The Press., 1901-05-09
Miss Maok snent Sunday in Hartford.

bury.
Prof. T. F. Jordan is in Boston on {
business trip.
Mrs. L. j. Horton of Stafford Street Il
visiting friends in Westfold.
Mrs. John Foster, who has been IL
with malaria, Is much better.
Mrs. E. E. Segar was the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. A. J. Tilden last week.
George Cardinal has concluded to re
main in the employ of Harvey Chapm an
A. A. Stebbins and Frank Butterfield
are doing job of electric light wiring il
Monson.
G. B. Gary found valuable gold watch
in front of his Office Tuesday. An owner
was found for 1t yesterday.
There will be meeting of the directors
of the cemetery association this after.
noon at O'Clock at the cemetery grounds
Charles Bolieau, Jr., is remodeling his
residence. He is adding bay window
and a piazza, besides other improvements
Grace church notes: The evening SER
vice will be omitted next sunday,
Next Thursday, ascension day, there will
be holy communion at 10 a. m.
Repairs on the roof and spire of st. Ed.
wards are nearly completed. The out.
side woodwork of the church is to be
painted, and it will then be in apple-pie
order.
The marriage Of Miss Molly Lathror
and Benjamin Fessenden of Providence
will take place the first week in June al
Grace church, with a reception at the
house.
Mrs. VIM. Sands, who lives In the north
part of the town, was badly injured Mon.
day. She was kicked by horse and fell
under the animal while in its stall. Her
collar bone was broken, her hip injured
and she received other bruises. She was
unconscious for time after the accident
DIR. G. B. Newton has charge of the case.
Locks have been broken and other
damage done at the fair grounds. Presi,
dent Dennis will proceed against the of.
tenders accoI ding to law If he can get any
evidence. 1t Is getting to be the usual
thing to find more or less damage done
at the grounds each spring, and the off.
GERS of the association are becoming tired
of it.
Mrs. Martha G. Brockbank, who has
been the guest Of her brother, w. P. Bid
we'll, left yesterday for Wakefield, Mass
She will start about the first Of June fol
Sacramento, Cal. Her daughter, Miss
Grace, who has been in New York, will
return to California with her. They will
go by way of Buffalo and see the exposi
ton.
Seymour Carpenter, 70, died Wednes
day morning of paralysis, after a lone
illness. Mr.. Carpenter was born here ant
lived here all his life. He was man O.
sterling character, and much regret is fell
for his death. OF late years he has car
ried on farm, but at one time he was IL
the coal business, In company with the
Gary brothers. Mr.. Carpenter was 6
Methodist In religious belief, and was one
of the founders of the local M. E. church
He took no interest In politics, and never
held either town or state office. The de-
ceased leaves widow and three =daugh-
tiers. The daughters are Mrs. Lewis
Jones and Mrs. Frank Charter of Rock.
Vile, and Mrs. Guiles Dunmock of Yon.
kers, N. Y. The funeral will be held to-
morrow afternoon at 2 O'Clock, Rev. @.
A. Davis officiating. The burial will be
in the Stafford Springs cemetery.
The historical missionary meeting O
the Woman's Auxiliary of New Londol
archdeaconry, held at Grace church yes
terday, proved very Interesting and profit
able. The session began with celebra
ton of the holy communion, at whicl
Archdeacon Peck of Black Hall was cele
brant, assisted by the rector. After thi
brief papers on the history of most of tn
parishes In eastern Connecticut were rea,
by the delegates. Especially interesting
were those in the history of the four par
ishes which ante date the revolution, viz
Trinity, Brooklyn; st. James, New
London; st. Peters, Hebron, and st
James, Poquetanuck. Miss Lucy c
James of Brooklyn, secretary of tn
Junior auxiliary, was present, and adde'
much to the interest of the occasion b.
her timely comments on the papers. Sh
also told Of the plans for the weeks cele
bration in New Haven, Bridgeport an
New London of the 20Oth anniversary o
the venerable society for the propagation
of the gospel the last of May. Rev. L
M. Hardy of Pomfret made an address OF
the trials attending missionary work Ii
eastern Connecticut, where the Episcopa
church Is weakest in this diocese. Thos
present from out Of town, besides thos
already mentioned, we're: Mrs. s. F
James, Brooklyn, and Miss A. E. Beck
with, New London, managers; Rev. J. II
Fitzgerald, Hebron; Miss Sarah Bige
low, Colchester Mrs. Brigham and Mis-
Brigham, Windham; Miss Helen Bissell
Willimantic, and Miss Lila Backus an
Miss Alice Bennett, Norwich.
Major Samuel FL. Seward of Putnam
clerk of the Windham county superio
court, died suddenly from apoplexy at
o'clock last evening in his room at tn
Hooker house in Willimantic, where h
was staying during the session of the cour
here. Major Seward was in the -Four
teenth c. ", and won most creditabl
record in the field. He was wounds
four times, losing his left arm, and afte
leaving active service in the field, and il
recognition of his gallantry, he received
the rank of major and was assigned to tn
paymaster's department. He was one Q
the leading members of the Grand Arm