The Press., 1901-01-17
A. D. Ellis of Monson visited friends IN

A. ID. Ellis Of M0nSon visited friends In
town yesterday.
County Health Officer Yeomans of An
dover Is in town.
Mrs. James Mclaughlin Is visiting
friends In Palmer.
Harry E, Cady of Springfield visited
friends In town yesterday.
g. A. Ray has been appointed chorister
at the Congregational church.
Joseph Levene is filling Follansbee's
ice house at the Springs House.
| W. R. Handy has resigned his position
with the Stafford Worsted company.
Miss Norah Shahan, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Peter Shahan, Is dangerously
i'll.
The grippe Is quite prevalent in many
towns and cities, but there are very few
cases locally.
The Woman's Relief corps will hold a
supper at their hall tomorrow evening
from 5 to 80.
Gary Bros. have added a new depot
wagon and two new carriages to their
stable equipment.
The vital statistics for 1900 for the
town are as follows: 81 births, Il mar
riages and 70 deaths.
A party of ten young ladies enjoyed a
straw ride to Monson last evening, taking
supper at the Century hotel.
| Advertised letters: Mrs. Lizzie Lock-
wood, Gill Furgey, Miss Maggie Walch,
Dan Walch, Raymond Holmes.
The Stafford worsted mill has been
closed down all the week, owing to re-
pairs that are being made on the engine.
The piles of lumber accommodating at
the station offers conclusive evidence of
the activity of Keefe Bros. in the woods
this season.
Allen Brown will entertain a party of
his young friends tomorrow evening at
bis home on grant avenue In honor of his
18th birthday.
| Mumps are still prevalent. Carl Fol-
lansbee has recovered from an attack,
and Francis Alden Is i'll with the same
trouble at present.
Warden Brooks calls attention in an
other column to the borough ordinance
requiring the removal of snow and ice
from the sidewalks.
In the suit of Samuel Rockwell against
the borough, The Press neglected to state
that the judge sustained the demurrer
made by the plaintiff at the December
term.
Rev. John E. Clark of Bristol was in
town last Tuesday to officiate at high
mass of requiem sung at st. Edwards
church for his sister, Mrs. Rose Clark
Hanley, recently deceased.
Mrs. Joseph Allen fell on the stairs at
her home last Thursday and sprained her
hip. Mrs. Allen is getting along as we'll
as can be expected, but it will be long
time before she will recover.
Mr.. Eastman, who spent several weeks
here last summer, and was an active pro-
moter of the company formed for bottling
and selling the Stafford Springs mineral
water, died in Boston Jan. Sd Of typhoid
fever.
Grace church notes: Shortened even
ing prayer. followed by Bible class, will
be resumed tomorrow at 7.30. The pass
age to be stnddied Is St. John TX 1-39.
ALI are cordially invited. Holy commun-
ion next Sunday at 7.3O.
Attorney Danahey has made settle
ment with the G.. V. railroad In behalf of
his client, DIR. Daniel Sullivan, for the
damage received by collision with
freight car at the crossing near Smith &
Cooley's short time ago.
Seth Schofield has recently captured
two foxes. One fox which he captured
had lost its tail, and was a peculiar ap-
pea1ing animal. Mr.. Schofield was IN
able to make up his mind whether the
fox lost his tail In trap or whether it
was freak of nature.
D. D. g. M, John Barstow, and Il. M.
Jake Lakin, of Willimantic, visited Wau-
seon lodge, l. o. o. F., Tuesday evening
and installed their officers. Wauseon
lodge will visit Obwetuck lodge next
Wednesday evening and witness the ex-
emplification of the first degree,
A sleigh owned by Frank Willis was
smashed Tuesday afternoon. The team
was driven by an italian, who had his
wife and daughter with him. The horse
became frightened and ran down the hill
on Tolland avenue. The sleigh struck an
electric light pole at the foot of the hill
and was badly broken. All three of the
occupants were thrown out. The man
was hurt, but the woman and child es-
capped injury.
The uncommonly bad weather of last
Friday evening did not affect the attend
ance at st. Edwards hall as seriously as
was expected. While the lecturer, MIR.
Starkweather, and the electrician, Mr..
Rogers, hardly hoped to defray the ex-
penses of operating their fine Edison
kaleidoscope, they were greeted by 800
audience that went home delighted with
1.-THE Passion Play and Tour of the
World"
Carl B. Martin, son of J. G. Martin,
formerly of the borough high school,
and who entered the Springfield business
school, formerly Childs, last September,
has progressed 20 far In his studies that
he is now filling a position as stenog-
rapher for George T. Hendricks. He
does Mr.. Hendricks work evenings, and
attends to his studies In the daytime.
Mr.. Martin has developed such taste
for shorthand that he Is classed as one
of the ablest writer's In the school.
An anniversary high mass of requiem
was celebrated at st. Edwards church
last Monday morning, In memory of a