The Press., 1898-12-01
MANSFIELD,

MANSFIELD. Fred Colburn and family of Atwood vile have moved to South Wilmington, where he has found employment. L. G. Perkins filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy with the clerk of the United States district court last week Wednesday. Tho petitioner says that he is salesman of trees and that he has lived in Mansfield for forty eight ye,rs.
 As Dr. and Mrs. E. G. Sumner of Mansfield Center were driving Thanks giving night, the harness broke and horse and carriage became entangied, upsetting the carriage and throwing the occupants out. Dr. Sumner succeeded in preventing l tho z5rea from running and both he and Mrs. Sumner escaped with only a severe shaking.
 | Gurleyville.
 | William Ingals of Abingdon was in Gurleyville last week.
 Louis Ingalls, of Abingdon called on friends here last Saturday. | Miss Winifred E. Durham is the guest of her friend, Miss Ina Potter, of Willi-
 mantle.
 Edwin H. Griggs of Elliott has been on
 8 hunting trip in this vicinity and at Westford.
 Charles Crabb of Norwich spent Thanks
 giving with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. C..
 W. Crabb.
 Mrs. O.. H. Conant, who has been sick
 for some time, had physician from Nor
 wich last week, who gave her quite a
 little encouragement.
 Ernest J. Durham, who has been having
 a vacation, has returned to his work at
 Alfred Oden's, where he has been em.
 ployed in the store for the past two years.
 The snow storm of Saturday night and
 Sunday was the worst snow storm thai
 we have had in this vicinity since the
 blizzard of '8s. The roads were impass-
 able so that there was no mail Monday. Mir. and Mrs. Robert Latour, who have
 been at their old home in Gurleyville since September, left Gurleyville last
 Friday for Worcester, where they will spend the winter, after a short visit witt relatives in Willimantic and Putnam. } Among the number that spent Thanks ; giving among there relatives were Johr w. Duham and family with Mir. Dunham'l brother, Frank Durham, at Willimantic F. c. Durham and family with Mrs , Dunham,s mother, Mrs. Martin, at Chap lin; Andrew Ide and family with thei } son, Dwight W. Ide, at Willimantic; A } E. Sumner and family with MT. Sumner' mother at Eastford; and H. A. Nasol and family with Mrs. Nason's mother , Mrs. E. s. Barlow, at Westford. T Mansfield Depot. Miss Mabel Dimmock Is visiting in
 Hartford.
 , Walter Oldershaw of Hartford has beel , home for few days.
 Mrs. s. D. Carr of Brockton, Mass, 5 visiting at o. B. Carpenters. ii Messrs. Elisha and Harry Botham o , Providence are the guests of A. E. Both , am.
 . Edwin Maine of Hartford was tn , guest of his sister, Mrs. Mary Dimocl B over Thanksgiving. .... Among the Thanksgiving guests her a were MT. and Mrs. Loren Avery and niec 8 of Stafford, at Mrs. Mary Durkee's; Mrs Q Libby Bolles of Willington and Mis- D Grace Snow of Jewett City, at Davi t Shows; Messrs F. B. and J. P. Smith 0 d Hartford at Merritt Smiths. @ Hillside hall with its present goo ,- management is getting to be an attract y i've place, especially for all lovers of goo s dancing, as was shown by the large crow 8 which attended the dance given Thanks t giving evening. A number of surround
 ing towns being represented by larg
 lparties. A few couples from Rockvill v were present. The hall being SO crowde Il much credit is due 0. W. Badger for hi ' satisfactory floor management. Garvey
 orchestra which furnished most excelleI
 music was ably assisted by F. J. Lyncl cornetisr of Stafford. Many expression
 of satisfaction and . pleasant time wei !, heard from all sides as the party brof up in the wee small hours and wende
 their way homeward.