednesday evening. There Is to be a flag drill by 12 young women, a nursery maids' drill by ten little girls and Little Grandmother's'' exercise by eight little girls. There will be music. Ice cream and cake, will be served for 10 cents. Admission 10 cents.
 A peddler did quite business selling skirts in the north part of the town last week. The man said that they were SC cheap that A. W. Walker had bought ot
 him to sell again. This Is not the frs
 time that MT. Walkers name has beer
 used to sell goods In a similar manner
 and he decidedly objects to the plan. he can get trace of the man he will prose cute him.
 Henry o. Butterfield got bad fall iron his wheel last Thursday evening. He wa returning from the band concert at tn Hollow about ten o'clock in the evening
 when the forks of his bike broke of nea , the hub. He was going along at fai road gait and fell on his face. His Ii
 was badly cut, several teeth were loos
 ened and his chin was damaged. Tn force of his fall rendered him uncon
 scions, and when he came to he shoul dered his wheel and walked about tw
 miles to the village before he receive medical attendance.
 ' The town meeting last Monday was at
 tended by about forty voters. w. H Black acted as chairman. The followiu,
 resolution was offered by Alvarado How ard: That the sum of $15O0 be and tn ' same Is hereby appropriated for the pun pose of completing the macadam roa
 from the east end of present contract, o IL the east road leading from Stafford Hol
 low to Stafford Springs, to the north sid 0 Of East Main street In said Staffor :, Springs, and the selectmen are hereby in n structsd to draw an order on the to VI
 treasury for said sum of $500, payabl b to the borough of Stafford Springs, whe said road Is completed" Quite a spirit l. ed discussion followed, J. H. Reed, Flrs SelectmAn J. A. Foster, Alvarado How :, ard, k. c. Pinney, F. H. Cady, Jaco ' Glover and E. Y. Fisk taking part. MT g Hastings of the firm of B. D. Pierce, Jr. 6 & Co.,, the builders of the road now bein if completed, was present, and was calle
 upon a number of times for informatio as to the cost of the work, grading, etc
 The resolution wac passed by a vote of 2 r. to II. The chief objection to the extend n Ing of the road was on account of tn
 amount of money to be paid out this year y in consequence of the two sections bein e completed this summer. Those in favo n of the road advocated that the road coul d be built much cheaper this year on aC
 count of the plant for macadamIzIng b, !" ing at hand, and the survey as ordered b y the state commissioner, which change .e the grade much more than was though D. to be necessary, would not have to be fo