The Press., 1902-04-17
! WILMINGTON.


Morse's Monday and Tuesday.
The diphtheria patient at the Hollow
Is improving, and there Is no spread OF
the disease as yet. /.
Its kinder hard to tell whether this
spring Is early or late. Anyway, we've
had some greens for the table.
|. A regular meeting Of the w. 9. z. ..
will be held at the chapel, Toiiand sids,
on Saturday, the 10th, at p. m.
A social will be held 10 the vestry OF
the Congregational church Wednesday
evening, the Esd. A full attendance is
desired.
Rev. Mr.. Gardner has been suffering
since Monday a.. m. with acute lumbago.
He Is improving, and his speedy, COM
plete recovery is hoped for.
Frank Joslin and family moved into the
w. 0. Eldridge house, Aldrich mills,
Tuesday, next door to Cyrus Joslin. He,
Frank, intends to carry on both farms.
And now John Day has bought the
Widow William Snow place of w. F.
Squier, has paid the back taxes on the
property and goes into possession May /.
The Congregational service will here
after begin at eleven O'Clock In the FORE
noon, instead of one o'clock p. m. This
action was taken last Sunday with but
one dissenting vote.
The burial of Mrs. w. F. Shafer, late
of Willimantic, took place In the family
lot In the new cemetery yesterday fore
noon, Rev. Mr.. Snow officiating. Rela-
tives and friends were In attendance.
At the Congregational church Sunday
the subject was Praise, founded on
Psalms 100: Ally, 2. At the Baptist
church the sermon was on Matt. 22:42-
What think We of Christ? Theme, "The
evidences of the divinity of Christ"
Dwight Bramble's seven horses, with
the teamsters, George Brown and Arthur
Watrous, left for Blue Hills, Hartford
last week. Bramble has job there Of
drawing telephone poles, which will oc.
casion an absence of some two months.
A specially interesting prayer meeting
is expected this evening. Rev. G. L.
Chamberlain of Lynn, Mass, an old
friend of Rev. Mr.. Snow, will be present
and speak. He Is earnest and conse.
Grated and his words are sure to be help.
full.
The proposed memorial service at the
Baptist church next Sunday forenoon
promises to be interesting. Besides the
PASTORS general discourse, members OF
the church and congregation who were
we'll acquainted with the recently de.
ceased members and attendants will speak
words of eulogy.
From the John Heath place in Willing
ton Hollow, near the old Ashford line, on
through the town, by the Turnpike, to
Tolland, are but two old homesteads oc-
cupied by descendants of former owners
those of the late Hiram Rider, now
occupied by Charles Ell. Ryder, and that
of William Still, now owned by L. B.
Clark and wife, nee Mary Jane Still.
The people of this vicinity were greatly
agitated last week over reported case
of the dreaded scourge of diphtheria In
their midst. On Investigation by Health
Officer Cosgrove it was found that the
little daughter of w. F. Squier, postmas
ter at East Wellington, had the disease IL
Its most malignant form. The premises
were Immediately quarantined, the pos
office moved across the street to it's OLE
quarters In the Ryder house and L. w
Holt installed as acting postmaster, tn
authorities at Washington being duly no
titled of the act. The district school
Lillia Fenton teacher, had been closed
out time can only settle the question G
the spread of the contagion. Every pre-
caution will be used to stamp it out. A
this writing the patient Is dangerously IL
Much sympathy Is felt for the isolated
stricken family. .-- ......
Old homesteads and present resident
in school district No. s, Glass Factory
Augustus Corbin farm, occupied by
French family; the David Clark farm b
Caterer Barrie Of Hartford; the "Dutcl
man" Smith place by Robert E. Cartier
new house, Lewis johnson; Trask plac
obliterated; Bud Moore place by J.
Pasco new house by g. B. Marble; til
Daniel Edgerton place, Johannes Hal
sen new house, J. J. Himmeler; the
D. Merrick house, J. ]. Himmeler; IL
Johnson and Eaton place by q. e. Mic
OILS; the Capt. Nye farm by F. W. Pratt
the Nicholas Whitford and Dea. Hem
Whitford farm by e. G. Richardson; Il
Abel Johnson place, unoccupied, but far
kept up by the late Legrand johnson
the Gary Rider farm by Charles Nichols
the Col. Joseph Merrick farm by Mari
Knight; the Burlington farm by Samu
Nichols; the Robert Sharp farm and mi
by J. Osborne and wife, and J. 9. Je
nings; the Emory Williams house
Mr.. Edwards; the Marcus johnson hou
by Mr.. Tyrrell the Fuller place by Cha
!, Benton the Amariah Dexter hous
burned; the McFarlane place by w.
Wilbur the Daniel Shafer place by Uri
Hanover; the old Daniel Shafer place
Widow Loren Trask and son, Hem
Squier; the Harvey Merrick place
Andrew Whitman; the Samuel Stol
place by Widow Baker Studley and son
: William and Frank the old Marc1
, johnson house, unoccupied the Frar
Shafer place by Charles Benton the NJ
liam Still farm by L. B. Clark the ne
: house north by B. Wilbur; the Spaffol
Brigham place by Mrs. Agnes Heck Il
William Shafer place by Fred Drape
, the old McFarlance place, obliterated.
south Wellington.
Mrs. FL. A. Wheeler is visiting wi
friends In Bristol.