The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-05-16
John @. oleaveland has been granted a

Mills, Palmer, for visit.
DIR. G. FL. David leaves to-day for
Bridgeport, where he is to locate.
George Siswick is on the road selling
the Stafford Springs mineral water.
Mrs. L. F. Eaton returned yesterday
from visit to her parents in Palmer.
Miss Selena MARCEL and Mrs. Joseph
Larive are visiting friends in Montville.
Miss Sadie Pro Baldi will leave to-
morrow for a trip to Italy for her hea lth.
Mrs. Marcia Bicknell of Rutland, VT,
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Leach.
Miss Pearl Newell, who has been quite
Ill with appendicitis, Is now more COM
Portable.
Frank Furness is to act as clerk for j.
II. Segar at his hotel at Watch Hill the
coming season.
The final hearing on the insolvent es-
tate of w. ]. Denver will be held In
Hartford June 1st.
AuSOlIuO DOLud1uCb oAO OAAloA Oh
of Kensington are the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Bernardo.
An auction sale of household goods
will be held In the Page brick block Sat
urday evening at 7.30.
John Harold of Oldtown, Me-, former
resident, visited his brother, Section
Master Harold, this week.
George Stevens, employed by FL. Chap
man, is unable to be at his duties, owing
to bad case of poisoning by dogwood.
E. K. Taft attended the meeting of the
grand lodge of Odd Fellows at New Haven
this week as a delegate from Wauseon
lodge.
The Temple of Honor held an open
meeting at their hall last evening. The
attendance was good and the program
proved popular.
John Brown has purchased of the
Cleaveland estate the little block on
Main street at present occupied by Miss
David, the milliner.
At Orcuttville school house next Sun.
day afternoon there will be Sunday school
at 2 and service and sermon at 3. All
are cordially invited.
A. A. Stebbins has placed an electrical
sign at DR.. G. L. Nichols new Office or
East-Main-st. The doctor will remove
to his new location Monday.
Advertised letters: Mrs. Alfred Pike,
Miss Mary Donoghue, Miss Rosalda Des
pisiers, Miss Evangeliste Mariner, David
Ramsie, Louis Hebert, Albert Alberta.
The Hawks defeated the Young Ameri
can base ball team In game of ball al
the fair grounds last Saturday by a score
Of 26 to IA. Cody and Belledeau acted
as battery for the Young Americans ant
Collins and Ash for the Hawks.
The Tolland county W. G. T. U. meets
at Storrs May 49, Carriages will be pro
vided at Eagleville for transportation
Those intending to attend will give thei1
name to Miss G.. A. Washburn this week
as 1t is necessary to know how many tc
provide for.
The German Women's society gave Mr..
and Mrs. Knud Jensen a surprise party al
their home in Orcuttville last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jensen had retired for the
night when the guests arrived, but they
arose and gave the visitors very pleas.
ant evening.
The master and journeymen painters
have agreed on 9-hour day for labor
and the new rule will go into effect after
May Goth. This is the first attempt OF
the part of organized labor to regulate
local working hours.
The Lincoln Athletic club Is arranging
for program for Saturday evening, Ma.
25th. The star bout will be between
Chas. Kretchmar and Kid Matthewson o
Rockville, ten rounds. Other bouts viii
be arranged, and the club will make al
effort to have strong program.
There is still hope that the manufac
ture of car wheels may be commenced Il
town. Samuel Rockwell made small
wager with Walter Scott few evening
ago that the work of getting buildin.
ready for the industry would soon b
commenced. 1t is hoped that Mr.. Rock
we'll will win the wager.
The liabilities of H. o. Butterield, tn
hardware dealer, who recently filed pc
tition in bankruptcy, are SO, 40O23, a
follows: Unsecured claims, So, 1858 SO
taxes, $4125. His assets are So, 191. 2t
as follows: Stock in trade, $4,000
household goods, $500; debts due O
open accounts, $591.25; property elaine
to be exempt, $500.
An electric car wheel made by tn
Washburn method Is on exhibition a
Brown Bros. store. The wheel is mad
of two metals. The one used for the rir
is so hard that blows struck with tn
heaviest sledge make no impression on il
The steel used for the hub and spokes
necessarily softer. The wonderful thin
about Mr.. Washburn's discovery is tn
perfect manner In which he Yields th
two metals together.
An effort is being made to form a col
poration among the members of the Sta
ford Country club to buy the Solva Coz
verse place of the Cleaveland estate, wit
the exception of the two houses and Ii
tie land with each which will be sold
auction Saturday. The expected purchas
includes the land at present occupied b
the club and the section of land wes
about the same size, about SO acres in al
Part of the west section is cleared Ian
and part has small growth of woo
land, which can be easily cleared If neet
ed. With the additional land the muc
needed additional three holes can be oil
tanned. The capital stock is placed I
$11OO, divided into As shares of 1876 eacl
The land will cost $1,000, so there wi
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