The Press., 1899-06-08
COVENTRY.
South Coventry. fTha ReristAr ia on sale ait the nost Offica aacl

! the first of the week to stay few days. Mrs. Crawford and daughter spent last Sunday with MT. and Mrs. F. P. Williams. Miss Kate Donahue returned home last | Thursday from visit to her sisters in Baltic.
 Mrs. Frank Kelly and baby have been spending few days with Mrs. Kate Kelley.
 MT. and Mrs. o. T. Babcock were the guests of MT. and Mrs. E. F. Hull last Sunday.
 MT. Miller of Monson, who has charge of the water works there, was in town last Monday.
 Last Friday afternoon Miss Mabel Tracy entertained party of friends, who took tea with her.
 Wells s. Wilcox has obtained posi- tion in the office of the linen company at Willimantic, and is now located there. The South Coventry ball nine played the Hop Rivers at Hop River last Satur- day. The score was II to 10 in favor of the Coventrys.
 Last Thursday afternoon Mrs. B. W. Phillips and daughter, Mrs. Stillman, with her little daughter, called at the home of Mrs. Garcilla Phillips.
 MT. and Mrs. Lord of South Manches- ter came to this town last Sunday on their wheels and spent the day with Mrs. Lords mother, Mrs. H. M. Kelley. =. MT. and Mrs. Marshal Tilden of Wash lington, D. O., called on friends in town last Sunday. They are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Eugene -Tilden in Willimantic. l The selectmen are having new iron bridge put in below Henry Albro's. Last Friday, while working, the derrick fell on Leander Willis, crushing his leg badly. About twenty-five of the D. A. R. of Willimantic met last Monday at the home of Mrs. Addison Kingsbury and held their meeting, after which refreshments were served.
 Children's day will be appropriately observed in the Congregational church Sunday evening. A cordial invitation is extended to all who will to bring flowers in the morning.
 Mrs. Frank Jenkins and daughter, Miss Helen, of Atlanta, Ga., arrived at Mrs. Jenkins home in this town last week, where they expect to spend the greater part of the summer.
 The A. O. U.W. took in one new mem Der at their meeting last Monday evening and received two new applications. Ice cream and crackers were served after the | meeting. There were about thirty pres | ent.
 | Quite a number of the members of the W. c. T. U. of this place attended the meeting of that body in Willington last Thursday. The meeting proved to be a very interesting one, and undoubtedly filled the local union with enthusiasm. | J. s. Morgan is getting the signatures of number of the citizens who are will ing to take stock in the new water works. I He already has about $2OOO subscribed l The town is very much in need of new water works, and will be greatly bene- ! fitted by them.
 | Il society will give literary entertainment l consisting of two dialogues, one by the members of the Endeavor, entitled "Aunt Susan Jones'" with the following cast o characters:
 Aunt Susan Jones, an oldlady fl iron the country Mrs. Markley, city merchants wife,
 Arapel1a Markley, her daughter,
 Anna Wilson, Mrs. Markley's niece, Miss Ella Boyntor
 Montgomery Whit, The other dialogue, entitled'"The Miss ing Essay" is by the members of th' junior society mostly.
 ! F. B. Hull of this town has latel'
 brought suit against Fred K. Lane anc
 Alden Solmans of Norwalk, of whom h.
 lately bought a restaurant, which is sit
 uated on West Houston street in Ney York city. The plaintiffs complaint i
 that Lane and Solmans very much mis represented the business to him. sayin,
 that they cleared $2O0OO in about tw
 years. Were such the case, the profit
 fell off thousands of dollars under ney
 management. The counsel in the cas are as follows: H. A. Hull and w. F. M Rogers of New London for the plaintiff and Hon. Samuel Fessenden of Stamfor
 and Hon. Charles Phelps of RockvilI
 for the defendant.
 (From another correspondent.) , Dr. P. H. Edwards is to remove t r New York July 1st.
 e MT. and Mrs. J. V. B. Prince are at tn q Babcock homestead for the summer. I Arthur Topliff of Willimantic and Ere # Topliff of Wauregan arrived at their fatf - CT, H. F. Topliff's, at midnight Saturda, and spent Sunday in town. Bicycle triE
 in the evening are very popular. Not for lack of fertilizer, but for e scriptural reason, "because there is I
 depth of earth" and the need of rain V the reason the grass on the green is ye ,n low, is the report of prominent membe u of the 5. 0. l. A.
 The school meeting called in distri '- No. 3. last Saturday evening, was a. journed to Friday evening of this wee D Election of officers, repairs, payment
 district indebtedness and consolidate n are ttemized in the warning. l. Owing to the condition of her healt l, Mrs. Lydia Mason declined renominatie st as president of the S. 0. I. s., which D
 sition she had filled since its organiz
 tion,. and Dr. W. L. Higgins was elect,
 to that position at the annual meetil ls Saturday evening.
 Mrs. Julia Bicknell vacates the ten 'i ment at Queen Corner Saturday, al IL moves into Mrs. R. B. Wilson's tenemer
 vacated by Mrs. Emma Grant; MI l. Grant will occupy Theron Dunham y house near the corner of Nathan Hale ceI
 etery. Theron Durham has removed I the house which he recently purchased
 the widow of his father. A. s. PARKE
 The attention of our readers. partic 'n larly those interested in the education