The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-03-21

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STAFFORD SPRINGS.
The annual meeting OF the Congrega-
tional church will be held Friday evening
at O'Clock.
Mrs. E. A. Burnham will sing at the
morning service at the Congregational
church next Sunday.
Rev. Lucius N. Hardy, rector of Christ
church, Pomfret, will preach In Grace
church next Wednesday at 7.30 p. m.
There will be social at the Congre-
gational church next Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Frank Engley and Mrs. George
Dennis will entertain. ..--
A break In the dam of the middle res
ervoir of the Stafford Springs water COM
pany let out about half of the water Mon
day afternoon. Anthony Adams with
come workmen on Tuesday repaired the
damage. He found the stone work In
tact, and all that was required was to fill
In the gravel that had washed out. AS
the reservoir is used for storage purposes
only, the loss is very slight, as water is
now so plentiful that 1t will soon refill.
Miss Minnie ]. Thrall, 4S, died at her
home In Springfield, So Magnolia Ter
race, Monday, Of paralysis Of the heart.
She was taken Ill Friday, but her condi-
ton improved Saturday, and her death
came as q surprise and shock to her
relatives and friends. Miss Thrall was
born In this town and lived here until
about six years ago, when she removed
to Springfield. She was a daughter OF
Mrs. Minerva Thrall and granddaughter
Of the late Farley Converse. While here
she was an active member of the NJ. E.
church, and after her removal united with
Trinity church In Springfield, where she
was identified with the charitable work
of the organization, and at the time OF
her death was one of the trustees of the
Hsmpden homeopathic hospital. Her
mother and three sisters survive her. The
sisters are Mrs. Maria Ferguson of San
Francisco and the Misses Nellie and EN-
lily Thrall of Springfield. The funeral
was held from her late home in SPRING
field this forenoon, and the body Is to be
brought here for burial In the Stafford
Springs cemetery to-day.
The most exciting topic this week has
been an item In the Springfield Sunday
Republican and the developments from it.
The item which caused the interest fol
lows:
1.-THE passenger depot this last week
established new line of entertainment
for the patrons of it's road. Two men
from this city (Springfield third rail en-.
gineers) arrived In town on the last train
and while In the ante-room leading out Of
the gentlemen's waiting room-extractine
courage and refreshment from their bot.
tle-the baggage master, seeing no one
In the waiting room, turned out the cleo
trio lights, locked the door and went
home. About 11.30 the two men sue
ceeded In attracting the attention of the
night Waterman, were let out and depart
ed for their hotel. The question Is raised
II the present English management-by
lease to the Grand Trunk-will introduce
the English convenience afforded by com
bining railroad station and hotel"
AS there are but two engineers in town
at present, 1t was obvious that these gen
tlemen had been through a painful ex
perience or else the correspondent Of thu
Republican had been misinformed. TIL,
engineers took exceptions to the arttcl.
and demanded a retraction. The Repub
lican OF Wednesday morning contained
the following:
"The two men from this city who wer,
reported to have been locked In the men,
waiting-room at the Stafford Springs rail
road station one evening last week, CLAIM
that the baggage master was not guilty o
such carelessness. The travellers fee
that an injustice has been done all con
cerned, and they have the statement o
the hotel proprietor, at whose house the.
stopped, that they reached his place at
O'Clock In "a perfect condition Of sobrie
ty.'"
The townspeople have not felt that tn
third rail system from Springfield woult
materialize, and the following statemen
by Mr.. L. E. Watkins will prove inter
esting, as 1t shows plainly that the sys
tenn will soon be In operation. There Il
already picture Of car In the furnitur,
store Of G. 81. Baker & Co. It is hand
some car, and will be an ornament to thu
road as it goes flying over the hills to
ward Hampden. Mr.. Watkins says:
1.-The railroad is to be operated through
by the third rail system, with up-to-dat
improvements, rendering 1t absolutel,
safe, and the cars and trains to be oper
ated will carry freight and passengers
The location survey that / have been con
ducting for nearly q week Is complete,
through to West Stafford. The work /
being conducted upon a charter privileg
of another company, and is Independent
Of any connection with the charter Of tn
Hartford, Stafford and Worcester electri
railway company Hicks charter) or tn
Perkins company. Owing to the unfor
tunate incident that occurred Tuesday
as the result OF statement attached t.
an article under the head of Staffor
Springs In the Springfield Daily Republl
can of last Sunday, and which publishe
statement / was not aware Of until quit
late iu the evening of Monday last,
deeply regret that was forced to tax
extreme measures, but, under the circum
stances, 1 feel that was justified, and
believe that the gentleman who was re
sponsible for the occasion Of Tuesday
and the article published no doubt In m
mind was unintentionally led to do me
my home city grievous wrong on az
count of the animus consequent to tn
statement as published; and, secondly
with the interests of Mr.. Perkins and hi
associates at this place. That the state
meut as published was wholly false goe
without any further comment, as tn
facts are too evident to sustain even tn
slightest evidence otherwise. We sha
open an Office In Pages building probe
bly, on Saturday, where subscriptions wi
be received to the capital stock OF tn
company"