The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-10-31

swelling Of an liberated tooth, is better
this week and his face has assumed its
normal shape.
It is necessary for our own convenience to
again say word about copy. We are always
pleased to publish notices OF meetings, etc., but
to insure their publication they should be hand
ed in Wednesday, or earlier. We are supposed
to go to press about II o'clock, and when COM
munication is mailed to us on Thursday morn
ing it reaches us in the midst Of the hurry Of
getting the forms ready.
There will be good repertoire COM
pany at the opera house next Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Dot
Karroll, who has made reputation as
"Peck's bad boy" Is the star, and is sup
ported by strong company, containing
some good speciality artists. Popular
prices will prevail.
A regular meeting of Stafford grange
will be held next Tuesday evening.
Mrs. George Ferry is making quite an
extended visit with her daughter In Will
limantic.
George Smith of Rhode Island has Ia
ken the position of boss carder at the
Riverside mill.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Pelkey have COM
menced housekeeping in the upstairs ten
ement of Mrs. A. II. Preble's house.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Sturtevant, who
have been living in the Howe house, will
move next Saturday to West Stafford.
M Mac u nj Wbi+ov, opd Micc
Alice Wilton have been recent guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Steadman Williams In Fisk
dale.
Mrs. W. G. Hitchcock of New Bedford,
Mass, has been a recent guest of her
brothers. family, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Ellis.
1t was openly asserted In Eddie Rob-
| erts' barber shop last evening that II. H.
Hall, the marketman, had actually traded
horses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Heck will occupy
the tenement in Cyril Johnson's house to
be made vacant by the removal of Chas.
Wilton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wilton have
rented the BENZ johnson house, formerly
occupied by Mr.. Whiton's mother, and
are moving in this week.
E. J. Roberts has leased the rooms
over Odell's store at Staffordville and
also stable and house In the same place,
and will move his entire plant to that
place next week.
At business meeting of the Universal
ist church parish Monday evening unan-
imous vote was passed to extend a call to
Rev. J. P. Marvin to become the settled
pastor of the church. @
The Ladies' Aid society of the Baptist
church will meet for work next Wednes-
day afternoon at 2 O'Clock, and will serve
their usual supper at 80, with Mrs. Geo.
Adams and Mrs. Belden as hostesses.
| s. E. Dwight, who has been confined to
his bed with a serious illness for several
weeks, appears to gradually failing, and
not much hopes are entertained of his re-
covery. Mr.. Dwight has been a familiar
figure on our streets for many years; he
has been "Ed" to everybody, and will be
missed by large circle of friends.
When you are out evenings keep your
weather eye open for skunks. They ap-
pear to be about everywhere in the village
this fall, and are not at all backward in
trying to make your acquaintance. Bert
Needham has been trapping them to some
extent. He captured two few days ago,
but 1t is hardly necessary to speak of it
everybody knew what kind of game he
had run up against, even his school teach
| er.
Albert G. Pinney, So, former resident
and we'll known in this village, died of
heart failure at his home in Brimfield
last Tuesday afternoon. The deceased
leaves wife and two daughters, Miss
Jennie Pinney and Mrs. Kibbe of Spring
field. He also leaves number of broth
ers and sisters, among them being E. G..
| Pinney and Mrs. Cyril johnson of this
village. He was soldier of the civil
war, serving as member of Co. D, 25th
Connecticut volunteers. The funeral will
be held from his late residence in Brim-
field to- morrow.
The hall building committee have COM
pleted arrangements with Mrs. David
Holmes which gives them twenty addi-
tional feet in the rear of their building,
and also does away with the right-of-way
across the lot. This plan will allow the
present building to remain where it Is,
the new acquisition and the old lot In the
rear making sufficient room for the pro.
posed addition. Mr.. johnson was here
Monday with the plans, which were salts
factory and were accepted by the com
mittee. 1t Is hoped to let the building
contract at once and have the work vel
advanced before cold weather sets in.
A most lamentable hunting acciden
occurred near this village last Saturday
afternoon, In which Frank E. Phelps was
instantly killed. just how it occurred
will never positively be known. Th'
young man Phelps and a companion, Hen
ry Largess, were hunting In the vicinit,
of the Ginhold place at the Village, ant
at the time of the accident the deceased
was alone. He was sitting on a rocl
, waiting for Largess, and it is supposed
that the gun must have been leaning
against him, and that in attempting t,
get up he must have hit the hammer jus
? hard enough to raise 1t a little, letting
fall again and exploding the charge. TIL
, whole charge took effect in the side O
q the head and causing instant death. I'm
mediate word was brought to this villag
, and the two uncles of the deceased, VII
Walbridge and Arthur Hedges, went t
q the scene of the accident and remove
the body to the Springs, and In the even
ing 1t was taken to the home of his ps