The Press., 1900-03-22
WILMINGTON.

Charles T. Preston and wife attended
the funeral Of his uncle, Joshua Preston,
on Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. M. L. Dimock Is now confined to
her bed, and although suffering much at
times, is bright and cheerful.
Charles L. Snow, one Of the young men
who has been supplying the Baptist
church recently, is spending the week
among the congregation.
Mrs. Ora E. Davis Maddoms, "a, Wild
ow of the late Robert Maddoms, of West
Stafford, died Of pneumonia Saturday
morning, 18th inst, at her home near her
nephew, Charles 81. Hobby's. The funer-
al was held at her home Tuesday fore
noon, Prof. PEBBLES officiating, the burial
taking place at West Stafford the same
day. Mrs. Maddoms has been closely
identified with the Congregational church
since her removal hither, not severing her
Methodist connection and joining the
church here, however, till year or so
ago. She was woman highly esteemed.
The minister out In Kansas, who ran
newspaper last week "as Jesus would"
created a unique condition of things.
Perhaps the uniqueness of such course
might be brought near home If, for In
stance, G. Hall should announce that he
proposed to run his thread factory week
"as Jesus would; ;" or, were M. L. DIM
ock to give out that he intended to run
his store week or 80 "as Jesus would :"
or, were Marlin Knight to advertise that
he was going to run his farm for the sea-
son "as Jesus would" The whole bust
ness strikes us, as things go these days,
as quite preposterous.
Older residents and other folks scat
tered here and there will remember Phi
lander E. Sparks, who passed portion
Of his boyhood at the Hollow, where he
lived with his father, Solyman Sparks,
in the house now occupied by L. w. Holt.
He died in South Dakota the 28th ult. i,
after leading quite an eventful life. Al
ter leaving Rockville, Hartford and Bos-
ton, where he was employed as sales
man, he went to Montana, where he was
a merchant. From there he went to
Minneapolis and was banker. Subse-
quently he removed to the Black Hills,
engaging in sheep-raising and store-keep-
ing, where he died. A widow, nee Eliza
beth Briefly, whom he married In Rock
vile, and two sisters, Augusta, Mrs. A.
J. Culver, of Hartford, and Lucy, Mrs. J.
M. Coe, of Richmond, Ind, survive him.
His cousins In this vicinity are Fl. O.,
Josiah and Marion Sparks, and w. D.
Holman. The only uncle he left is JOS
eph Sparks, of this town.
A smooth tongued and prepossessing
stranger, the same party, without doubt
the papers mentioned last week who did
Hampton farmer out of $35 and weeks
board, put up at farmhouse in this town
and intended, as subsequent events show
ed, to come some such little game little
while before he struck Hampton. Bit
the man of the house had travelled some,
being something of newspaper reader
withal, not an easy victim to dupery, so
the fim-dam man quietly, though mystic
riously, departed, leaving the livery man,
who had brought him from Rockville,
to whistle for his pay. II want to run
into the bank Tin Willimantic) minute
to draw some money" said he, and the
earth straightway swallowed him up.
The farmer returned home not SO very
much fooled, but the Rockville man, af-
ter wait of some hours, rode home pon1e
deringly. The film fam man, In this In.
stance, went by the name of Comins, said
he was cousin OF W. A. Comins of Stat.
ford Springs, and that he was an old and
fast friend of "Bill" Daley of Hartford,
had recently sold him $4,000 horse,
etc.
The following from Mondays Coura ant
will be of interest to many of the older
readers:
Joshua Preston died at his home In the
Goodwin building, on Asylum street, at
49, 40 O'Clock yesterday afternoon, in the
| eighty-seventh year of his age His death
closed long and honorable life. Mr..
Preston was born in Wilmington, this
state, July IS, 1918, and worked at the
trade of tanner, his father and other mem
bers of his family being interested In that
business. He was the son Of AmoaPres-
ton and Martha (Taylor) Preston AID re-
| moved to this city In 1857, where he held
for the next ten years responsible posi-
| ton with P. Jewell & Sons, the predeces-
sors of the Jewell Betting company. In
| 1879 he removed to Chicago to take a
similar position with his son, the late E..
B. Preston. He returned to this city In
| 1895 to live with his daughter, Mrs. W.
Chaplin Hunt, with whom he had since
made his home. Mr.. Preston had been
In feeble health of late, and was some
what affected by the death on Thursday
OF his son-in-law, W. Chaplin Hunt. He
was failing on Saturday, but II was ex-
pected would last several days. Yester-
day morning Major Preston came down
early, being advised of his fathers criti-
cal condition, and about 10 80 O'Clock es
corted Mrs. Hunt and other members of
the family TO the residence of Major
Hitchcock to attend Mr.. Hunts funeral.
While there he was summoned by tele-
phone to return, but his father died be-
fore he could reach the Goodwin building.
| II was AOG Thought Wn0n MAJOR preston
left his fathers bedside for Major Hitch.
cocks residence that the end was so near.
MIR. Preston was the last of his immediate
family. He had seven children, four OF
whom survive. They are, Major E. V.
Preston, Albert B. Preston and Mrs. w.
Chaplin Hunt Of this city, and George e.
Preston. Three children are dead, Mrs.
| w. T. Fem, the first wife of General
Wallace T. Fem, e. B. Preston Of Chi.
cago and BertIen D. Preston, who died In
Colchester In November, 1898. Mr.. Pres.
tons funeral will be attended at the resi-.
dence Of his son, Major e. V. Preston
No. 81 Gillette street, at 2 O'Clock, Tues.
day afternoon. Rev. DR.. George M. Stone
will conduct the services, and the inter
ment will be In the family lot at Cedar
Hill cemetery, where MIR. Preston's wife
Is buried.
| His neDhoWs and niecao In thio x,io1pitx