The Press., 1900-10-11
Henry Bartlett is in town for a few

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r. w. Smith Is taking vacation OF
week In New York city.
Miss L. M. Eddy of New London is the
guest of the Misses Wilton.
The evening service at the Grace church
will be ommitted next Sunday.
Mrs. s. o. Benton of Fall River Is the
guest of Mrs. Augusta F. Taft.
Mr.. and Mrs. Munro Brown of Hartford
are the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
Helm.
William B. Fenton Of Palmer has been
visiting his brother, James ID. Fenton on
East Main street.
Superintendent Scott of the Stafford
Worsted company, was at Woonsocket,
r. l., over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warrington of Norwich
Town were the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. g.
A. Ray over Sunday.
A meeting of the w. @. T. u, will be-
held with Mrs. T. G. Lathrop Friday
afternoon at 8 O'Clock. ... .
Miss Florence Washburn Is the guest of
her friend, Miss Josephine Bartholomew,
at South Manchester. .-..
Miss Vineria Fowler of Mansfield De-
pot, has been visiting relatives In the
borough the past week.
Mrs. s. B. Bishop Is visiting friends In
Holyoke. She will return here and will
remain the balance of the month.
B.P. Cooley and Miss Margaret Cooley
attended the opening of the Quaboag
country club house at Monson saturday
evening.
Miss Emma A. Fabran of Waterbury, a
former resident of this village, Is visiting
for few days with Mr.. and Mrs. Freder-
lex Batz.
John Magner, boss dyer at the Faulk-
ner mill, has resigned his position and
has gone to Wilton, N. H., to take sim
liar position.
The annual meeting of the home and
foreign missionary society will be held at
the home of Mrs. g. H. Baker tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock.
Mayor G. L. Dean of Maiden, Mass.
was one of the vice presidents of the
Massachusetts state republican conven-
ton at Boston last week.
A dance will be held in the new addi-
ton to the No. thread mill at Whitman
tic tomorrow evening, and several COUP
les from here will attend.
Frank Carpenter, employed by Andrew
Wilton, is taking vacation of one week
at Bridgeport. His place In the store is
taken by Henry Holtham.
The annual meeting of the Ladies' Aid
society will be held next Tuesday at three
p. m., at the home of the president of the
society, Miss M. l. Newton.
| Hodgson & Smith, the proprietors OF
the new stove and plumbing establish
m ent In Converse's block, have an an.
nouncement in another column.
Nelson Towne, the well known free sill
yer advocate, Is receiving the congratula.
lions of his local friends on his election, as
one of the selectmen of Wilmington.
The Kings Daughters held the first
meeting of the season with Mrs. Charles
Butterfield Tuesday evening, The cleo.
ton of officers will come at the next meet.
ing.
A large coon hunt has been planned
and will take place the first fair night
The party will go In barges, and a thor
ough search will be made of Soapstone
mountain and vicinity. The indications
are that 1t will be the hunt of the season
There Is strike of the freight handlers
Of the Central Vermont railroad at New
London now In progress, but as far as
can be learned no delay has been expert
enced in town on the arrival of New. Y ORR
freight.
Mrs. Harriet Leavitt, "a. died at thu
home of Mrs. George Adams at Stafford
Street yesterday of chronic uraenia. Thu
deceased leaves a sister, who resides Ii
town. The body will be sent to Houston
Texas, for burial to-day.
Miss Grace Adele Westcott, daughte
of Mrs. Charles Harris Of Rockville, AM
John Henry Austin were united in mar
rage by Rev. G. E. Mckinley last even
Ing. The ceremony took place at TIL
brides home In Rockville. The brid
formerly lived in this town.
An invitation was extended last Sunda
, to all the members of St. Edwards churcl
, committee to assemble at the rectory las
, Monday evening, for an informal discus
sion of the material and spiritual inter
, ests of the parish. Several importan
steps were decided upon.
u G. F. Beckwith is making renovation
. at his card clothing factory and the ma
chinery has been stopped several days /
= consequence. The plastering has been re
moved from the ceiling of the main roor
! and it has been sheathed. The interio
of this room has been newly painte
, throughout.
\ The services at st. Edwards churc
8 next Sunday will be at $50 and 10. 81
l The sermon at the first mass will be
! French only, and will be delivered by
, French priest from Hartford, whose al
! sistance has been secured for every set
ond Sunday until New Years. The SOL
mon at the 1890 mass will be in Englisl
1t will be delivered by the new pasto
g after his arrival from Staffordvllle, VIII er
o he will preach at S.30.
e Last Monday afternoon Mrs. VIM. W 90
g received telegram announcing the deaf
J of her uncle, Edward N. Twiss, at Ma
Q blehead, Mass, that morning. Mr.. Twis
y who was 70 years old, was a native
o Wellington. where he formerly lived fo
many years. His body was brought heI
yesterday afternoon, and the funeral Sc
o vice was held at Grace church this NOR
q ing at 10 O'Clock, Rev. T. d. Martin, Jr
u officiating. The burial was In the Sta
u ford Springs cemetery.
:, Stafford.
# Everything very cheap at the "run
., % mage sale" at the Springs Oct. IS, 90,
n Mrs. Charles Espeg was with her p
# rents In Willimantic over Sunday.
q Mrs. Huldah Wakefield spent part
: last week with relatives In Worcester.
]. John W. Smiiedge on Monday was a