The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-07-31
HOME NEWS.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

Visit In Baltlc.
R. w. Wynings and family are in camp
at Crystal lake.
Miss Jane Clark of Boston Is spending
a week In town.
George j. Gordon of Hazardville called
on friends In town Tuesday.
Miss Mary Dolan of Fitchburg Is the
guest of Miss Mabel Meyers.
Annie Lambert of Worcester Is the
guest of friends in town this week.
Miss Kate Casey of Norwich is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Chapman.
DIR. George Bassow of PittsfieId made a
short visit here the first of the week.
The Cady family reunion will be held
at Evergreen park, Tuesday, August 81.
A. Fl. Fuller of Springfield has been
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. D. Heald.
Miss Grace Walker of Dorchester,
Mass, Is the guest of Miss Mary Con-
verse.
DR.. J. B. Comins of Springfield is
spending the week at his home on Crown
street.
Miss Kittie Farley OF Hartford was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. M. O'Halloran
over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Mclaughlin re-
turned Tuesday from few days. visit at
Holyoke, Mass.
Mrs. VIM. Herring and three of her
children are at Wales and Miss Myrtle is
visiting In Monson.
Mrs. J. M. Leach and daughters, Mary
and Helen, are spending few days at
Foskett's Mills, Mass.
Miss Sadie Hawkins of Hartford and
Walter Spencer of Chester have been
guests of DR.. and Mrs. F. L. Smith.
The loose dirt in the bitches has been
removed from the business streets this
week and the manholes cleaned out.
Miss May Patnoad, Miss Rose Nolan
and Joseph Reed are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Rock of Pascoag, r. L.
Seth Schofield is having hard luck. A
coon dog valued at $50 and a thorough
bred bull have died within a short period.
Bert Rounds has resigned his position
with Chapman & Lyons. Kirk Rounds
has also closed his connection with the
same firm.
Mrs. A. W. Kingsbury is spending a
week with her brother at Greenwich, L..
l. Mr.. Kingsbury expects to join her for
over Sunday.
Carrie Gray, 4, Ernest, z, Robert c., 9,
children of Albert Gray, were committed
by the borough court Saturday to the
county home at Vernon.
A. w. Kingsbury has placed hand
some monument of Quincy granite, sar-
copagus style, on the Henry Benton lot In
the Stafford Springs cemetery.
w. s. Martin sailed Tuesday forenoon
from Hoboken for Denmark on the Ham
burg g-American line. He will spend g
month or two on his native soil.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. T. Jewett, also Mrs
J.'s brother of New York City, are spend
ing the summer on the Goodrich place
recently purchased by Mr.. Jewett
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Taft have gone t.
Greensboro, VT, for a vacation. The.
will go into camp at that place with Mr.
and Mrs. F. A. Bagnall, formerly of thll
town.
The Invincibles of the borough playet
a game of ball on the fair grounds las
Saturday with a team from the Hollow
and defeated them by score of Is to IA
They have played five games this yea
and won them all.
John Dempsey returned to Boston Sat
urday, after spending few days here
Mis-. Dempsey, who was with, him re
mained over for a short visit at her oil
home on High street.
Some person unknown entered the she,
in the rear of A. w. Ktngsbury's block
few days ago. A raised letter on a monu
ment was knocked off and paint wa
daubed on it. If Mr.. Kingsbury can fin
out who did the job the perpetrator vii
receive the reward that such conduct g
richly deserves.
Two electric light wires came dow
near the junction of Edgewood Monda
evening. Luigi Baldrachi was hit bac
of the head with one of the wires and re
ceived quito a shock. A dog following
also came in contact with one of the wire
and was SO surprised and panied that
was several minutes before he recovere
his usual composure.
A very severe shower and wind storr
visited this locality at about $50 Monda
evening and did considerable damage
The electric light service was paralyze
and telephone communication was impos
sible. A lot of the slate shingles wer
blown from the Congregational church
and the weathervane on Grace church n
ceived severe twist. Two trees belong
ing to Augustus Willis were blown dow
and Amos Nichols had a tree spoiled
Emory Pierce loses a tree, and one wa
badly damaged near the residence of Mrt
G. Ii. Baker. The havoc wrought by tn
wind was accompanied by sharp lightnin
and rattling thunder, and timid peopl
did not pass comfortable minute unit
the trouble was over.
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