The Press., 1901-10-10
COVENTRY.
South Coventry,

Sunday in New London.
Mrs. W. L. Higgins and daughters,
spent Saturday in Wellington.
Mrs. Louis A. Kingsbury and daughter,
Elizabeth, have been visiting In Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wadsworth OF
Stonington, were at A. e. Potter's last
week.
Miss Maude Tracy returned Saturday
from visit in Wrapping and Poquonnock
and Deep River. .
VIM. Lynch of South street has bought
the Rogers place on Main street, recently
occupied by DIR. Ross. .
Mrs. George L. Dewey of Norwich and
Mrs. ]. S. Dewey Of Andover visited at
Mrs. Amy Perkins's Saturday.
Olaf Fredrickson and bride returned
Thursday from their wedding tour at the
Pan-American exposition and other places.
| In last weeks items and week before
1t should have read Cullen Potter, not
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at Har tford.
John Brannigan was arrested last week
for drunkenness and breach Of peace. He
paid his fine and costs and was allowed
his freedom.
Nelson Ayers of this place and Alma
Brown of Eagleville were married at the
Methodist parsonage Monday evening by
Rev. William Robinson.
The funeral of Mrs. Charlotte Stanley
was held from the Congregational church
on Wednesday afternoon at Q O'Clock, Rev.
Nestor Light officiating. The fiorial offer
ings were numerous and beautiful.
| Wangumbaug grange held Its regular
meeting on last week Thursday evening.
The lecturers hour was social hour in
which time those present partook heartily
of Ice cream, cake, peaches and water
melons.
About the usual number of people at
tended the Stafford fair on Wednesday
those who stayed to come home on the
boat train were not met at the station by
the bus, but were met by a decidedly
smart shower, and were obliged to walk,
some one mile and some more.
Town election took a turn this year and
went mostly republican, w. G. Latimer
being elected first selectman. There was
a tie vote on tax collector, which may
necessitate calling another town meeting.
The town also voted to abate the taxes
on the cartridge shop providing parties
could be induced to buy. 1t is rumored
that there are parties going to start men,
tai works there.
sOMERs.
Mrs. A. E. Wilmoth of Hartford Is visit
ing her old home and other friends in
town.
Misses Marguerite and Ella Grover
have gone to New Britain for couple of
weeks. ....
Miss Dora Tyler from Bristol Is spend
ing a week in town at her uncle, Orvill
Hunn's. y,
o. L. Davis of CRANKY, Mass, Is visit
ing his brother, Arthur Davis, on 1.-The
mountain. b
Il Mrs. Fannie German of Providence is
spending a few weeks with her sister,
Mrs. Kibbe Chaplin.
Mrs. Cynthia Arnold, 80, is smart
enough to take trip to South Manches
ter. She went yesterday for the rest of
the week.
Rev. and Mrs. William J. q. Ralph,
Mrs. W. P. Fuller, Mrs. w. G. Pease,
Mrs. Fannie Kibbie and Miss Amelia
Wood are In Hartford this week attending
the meetings of the American Board.
Ernest Fuller of the firm of the Need
ham & Fuller company has gone for a
two weeks trip to Mount Appetite, Me. +,
the guest of Mrs. Jennie North Turner, a
former teacher of the Somers High school.
/ y. A. Pease of Arizona, who has been
engaged some years in mining, has been
visiting at the home of his brother-in-law,
VIM. G. Pease. Mr.. Pease was native
of Somers and passed his boyhood days
there.
The town report shows an expenditure
for the year for highways and bridges
$3,183.59, and for state roads $4,243 ;
total number of births 60, deaths 43. The
public library has received some gifts OF
books during the year. Total number of
volumes in the library 1880, with pat
ronage of 3,e46, gain in circulation of
354 volumes. T.
Lonnie Buck with other Somers patriots
number of sticks and filed the holes with
powder for the sport of firing them off as
fireworks. The operation was forgotten
until he made a fire in the sitting-room
stove the other day. He put on a log,
which soon blew up the stove and upset
things generally about the room.
The latest topic to find discussion is
the forming of an athletic club. They had
preliminary meeting last week to talk
) the matter over and held their first regu-
lar meeting Monday evening in the Ameri.
can Mechanics hall. They have chosen
: Fred w. Fields president, E. G. Temp.
kins vice-president, and Charley Haywood
: secretary and treasurer. The Membership
B Is to be limited to 2OJ 80 having already
d signed the constitution. The monthly
assessment will be 30 cents.
I Town meeting Monday resulted as fol.
lows Town clerk and treasurer of town
deposit fund, G. s. Fuller, rep; select.
men, L. w. Russell, rep, G. g. Billings,
rep, A. q. Chaplin, dem; assessors, Ma.
thaniel Dutton, rep, w. II. Burdick, rep
10 T Stavans dem board of relief f. r