The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-08-23
Geo. E. Buck of Palmer visited friends

In town yesterday.
Rev. John D. Coyle of New Haven is
visiting friends In town.
DIR. James B. Comins of Springfield Is
spending vacation in town.
Miss Edith Fellows of Norwich Is the
guest of Miss Clara M. Ellis.
Miss Nellie Frawley of New Haven is
the guest of Miss Mary Quinlan.
Mrs. W. w. Lathrop and family have
returned from an outing at Crystal Lake.
In the absence of the rector there will
be no service in Grace church next Sun
day.
Mrs. James Hooton of Everett,
Mass, Is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. E. L.
Burr.
There will be no church services in the
borough Sunday except at st. Edwards
church.
Misses Nellie Clifford and Maud Arnold
attended camp meeting at Willimantic
Wednesday.
J. Allen Mix is now able to be out
again, and will soon be able to resume
his business.
Tomorrow, being the feast of st. Bar
tholomew, there will be holy communion
in Grace church at 10 a. m.
Rev. T. D. Martin, Jr., goes Saturday
morning to Meriden, Pine Meadow and
Riverton for weeks vacation.
Miss Jennie Newall of Waterbury and
Miss Maude Wilson of Lewiston, Maine,
are guests of Miss Jessie Sidaway.
Mrs. Charles Ellis is with Mr.. and
Mrs. B. T. Eaton at Pleasure Beach.
Mr. Ellis was at the beach over Sunday.
Miss Ellen Remmert, employed by A.
W. Walker, is taking a vacation of one
week. She Is visiting in Warren and
Worcester.
Miss Bessie Dickson of New York,
who has been stopping at the Foster
homestead on Stafford Street, returned to
her home yesterday.
DIR. o. P. Allen of Palmer, who Is
working on the genealogy Of the Cady
family, has been here part of the week
looking over the town records.
Olah, the little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Hayes, fell out of bed last
Friday night and broke her collar bone.
She was attended by DR.. Sullivan.
The new carpets for the Congregational
chu1c have arrived and several ladies OF
the society have been busily engaged
sewing and getting ready to lay them.
Mr. and Mrs. L. II. Stevens, Mrs. Sam
uel Taylor, Mrs. John Siswick, Mrs. Geo.
Siswick, and Miss Clara Mabbett paid a
visit to the Shakers at Enfield yesterday.
A petition has been presented to the
court Of burgesses asking that the north
entrance of Edgewood, at Furnace avenue,
be widened. The residents also ask for
an additional electric light on the street.
There will be a Christian Endeavor ex-
cursion to Watch Hill and Block Island
Saturday from all stations between Pal
mer and Willimantic, inclusive. The fare
for the round trip will be $1.25. With a
stop-over privilege good until Monday
the fare will be $1.75.
John Kane has brought suit against
the borough through Hungerford, Hyde,
Joslyn & Gilman of Hartford for dam
ages owing to the change Of grade on
wilmington avenue. Samuel Rockwell
has also brought suit against the Dor
ough on the same grounds.
A special high requiem mass for Rev.
Thomas Broderick was held at St. Ed
wards church this morning. Rev. De-
Bruycker acted as celebrant, Rev. Nc
Keen as deacon, and Rev. J. D. Coyle as
sub deacon. All of these were former
pastors of St. Edwards. Rev. Father
Carroll of South Coventry was master Of
ceremonies.
Among those who are at the Whitman
tic camp meeting are the following Rev
Julian S. Wadsworth, S. F. Maine, Mr.
and Mrs. A. N. Nichols, Miss Mary Kel
logg, Miss Mary Howard, Miss Lilliar
Benton, Miss Pearl Arnold, Miss Grace
Comins, Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Cleaveland
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Pierce, Mark Fen
ton and family, Edward Brooks and fam
lily, Mrs. N. D. Royce.
Work is completed on the crossing or
the West Stafford road, and the danger OF
accident from collision is eliminated.
Owing to the swampy nature of the
ground the travelling in the early spring
through the cut will doubtless be difficult
The railroad company did the job, ant
took plenty Of time to do the work thor
oughly and we'll.
At the meeting of the school boarc
Monday afternoon it was voted to Close
the schools at Stafford Village and Stat
ford Street. Miss Frances E. Rice O
Berlin, Mass, has taken the position
made vacant by the resignation of Miss
| Sargent. 1t was voted to continue thu
school in the Lull district, as there was
no way visible of transporting the schol
| ars.
The electric light service was disabled
Saturday night by the giving out of boil
machines. Repairs were made so tina
the street service was In use part of thu
evening, but the indoor service was no
in use at all, considerably discommodins
the merchants and others using the light
Repairs were made by Sunday night 81
that one machine covered the whole ser
vice. The station Is considerably handi
capped by not having an extra dynamo Of
hand in case of accidents.
Mrs. Emma, "a, wife of Walter Scott
died about O'Clock this morning from
the shock of an internal rupture. Mrs
Scott had been i'll all the week with
bowel trouble, but was gaining and wa
considered out of danger Yesterday