The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-05-04

Inc HarCIOrQ COuFdnC says LndI w. IA
King of Willimantic acted as speaker af-
ter the first half hour yesterday as nat
urally as though he had had Reeds ex-
perience.
Between so and go lives were lost by a
cyclone at Kirksville, Mo-, last week
Thursday about $40 p. M, and over 100
persons were injured. Four hundred
buildings were levelled to the ground.
An excursion train on the Rochester
and Lake Ontario railroad, near Roches-
ter, N. Y, Sunday, was wrecked by run
ming off the track. Three persons were
killed and more than fifty injured, dozen
of them fatally.
A few years ago shad we're unheard Of
in the small streams running into the
Connecticut river, but quite good many
are being caught this year in Little River
as far as East Berlin. None were caught
there until after artificial propagation by
the fish commissioners was successful.
Lawyer J. E. Fiske of Rockville has
filed an appeal in the case of the United
States envelope company vs. the town Of
Vernon, in which the Judge gave decision
In favor of the latter. Mr.. Fisk has now
associated with him in the case Lewis
Sperry of Hartford. The notice of appeal
was filed on Monday.
The receivers of the Central Vermont
railroad ended their jurisdiction over the
properties and employees of that corpora
ton at st. Albans, VT, Sunday night,
and the officers of the new company, the
Central Vermont railway, took formal
possession at once. Employees of the old
company were retained in service until
further notice. The new officers thus far
appointed show a predominance of men
familiar with Grand Trunk policies, which
corporation owns two thirds of the stock
of the Central Vermont. E. H. Fitzhugh,
general manager, comes from the Toronto
division of that road. r. II. Ingram,
treasurer, has been stationed in Montreal
as assistant treasurer. George D. Reeve,
who has added the supervision of the new
company's traffic to his present RESPONSE
bilities will be represented in St. Adams
by John Pullen of the Grand Trunk.
President E. G. Smith and Auditor M. M.
Reynolds were reelected at the directors
meeting last week. Charles M. Hayes of
| the Grand Trunk is the chairman of the
executive committee and Charles M.
Wilds of the same road has been appoint
ed solicitor, with headquarters at st. AL
bans. Mr.. Hayes will only exercise a
general supervision from his Office In
| Montreal.
The many friends in this vicinity OF
Harry P. Back of Danielson, who was
born and brought up in Union, were
pleased to hear of his appointment as Ia
Dor commissioner last week by Gov.
Lounsbury. Mr.. Back is son of Roscius
Back of Union and brother of Lawyer
r. H. Back of Athol, Mass, formerly OF
| Stafford Springs. He is 80 years of age
| and received his education at the Hitch
| cock high school, Brimfield, and Boston
University, where he received the degree
| of B. A. He was elected member OF
/ the general assembly In 1896 from his
native town Of Union. In May, 1897, he
opened law Office in Danielson and was
appointed prosecuting attorney for the
town Of Killingly. Mr.. Back provided
funds to acquire his education at different
times by editorial work on the Boston
Globe, the Nashua IN. H. Republican,
| the Worcester Post and Lowell Mail.
The appointment is for four years from
July 1st, and the position pays $4,000 a
year. There Is bill before the general
assembly to reduce the salary to $4,000.
There were large number of aspirants
for the commissionership, including Col.
Horne, the present commissioner, and
his chief clerk, Mr.. Ives, of Norwich, and
ex-State Treasurer Grosvenor OF Pomfret.
Gov. Lounsbury's veto Of the appro-
priation of $1,000, for distributing Con-
necticut reports ut the worlds fair, was
unanimously sustained by the house last
Thursday. s-
The committee on agriculture has re-
ported a bill which changes the name OF
Storrs agricultural college to Connecticut
agricultural college. 1t also provides
that whenever library shall be built it
shall be known as Storrs library, in men,
DRY Of the founder. The third provision
is that there be an additional trustee
elected by graduates by ballot, under the
supervision of the trustees. The bill was
passed by theghouse Wednesday.
The senate has passed in concurrence
the following appropriations: 5,O0C
for the support and education of the
blind providing fine of $500 for a can.
| didate at an election counting votes pro.
viding state bounty of 80 for foxes; a
law to prevent the tearing up of the roots
of trailing arbutus.
The appropriation committee has re-
ported unfavorably on appropliating $780,
600 to Storrs agricultural college for a
library, also $4,000 for cottages al
Storrs. The latter was tabled for the
calendar.
The legislature passed a bill which al
lows licenses at $12 a year to druggists
in no license towns to use liquor In com.
pounding prescriptions and to sell 1t or
prescriptions.
Does Coffee Agree With You?
II not, drink Grain-O-made from pure grains.