The Press., 1902-02-27
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

dred, 800 80 cents, at The Press office.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.
David Bissett Is visiting friends In New
York city.
Timothy Shea has been spending few
weeks In New Haven.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
A. d. Rounds last Saturday.
Walter Scott has been Ill part of the
week, but Is now comfortable.
Mrs. M. Mccarthy has returned from a
brief visit with friends In Worcester.
Charles s. Anderson has new pair of
hack horses Of desirable patterns.
Mrs. Hannibal Alden and children are
visiting her parents at Geneva, Ill.
Miss Eugenia Lee has successfully pass
ed the examination for Vassar college.
John Bradley, ST.. had his face bruised
and eye blackened by q fall on the Ice
Tuesday.
Otis Chapman, J. NJ. Leach, Charles
Comins and Lyman Cushman are at
Mashapaug on fishing trip. ..
The drifted snow outside of the town
has resulted In numerous tipovers. Es-
pecially was this the case Sunday.
B. P. Cooley went to Springfield Tues
day evening to witness the presentation
of Quality Street" by Maude Adams.
Herman Bosback of Holyoke, formerly
with the Germania mills, has taken pc
sitlon as boss finisher at the Warren mill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sawyer, who have been
stopping with Miss Emily Filler for the
past few months, have returned to Bridge
port.
Michael Shea and daughter, Julia, OF
Douglas, Nebraska, are visiting with Mr..
Shea's brother-in-law, Timothy O'Shea,
on Church street.
]. w. Robinson of Agawam, Mass,
has taken a position as boss weaver at
the Warren wooden company, Robert
Buckley having severed his connection at
that mill.
w. Fl. Head has returned from Orange
and Fitchburg where he concluded the
distribution In the j. D. Fenton estate.
Mr.. Heald was in Marlboro over Sunday
The guest Of relatives.
John Williams and John Olson were
before the borough court yesterday morn
ing charged with drunkenness and breach
OF the peace. Judge Parkess made it go
days for Olson and 80 days for Williams,
and both were taken to Tolland.
It IL not legal to catch pickerel during
March and April. 1t is also against the
law to retain pickerel caught under 10
inches. 1t Is probable that the law rela-
tive to size has been broken few times
this winter.
Miss Mabel Mitchell, sister of DIR.
Mitchell, arrived in town Tuesday. Miss
Mitchell will act as housekeeper for her
brother, and they expect to become set.
tied In their new home next week. Their
tenement Is to be wired for electric light.
Adelbert Needham received his carload
OF western horses the latter part of last
week. All are good ones and are attract.
ing considerable attention. The largest
horse in the lot weighed 1900 pounds. and
was sold Tuesday to John Malbaluf oil
Ware.
Advertised letters Miss Maggie Scott
Miss Mae Marvin, Miss Mary Shoemaker
Mrs. Mary Perry, Mrs. Matte Brick,
Mrs. Mary Alberta, G.. A. Pendexter
Peter Sterling, VIM. Patterson. W. Lewis
L. ]. Sanger, Albert Lsjoie, j. r. Scott
Thos. Driscoll, Michael Donahue, Robert
Colt.
The funeral of Mrs. James Williams
was held from the home of her parents
MIR. and Mrs. John Brosnan, last Friday
forenoon and was largely attended. Rev
F. ]. O'Neill conducted the services
The bearers were Lott O'Halloran, A. j
Thomas Frazier and Daniel G.. Sullivan
The burial was In st. Edwards cemetery
contrary Is made, the mission study class
will meet at the Congregational parsonage
March 7th, at p. M, and prayer meet
ing will be held In the Congregational
chapel March 9Th, at 2. 80 p. m. Subject
"Good out of evil,'' Romans 8: %. Al
the close of this meeting the church CON-
mittee will meet all who wish:to join the
church upon March 10Th.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. s. Converse and the
Misses Mary, Isabelle and Margaret Rus
sell, also Of Salem, Ohio, and formerly Of
this borough, were guests at the Park
Avenue hotel Friday night at the time
Of the fire, and their many friends and &C
quaintances In this place will rejoice Ii
their escape from injury. Mr.. and Mrs
Converse were on the third floor. TIT
Misses Russell, who were on the sixth
heihnrning armory across the street, ant
they dressed themselves and went to tn,
room of Mr.. and Mis-. Converse. As tn
smoke increased they all went to the frs
floor, arriving at the office just before tn,
panic was started, leaving their baggage
which was all recovered the next day
They went to the Waldorf-Astoria an,
secured temporary accommodations. Th'
ladies started for home Saturday morn
ing. MIR. Converse remained to look VI
j. M. Sheehan of Newburgh, N. Y, VIII.
was also guest at the hotel to see Mr.
Converse. Mr.. Sheehan had very mar
row escape. He got out Of the window
Of his room to escape suffocation, ant
hung from the window for while witt
bis feet on the keystone Of the window
He finally climbed back into his room
and managed to escape somehow, helping
out woman who had taken refuge In hi
room. He returned afterward and carried
out eight more persons, who were over