The Press., 1898-03-31
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Arthur Meyers is home from WorcesteI for the short vacation.
 Reuben Converse made business triT to Hartford yesterday.
 Ralph Richards spent Sunday at his home in Woonsocket, R. I. EDr. 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.
 Mir. and Mrs. Wm. Warren of Gilead visited friends in town the first of the week.
 MT. and Mrs. George l.. DennIs enter tained the Amenity whist club Tuesday evening.
 Adelbert Needham will sell car load of horses at hls stables at Willimantic next Thursday.
 Surveyor Card of Willlmantic Is at work surveying for the macadam road to be laid this year.
 Miss Bertha Rider of Boston is the guest of her grandparents, Mir. 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 2.30.
 Fred Sanford Is expected to return from the Adirondacks about April 20th. He still continues to gain in health.
 Arthur Moore of WilIima7tic, who runs a 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 7.30 sharp.
 W. H. Corbin moved this week from J F. .Chamberlln's house on School street to Mrs. W. W. Lathrop's house on Grant avenue.
 Miss M. k. David has returned from New York and Boston, and she will have her millinery opening tomorrow anc Saturday.
 The personal property of the late Wm K. Davis will be sold at auction at hi' residence, near Orcuttville. Saturday April 9, at 10 a. m.
 Street Commissioner Adams has had 6 gang of men at work the past week clean Ing out the gutters and sticking up tho streets of the borough.
 Mir. Dickson, formerly superintendent at the Warren Woolen company, has beer In town this week, and has hired severe operatives to go to Danielson to work.
 Mir. and Mrs. G. c. Fenton of Orange MRss., 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 Holt's house on Grant Avenue this week to the house on Highland Terrace recent ly purchased by his mother, Mrs. James of J. V. Squier.
 The debate at the Haymarket Square Hub last evening on the question Re 'olved, that man is intellectually superior o woman," was much enjoyed. The la- lies won the debate for the affirmative on he merits of the argument, while the dub 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, 1t 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 12, at 10 o'clock, and at Holland in the afternoon. State Attorney Reed is busy making preparations for next term which promises to be busy one. Two adultery cases and one of an attempt tc 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. Al this meeting a plan for a new grand stand will be submitted. The society has def nltely decided to have a new grand stand with larger seating capacity, and 1t 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, al 2.80 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. tion of the Y.'P. s. c. E. to the Church, opened by Staffordville society; How the Y. P. s. c. K. Can Reach Its Ideal, by the Y. P. s. c. E. of the Baptist church,  Stafford; collation.. Evening, at 7.30; Song service; business, to be provided for.
 The Cemetery Association held it's an. nual meeting at the Business Mems room Monday evening and reflected the old board of officers. Andrew Whiton and c. F. Harwood were chosen a committed 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, S64l Received from sales of burial lots, eS15.00 Deduct from this the amount Of
 land certificates retired by ap-
 plying same toward purchase
 price, ba2.6O Leaves the net cash receipts from such
 sales, 222 b( Received for opening graves, i2s.0i
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