The Press., 1900-06-07
Thomas Ruby has resigned his position

Mrs. w. H. Coe of Worcester is the guest of Mrs. Catherine Hicks.
 Walter Rice of Agawam was the guest of Principal Maynard yesterday.
 Sig. Sawtelle's circus will exhibit on the fair grounds Monday, June IS.
 Miss Valentine of New York Is the guest of her brother, J. H. Valentine.
 Miss M. E. Sargent and class enjoyed a sunset party at Crow hill Tuesday even- ing.
 Wauseon lodge of Odd Fellows will ob- serve next Sunday, at o'clock, as Memo rial day.
 MT. and Mrs. Ernest Cady of Hartford visited friends in town the latter part of last week.
 Miss Berton and Miss Sargent enter tained the senior class at Woodlawn last Friday evening.
 Mrs. Wm. H. Smith and Miss Georgie Beckwith visited Mt. Holyoke college the first of the week.
 The date of the local minstrel show for which Prof. Jordan is preparing has been fixed for June 26th.
 Landlord Mccarthy of the Stafford house has returned from 8 visit with friends in Springfield.
 M. O'Halloran has exchanged his bay pacer for handsome black horse with John Hubbard of Fiskdale.
 MT. and Mrs. Herman Rister are re- ceiving congratulations on the birth of a daughter, who arrived Tuesday.
 Children's day exercises in the Congre- gational church will be held this year on the third Sunday in June, the 17th.
 Miss Lillian Benton, who has been quite i'll with the grippe at the home of her father, H. M. Benton, is slowly inn proving.
 E. C. Pinney, D. L. Ellis, w. E. Han ley and Lot O'Halloran attended the democratic state convention at Water bury this week.
 A. w. Kingsbury has the contract to place large monument to mark the rest ing place of Mrs. Johnson, who recently died in Hartford.
 Four new Crompton looms arrived fol the Central this week, ,-and will be set 'ur and operated at once. Several more are expected right away.
 Next Sunday, being Trinity Sunday there will be litany and holy communion at Grace church at 1O.45 a. m. Evening service will be omitted.
 There was a slight fire in the picker room at the Forestville mill last Friday afternoon. It was quickly extinguished with but little damage.
 Rev. J. I. Bartholomew of South Man. chester, formerly pastor of the Methodist church with Mrs. Bartholomew visited friends in town Tuesday.
 The Central mill went back to 60 hours week running time Monday morning For several months the mill has beer running 70 hours a week.
 H. Chapman put in the plate glass front at A. D. Browns new block. The metal covering, made to initiate brick, has ar, rived and is being put in place.
 Attorney P. J. Danahey has formed a partnership with Lawyer Henry H. Hunt CT of Willimantic. By the new arrange ment As~ Danahey will spend part of his time in Willimantic, as the firm will have an office in both places.
 MT. and Mrs. J. V. Squier of Windsor Locks will leave Saturday for Chicago to visit Mrs. Squier's brother, Fred King. Before returning Mrs. Squier will visit Mrs. s. P. Wilder at Delavan, Wis.
 John Kane was before the court last Friday for failing to send boy to school that he recently took from an institution MT. Kane paid fine of $5 and costs, anG there are several other counts against him which are held over.
 The brick work on the addition to the Central mill is nearly completed, and the new part is quite an imposing structure The carpenters will push the work of fin ishing, and it will be but short time be fore the additional room can be utilized.
 Mrs. Dean, wife of Mayor Charles L Dean of Maiden, Mass. is delegate rep resenting the Woman's Charity club O Boston at the fifth biennial convention O. the general federation of women's club being held at Milwaukee, Wis, this week
 The funeral of Mrs. J. c. Martin wal held from her late residence Saturday af ternoon, Rev. T. D. Martin, IT,, offici ating. The funeral was largely attended and the floral tributes were numerous The burial was in the Stafford Spring cemetery.
 Examinations of pupils desiring to en ter the high school will be held in tn grammar school room at the Springs ol Wednesday, June 18th, at 9 o'clock. Pu pills should come prepared to stay al day, and should bring certificates iron their teachers stating the amount of worl they have done.
 State Highway Commissioner McDonal' l was in town last week, and viewed tn section of highway in the upper part 0 the town where 1t was voted macadan should be placed. The commissions says that this piece of road Is plenty goo enough, and will not recommend that be macadamized.
 The remains of Mrs. Jennie Walbridge 60, were brought here for burial at Stai ford Street last Saturday. The decease was a former resident of the Street, an died in California. The older resident will remember the Walbridge sisters Rev. E. w. Bishop of the Congregations church officiated at the interment. | A lawn party, under the auspices of tn