The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-09-04
Mrs. Martin Of Providence is visiting

Mrs. Martin OF Providence Is visiting
friends In town.
Lawyer M. D. O'Connell has returned
from visit to Colchester.
MIR. and Mrs. Alexander Riffenberg
were in Holyoke over Sunday.
f. 81. Baker has returned from vaca-
ton of week at Rainbow, N. Y.
u Miss May Smith will return to Law
renee, Kansas, next week for the winter.
/ Mrs. John W. Speed and two children
are visiting relatives in Lawrence, Mass.
Mrs. J. Carl Converse and children of
Oneonta, N. are guests of Mrs. g. H.
Baker.
| Quite number from here went to
Springfield Tuesday to see President
Roosevelt.
Christopher Allen, who is spending
the summer In Davisville, r. l., Is home
for few days.
| John Smith, who has been working In
/
dy farm in Westford.
Miss May Lyon of Westford has enter
ed the Stafford Springs high school,
making her home with her uncle, T. M
Lyon.
Miss Helen Speed, who has been spend
ing several weeks with her brother, John
/ 70 hor In 10 VU
renee, Mass, this week.
An address was given on Haymarket
square last evening In the interests OF the
striking weavers of the American Wooden
company against the two-loom system.
Charles Davis, son of Rev. G. 5. Dav-
Is, who Is employed as machinist on the
Prairie, now at Charlestown, Is spending
q two-weeks' furlough at his home here.
The base ball team representing the
Worsted and Warren mills failed to meet
the Invincibles, and the excuse for non
action are thought to be little lame by
the Invincibles.
Rex. G. s. Davis and family returned
las Friday from Lake Winnepesaukee.
Mr.. Davis preached last Sunday at Trim
ity church In Norwich. He will occupy
his own pulpit Sunday.
Contractor Wringley has finished 275
feet of concrete walk for A. c. Eaton OIL
West Main and High streets, and is now
putting In strip for Fred Close. He has
contracts to fill for J. Allen Mix, J. J. Ell
lis, w. D. Head, and G. L. Dennis.
There was narrow escape from a So
rious fire In the American house about
O'Clock Tuesday morning. One of the
boarders, who had been reading, fell
asleep, and the lamp which he left burn
ing exploded. The fire was extinguished
with a slight loss.
Marshal Broadway was driving coll
: through Main street Saturday. The
, horse became frightened by the combined
efforts of street piano and engine on thu
!, Central Vermont. The animal went In thu
| air and then fell. Mr.. Broadway held thu
the wagon. The only damage that re
, suited was broken shaft.
Coon hunters, attention. There Is nov
, an ''R" In the month, and the fur Is con
sequently supposed to be firm in the pelt
and while 1t is yet early to talk of coor
suppers, 1t is time to find out where the
critters live, SO as to be ready to begir
operations. Fred. Faulkner has secured
two good coon dogs, Queen and Drive,
and proposes to get after the coons
u A freight wreck near State Line de
layed travel this forenoon for severa
) hours. The wreck was caused In a rather
peculiar way. A heavily laden freigh
> going north was divided near .Jewett'
, crossing. A part of the train was takel
to State Line and left there. The engin
D then backed down for the rest of tn
train. The rails were slippery from tn
rain and the engineer could rot contro
, the iron horse. The engine crashed int
the balance of the train. One car wa
thrown completely off the track and Is
total wreck. Another car was slightl
n damaged. The tender of the engine
damaged and was thrown off the track
@ The car that left the track went hig
enough in the air to break down the tele
q graph wires and prevent communicate
along the lire. None of the trainme
were injured.
I'll Anthony Jacobsen Is out about 5000
Mr.. Jacobsen and family attended tn
/. Danish picnic at Evergreen park last Sat
l urday, and while the family was ava
. the house was entered and the none
. taken. A man who Is supposed to be tn
2 much-wanted Mieky Grant had been see
2 hanging around the place for several days
Q Q and suspicion points towards him. Gran
= Is wanted for defrauding Mrs. CARR
0 Needham of board bill some time ag
2 and also for the larceny of money fror
Mrs. Needham. He was located in Wi
limantic, and last Wednesday word wa
sent to that city to arrest him. Capital
Richmond of the Willimantic police fore
went to the stable where he was en-
ployed and Grant beat quick retres
> with the Captain in pursuit. After a
exciting chase Grant finally made his 81
, cape and came In this direction. Unde
the circumstances 1t lie not at all imprt
bable that 1t Is Grant who has absconde
= with Mr.. Jacobsen's funds, and the an
cunt taken will enable him to go som
:, distance. The house was In charge of a
: aged couple who live nearby, during til
absence of the family, and while the
were doing the milking the entrance wa
: made through the back door, which wa
!, left unlocked. Besides the money, th
:, thief took a suit Of clothes belonging
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