The Press., 1901-11-07
WILMINGTON.

Spout 0uHu6y Will NAhS ~. =. O@A ROAAceAl.s
Pastor Snow announced that he was TO
be away next Sunday and perhaps the fol-
lowing Sunday.
Children of the late Rev. Elisha Friuk
and Rachel Eaton Frink Fanny, Gus
tavns, dead; Daniel lives In Kansas City,
Mo.
Rev. DR.. McNiel Of Pennington, ri
Storrs church candidate, will preach u
the Congregational church next Sunday,
we are told.
Children Of the late Joseph Sparks, Jr.,
and Mary Batty Sparks: Andrew j. lives
In New York; Sarah Jane. Mary Eliza,
Ellen, dead.
Children Of the late Joseph Sparks, Sr.,
and Eleanor circuit Sparks: Jared, OIL
gin, Daniel, Solyman, Roxanna, Joseph,
Jr., all dead.
Il Prof. Phelps and wife of Storrs drove
up Saturday and called on friends. They
report better state of things at our agri-
cultural school.
Marietta, only child of the late George
Whiting and Lucy Walker Whiting, mar
ried A. j. Bosworth, widow, lives in
Westford, now quite i'll.
Children of the late Dea. Henry &.
Whitford and Florilla Topliff Whitford !:
Anna married Henry Jones, lives in OBJ
erlin, Ohio; Harriet lives In Wooster,
Ohio. .,.
Children of the late Tolman Rider, Jf.,
and Julia auckland Rider Julia married
Horace Walker, Norwich, both dead !;
Harriet married Rev. N. s. Lippitt, wild
ow, lives in Norwich.
Next Sunday there will be Bible day
concert in the Baptist church, taking the
place of the regular service. An inter-
esting program has been arranged and
there will be special music.
Rev. ]. B. Lemon, a former pastor OF
the Baptist church, Willimantic, Is help
ing to organize party to visiG the Holy
Land, starting in February. Wilmington
may be represented in it, we hear.
Mrs. Dave spent the past week with
her mother, returning to Harwinton to
assist in settling up her grandmother, the
late Mrs. Gridley's estate. By the way,
the types last week said Mrs. Gridley was
born in 1898. We wrote, we think, 1903
Children of Tolman Rider, Sr., and
Marcia Dexter Rider: Mariette married
Solyman Taylor, both dead Joseph Gary
lives in New York state; Jane married
Oscar Fenton, Monson, Mass, both dead
Wallace, dead; Wareham lives in Al
bany, N. Y.
Mesdames johnson, Holman and Law.
renee represented the local W. G. T. U
at their state meeting In Bridgeport last
week. Mrs. Eliza Kent Fuller, formerly
of this town, was chosen editor of the
'"White Ribbon Banner" in place Of Mrs
DR.. Herr of Norwich, resigned.
Prof. Hops of Stafford Springs called
at Charles Fl. Ryder's Sunday. His er
rand In town was to see about the mum
Der OF, pupils he could secure as dancing
class, and hiring the town hall for the
purpose of giving dancing lessons. The
professor said he had been given list O.
some 80 prospective pupils.
Children of the late Gardiner Hall, Sr.
and Zeviah Emeline Essex Hall -Orlin,
married John Champlin, sssaios Yves IL
Norwich; Ga1din, !, lives i'd g
ton; Emeline married M M. Johnson
widow, lives In Willtmantic; Origin livel
Fin Wilmington; Henry, q soldier In thu
civil war, dead Albert lives in Colorado
Emeline and Adeline died In infancy. -,
:. At'the Congregational church Sunda.
Rev. W. Fl. Hayes of Branford, a Storrl
church candidate, preached from Is. 1858
Theme, "Perfect Peace" He admins
tered the communion at the close of th'
service. At the Baptist church Paste
Snow's.text was II Peter 3:14, upon which
was founded an earnest discourse espec
tally addressed to young Christians, dill
gence in the Divine life being urged.
AS three girls were returning hom'
from the North Tolland Sunday. schoo
convention Wednesday evening, they dis
covered fire on the floor of the John B
Whitford barn, now owned by Samue
Nichols, Sharp's Mills. They gave tn
alarm, and although the neighbors raj
lied, the building was entirely consumed
There being little or no wind, surround
ing buildings escaped. 1t Is thought tina
some one who had been resting or sleep
ing In the barn either carelessly or ma
liciously set the fire. Marlin Knight hat
some four tons of rowen stored In tn
barn. No insurance.
At the republican constitutional con
vention caucus, Saturday afternoon,
took about fifteen minutes to organize
nominate Ex-senator w. HI. Hall unani
mously and hear his speech of acceptance
A double compliment was paid the candi
date, In that the democratic town com
mittee, who were present, ratified tn
nomination so that there will be but on
ticket in the field. There was talk of n,
other candidate in the caucus, quite dill
ferent, for instance, from the condition
in the caucus of our Mansfield friends
when the same afternoon there were tire
candidates, Ralph w. Storrs receiving
votes, DIR. E. G. Sumner and F. 0. Vinto
25 votes each. -
There Is not much doubt, from what "
hear, that Mr.. Starr of Providence, a
alumnus of Brown University there, an
a teacher in it for some time, will be tn
successful candidate for the Congrega
tional churches at North Mansfield an
Wilmington. The project of revising tn
creed of the former church is under ad
visement. In these later years the col
lege element dominates the old Mort
Mansfield church, and 1t is said that it |