The Press., 1901-05-09

At the golf grounds Saturday afternoon
| at four O'Clock there will be match game
between two sides to be chosen.
Special communication of Ionic lodge
F. & A. M, Friday evening. Work, sec
ond degree. AT the regular communica.
ton next Tuesday evening the work will
be the third degree.
Real estate and personal property be.
longing to the estate of the late G. O.
cleveland Is advertised In another col
umn to be sold at public auction at the
home-place Saturday, the 18th, at 10 a.
m. The real estate to be sold includes
the Noel Patten farm In West Stafford
the Solva Converse place, three cottages
on West-Main street, and the store build.
ing occupied by Miss M. E. David. The
personal property consists of stock and
farming tools.
The railroad committee reported favor.
ably to the senate yesterday on the reso.
luton incorporating the trolley road
The freight clause was omitted, as this
is covered by the state law. The rest oil
the resolution remains as introduced.
The general law of the state permits cleo
trio roads to carry passengers and prop
erty, subject to the permission OF the
towns through which the line runs, and
the superior court can be applied to fol-
the regulations of the same. Mr.. Per-
kins says that the charter, with the state
law, gives the freight privilege.
Stafford.
Cleo. P. Spencer, optician, will be
here next Monday and Tuesday.
Miss Hattie A. Converse has secured a
position at Glendale, Mass.
Norman Holmes and family have moved
from Hydeville to Manchester.
Mise Grace Baker of Westford was q
recent guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Heck.
Claude Pinney Is at home from Yale
college recuperating from his recent at.
tack of typhoid fever.
Rev. and Mrs. F. L. Batchelder, who
have been spending the winter with their
son, are expected home to-day.
Ed. French, who Is employed on the
Blodgett wood lot, has moved from Unior
into the Gilbert Chaffee house.
George Bolieau's family of Hydeville
have moved to the Springs, into the house
owned by Mr.. Bolieau's father.
The Stafford Cemetery association will
hold it's annual meeting at the town hal
next Wednesday afternoon at O'Clock.
An alarm of fire from the mill brought
people out of their beds early Tuesday
morning, but 1t was soon discovered that
the fire was confined to the ash house
which was badly damaged.
Flint's New York comedy company Is
advertised to give moving picture anc
vaudeville entertainment in the town hal
Friday and Saturday evenings.
Rev. George Williams subject on Sun
day morning at the Baptist church will
be, 1.-THE hand on the helm of the uni
verse;" In the evening, "Those odd
fellows, and what they accomplished.
George Wilson and family moved from
Wilmington to this villuge yesterday, and
are occupying the tenement recently va
Gated by Chas. Sears. Mr.. Wilson is tt
have charge of E. G. Pinney's farm work
The forest fire near State Line last Sat
urday came very near being disastrous
one to the people of this section. 1t was
only after hard fight by Francis Chaffet
and his assistants that it was kept out Of
Evergreen park Mr.. Chaffee is quite 6
loser in the way of wood, fences, etc.
Staffordville.
Remember the Eldredge auction Sat
urday at p. m.
John Taylor of Lowell is visiting al
Carl Hollingsworth's.
There will be a service at st. Joseph
chapel Sunday morning at o'clock.
Mrs. Mary Belcher of Monson spen
Thursday with her son, E. M. Belcher.
i Presiding Elder J. I: Bartholomew will
preach next Sunday in the M. E. churcl
at the usual hour.
Commencing next week, Odell's stor
will close Tuesday and Thursday even
ings at six o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra s. Colburn and MI
and Mrs. VIM. A. Thompson are recover
ing from siege of the prevailing malady
West Stafford.
Miss Agnes Holmes is the guest of he
father, Erskine Holmes.
Remember the rubber social this even
ing. Come, and bring your old rubbers
A party from Thompsonville has pun
chased of Henry Mckinney one hundre
young maple trees, which are to be plant
ed on the border of new street which
being laid out in that place.
Clifton Newell of Hartford is with hi
father, T. w. Newell.
Mrs. Levica Cummings of Staffordvill
is with her brother, H. F. Corbin.
Chelsea Youngs of New Britain /
spending few days at the old homestead
Arson Reed Of Worcester, Mass, visit
ed the past week with his brother, L. M
Reed.
/ Miss Jennie Hopkinson of Staffor'
Springs called on friends in town las
Saturday.
+ Volney B. Cushing gave an excellen
address on politics and the saloon o
Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Broadway of Staffor
grange visited Mashapaug Lake grang
Wednesday evening.