The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-05-15
. WILMINGTON.

The local Y. P. s. G. E. were greatly
pleased to have Deacon Hayes lead the
meeting Sunday evening.
Miss Gardner will give musical enter
tainment at the parsonage tomorrow (Fli-
day. night to invited guests.
Mrs. e. A. Morse spent the latter part
of last week and Sunday with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Edna Sullivan. Stafford.
The Simeon Horton place on Village
Hill will be sold at auction next Wednes.
day afternoon some time between and
2 o'clock.
William B. Whiting, s., a native of
this town, died in Holyoke last week.
He had been a prominent business man
for many years and was highly respected.
There was musicale at the home of
A. s. Price last Friday night in his honor.
He returned to New York Monday. Mrs.
Price Is In New York city on weeks
visit.
Dea. Eli D. Hayes and his daughter-in.
law, Mrs. E. F. Hayes, of Longmeadow,
Mass, visited his old home last week
returning yesterday and taking with them
what household effects were not disposed
of here.
Rev. A. Gardner of the Congregational
church will preach In the Baptist church
memorial Sunday, 25th inst. The topic
will be appropriate for the day at this
service, and all old soldiers are invited to
be- present.
Apropo of the meat question: Over
800, OOO,O 900 acres of the public lands In
New Mexico alone are illegally used by
cattlemen for pasturing. These lands ale
wire-fenced against the homesteaders by
the fencing syndicate.
Mrs. Preston will read an original story
on Early Sunday school "reminiscences
at the North Tolland Sunday school con
vention to be held in West Sta ford mex
week. All the schools in this town be
long to the organization.
George M. Vinton, formerly of this
town, but who has been engaged in bust
ness in Eagleville for the last Thirty years
or more, was a guest at G. T. Preston.
last week. He Is the youngest son O
the late Dea. David Vinton.
Misses Palmer and Dunning of New
York, teachers, one of music, have Dough
of Dea. Ell D. Hayes, now of Longmead
ow, Mass, his house and premises on tn
Hill-the old Gideon N. Merrick place
and are soon to move hither.
We are indebted to W. d. Ruby, ESQ.
for the very full and accurate list of OLE
homesteads in the Roaring Brook ant
Village Hill school districts. Miss Els
tella Bartlett helped us not little. Tn,
old "Peck" school district, No. 9, nov
South Wilmington, only remains to b,
noted.
The W. G. T. U. will hold mothers
meeting, under the direction of the purit!
superintendent, Mrs. Cornell Green, a
the hall, South Wellington, on Saturda,
afternoon at half-past two. Mothers will
do we'll to make it point to attend thes
meetings, as they are very instructive, a
all who have attended heretofore can tes
fifty.
Old homesteads and present occupant
Roaring Brook and Village Hill schoo
districts: District No. 6-Burnham Lii
Ebridge place, occupied by William q
Price; Benjamin Lillibridge by Wi'tliar
K. Green; Joe Brown by Mrs. ELvir
Green; Abner Nichols by Erwin A. Bates
Hiram Wood place, unoccupied; Stephe
Lewis by Wallace Wilson; Hampton Ii
libridge by Hans Hansen; Stephen Sic
cum, unoccupied; Alfred Anderson b
Calvin Rider; John Perry by Geo. Wi
son; Olney Estin by Mrs. Sarah Mayo
John J. Moulton by Francis Dorsey
James Ruby by W. D. Ruby and WILDER
G. Ruby; Thomas Sherman, obliter ated
James Parker, obliterated; Gustavr
Frink by Benjamin Mullins; Samuel Fe,
ton, obliterated Willis Holbreok, obi
Grated; Hosea Aldrich by Orrin Watrous
Benjamin Chapman by Orrin 81. Watrous
William Antisdle, unoccupied; Cyr,
Hudson, obliterated; Martin Hancocl
obliterated; ARK w. Fisk by J. Sol
meme; Simeon Horton by Joseph Winr
Linus Dawson by s. Bartlett; VIM.
Maine, obliterated Roland e. Thorn,
by Lyman E. Weeks; Amos Lillibrids
by Lewis Prau; Ira Fisk by Max Lohst
James Graham, unoccupied. District N
7-Elnathan Royce by Fred Gilman
Daniel K. Smith by - Demonico; Sar
uel Cushman by an Italian; Daniel
Maine by Frank Orcutt; Garner Reed
Louis Buckwheat; Chester Royce
Widow Herbert Royce; Nathan Jennin
by Arthur Blair l.. J. Westcott by -
Fontanella; Smith Bartlett by SHAY
Nathan Royce by Widow N. Royce; Pc
ry Potter by Seth Schofield; Josh,
Maine, obliterated; Alpheus Stanton
Mrs. John Schofield; Samuel Stanto
ob]iterated; Reuben Stanton, obliterate
John Albro by Nelson Towne; Samu
Knight by James Pierce; Russell Pa
sons by Samuel Watson; Lucius Eldred
by Cyrus Joslyn; Hez Eldredge
Frank Joslyn; George Aldrich by WI
Royce; Moses Cleaveland, obliterate,
Otis Amidon, obliterated James Kies
FL. L. Keens; Austin Royce by L
Royce; Lewis Harwood by II. E. Ros
brooks; Dudley Maine, unoccupie
John Maine, obliterated.
south Wellington.
Geo. Morrison.is working for she
time in Hartford.
Andrew Whitman has gone to work
the spool shop, turning spools.
Mrs. Dora Hemmeler is keeping hou
in the tenement lately vacated by f.