The Press., 1898-12-01
Regular sssaIon Of wauseon Lodge, I

k. A. NJ, next Wednesday evening.
 Mrs. Wm. o. Avery will go to Cam bridRe, Masa, this week to spend the winter with frienas. t
 Carl Adams returned from Catskill, N. Y., Monday, after a visit of several days with his friend, Fred Horn. ....
 Mice Tereea Clark, who Is teaching in Ware, was in town last week for the Thanksgiving vaoatiOn, and returned to her duties the first of the week.
 So much snow was piled along Main street after ths sidewalks were cleared that team and shovellers were engaged nearly ali day Tuesday removing the sur plns.a ar$ "a
 Corporal K. W. Muzzy of the First New York volunteer engineers, formerly of stAaord Springs. has arrived at his home m Bristol in good health, after his trip to Porto RiOo. tri -g.t
 The borough caucus will hs held at borough ham next "Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock, for the nomination of borough osnlcials. The borough election will be hel,i the Monday following. Misa Inca A. Daniels, a graduate of the .wllllrnantic Normal school, and formerly . teacher in this town, has . position In weostsb She spent Thanksgiving week at her home In Mend9n, Macs.
 The klrmess last week at st. Edwards was quite successful. There was a good attendance eacA svenlng. and the enter tAinunent progrAm gas thoroughly en' ioysd. The eross receipts amounted tc e425. The society will clear about $35o
 John Y. Wood, who has been orRanist and dlrector of the choir at the M. E. church for the past ten yeafB, has resign ed hts position, and Miss G. A. Washburr has beep engaged b take the position o orxanist and L. S. Converse will be tho ehoristrr. f- r-.
 Rev. r. 8. Hatch of Monson came her' laat Saturday evening to occupy the pull pit at the Congregational church Sunday morning. owing to the weather no ser vices were held. Rev. E. W. Bishop who went to Monsori to officiAte for Mir Hatch, also had vacation for the sam' reasoD.
 The war-A.Ciraft has been booked fol the opera house for Saturday evening O next week. The entertainment consisti of a series of pictures life-size and in mo ton, showing exciting events of the lat war. The .entertAlnpent was given fl Putnam Thanksgiving, and gave good sat lsfnction in that town.
 Attorney s. B. Harvey of Willimanti brought little Esther Phelps before Justic Danahey last Friday, in behalf of the hu mane society, on the charge of being neglected child. The little gitl was com mltted to the temporary home al Vernon where she will rsceiye care that shoul' have been given her at her own home.
 The Young Men's Literary society me at the home of Rev. J. l. Bartholomew Tuesday evening. The subject for de bate was, Resolved, that George Wash InRton was better president than Abra ham Lincoln" Louis Stevens and Jess Clifford took the negative, and Raymon Eaton and Sidney Siswick the affirmative The decision was for the affirmative. A the next meeting the following will re ceIve attention: Resolved, that cit. girls are greater in the country thai country girls are in the city.", G.avern Dimock and George Ford will take tn affirmative, and Willie Benton and Geo slswick the negative. e.A..
 c. 8. Baker has been securing subscrip tons for the purpose of purchasing a ne' bell for the ConRregational church tower The present bell is not considered larg enough nor of the right tone, and is use for fire alarm and the town clock. Tn present bell was purchased in 1857. Tn money for the same was secured by sui scription. &4O0 was pledged, and th bell cost $877. Among come of the large subscriptions to the same were; A. W Porter, @15O; c. M. Ives, $50; 5. Nev ton, S9O; L. W. Crane, e15; Wn Smith, @1O; ThraIl & Rowland, DIG Farley Converse, $10; Chas. Fox & Co e1O; Mineral Springs Mfg Co.,, $10; ( H. Baker &10; Chauncey Smith, $5; l P. McGregory, S6; Geo. F. Lucas, St W. c. Fowler, &6; D. B. Bacon, $6; f T. Small, &5; Wm. A. Foster, $5. Whe the flood came In 1877 and the churC was carried away the beTl was found the lower part of the Springs House law
 without a crack, and was placed in u
 belfry of the new church. Mir. Bak,
 has secured subscriptions for about &30 It will be necessary to secure about S1i
 more to purchase bell that will be
 meet all of the requirements. -~- The worst storm since the blizzard
 'Ss started last Saturday, and continue through the night and nedkly alfday Sh
 day. About 16 inches of snow fell, ar
 the high wind that accompanied the dow
 fall made huge drifts. People stald their homes Sunday, and but little effo was made to clear paths, as 1t was evide
 that the snow wpnldsdrift in about as ia
 as It was .shagelKed put. No.sttempt VI
 made 10 hold hdrch services esCePt the Catholic chitfeh. LateBunday afte
 noon Bolieau was out with a four-hOrs
 team, and some of the more venturesou
 were out on horseback during the da
 Monday morning dawned clear and col , with everything snow-bound,' The hig
 ways and railroad were impossible, al , progress on foot was slow and tiresom
 Householders and business men got O with their shovels, and by noon the sid . walks on the principal streets were pat 2 able. The snow-plow from the north 2 through early, in the forenoon, and t
 first train from the north dragged . about 10 o'clock with enough enow } the engine and car platforms to show th the drifts around state Line were of abO
 the usual slze. The first train from [ } south arrived at about 1.SO.i Two C 1 gines were attached, and this train al showed signs of hard Stkuggle throul : the anow The stm0nn did not show