The Press., 1901-05-16
HOME NEWS.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

The Young American athletic cluD
will give a basket dance at their hall next
week Saturday.
Brown Bros. announce that they are to
go out of business, and advertise a clos
ing sale in another column.
Charles E. Monroe, the optician, will
be at the Springs House next week Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday.
The two-tenement house recently own
ed by Cornelius Flaherty on Park street
will be sold at auction on Friday at 2 pm.
Mrs. E. A. Burnham closed her season
of vocal teaching at Hartford with a
musical by her pupils at the home OF
Judson H. Root last Friday evening.
Anthony Adams has completed the
plumbing at the office of DR.. g. L. Mich
OILS, and is putting in open work plumbing
and fixtures at the home of Mrs. Charles
Butterfield.
The ladies of Grace church will hold a
rummage sale next week Friday and Sat.
urday at the store in Tilden's block
formerly occupied by H. G. Wheeler.
The sale will be carried on afternoons
and evenings.
The third of the series of monthly union
services will be held next Sunday evening
in the Congregational church, at seven
O'Clock. Rev. G. s. Davis will speak on
"The young man in social life." All are
cordially invited to this service.
An orchestra of eight pieces has been
| organized, to be known as the Stafford
Orchestra club, with E. A. Weeks musical
| director. The orchestra will hold a dance
at the German society hall, Westford
avenue, Friday night, for the benefit oi
the Citizens band.
The auction of real estate and personal
property belonging to the estate of G. O.
Cleaveland, next Saturday, at 10 a. m.
will be one of the largest sales held ir
town for a long time. The real estate tc
be sold will include the Noah Patter
place in West Stafford, the Solva Con
verse place, three cottages on West-Mair
street, and store building on Main street
and personal property, consisting of stock
and farming tools, as per advertisement
in another column.
Principal E. A. Maynard will give al
interesting talk on electricity in the Con
gregational church Friday evening. This
will be as entertaining as 1t is instructive
for there will be experiments shown
among which will be an exhibition of tn,
wireless telegraph and the X-ray, with al
opportunity for many to see the skeleton.
OF their own hands, if they wish. MIR
Maynard's talk will give us an exception
ally fine opportunity to see the latest re
suits of electrical research, as we'll as t,
examine some of the excellent and yer,
complete equipment which Stafford ha
for teaching the sciences to our higl
school scholars. 1t has been found nee
essary TO change the hour of the lectur
to 8 p. m. The admission Is free. AL
are invited.
If the proposed bill providing for al
additional judge of the superior court be
comes law, no county in the state has
stronger claim for the appointment thai
Tolland, and States Attorney J. H. Rec,
one of Stafford's representatives in tn
Legislature, Is the county candidate. H
is well qualified to fill this position, an
the following from the Rockville Journa
in regard to Mr.. Reed is strongly in
dorsed by The Press:
This is the only county in the state no
now represented on the bench of eithe
the supreme or superior courts, therefor
in all fairness Tolland county maj
should be selected for the position. Their
are two men eminently fitted for tn
judgeship,-Attorney General Charlie
Phelps of Rockville and Attorney Joel Fl
Reed Of Stafford Springs, but as tn
former would not accept, the logica
candidate is Mr.. Reed. He is in ever
way qualified to sit on the bench, bein
well versed in law, scrupulous, clean, an
conservative; he would add dignity t
the position.
In speaking of the matter the Hartfor
Post says: "Among the candidates TO
the new superior court judgeship whic
is provided for in a bill already reporte
favorably in the senate, are William A
King of Windham, chairman of tn
judiciary committee, William s. Case
judge of the Hartford county court c
common pleas, Joel H. Reed of Stafford
a member of the judiciary committee an
James P. Platt, judge of the city court {
Meriden and son of United States Senate
Platt. Mr.. Reed has the endorsement c
the Tolland county bar, and Judge Case
claims have been urged by many fro1
this section. Mr.. King has many ii
fluential hackers, land is generally believe
to lead in the race. 1t Is expected tha
the appointment will be made this month
If the bill creating the new position
passed. -.-<.. II.