The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-10-17
WILMINGTON.
The Satisfactory district is about to
paint its schoolhouse. -

WILMINGTON.
The Glassfactory district Is about to
paint its schoolhouse.
The big fire at Storrs Friday night af-
forded gorgeous sight to the Hill folks.
Emma and Hattie Robbins are visiting
at the Misses Julia and Augusta Browns,
Mansfield Center, this week.
Pastor Snow gave one Of his concise
and interesting homilies at the mid-week
prayer meeting last Thursday night.
Another store On the Hill. Miss Jen-
ME Church, who now occupies the Bap-
fist parsonage, sells goods at the house
of Charles H. Ryder.
Mail Driver Chapman Is moving from
his late residence In Weetford to the
Stearns place, after painting, papering
and repairing the house.
Children OF James Peck and Harriet
Whitford Peck: Amaret married Palmer
Reed, both dead; Sophia married III. G.
Gurley. widow, lives in Wilmington.
D. L. Royce has bought the place on
which he lives of his father-in-law, Ly-
man III. Blair. The latter Is still In bed,
his illness resulting from fall he lately
sustained.
Children of the late Rev. David Ban
croft and Rosetta Perrin Bancroft: Her.
bert lives in Vermont; Bernadotte 1st
and Bernadotte I'd both died young in
Wilmington.
Children of the late Jonathan Weston
and Susan Rathburn Weston: Susan
married Rev. Anthony Dimock, both
dead; Mary and Juliet D. live in Eliza
beth, NJ.
Miss Miranda Wood, sister of Widow
Albert Joslyn, Tolland side, returned with
Mrs. Caroline 81. Eldredge from Stafford
last week and is to spend the winter with
Mrs. Eldredge.
Children of the late Leonard Holt and
Asenath Holt, his cousin William, dead
Tor Leonard Holt and Mrs Johanna Con
verse, second wife: Josiah Oliver, Henry
all dead; Asenath lives In Washington
ID. G.
There was no service at the Congrega
tional church Sunday on account of the
rain. At the Baptist church Pastor Snow
preached from John 1919. Theme, "Tht
necessity of an intimate acquaintance
with Jesus Christ"
Rev. E. s. Philbrook, who was recent
ly ordained over the church in Belfast
Maine,is Ill with typhoid fever. Rev. J
A. Harding, who has also preached here
Is now the associate pastor of the FRS
church in Charlestown, Mass.
Charlie Topliff, formerly of this town
his wife and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Will
COX, of Rome, N. Y, have gone from
springfield, Mass. to Pasadena, Califor
mia, where he has charge of setting VI
and finishing large, three-manual churcl
organ for his employers, Steer & Son.
Bramble's steam saw mill, with gam
of men, are making short work of tn
Cyrus, Joslin pine timber tract on tn
west side of the Stafford road. The mil
and its surroundings In the deep ravin
afford as picturesque scene as can b
found anywhere In the lumber regions O
the White mountains.
II Children of Abel johnson, Jr., an
Sarah Holt johnson: Legrand lives ii
Wellington Fred, M. D., lives in Mans
field ;; Elisha died soldier In the civl
war; Grace married George Huntington
n of Mansfeld-now live in Sharon, Mass.
Truman is a medical missionary in Brit
ish Burmah.
Friends here of Rev. Jacob David, tn
} young Nastonian, or Persian, who spok
in the Baptist church recently about hi
going back to his own people as mis-
sionary, was rendered a reception prepar
tory to his leaving for Persia in one O
the churches in Providence, R. l., on tn
evening of the 23d ult. A gold watcl
was presented to him and a warm God
speed accorded to the devoted young man
, Children of the late William Still an
, Mary W. Tyrrel Still: William q. an
Isaac W. live in Holyoke, Mass; Jane
is. died In Hartford; Henry J. lives l.
Vineland, j.; Edwin G. lives in Derby
E. Adelbert lives in New York; Mary j
married L. B. Clarke, both live in VIII
lington; Sophia E. married Geo. Church
both live In Muncie, Ind; Hannah A
married Dwight Church, both live in Wi
limantic; Elisha A. died in infancy.
Children of the late Lothrop Mannin
and Asenath Whitford Manning, the lat
ter living in Wilmington: George lives
Westfield, Mass; Eliakim lives In Will
mantle; John died in st. Louis, Mo
Louisa married Legrand johnson, VIII
both live in Wilmington; Frances marie
M. Champion, both living in Texas; Be
] sey married M. I'll. Jacobs, both living
l Bridgeport De Wet lives in Westfielt
Mass; Durand dead; Phoebe Jane die
in infancy.
t Children of the late Timothy Holt an
r Thankful Wilson Holt Caroline A
married Daniel Eldrididge, widow, live
In Wilmington Martha Emma died in il