The Press., 1900-02-01
WILMINGTON,

to Staffordville this winter.
There are sixteen million COWS, valued
at five hundred million dollars, In this
country.
Charles L. Snow of Newton, Mass,
Theological Seminary will preach for the
Baptists next Sunday.
1t appears by the Courant that John d.
Alderman was fined In Willimantic last
week for stealing hay from Chauncey
Macfarlane.
Preparations are going on for the ''Val-
entine social" on the evening of the 14th
OF February. The full program will be
given next week.
| Mrs. M. l.. Dimock's health remains
about the same. Although quite feeble
at times, she continues to perform some
of the household work.
Among the banner counties In all the
United States for divorces, our Tolland
county stands third among seven-so says
a writer in the Century magazine.
Frank D. Preston moved his house,
hold goods from Willimantic last week.
J. E. Lewis teams were employed. Wild
ow Lucius Preston has moved her goods
into the Taylor house opposite.
| w. A. King of Willimantic, as lawyer
for Mrs. Lavon Taylor, has caused served
of a complaint for divorce on John D.
Taylor cause, desertion. Alimony is
tprayed for from the real and personal es-
tate of the defendant, alleged in the COM
plant to be of the value of $4,000.
We clip the following from last weeks
Chicago Advance:
Williston, Ills.-Jan. IA, Rev. E. H.
Sticknay and Superintendent Powell, at
the invitation of the church, assisted
them In the examination and ordination
of their pastor, Rev. u. Y. Moor. This
church is $50 miles from any other Con-
gregational church, and 1t was found i'm
practicable to have council after the
usual order. Mr.. Moor has won the con-
fidence of the people, and has secured
their hearty cooperation In forward work.
u There is some talk of trying for free
delivery service on this mail route. We
see by the circular sent out by the de-
partment that the route must not be less
than 20 miles long. and 100 families at
least must live on it. Then petition is
sent to the congressman of the district,
who submits it to the first assistant post
master general. The carrier will be un-
der the control of one local postmaster.
/ Think of having your letters and papers
/ 1a4$ ok Of
ing your outgoing mail to the carrier and
buying stamps and money orders of him
, and registering letters with him, and SO
! on! AS things now go, 1t annually costs
) Uncle Sam about $3.50, 900 to run this
mail route. Besides, the adage, "The
: greatest good to the greatest number, u
will apply to this matter as we'll as to
r others.
Mrs. Della A. Barrows Rider, widow
of the late Charles A. Rider, the post.
mistress at East Wilmington, was found
dead on the steps leading from her dwell.
ing house to the wood shed early Tues
r day morning. The mail driver on his
. way from Westford to West Wilmington
found the post office locked, an unusua,
4 thing. Waiting while he passed on
: the neighbors intending to enter the
3 house, which was also locked. She was
soon found as stated. She had long beer
t troubled with heart disease, and whether
t a visitation of her malady or missteI
), caused the sad result is not known at this
writing. She was living alone, and he
!. friends had been greatly troubled Owe
9 her persistence in conducting her genera
= store and the post Office without assistance
s But in all probability the end would hav'
r come at the time it did under other con
ditions, for there can not be much doub
that the stroke came as final result o
: her chronic ailment. Mrs. Rider was
n woman of more than ordinary intelli
gence, kindly alive to current events, an
IL was q most loyal wife and mother. Sh
l. in which she was usefully conspicuou
figure. Since her late husbands death
It however, she has been more of home
z keeper, caring for her late aged mothe
d many years, and charging herself wit
A the duties connected with her farm, stor
l. and post Office. Her mother and tn
!. mother of Postmaster General Charlie
Emery Smith were sisters. She leave
two sons, Charles A, a dentist in Bridg
. port, Frank, in the same business In W,
terbury, and one daughter, (Della), Mr.
70 DIR. Wilbur Holt, of Newark, N. J. Tt
~ funeral will be held from her late res
, dence Friday, at II O'Clock a. m.
South Wellington Correspondence.
I'd G. N. Allen is having some roo ms
g. his house papered.
Chas. L. Snow of Newton, Mass, wi
81 preach in the hall Sunday.
There will be a special communicate
- of Uriel Lodge next Saturday evening.
IN Selden Clark of Stamford has accepts
position in the dressing room of I
Hall, Jr, & Co.'S thread works.
a. Miss Hester Hall has returned to scho
at Storrs, after having been at home tw
% weeks on account of illness.
g. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph .Kingsbury al
or daughter have been In South Covent
4. the past week. MIR. Kingsbury's moth
died in Washington, D. c., January %
IL. after short illness.
vn The beautiful cantata, ga Pillar