The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-03-02
COVENTRY.

south Coventry.
cThe Register is on sale at the post ONCE each
w ek.}
Fred Topliff Is visiting at his home in.
this place.
Edwin Noble has gone to work in q
wooden mill In Mechanicville.
Mrs. Grace jennings has been visiting
In Windsorville, for the past few days.
Mrs. G. A. Purdy and her two children
are visiting at her home in Salem, Ct, for
few weeks.
Mr., and Mrs. John Rogers Of Noank
have been visiting at Mrs. Ellen Rogers
the past week.
Next Sunday is communion at the Con-
gregational church and Miss Bl anche
Collins Is to be admitted as member.
Mrs. Sweetinan and her daughter. Kate,
have returned home from an extended
visit with Henry Sweetrnan and family in
The members Of the M. e. church
school are preparing for an Easter concert
It will come the last Sunday in the con-
ference year and will undoubtedly be- q
very int resting exercise.
AT the meeting of Wangumbaug grange
last week, there was q very interesting
debate, the subject being s'Should the
schools in town consolidate ?" The judges
decided in favor of the affirmative side.
Yesterday morning Sheriff Dickinson of
Rock vile came and took Frank SQuires
to Toiland where he will await hts trial In
April. One of the -bondsmen changed his
mind and refused to go bond for Squires.
There were several of the young men
summoned to appear before Justice Rip
ley yesterday to testify whether William
Flaherity was guilty of selling hard cider
10 less than five gallon quantities Or not.
Flaherity pleaded guilty and was fined
ten dollars and costs which amounted to
about forty dollars.
The Junior Endeavor society are
making articles for fair which they are
in hopes to. held some time this month.
will be served. The children seem to take
great interest in preparing for the fair and
are very ambitions; they meet at the
parsonage every Saturday afternoon to
sew.
The members OF the G. e. society and
their friends met at the parsonage last
| week Wednesday evening. After the
business meeting the remainder OF the
evening was spent in playing games.
During the evening refreshments of cake
and coffee we're served. The society Is
preparing for LEAF" social to be held
in thevestry of the Congregational church
next Wednesday evening. Supper will be
served from six until eight for tea cents.
Mics Lucy Perkins went t. Willimantic
last Friday, having rec lived word of the
death OF her uncle Albert Roswell Moul-
ton, 70, a resident OF that place. He was
| taken with the grip and com plicati ms set
lin. He had been i'll little more than a
week. He leaves three daughters, Miss
EJaiia A. Moulton. Mrs. G.: HI. Colgrove OF
l:Wilhmantic and Mis-. F. II. LePard oil
Hartford. One brother, John Moulton
aud one sister, Mrs. l.: II. Brainard OF
Hartford also survive him.
TIL re was a horrible tragedy enacte |
in town q week ago last Saturday night
The victim was Daniel Minor, twenty Live
ayears of age and fellow who seemed to
always mind his own affairs: Minor with
friendsswent to spend the evening at Frank
Squires' where they got to drinking hare
lcider and playing cards. One OF the mer
was accused OF cheating, aud row en-.
1sued, In which twoeof the men were kick
FED out and sent home, and 1T Is supposed
at this time Minor was knocked insensiblt
and left in the snow: Sometime after
midnight he was picked up and carried
back to Squires' house, much agains
lSquires' will, where he was kept un
til Sunday morning when his folks were
notified of his whereabouts He wa.
taken home and DR.. Ross was summoned
BE found Minor in a comatose condition
having one side paralized. There was ,
bad scar on his temple and when Dr.
Ross saw that he could not possibly live
he sent for Medical Examiner Higgins
who arrived just before he died. Afte
leal ming the suspicious circumstance.
connected with Minors death, DIR. Hig
gins notified Coroner finger OF Rock willie
who came last Wednesday afternoon AIT
after viewing the body ordered an antops,
which took place Thursday. A bad tract
ure was found on the left side of the hea,
an on the right side about two ounces O
clotted blood. The latter was the caus
OF his death and also caused the left sid
Of his body to be paralized. Thursda
, afternoon an inquest was held at the tow
clerks Office, no one being admitted bu
1.-THE witnesses who were, VIM. Wilson
Charles Squires, George Batting, Guile
Potter and Frank Squires, also Margare
Minor, a sister of the dead man. The In
quest resulted in the arrest of Fran
Squires, who wa giving hearing bsfor
Justice Ripley last Friday morning, an
pleaded guilty to three charges whlc
were breach Of the peace assault an
murder In the second degree. He wa
then placed under bond of two thousan
dollars which he obtained. In the Al
counts, of the murder Of Daniel Mino
! which have appeared In several differen
, papers, the names of William and JOSEPH
Wildwood figure In with the witnesses a
thought they were present at the affai
which is not 80. They wish to have an
such statement contradicted as they wer
not present, nor did they know anything
about the ARRAY. VIM. Wildwood wa
q summoned simply to state at what hol
he waited upon ID. Minor In F. p. Wi
: liams' store, on Saturday evening.
(From another correspondent
George Avery, south street, is to ha'
v his new house heated by furnace.