The Press., 1899-10-12
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
items of local interest taken from the columns
Of The Press, thirty years ag0.l
Oct. Is. 1859.

Dexter Moore has raised the frame Of a
new house (two story with elD on his lot
lately purchased of DR.. G. B. Newton, on
the new road.
s. e. Fairfield has bought Of Sidney F.
Needham the lot of 8 acres Of moving
land, lying east of the residence of II. E.
Chamberlin-price$ 1400.
Austin Holt has sold his stock of dry
goods to L. HI. Dennis. Mr.. Holdridge
will now occupy the whole of the store
lately occupied by Holt. Mr.. Dennis re-
Gently returned from England, where he
went In company with Ohio Brown to dis
pose OF patent right. Mr.. Brown re-
mains In England to manage the patent
and to purchase goods for Mr.. Dennis.
We have had daily mails from both the
north and south ever since the cars were
stopped by the freshet, thanks to the en-
terprise OF e. E. Butterfield, who has
made daily trips to Palmer, and of Post
master Wilton, who made regular trips
to South Coventry with a hand Car until
the cars resumed their regular trips.
M. r. West, who has for many years
practiced law In this town, and in various
ways been identified with the growth and
prosperity Of the town, will on or about
the first of November remove to Hartford,
where he will form copartnership with
d. s. Calhoun. Mr.. West first began the
practice of his profession In Stafford, and
has built up large practice here. His
removal from the town will be sincerel,
regretted. His office in this town will b.
taken by r. d. Dawson, who has prac
ticed law for he last welvn year in col
chester. Mr.. West advetti-es his place
on East Main street FOE sale at auction
next Wednesday.
There is plenty "f water now. and all
the mills are dri,i business. Part OF
the mills at Staffor lvile were stopped for
want of water previous to late rains. The
Granite mill had to stop one week for re
pairs after the food. Also the Loom
company, and M. NJ. johnson & G" =
thr ad works were laid up some days for
pairs. Preston, d Ennis & Co., Smith &
Chandler, and most of the West s, afford
manufacturers, who lost dams, are hurry
ing up the work of rebuilding them, and
as the selectmen and the railroad com.
pany are after all the spare help to repair
their thoroughfares, 1t follows that there
l. sharp competition in the labor market
The road in the Springs village is being
repaired under the supervision OF Edwin
Wolcott In Stafford the first estimates
n of damage were genel ally too high. Prob
y ably $4,000 will cover the entire loss
y loss falls upon small manufacturers, VIII
u are i'll able to bear 1t. The large com
: panies generally escaped with little dam
:, age. The fact that the reservoirs at Stat
I fordville we're empty at the commence
II ment of the rains, and we're not filled un
o til the rains Were oyer, prevented NOR
, serious damage on that stream. Tn
!. gates at Square Pond outlet were raiset
to save the dam. and the food on tina
@ S ream was thus increased.
At Broad Brook the sudden breakin,
4 away of a dam near Ellington started
: terrible flood, which swept off tn dam a
r that place, undermining and carrying OF
the machine shop and a tenement house
, There were eleven persons in the house
seven of whom were drowned.
o MARRIED.-Glynville, October 6, 1869
by Elder l. b Potter, D. D. Baldwin AM
n Mrs. Sabra CIR fling, both of Stafford.
Y New Hartford, October 8, by Rev
: Alpheus Winter, Alvarado Howard O
I Stafford Springs and Julia II. Holcomb.