The Press., 1901-10-10
WILMINGTON.

Mrs. Julia Dillworth of Norwich was
in town last week. 4
Widow Daniel Eldredge is visiting her
daughter In Stafford Springs.
Mrs. A. D. Dimock, Moose Meadow,
spent Sunday with Mrs. Preston.
Leveritt, only child of the late Harvey
Merrick and Esther Burnham, lives in
Brtstol with his mother.
Rev. A. Gardner has greatly improved
the looks 81 the old Congregational par
sonagefby painting, etc.
Clayton Morse and wife of New Haven
land Mrs. Alice Sullivan of Stafford spent
Sunday at e. A. Morse's.
Miss Jenny Golding, now that Mrs.
Cortis has married, lives with Mrs. Will
liam Shafer, Wilfimantic..
Mrs. w. L. Higgins and her two little
daughters, Ruth and Ruby, of South Cow
entry were at G. T. Preston's Saturday.
Charles s. Amidon, while working near
Armitage & Amidon's steam saw mill re-
Gently, fell and sustained severe rib frac-
lures. :.-....,-a..
In our "exegitical" item last week read
specific divine injunctions for specific "de-
sire infunctions," and twill sound trif1e
better.
Children Of the late Joshua and -
Hughes Niles: Lucas, Austin, Sanford,
Laura, Amanda (married John Health J.,
all dead.
The assessment due from the Congre-
gational church for the expenses of the
conference was promptly raised by con
ttribution last Sunday. .''.,.'
Mrs. Kingsley, her sisters, the Misses
Brown, and Henry J. Durham drove up
from Mansfield Center Monday and Wis
tied at George E. Robbins.
Rev. Charles Z. Snow and Miss Mabel
Clark are the delegates of the local church
to the Baptist state convention, to be
held at Meriden 18th, 10Th and 10th inst.
The Loyal Legion will meet at the Bap-
fist conference room tomorrow afternoon,
the 18th inst, at o'clock. The children
can take In this meeting returning from
school. is 90.
Josep Pellkan has bought of o. D.
Lockwood his farm, which is known as
the Dea. David Vinton place. Mr.. Lock
wood goes to Canada, while his son,
Stephen, and family remove to Westfeld,
Mass.
The Hill mid-week prayer meetings
and the Sunday evening Y. P. s. G. E.
meetings will now begin at. seven o'clock
first bell7at $50. The next Sunday even
ing meeting will be led by Mrs. Esther
Dimock. :.,:-l -.-: ~-,
Children of the late Gideon N. Merrick
and Mary Nye Merrick Emily married
Truman Johnson, both dead Marilla
married Rev. Isaac Niles, dead; Gideon
N, Jr., died In Boston; Isabella lives In
Wellesley, Mass.
Children of the late William Shafer
and Bethana Golf Shafer: Bethana mar
ried M. L. Dimock, died in May, 1900
William died in Willimantic; Emily mar.
ried j. B. Carpenter, widow, lives In Will
lington; Celenda married William Waldo,
widow, home In Hartford Elisha died in
Canada.
At the Congregational church Sunday,
John P. Garfield of East Jaffrey, N. H.,
a member of the senior class of the Hart.
ford theological seminary, preached from
Phil 3:13. Theme, "Singleness of aim
or the high ideal of Christian living
Pastor Shows text at the Baptist church
was Mark 8: "a. Theme, "Followine
Christi "
At the Congregational church meeting
Immediately following the service Sun
day 1t was voted to continue the supply
relation with the Storrs church during
the current quarter, excepting possible
local supplies looking towards separate
and Independent passionate. It was the
expressed opinion of nearly all who dis
cussed the matter, that although it was
very desirable for the church to have
pastor Of Its own, 1t was more feasible tt
unite, at least for the present, with the
I Storrs church, which had acted very mag
,: Unanimously In the past, under present pc
cuniary conditions. The local church has
recently paid off its Indebtedness largely
; and 1t seemed to be the opinion of the
1 majority that it would be unwise to entel
: into any new and unwarrantable pecuni
; airy obligations.
This was the result of the election Mon
day: Assessors, Eddy II. Burdick r, T.
A. Rounds d; board of relief, F. w
E. Pratt r, Ezra 4. Morse r, Charles Ryder
d; selectmen, Adolph Korper r, William
/ ID. Ruby r, j. j. Oldershaw d; agen
: town deposit fund, George A. Cosgrove r
= collector, Dewitt G. Dimock +; Treasures
} town deposit fund, s., P. Morrison r
8 town treasurer, NJ. L. Dimock r; tow
t clerk, s. P. Morrison r; registrars o
electors, w. H. Hall r, D. l.. Royce d
4 auditors, w. F., Essex r, Geo. I'll. Nichol
O. d; school visitor, w. H. Hall r; con
:: stables, g. H. Worden r, j. G. Rider r
d Wm. Nichols d; grand jurors, W. II
= Brackett r, J. F. Lawrence r, F. D. Pres
h ton r, A. D. Dimock d, Seth Schofield d
i. senatorial districts, yes IL, no 1O1; plu
! rality election, yes SO, no IL; constitu
: tional convention, yes 9, no 1O3. A ia:
=. u per cent: was laid. OF the votin,
# list of 210, III names were not checked
8 The following is digest of the town
t pecuniary condition:
L REHABILITATION OF EXPENDITURES.
Aims account, $596.29
Damage g 1880
Tax !" $3.50
Interest ,s. Sc 1857
Election expense " $500
y lSchool " 1,873.46
:, Snow " 34.51
Bridge =" 3S1.52
= Highway " 1,G41.39
Dnod 1r,or,y o0r,t ear M